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Falls Church’s free annual Independence Day celebration is set again this year for next Wednesday at George Mason High School with live music, food trucks and, of course, fireworks. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 8

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Major Planning & Decisions Loom for F.C. West End Project This Summer

Tight Schedules To Keep Everyone Busy For Weeks

BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

The Falls Church City Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize spending $182,000 on books, audiobooks, compact discs and DVDs from Baker and Taylor.

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Don Beyer, who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church. Beyer has led the effort, now joined by 77 Congressmen, to shed a spotlight on reports of mistreatment toward migrant children currently in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) by releasing to the press a letter signed by the 77 lawmakers to Scott Lloyd, director of the ORR, and Alex Azar, secretary

It may be the lazy days of summer for many of us, but not for the Falls Church City Council and School Board and those who are bidding to build a new high school or economically develop 10.3 acres on the City of Falls Church West End, as big planning efforts and decisions loom in the coming days and weeks to keep the massive project on schedule. Tomorrow, in fact, the special team appointed to evaluate and select the final design-build team that will work with the School Board to construct a new George Mason High School will conduct extensive interviews with the two finalists. The two finalist teams that the evaluation team will be selecting from are David Smoot with Perkins Eastman, and Gilbane, Stenec and Quinn Evans. The evaluation team down-selected from five bidders in the end of February to three, and then to this two. The evaluation team, it is hoped, will reach a significant consensus by the end of the day Friday to make its final choice, although the public, with the exception of a few hints that Superintendent Peter Noonan may signal concerning design concepts in the meantime, will not be informed of that final choice until the F.C. School Board meeting of July 17. At that meeting, the School Board will vote to ratify the recommendation of the committee, which will include the terms of a contract crafted after this Friday, and the City Council will vote to do the same the following week on July 23.

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For a solid week, the most discussed story in America — the one that dominated serious newscasts and owned the home pages of influential periodicals — was the Trump administration’s cruel separation of migrant families and detention of some children in de facto cages. SEE PAGE 14

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Monkeyboy Consumables, a new pop-up food incubator in Falls Church, brings veggie-based sauces, soda and more to the former Mike’s Deli space on N. West St. SEE PAGE 17

FALLS CHURCH PLANNING consultant Susan Bell briefed the F.C. City Council on a proposed rezoning ordinance for the West End Development project to designate it as “a special revitalization district for education and economic development.” (P��: N��-P��)

Virginia’s Legislators Remain Focused on Immigration Fight BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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The U.S.-Mexican border is nowhere near the Commonwealth of Virginia, but the highest of elected officials in the state have been in sync, loud and visible in their vehement and sustained opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policy of family separations. Despite an executive order signed last week, the policy has remained in effect, with the report yester-

day that less than a dozen of the more than 2,000 families separated have been reunited, prompting a California judge to order the immediate reunion of detained families. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam took the lead among U.S. governors a week ago to call back the state’s contribution to the National Guard force at the border, and the state’s two U.S. Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, have been tireless in mobilizing opposition to the policy, as has U.S. Rep.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER W, WARREN COUNTY POWER STATION CASE NO. PUR-2018-00087

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•Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider W. •Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of $107.113 million for its 2019 Rider W. •A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on November 8, 2018, at 10 a.m. •Further information about this case is available on the State Corporation Commission’s website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On June 1, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”), filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an annual update of the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider W (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the Warren County Power Station (“Warren County Project” or “Project”), a 1,342 megawatt nominal natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generating facility and associated transmission interconnection facilities located in Warren County, Virginia. In 2012, the Commission approved Dominion’s construction and operation of the Warren County Project and also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider W, for Dominion to recover costs associated with the Project. The Warren County Project became fully operational in 2014. In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider W for the rate year beginning April 1, 2019, and ending March 31, 2020 (“2019 Rate Year”). The two components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2019 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $103,327,000 and an Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement of $3,786,000. Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $107,113,000 for service rendered during the 2019 Rate Year. For purposes of calculating the Projected Cost Recovery Factor in this case, Dominion utilized a rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 10.2% which comprises a general ROE of 9.2% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUR-2017-00038, plus a 100 basis point enhanced return applicable to a combined-cycle generating station as described in § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code. For purposes of calculating the Actual Cost True-Up Factor, the Company utilized an ROE of 10.6% for the months of January 2017 through March 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.6% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUE-2015-00061, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return; an ROE of 10.4% for the period of April 1, 2017, through November 28, 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.4% approved by the Commission in its Order in Case No. PUE-2016-00063, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return; and an ROE of 10.2% for the period of November 29, 2017, through December 31, 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.2% approved by the Commission in its 2017 ROE Order, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return. If the proposed Rider W for the 2019 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider W on April 1, 2019, would increase the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.03. The Company proposes a change in the methodology for the calculation of a certain allocation factor beginning in 2018 to recognize the output of certain non-utility generators to be used to allocate cost responsibility to the Virginia jurisdiction. In addition, with the exception of the removal of certain Federal and retail choice customers from the Virginia jurisdiction, the Company indicates it has calculated the proposed Rider W rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the most recent Rider W proceeding, Case No. PUR-2017-00074. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on November 8, 2018, 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 fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. The public version of the Company’s Application, as well as 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 Energy 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 the Application and other 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. On or before October 31, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 31, 2018, 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. PUR-2018-00087. On or before August 31, 2018, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. 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. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00087. On or before September 28, 2018, 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, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. 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 above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2018-00087. All documents filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. 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 above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

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the U.S. population to this crisis. “The Trump administration did this because they thought the American population wouldn’t care. But the public has stood up forcefully, insisting that it still has a moral compass.” Warner opened the event, held at the Universalist Unitarian Church on S. George Mason Dr. in Arlington, saying, “Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse with the Trump administration, then comes this.” He called Trump “morally bankrupt” and “lacking in any regard for the rule of law.” The Trump administration “has a basic lack of humanity” in this case, he added. “It has so little regard for children.” There are reports, one participant said, that over 12,000 children overall are being held apart from their parents in custody in the U.S. now. Kaine said he hopes that “good hearted people will step up to help put the families back together.” Overall, participants in the meeting testified about how fear is driving minorities underground, including those legally here. “There’s been a dramatic decline in the willingness of people to come out,” one said. Warner suggested three steps, to get information out (especially in the face of all the disinformation Trump is spewing), to “raise our voices” that includes voting, and to launch investigations where necessary to get the root and extent of problems. Kaine added the need for ongoing dialogue with the community to learn what compromises, if any, will achieve the results the community needs. Participants in the discussion included Monica Sarmiento, Executive Director of the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, David Donahue, senior pastor of the Manassas Baptist Church, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, legal director of the Immigrant Advocacy Program at Legal Aid Justice Center, Priscilla Martinez, member of the Board of Directors of Interfaith Power and Light, Rabbi Michael Holzman of the Hebrew Congregation in Reston, also on the Strategy Team of Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE), Edgar Aranda-Yanoc, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations, Lenka Mendoza, founder of DREAMers’ MOMs, Elisabeth Geschiere, coordinator for youth and young adults as well as social justice for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington.

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Engaged in the selection process will be F.C. City Manager Wyatt Shields, Councilman Dan Sze, Planning Commission chair Russ Wodiska, School Board members Justin Castillo and Erin Gill, the Schools’ legal counsel Patricia Minson along with consultants from Brailsford and Dunleavy and the City’s procurement officer Jim Wise. After the mid-July meetings of the School Board and City Council, the public will have the first opportunity to meet the chosen partners at a public forum on Sunday afternoon, August 5. At that forum, the plan is to have the public engage in a deliberative process by breaking down into a half-dozen small groups to tackle specific issues pertaining to environmental factors, athletics,, music and the arts, instruction, community uses, parking and transportation. Already, 50 citizens have signed up to be part

of that deliberative process. “We’re on a really good path toward hitting our marks,” Noonan told the Campus Coordinating Committee group at its meeting early last Friday morning. “I am excited where we are.” Meanwhile, as Shields reported at that same meeting, the process will move ahead for the selection of the team to work on the 10.3 acres of economic development at the site. Three finalists, down from an original six applicants, are Comstock, EYA and Rushmark. They’ve been provided with copies of a request for detailed proposal document that they are due to respond to by Aug. 22, and the evaluation group that chose the three finalists in this effort will be tasked again with making a final choice by mid-October at the latest. As to whether or not there will be any public presentations by the three finalists prior to the final choice being made, “We’re going to need to think this through,” Shields said at the coordinating group

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meeting last Friday. “Purchasing agents say it is a terrible idea.” On a parallel track, the Council will have to make its final decision on a proposed zoning change that will designate the entire project area as “a special revitalization district for education and economic development to provide flexibility and guide development.” Following an extensive briefing by planning consultant Susan Bell at the City Council’s meeting this Monday, the Council gave a preliminary OK to the idea by a unanimous vote, will consider reactions that will come from volunteer boards and commissions at a work session on Aug. 4, and coming back for a final OK vote on Aug. 11. That’s going to introduce some real crunch factors for the three finalist bidders if the Council makes any significant changes to the zoning revision at that Aug. 11 meeting, because the developers will have only 11 days before their final bids will be due.

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Falls Church, a Civic Incubator

With everything that’s in the works for the Northern Virginia region now, not the least of which are the realistic prospects for the location of two mega-corporate headquarters here — the second headquarters for Amazon and Apple — and the prospect of upwards of 70,000 new jobs they would bring. To the extent that each job includes a household to go with it, a spouse, 1.6 children and two pets, we’re talking over 200,000 new people right there, much less all the growth of subsidiary and tertiary businesses and industries. It’s really quite remarkable that in the midst of all this potential, which will continue to be here even if Bezos and Cook choose to settle elsewhere, the mighty City of Falls Church sits so well poised to make such an important difference. First of all, we will offer that given such dense and intense development, the single most important ingredient needed is humanization. We need, as a human species almost magically gifted with this lovely planet, to reify our human qualities, the ones that got us this far, albeit through uneven pathways. Human nature is neither entirely good nor bad. The direction it takes depends on the effective initiatives of good, smart and take-charge folks, just like it does with the nurturing of children. Ironically enough, what the Little City lacks in mass, it makes up for with perhaps the single most decisive quality for determining our species’ fate, especially as we’ve been handed the gift of a functioning democracy as we have. That quality is something people are contending about more and more these days, and it goes by the name of civility. With all the emphasis on STEM education in our public schools – science, technology, engineering and math – it can be credibly argued that the most important subject in school is civics. Yes, boring old civics. Whether students raised in the post-World War II era were aware of it or not, the class, best taught at the high school level, which made us all into active and intelligent participants in our democracy and national discourse was undoubtedly civics. Here is where we learned about how a democratic government works, and of its indispensable role in advancing justice and fairness and wisdom. Somehow, in the last 50 years, government has increasingly become a bad word in America. The government, the “deep state,” as its detractors insist, has become the enemy of the people, not its liberator, not the tool of its progress and salvation. But it’s in an incubator of democracy, in a place of educated, civic activists like Falls Church, where the blessings of democracy are on display almost daily. Here, we exercise our right to vote, routinely at a higher rate than any other jurisdiction in the state, we run for office, we volunteer to serve on advisory boards and commissions, we frequently have referenda, and we enjoy the benefits of a vibrant free press.

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Kudos to F.C. for RFP’s Environmental Targets

Editor, Congratulations to the Falls Church City Council and staff for including strong environmental targets in the West Falls Church Economic Development Project RFP. In addition to walkable, pedestrian, bike-friendly streets, the RFP requires a LEED for Neighborhood Development certified neighborhood and LEED Gold certified buildings. The RFP also requires

on-site management of stormwater using green infrastructure, which means landscaping practices like rain gardens that will both capture stormwater and beautify the site. On-site stormwater management at this site will also help the City more cost-effectively comply with Chesapeake Bay stormwater requirements. With these requirements included at this early stage of the project, the community is much more likely to see a dynamic

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neighborhood that incorporates environmental design. This is great progress for the City. That said, at Environmental Sustainability Council panel discussions, experts advised the city to go further — to ask for zero energy buildings, a site designed to capture and reuse 100 percent of stormwater, and other strategies to prepare for the increased heat and precipitation that climate change will likely bring over the lifetime of this project. We were advised to set high goals to encourage a race to the top, and to make clear that, all else equal, we will select the proposal with the highest environmental performance. If you believe the City can

and should do more to reduce environmental impacts and protect our City from the physical impacts of climate change — and if there are other environmental issues you believe the City should address — please participate in the public process to update the Comprehensive Plan’s environmental chapter. This essential document guides decision-making for the City, and you have a chance to shape our environmental goals by participating. Please watch for the announcement of a community meeting to be held in July. I hope to see you there! Cory Weiss Chair, City of F.C. Environmental Sustainability Council

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From its beginning, Falls Church has been characterized as a hub of transportation infrastructure, starting with the original church and a few houses “on the road to the falls.” In succeeding years, additional features have been added to this network, including the tollgate, paved Routes 7 and 28, railroads and electric railroads and, more recently, Metro, I-66, the W&OD Trail and Bikeshare. Every transportation era has left its mark on the City, and each one produces challenges and opportunities as well as sometimes difficult-to-reconcile priorities. One recent example of such a conundrum is our current desire to make Falls Church more walkable and bikeable while ensuring that our businesses have sufficient parking because driving is often how their customers reach them, and that we effectively address the unwanted cutthrough traffic now ever-present on our streets. Funding In recent years, funds for transportation have become more available, largely due to the state legislature allowing Northern Virginia to tax itself. For our City, these additional resources have meant the arrival of Bikeshare, the restoration of 3T Metrobus service, and key intersection improvements, including the $15 million Route 7/Haycock

Road intersection transformation to better serve the public and the hoped for commercial development on the George Mason High School site. Still in the planning stage is the light rail project from Alexandria to Tysons Corner with stops in the City and

“Our City has fared fairly well in the new funding environment, due to an effective team of City Council, staff and citizen activists.” at the East and West Falls Church Metro Stations. Opportunities With this funding in place, there are several additional opportunities for creative thinking. For example, might we support interest in using the 3T Metrobus route to pilot test new, safe technology? And can highway monies be used systematically to further improvements in mass transportation and lessen the need for single-occupancy vehicles? Falls Church is represented on two critical transportation bodies — the

Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) — where there may be additional opportunities for the City. NVTC has greatly expanded its mission in recent years. In addition, legislation passed during the last Virginia General Assembly session that provides dedicated funding for Metro also gives NVTC more responsibility related to Metro’s oversight. Meanwhile, NVTA allocates the lion’s share of the billions of dollars, including regional transportation funds, and is responsible for long-term, multi-modal planning. Challenges At West Falls Church, we have a particular challenge to coordinate Metro’s development plans, the aspirations of the universities at the Northern Virginia Graduate Center, and our own very significant project involving the new high school and significant economic development so that we ultimately achieve a win/win versus a win/ lose outcome for this City and its potential partners. Further, with the U.S. government increasingly retreating from air quality improvements, the transportation sector in our region will have to absorb more limitations to meet the current air quality standards we support. Team Falls Church Our City has fared fairly well in the new

funding environment, due to an effective team of City Council, staff, and citizen activists. The work of this team has been critical to the generation of good ideas and their translation to specifics and advocacy with our representatives ensure their fulfillment. This teamwork is in addition to the “day jobs” of several people who maintain our City government and negotiate and approve a number of Falls Church’s major development projects. We need more citizens serving on City boards and individually to help Team Falls Church identify transportation priorities and engage in the creative thinking from which we all benefit. We have already seen innovative concepts from the Environmental Sustainability Council and the Citizens Advisory Committee on Transportation, and deeply appreciate their efforts. As the saying goes, “nothing good happens by accident.” That is true of the City’s engagement in, and success relative to, recent transportation developments. But the job is far from done. It takes all of us to successfully plan and implement transportation infrastructure that will serve us well today and into the future. David F. Snyder is a member of the Falls Church City Council and the City’s representative on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.

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F.C. July 4 Fireworks Show Set A free Independence Day celebration in the City of Falls Church is set again this year for Wednesday, July 4 at George Mason High School. Gates for the free, family-friendly event will open to the public at 6 p.m. and local food truck vendors and music by Turtle Recall will be provided. The fireworks are scheduled to start at around 9:20 p.m. Guests will have the option of watching the fireworks from the Northern Virginia Graduate Center parking lot or the Jack Gambill Athletic Fields. The City is encouraging visitors to park at one of the 2,000 spaces available at the West Falls Church Metro Station parking garage, accessible from Haycock Road. Parking at the garage is free on holidays. Parking in George Mason High School and Mary Ellen Henderson lots will be restricted to event personnel and visitors with disabled parking placards. Disabled parking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in the “Senior Parking Lot” at the school (entrance from Haycock Road). Parking will also be restricted within City limits near the high school so that emergency vehicles can use residential streets. From 6 – 9 p.m. on July 4, Grove Ave., Birch St., Spruce St., Offut Dr. and Falls Ave will all have parking restricted to one side of the street only. Visitors are allowed to bring small bags, coolers, food, beverages (not in glass containers), blankets, and flat-based chairs for seating on the field. Alcohol, smoking, glass containers, fireworks of any kind, pets, and outdoor chairs with legs are prohibited. Food trucks on site include Margaret’s Soul Food and Los Wingeez. Other vendors will sell ice cream, popcorn and lemonade. Music by Turtle Recall (“Medleys and mashups of Top 40, rock, the 90s, oldies, and country”) will start at 7 p.m.

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Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields reported this week that the annual public reading of founding documents of the nation’s fight for independence will be held this year at the old sanctuary of the Falls Church Episcopal Church next Wednesday, July 4, at noon, as City Hall is under renovation. The event has always been sponsored by the Village Preservation and Improvement Society.

F.C. Council OKs $182,000 for Books at Library The Falls Church City Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize spending $182,000 on books, audiobooks, compact discs and DVDs from Baker and Taylor, including new materials and replacement of out-of-date or damaged items for the adult, young adult and children’s collections in a variety of formats over the next year. In addition, it approved $160,000 for eBooks and eAudiobooks from OverDrive, a wholesaler of library digital materials.

2 Appointed to Library Board of Trustees Stephanie Oppenheimer was reappointed and Chrystie Swiney appointed for the first time to the Mary Riley Styles Public Library Board of Trustees in votes by the Falls Church City Council Monday night. Both were vote to four-year terms through June 2022.

‘Thank You’ Tinner Hill Reception Tonight The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation is hosting a thank you reception for all who helped with the recent Blues Festival tonight at Argia’s at 5:30 p.m. Ken Feltman, a board member of the foundation, announced the event will also celebrate the end of the terms of Nikki and Ed Henderson as leaders of the foundation, although they will remain active.

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AND SO IT BEGINS. Metal letters spelling out “J.E.B. Stuart” were removed from the front side of the renamed Justice High School last week, making the Fairfax County School Board’s decision last summer to remove Stuart from the school’s name and the following ruling later that fall to change the school’s name to “Justice” on track toward completion by the start of the 2018-19 school year. (Photo: News-Press) AS PART OF the recently held Falls Church Democratic Committee’s annual potluck was the announcement of Joyce Migdal (center) as the F.C. Democratic Committee’s volunteer of the year. Migdal is joined by fellow committe members to celebrate the honor. (Photo: Courtesy Peg Willingham)

Anderson to Compete in Ms. Virginia Senior America Christina Anderson of Falls Church will be competing in the Ms. Virginia Senior America 2018 pageant at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church on Saturday, July 7 at 1 p.m. The pageant which began in 1981 honors women over sixty who have reached the age of elegance. The winner of the MVSA pageant will go to Atlantic City, NJ, in October to compete against the winners from the other fifty

states in the Ms. Senior America pageant. Anderson was born in Missouri, was a national honor society member in high school, and graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a degree in Communications and a minor in Spanish. She worked near Kansas City as a television weathercaster after college and then moved into tourism advertising. Anderson and her husband of fifteen years moved to Falls Church in 2009 where she sings with a vocal jazz group, dances with the Snappy Tappers, volunteers with Kappa,

PEO and as a Fairfax County animal advocate. She will compete in four categories including an interview with the judges, her philosophy of life, evening gown and talent. Ms. Anderson’s talent will be a Western inspired tap dance.

Local Residents Complete College Degrees Daniel W. Bristol, of Falls Church, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geoscience and an Individual Major during the 2018 Commencement Ceremonies of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, held on Sunday, May 13. Kennesaw State University recently welcomed its newest class of graduates as well. Local resident from Falls

Church, Mandeep Singh, was among the graudating class and earned a Graduate Certificate in CS Foundations.

F.C. Residents Earn Dean’s List Honors McDaniel College announces its Spring 2018 Dean’s List in recognition of students’ academic excellence. Highest honors are earned for a semester grade point average of 3.90 or higher, high honors for a grade point average of 3.703.89 and honors for a 3.50-3.69 average. Greater Falls Church residents Sheila Evans and Jasmin Chavez-Cruz earned Highest Honors and Honors, respectively, while City of Falls Church resident Scott Jackson earned High

Honors as well.

McLean To Host 4th of July Fireworks Celebration The McLean Community Center (MCC) will present its third annual Fourth of July Fireworks and Independence Day Celebration at Churchill Road Elementary School (7100 Churchill Rd., McLean). Prior to the fireworks display, provided by Innovative Pyrotechnics Concepts, Inc., there will be musical entertainment by a local disc jockey and food trucks selling a variety of entrees and snacks, including Westray’s Finest Premium Ice Cream and Expresso, Mulan Dumpling, The Big Cheese, Red Hook Lobster Pound and Tiki Treats Maui Wowi. The event begins at 6:30 p.m.

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on Wednesday, July 4; the fireworks show begins at sunset, approximately 9:15 p.m. In case of inclement weather, only the fireworks show will be presented on Thursday, July 5, at 8 p.m. Admission is free.

Public Hearings on Proposed Changes to Dulles Toll Road The M e t ro p o l i t a n Washington Airports Authority is hosting three public hearings to inform and solicit comments from the community about proposed toll rate increases along the Dulles Toll Road. These rate increases, which will be voted on by the Airports Authority Board of Directors later in 2018, would take effect in 2019 and support the construction of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Silver Line Extension Project and improvements along the Dulles Toll Road. The public information hearings will be conducted on July 11 at Spring Hill Elementary School (8201 Lewinsville Rd., Mclean) from 5 – 8 p.m.

Area High Schoolers Named to All-Met Teams A collection of high school athletes were recently named to the 2018 All-Metropolitan Spring Sports teams by the Washington Post. Students in the area were selected to either the All-Met First Team, Second Team or Honorable Mention for their given sport by the Post staff. George Mason High School — Carlos Mercado (Boy’s Soccer, First Team); Tim Andrianarison (Boy’s Soccer, Honorable Mention); Declan Quill (Boy’s Soccer, Honorable Mention); Sedona Decint (Girl’s Soccer, Honorable Mention); Maura Mann (Girl’s Soccer, Honorable Mention) and Amy Roche (Girl’s Lacrosse, Honorable Mention) McLean High School — Julia Longo (Girl’s Softball, First Team); Mason Duncan (Boy’s Rowing, First Team); Rachel Remer (Softball, Second Team); Ella Sangree (Girl’s Lacrosse, Honorable Mention); Kimberly Zhou (Girl’s Soccer, Honorable Mention); Elizabeth Zhou (Girl’s Soccer, Honorable Mention); Shawn Berdia (Boy’s Tennis, Honorable Mention); Maya Donkor (Girl’s Tennis, Honorable Mention); Sara Vavonese (Gymnastics, Honorable Mention); Paul Fabrycky (Boy’s Rowing, Honorable Mention); Henry McCarthy (Boy’s Rowing, Honorable Mention) and Hannah Gold (Girl’s Rowing, Honorable Mention) George C. Marshall High

RACHEL LEONARD (left) is a 2004 graduate of George Mason High School and 2008 graduate of Virginia Tech. Along with her co-Fellow, Dr. Rafia Zulfikar, Leonard recently completed her Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, where she was Chief Fellow. During the Department of Medicine’s Annual Awards Ceremony on June 15, she was recognized as the Dedhia Foundation Outstanding Fellow, the only twotime honoree in the history of the award. Leonard will stay in Morgantown as an Attending Physician in the department.

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School — Patrick Halligan (Baseball, First Team); Sela Scheinman (Softball, Second Team); Selena Kaup (Girl’s Soccer, Honorable Mention); Ashely Holt (Girl’s Track, Honorable Mention) and Ashley Fitz-Patrick (Girl’s Tennis, Honorable Mention). J.E.B. Stuart (Justice) High School — Jordan Beverina (Girl’s Soccer, Honorable Mention). Falls Church High School — Vagner Marques Rodriguez (Boy’s Soccer, Honorable Mention) and Roberto Mejia (Boy’s Soccer, Honorable Mention).

Lecture Series Begins At Virginia Hospital Center The Advanced Vein Care Center will be holding a lecture on the subject of veins. As part of the Healthy Aging Lecture series, Dr. Russell McWey, Board Certified in Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology, will speak about vascular disease and varicose veins. The event will take place at the Virginia Hospital Center (601 S. Carlin Springs Road, Arlington) on Friday from 11 a.m. – noon. Admission is free but guests are required to RSVP by calling 703558-6859.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

Every day it seems that the national rhetoric can’t get any worse, and then it does. The president’s attack on due-process rights, rights guaranteed to everyone in this nation by the Constitution, is but the latest volley in his campaign against so much of what America stands for. Like it or not, the Constitution is the founding document that brought the colonies together and created the United States. Elected officials at all levels of government take an oath of office that includes the phrase “to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” or something very similar. It doesn’t say preserve, protect, and defend only some rights, or only those you agree with, or like. I’ve taken the oath of office six times so far, and I always stand a little taller when repeating that phrase. Even at the local level, the oath bestows an awesome responsibility. I understand that. You understand that. Why doesn’t the president of the United States understand that? Maybe he just doesn’t care about the Constitution that protected his immigrant grandparents, and now protects his immigrant in-laws, too. Not caring may not be an impeachable offense, but it is a monstrous threat to our continuing democracy. Caring a lot about our neighborhoods, and the disruption that short-term lodging (STL) can cause in some residential areas, the Planning Commission, after much debate, has recommended language for a proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment that addresses short-term lodging. The Board of Supervisors public hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 10, beginning at 4:30 p.m. You can access the proposed language, and register to speak if you wish, at www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Two new art displays have been installed in the Art at the Mason District Governmental Center program for the summer. The first display features

watercolors by Springfield Art Guild member Amy Browning, whose rendering of water – ranging from huge crashing waves to droplets of dew – provides a refreshing respite from summer heat. A closer look at some paintings reveals geographic symbolism hidden among the waters. The second show is a first! When Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid visited my office a few months ago, she noticed the original art featured at that time, and told me about the Inmate Re-entry Program at the Adult Detention Center. It didn’t take long to secure some drawings from that program, called “Inspiration Matterz.” Under the volunteer instruction of Kelli Schollard-Sincock, the adult students, most of whom had never drawn before, used a step-by-step pencil drawing process with a gridding system to teach the basics of observation and interpretation. Working from provided photographs, students used standard drawing pencils and erasers on Bristol board, developing their own eye and hand for expression. Thirteen individual inmates have drawings in the show, including six who worked from the same photographic headshot, with varied and interesting results. The shows may be viewed from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 6507 Columbia Pike in Annandale. Correction: In last week’s column, the report card about the improving health of the Chesapeake Bay was issued by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), not the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). The CBF report card will be issued later this summer.

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

Congressman Beyer’s News Commentary

Fighting Trump’s Family Separation Policy By Donald S. Beyer

I was horrified by President Trump’s decision to forcibly separate children from their parents at the border. That horror was matched by hundreds of constituents who called or wrote to my office this month to oppose this immoral policy. While I am relieved that the President has announced that while he will bow to public outrage and move to mitigate this crisis that he created, untold numbers of children are crying in detention camps, unsure of everything in their lives, and parents who believed they were fleeing cruelty and danger at home instead found further cruelty to the north. We must restore humanity to our asylum policies and ensure that the families victimized by the deliberate and callous tactics of this administration are reunited. Last week, I visited a detention facility in Maryland. I was saddened beyond words by my conversations with two fathers,

Carlos and Mario, both of whom fled violence, sought asylum in the United States, and were separated from their children. Both of these young fathers were in tears throughout our conversation, and remain deeply worried about their children. They both also told us that they have not had access to legal counsel. As I write, the House of Representatives is between votes on two inhumane bills that were crafted in part by same White House officials who conceived of and implemented the family separation policy. I opposed both measures, and by the time you read this I will have voted against them. I previously attempted to eliminate funding for the Trump family separation policy with an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which was blocked by Republican leadership on the Rules Committee. I also joined over 100 Representatives on a letter to express opposition

to family separation, to remove funding for the program, and to argue for alternatives that treat immigrant families and asylumseekers more humanely. Shortly after my discussion with Carlos and Mario I became an original cosponsor of the Keep Families Together Act, legislation which would formally end Donald Trump’s family separation policy. I intend to keep doing everything I can to shine a light on the monstrous actions of the Trump Administration, and to work with colleagues to stop them. I want to offer my thanks for to everyone who has fought, marched, called, written, and offered to help push for basic decency. Let us keep working together to make this country what we all believe it should be.  Rep. Donald Beyer can be reached through his website at www.beyer.house.gov, on Twitter @RepDonBeyer or his office at (202) 225-4376.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

A FAMILY OF FOUR SPENDS $1500 A YEAR ON FOOD THEY DON’T EAT

Last year I published a compilation of defunct newspapers that once served the readers of sainted Arlington. I’ve since been reminded of another. My friends Charlie and Paula Dierkes recently decluttered and delivered to me a yellowed stash of 1964 issues of a cool weekly the Arlington Suburban Leader. The four copies gave me a joyous hour of perusing a frozen-inamber slice of Arlington’s past that took me back to intense events of my youth. The Leader, with offices at 1045 N. Glebe Road (just across from the old Blue Goose building), was a tabloid edited by publisher R. Edward Holmes. It cost 10 cents per copy ($5 a year) and claimed a circulation of 20,000. One front-page profile of conservative county board candidate Kenneth Haggerty quoted him asking voters to “place a halting reign on the twentieth-century paternalistic monster across the Potomac.” A banner headline announced a summer jobs program for 40 boys in the Youth Conservation Corps at the Arlington Hall playground. Surrounding the stories were ads from such vanished commercial stalwarts as Bob Peck Chevrolet, WAVA News Radio, Tom Sarris’ Steakhouse, Yeatman’s Hardware and Martin’s Men’s Shop. Washington Senators season tickets were advertised for $37.50 (includes opening day!). But most fun was the Leader’s elaborate take-out section titled

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“The Northern Virginia Sports Recorder.” It featured Washington-Lee High School’s crew team, under coach Charlie Butts, winning global fame at London’s Henley Regatta. “Yorktown Gymnastics Team Easily Retains State Title,” ran its headline for March 21, 1964. Using stringers, the editors stretched coverage to youth sports in Falls Church (Go Boys Club!), Vienna and Fairfax, as well as George Washington University. They profiled legendary O’Connell High School baseball coach Al Burch. Not all was mainstream sports. The Leader covered church league basketball, co-ed swimmers at the Northern Virginia Aquatic Club, men’s leagues at Skor Mor Ten-Pin bowling lanes (one team sponsor was the still-running Hurt Cleaners), and even a “Hobby Corner” column on stamp collecting. Most meaningful for my gang was a photo of “Mr. Baseball,” Little Major League Coach Jim Bowman. He’s shown giving a batting clinic to some of 150 boys who enrolled at the YMCA on N. 13th St. As the longtime mentor of Optimist Club, Bowman was a stickler for fundamentals. Like other coaches, he asked the Leader to run items announcing tryouts— they even printed his phone number (Kenmore 8-2520). Bowman’s employer also advertised in the paper — Edmonds “Ford City” at Wilson Blvd. and 10th St. The kids’ enthusiasm jumps off the Leader’s pages. Some 200 showed up for tryouts for my old team Mario’s Pizza in 1963. There

was also a notice seeking volunteer coaches for girls’ “pigtail” softball. I caught references to my football and baseball coaches Bob Guillot, Howard Millner, Ralph Whikehart (misspelled) and Jesse Meeks. Amazingly, one issue provided detailed coverage of a Little Major League All-Star baseball game for 12-year-olds that I witnessed. It featured exploits of pitcher Joe Sweeney of Arlington Trust (who led the league in 1964 with a .590 batting average and nine home runs). Arlington’s American League won that game 1-0. I counted mentions of 15 players I played with or against. There are several with whom, more than a half-century later, I still speak. Alas, the Leader was not long for Arlington, folding after a couple of years. *** Those statewide history activists producing the coming Virginia Women’s Monument [www.virginiacapitol.gov] in Richmond gathered June 19 at a private home in McLean for a progress report and remarks by former First Lady of Virginia Dorothy McAuliffe. According to a chief organizer, former Arlington state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, fund-raisers for the display called “Voices from the Garden” have brought in $3 million of the $3.7 million needed for 12 outdoor bronze statues of accomplished Old Dominion women going back four centuries. Against a backdrop showing the design and sample texts, Whipple noted that planners decided that showing the women on pedestals “didn’t quite do it for us.”

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CRIME REPORT

Hit and Run, 503 Roosevelt Blvd (Oakwood Apartments), between 2 PM, June 17 and 6PM, June 21, a parked vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Week of June 18 - 24, 2018 Graffiti, 100 blk Hillwood Ave, June 18, graffiti was observed on the side of an electrical box. Assault-Aggravated, 306 Hillwood Ave (Lesly Restaurant Bar & Grill), June 19, 1:42 AM, officers responded to a fistfight in progress. Medics transported the victim. Two suspects fled the area in a dark charcoal gray Mazda 6, with no front tag, dark window tint and the rear tag bent upward. One suspect described as a Hispanic male, 26 years old, 5’07”, 160 pounds, wearing a gray polo with white and red stripes. The other suspect was described as a Hispanic male, 25 years old, 6’00, 260 pounds, wearing a gray shirt with a soccer team patch on the right side of his chest. No weapons were displayed. Investigation continues.

Larceny-Theft from Building, 6607 Wilson Blvd (BJ’s), June 19, 11:55 AM, an item of value was taken from an employees only area of the store. Suspect described as a white male wearing a white shirt and dark pants. Investigation continues. Hit and Run, 100 blk W Broad St, June 19, 6:10 PM, a white Ford Fusion traveling east was struck by a silver CRV. Suspect described as an older, Asian woman who left the scene traveling south on S Washington St. Drunk in Public, 127 E Broad St (Applebee’s Grill & Bar), June 20, 8:33 PM, a male, 35, of Fairfax, VA, was arrested for being Drunk in Public. Hit and Run, 800 blk Park Ave, between 7 AM, June 20 and 8 AM, June 21, a vehicle parked on the

Smoking Violations, 6757 Wilson Blvd, #15 (H2O Café), June 22, 12:25 AM, a male, 51, of Falls Church, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. Smoking Violations, 6757 Wilson Blvd, #15 (H2O Café), June 22, 12:27 AM, a male, 27, of Temple Hills, MD, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. Hit and Run, 100 blk E Annandale Rd, June 23, 12:48 PM, a vehicle was struck by a black Honda CRV which left the scene. OTHER June 16, 2800 blk Flagmaker Dr, 8:45 PM, officers recovered a vehicle which had been stolen in Fairfax County.

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Is Trump About To Go Down?

The major media and all the sanctioned political pundits and tired elected officials filled the airwaves and newspaper columns the last few days with fruitless debates about whether or not expelling Sarah Sanders was the right thing for a small mid-Virginian restaurant owner to do. But while preoccupied with that, monumental decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court relating to the nation’s ability to ban immigrants based on religious affiliation (the technical ruling did not pertain to that, per se, but the matter was derived from earlier claims that did), and to the ability of states to gerrymander electoral districts in unfair ways (in Virginia, it ordered the state to redraw the boundaries of all 11 of her U.S. Congressional Districts FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS before the November election) were being announced. Then came a couple somewhat more esoteric but meaningful reveals whose import may remain obscure for now but eventually far more important. There was Virginia U.S. Senator Mark Warner’s off-hand comment reported by Politico over the weekend at a Democratic political event in Martha’s Vineyard. He was said to have quipped, “If you get me one more glass of wine, I’ll tell you stuff only Bob Mueller and I know. If you think you’ve seen wild stuff so far, buckle up. It’s going to be a wild couple of months.” (Just the day before in Northern Virginia, when I asked Warner at a press conference on an unrelated matter, “What’s coming next with the Intelligence Committee?,” he just gave a giant shrug and grin and walked away. Was I to read that as the committee had run dry? Maybe his remarks the next day were inspired slightly by his felt need to set that matter straight.) There was the startling reaction of a visibly upset Trump at a rally in Duluth last week when a person in the crowd held up a enlarged photo showing Trump with convicted child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. Trump stopped everything to tell people to remove the protester, over and over again. There persist the lawsuits by women charging the president with rape while they were underage. Then this week there has been the release through You Tube of a music video by the same Russian rock star, Emin Agalarov, who had a hand in the famous Trump Tower pow-wow with Trump Jr. and top Russian state officials. This video has been characterized as a “definite provokatsiya,” or provocation against Trump. It shows a Trump character being compromised in a hotel room with scantily clad women and payoff exchanges going on with members of his family. This has raised eyebrows globally. Does this signal that too much irrefutable evidence on the Russian-Trump connection has fallen into Mueller’s hands, via cooperating witnesses like Michael Cohen, that it’s time for Moscow to cut ties and kick Trump under the bus? Now, of course, come the polls that show Trump enjoys 90 percent support from the GOP (and five percent from the Democrats). But what does “GOP” refer to these days? What kind of shrunken, shriveled up caricature of its former self does the Republican Party now represent, now that it has abandoned its former life and is staggering along like a drug-addicted vagrant toward a row of garbage cans. Neither Trump himself nor the Russians are primarily to blame for the direction all this is heading, however. Trump fell into Russian hands through the Russian mob operating out of Brighton Beach in the 1970s, with the help of his mentor Roy Cohn. But this was the American ruling class gambit devised under Richard Nixon, through the ruse of “detente,” to permit this new social phenomenon to infect the U.S. like a slow-growing deadly virus. Their “Manchurian candidate” finally gained the White House, and has been shredding and sapping the strategic strength, globally, of the U.S. as rapidly as possible. Their only miscalculation was a huge one: that is, the American public is not buying it. The particularly craven nihilism of their chosen man does not resonate with the great majority of us. As nihilists themselves, they didn’t expect this. So they’re about to be swept into the dustbin of history, and hugely.

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Shaming Feels Good But Doing It Isn’t For a solid week, the most discussed story in America — the one that dominated serious newscasts and owned the home pages of influential periodicals — was the Trump administration’s cruel separation of migrant families and detention of some children in de facto cages. The outrage transcended political party, forced President Donald Trump to change course and represented an all-too-rare instance when his reprehensible actions earned a properly disgusted, widespread rebuke. “The dumbest thing in American politics” is how a Republican strategist described the mess NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE that Trump had needlessly made. “The dumbest, dumbest thing.” So why, when the strategist said this to me, did he sound upbeat? The answer is that it was Monday night and a miracle had occurred: The Democratic Party — well, one Democratic congresswoman in particular — had given journalists a different story to turn to, and this new narrative allowed Trump and his enablers to play the parts of victims. “Thank you, Maxine Waters,” the strategist said. Waters, rightly apoplectic about Trump, had exhorted voters to take inspiration from the recent public shaming of Trump administration officials and harass and heckle them whenever opportunity struck. “You tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere,” she said. And, predictably, a significant chunk of the talk in the news and on social media focused on whether the country had descended to some unfathomed nadir of acrimony. Weeping children on the border ceded the stage to screaming adults in Washington restaurants. “Inhumanity” made way for “incivility,” a noun that was being applied to Trump’s supporters and his detractors and was thus obscuring the maliciousness of the former. Nancy Pelosi took to Twitter to do damage control. Chuck Schumer, on the Senate floor, issued a sort of apology. Democrats showcased internal divisions rather than a united front and, in the parlance of sports, blew their lead. Let’s put aside the question of decorum and how we get back to a place where political debate is constructive and Congress is a realm of problem solving and progress, not a modern-day coliseum Colosseum in which gladiators do grisly battle. Let’s focus instead on tactics. Does public shaming serve the cause of thwarting Trump and limiting

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his considerable damage to America? The answer is more likely no than yes, and I don’t think that we can take that risk when a man is this miserable and the stakes are this high. Public shaming competes with the very developments that illuminate those stakes. The Supreme Court just validated Trump’s Muslim — er, travel — ban. Harley-Davidson announced that it’s moving production and jobs outside of America. There are constant fresh revelations about the ethical squalor of members of Trump’s Cabinet. Let’s direct voters toward the red meat of their wrongdoing, not their indigestion when they go out for a chimichanga. It’s possible that public shaming will have no effect on voters’ feelings and decisions, which are largely baked in by now. But it’s also possible that public shaming intensifies an ambient ugliness that sours more Trump skeptics than Trump adherents, who clearly made peace with ugliness a while back. And those adherents, nursing a ludicrous sense of persecution, could turn out in greater numbers this November as a result. It’s also the case that Trump can’t win on facts, which is why he has no regard for them, or on policy, which is why he’s cavalier about it. But resentment? Fury? That’s the toxic ecosystem in which he thrives. He’d like to turn all the country into a Trump rally. If the noise is loud enough, no signal can be heard. Trump’s opponents say it’s not fair that their confrontational conduct draws censure when his own conduct is more confrontational — and is heartless and racist to boot. They’re right. It’s not fair. But you know what’s less fair? This presidency itself. And you know what would be even less fair than that? Trump’s getting another two years with an obsequious Republican majority in Congress and, heaven help us, a second term. The stain on America could be indelible. Preventing it takes precedence over all else. So what matters now isn’t what’s viscerally satisfying and morally just. What matters is the absolute best strategy. What matters is victory. And behavior that could imperil that victory can’t be encouraged on the grounds that it’s reciprocal and feels good. “I’m outraged all the time,” a friend said to me near midnight Monday. “You want to know what I’m doing with it? I’m going to polling places right now to put up signs outside.” She had a preferred Democrat in a congressional primary in New York on Tuesday, someone she’d chosen because she felt that he was the likeliest candidate to unseat the Republican incumbent, and she’d been volunteering her time, day and night, to get him elected. “That’s my outrage: Take back the House!”

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Summer Activities Close to Home by Matlida Charles

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After a long winter that kept many of us indoors, summer is finally here. Let’s take advantage of it and be out and about! All of these ideas involve the cooperation of others. • Ask at the library about starting a seniors’ nostalgia book club in the evening. Read books that you read many years ago and talk about whether your opinions have changed. Find out if the library can show old movies that you haven’t seen in years. Consider making these grandparent/grandchild nights. On that same theme, look into craft nights with your grandchildren at the library. Offer to volunteer during the week in exchange, perhaps teaching a small class on one of your skills. • See if a local coffee shop is willing to let a group meet one morning a week. Ask for volunteer

speakers from community businesses. • Check in with your local senior center and see what’s on the schedule. Group field trips can take you to interesting places, generally by bus, so you don’t even have to drive. If they don’t have activities that interest you, make a suggestion, or better yet, volunteer to lead a group to plant flowers or paint some rooms. Organize a barbecue in the parking lot, or an early-morning walk or a picnic at a local park. • Do you have a community pool? Ask about opening it one morning per week for seniors only. Is there a college pool nearby that might do the same? How about a small group music-lesson series at the college? • Will a local bookstore offer discounted coffee and snacks in their coffee shop if you meet there once a week? Sometimes all you need to do

is ask, and local businesses and organizations would be happy to have you. *** Here is selection of studies about seniors from around the globe: Norway: It seems that what we’ve been told about how many servings of fruits and vegetables to eat each day to stay healthy might not be accurate. All these years we’ve been told five. The correct number is eight. Finding: For every 200 gram (.84 cup) increase in fruits or vegetables we eat, we decrease our risk of stroke and premature death by 10.8 percent. Finding: Eating canned fruit, however, increases the risk. Australia: For years we’ve been told to be wary of the cholesterol in eggs. A new study now claims that eggs aren’t linked to heart disease, even eating up to a dozen eggs per week, if you have pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. Finding: The caveat is that

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you must switch from butter to monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats like olive oil. Finding: The study was financed by an Australian egg website, but it’s claimed they didn’t have anything to do with the study itself. United States: Seniors who have had serious financial shocks experience increased mortality from all causes. A study followed 8,700 seniors (some wealthy and some not) for 20 years after being assessed in 1994. “Negative wealth shock” was considered as losing more than 75 percent of net worth over a two-year period. Finding: Participants were 50 percent more likely to die if they

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Legend of Civil War Era ‘Hangman’s Tree’ Lives On

Civil War. The legend itself possibly originated from Mosby’s real raid of the village and his attempt to capture and hang George Ives, his Falls Church enemy. Even though his attempt failed, many knew of his intention to hang Ives, which could have led to the legend of the Hangman’s Tree. The tree of the legend came down in 1968, after its roots were damaged in the expansion of Broad Street in the 1950s. After the tree was removed, the Falls Church Historical Commission placed the plaque and stone on the site of the tree, keeping the legacy and story alive. The plaque sits just behind a bus stop, in front of what is currently Liberty Barbecue. Though the legend is likely false, the landmark still stands as a reminder of the actual people and events that occurred in Falls Church during the Civil War.

BY ESTELLE TIMAR-WILCOX FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS

One of the most well-known landmarks from Civil War-era Falls Church is the site of the Hangman’s Tree, a massive oak tree that used to stand on the corner of Broad Street and Virginia Avenue. The tree itself is long gone, but a plaque on a stone marking the spot tells the legend of the Hangman’s Tree: During the Civil War, when a Confederate colonel named John Mosby and his troops occupied the village of Falls Church, Mosby and his men supposedly used the tree to hang several enemies suspected of being Union sympathizers or spies. The legend appears to simply be a legend, however. Mosby and his men consistently kept detailed records of any hangings or similar actions, and they had no written record of hanging spies or enemies in the Falls Church tree. The Union Army also recorded Mosby’s time in Falls Church, and, like Mosby, had no record of any hanging at this tree. The most detailed (yet still vague)

A PLAQUE DEDICATED to the Hangman’s Tree can be found at the tree’s original W. Broad Street location. The actual tree was removed in 1968, but its legend remains. (P��: N��-P��) account of the legend comes from Reverend Melvin Steadman, Falls Church historian and author of “Falls Church, by Fence and Fireside.”

Even this retelling of the story is indirect, though – Steadman’s account came from his grandmother, who claimed to have witnessed the event.

Only a few elements of the story are based in fact. Mosby and his men, commonly known as the Partisan Rangers, did occupy and raid Falls Church during the

This is the first in a series of articles by the News-Press highlighting landmarks and curiosities around the Falls Church area. Have an idea for a future article? Send your suggestions to us at fcnp@fcnp.com.

Scoop the Poop:

A Homeowner’s Guide to a Healthy Watershed The City of Falls Church occupies 2.2 square miles. More than half of the City drains to a stream called Tripp’s Run and the remaining area of the City goes to Four Mile Run. Both steams ultimately drain to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. These streams are classiﬁed as impaired, or not supporting federal and state swimmable and ﬁshable goals, by the Commonwealth of Virginia for bacteria (Four Mile Run for fecal coliform and Tripp’s Run for e. coli). This status subjects these watersheds to regulation under the federal Clean Water Act. As a result, the City of Falls Church is required to mitigate its share of stormwater pollution. One way you can help is by cleaning up pet waste. Bacteria, parasites, and viruses found in pet waste can be hardmul to water quality and human health. Here are the top 10 reasons to scoop the poop: 1. 2.

Stormwater carries pet waste and other pollutants directly into waterways. Animal waste adds nitrogen to the water. Excess nitrogen depletes the oxygen in water necessary for beneficial underwater grasses, wildlife and fish. 3. Animal waste may contain harmful organisms such as Giardia, Salmonella and E. coli that can be transmitted to humans and other animals by ingesting contaminated water. 4. Roundworms and hookworms deposited by infected animals can live in the soil for long periods of time and be transmitted to other animals and humans. 5. It's the law! Many urban and suburban areas require you to pick up after your pet. Even if there is no restriction, cleaning up after your pet is always the right thing to do. 6. Joining the growing number of responsible pet owners may encourage hotel managers to accept pets when you are traveling and help keep fees to a minimum. 7. No one likes to step in pet waste and spread it into homes, cars and businesses. 8. Scooping on a daily basis and applying lime will help prevent odors. 9. It's easy to clean up by carrying plastic baggies and paper towels in your pocket. The baggies can be secured and thrown away in the garbage. 10. Your neighbors will appreciate your good manners. For further information concerning Stormwater runoff and pollutants, please contact Jason Widstrom, P.E., Civil Engineer with the Department of Public Works at 703-248-5350 (TTY 711) or via email at jwidstrom@fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disability Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability call 703-248-5350, (TTY 711).

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MONKEYBOY CONSUMABLES, a new pop-up food incubator, is currently in operation next to 7-Eleven on N. West St. (PHOTO: JODY FELLOWS)

Monkeyboy Brings Kalechup, Mayonot & More to F.C. With Pop-Up Food Incubator BY JODY FELLOWS

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If you told me you knew what you’d find when you walked through the door at 112 N. West St., I’d probably call you a liar (well, not to your face, but I’d definitely be thinking it). At first and even second glance, it’s not clear what the business now occupying the space next to 7-Eleven, formerly home of Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae, exactly is. The overhauled storefront sports a new facade, dressed up whimsically in red and yellow paint, the windows tagged with graffiti-like messages and, above it all, the name “Monkeyboy Consumables” alongside a logo of a screaming, hat-wearing chimpanzee calls to passersby. Yet, even walking through the door doesn’t immediately yield many answers. Inside, there are pallets of

boxes stacked to the ceiling while the rest of the the decor reflects the same whimsy as the exterior. A side wall is decked out with a menagerie of framed chimp photos above a small display of salsas, oils and hot sauces, and in the far corner of the space, an industrialsized immersion blender hangs on the wall next to an assortment of white lab coats and hats, emblazoned with the same screaming ape logo out front. And by the blender sits a stainless-steel vat, the heart of this eccentric and enigmatic operation. Monkeyboy Consumables is the City’s first-ever pop-up food incubator as well as the home of Kalechup, Mayonot, Veggie Pop and a host of other locally made, vegetable-based sauces and food products. Debuting last month on Memorial Day, the shop is the brainchild of Dave Forbes, a local resident who has been making

veggie sauces in his home kitchen and selling them at the Falls Church Farmers Market for the past five months. Forbes wanted to expand his operation and sell wholesale but the trip down to a co-packing facility in Virginia Beach was just too much. “At three-and-a-half hours away and 500 bucks a day,” Forbes says, “I could probably find a place closer to make my sauce.” So, the software design consultant by trade started talking to Becky Witsman at the City of Falls Church Economic Development Office and she suggested the former Mike’s Deli space. “I pinged the developer and he was interested,” Forbes says. “If I enjoy it and get six months out of it, it’s worth doing.” Kalechup, the crown jewel and star of Monkeyboy’s burgeoning veggie-sauce empire, originated last spring when Forbes was throwing a high school graduation party for his son. While trying to

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come up with a sauce to go along with the pig he was barbecuing in his backyard, he decided on something with kale. After an exhaustive search online came up empty (“I’m a software guy, I’ve got a software patent, so I’m pretty thorough in my searching,” he says), Forbes thought one of two things. “It’s either the stupidest idea ever or so genius, no one has ever thought of it,” he says. “I like to believe it’s more of the latter.” Forbes then took his favorite cream kale recipe and a standard ketchup recipe, combined the two and Kalechup was born. “My wife said of all the dumb ideas I’ve had, this is the least dumb. She encouraged me to proceed with it.” Forbes has since filed a patent for the kale-ketchup hybrid, which he says is extremely versatile. His ideal vision for the sauce is a condiment for a hot dog or sausage, but he says it works on much more. “It’s good on fried eggs, grilled meat and grilled fish. Vegan friends put it on roasted vegetables. I’m not a vegan by any means, but putting it on food instead of ketchup, at least you’re being a little bit healthier.” In addition to his original recipe, Kalechup is also available in a habanero version and Forbes says he’s always experimenting with other flavors. Some other vegetable sauces he’s dabbled in include varieties made from cabbage, beets and carrots. At one point, Forbes had 17 different sauces though he admits, not all of them have been successful, “I made a turnip sauce that was pretty disgusting.” “Bottom line,” he says, “it’s got to taste good. If it’s healthy and doesn’t taste good, who’s going to eat that?” Another hot-ticket item from Monkeyboy Consumables is Mayonot, a mayonnaise substitute made from cauliflower. Capitalizing on the cauliflower trend, Forbes says the no-oil, no-carb, no-calorie, paleo- and vegan-friendly sauce is great on sandwiches and a healthier alternative to mayo.

Forbes even produces a vegetable-based soda dubbed Veggie Pop that he makes using the “pot liquor” — the runoff from the liquid used to boil down his sauce creations — along with fruit juice and aromatics. “It makes for a really refreshing soda pop,” he says. Along with his own line up, Forbes also carries products from other area producers including sausages, salsas as well as fresh bouquets from a local florist. And, as a food incubator, Forbes hosts a “food lab” each Sunday for people to come in and brainstorm food ideas. He hopes other producers, most who currently make their products at home, use his shop to make their own batches. Just this week, Falls Church’s Mercy Bloomgarden began producing her Oh Mercy! branded African-style hot sauces at the Monkeyboy kitchen. “If anyone wants to make a weird food product, they should come talk to me,” Forbes says.”That’s what we’re all about.” Along with the packaged sauces at Monkeyboy, there’s also a freezer filled with Stachowski sausages (the perfect compliment to Kalechup, Forbes says) as well as all-day vegan carryout from the local Borekg Catering. Pop-ups are, by definition, only temporary. The space Monkeyboy Consumables occupies is set to be home to the future Founder’s Row development currently awaiting approval by the City Council, but Forbes hopes there’s life for his incubator beyond the current space. He says he’d love to keep it in the City and has been looking around town for possible future locations. If he finds there’s a market for it and he gets enough people involved, he’d like to keep it going. “I’ll stick it out as long as I can,” he says. The hours for Monkeyboy Consumables (112 N. West St.) are 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Friday and 2 – 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Also on Saturday, a Monkeyboy Food Lab for brainstorming food product ideas is held from 2 – 4 p.m.

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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, JUNE 28 Preschool Storytime. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. All storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Playtime with Early Literacy Center Toys. Explore educational and manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. Teen Tapestry Weaving. Learn the art of tapestry and weave your own creation. Teens in rising grades 6-12 can attend. Registration is required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 3 – 4:30 p.m.

703-248-5034. Concerts in the Park: Bushmaster. Concert music at this week’s event in Cherry Hill Park. Free concerts every Thursday through August 2. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave. Falls Church) 7 – 8:30 p.m. 703248-5077.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29 1-on-1 Computer Training. Get general personalized assistance to learn how to use the library’s downloadable collections (ebooks, digital magazines, music), customize email inboxes, more efficiently search the web or better familiarize with technology such as a smartphone, tablet or laptop. Registration is required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. Animal Colors Campfire. This program is filled with activities like storytime, special animal guests, games, songs and more.

Both children and adults are able to attend but children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Registration is required, and it costs $3 to attend. Gulf Branch Nature Center (3608 North Military Rd., Arlington). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-228-3403.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Contra Dance. A Contra dancing session will take place with a workshop for beginners preceding it. No partner is needed and there is no registration. Only open to ages 55 and over. Lee Community and Senior Center and Park (5722 Lee Highway, Arlington). 1 – 3 p.m. 703-228-0555.

MONDAY, JULY 2 Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers and plants, honey and music. City Hill Parking Lot. (300 Park Ave. Falls Church) 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5027.

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TUESDAY, JULY 3 Paws to Read at the Library. Children can read with a canine companion. Readers rising grades K-6th. Registration is required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 3 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5034.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 Independence Day Remembered. In honor of the Declaration of Independence being read on the steps of the Falls Church Episcopal in 1776, locals are invited to gather once again at the church to review the nation’s founding documents. All are welcome. Falls Church Episcopal (115 E. Fairfax St., Falls Church). Noon – 1 p.m. 703-241-0003. July Fourth Celebration. Celebrate Independence Day with an evening of fireworks, food and live music. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 6 – 10 p.m. 703-248-5500.

THEATER&ARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 29 The Crucible: A Staged Reading Benefit. An all-star cast of Fairfax County Public School Theatre Arts teachers will come together to perform a one-night-only, special staged reading of Arthur Miller’s beloved drama. All proceeds will go to benefit the NextStop Summer Theatre Adventures program and the FCPS Theatre Teachers Association. NextStop Theatre (269 Sunset Park Dr. Herndon). $25. 8 p.m. nextstoptheatre.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30 “Hamilton.” The American Musical is a sung- and rapped-through musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow. The National Tour of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Broadway sensation finally comes to D.C. Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC) $99 – $625. 7:30 p.m. kennedy-center.org

Why "Only Rain Down the Drain"? With the rain showers of the past few weeks, you may have seen stencils appearing around the City with messages like, “Your river starts here,” and “Only rain down the drain,” or the blue and green plaques above storm drains. So, what’s it all about? Whatever collects in our streets and gutters gets washed into the drain. Then what happens? It doesn’t get filtered. It doesn’t get treated. It doesn’t become someone else’s problem. Stormwater runoff from our sidewalks and streets carries trash, debris and chemical pollutants from vehicle exhausts, leaks, and careless contamination directly into the streams that run through our public parks. From there it runs untreated to the Potomac River and out to the Chesapeake Bay. Those beautiful waterways with their popular recreation spots can hide some unpleasant secrets. The water quality, especially after heavy rains, is sometimes so bad it poisons or even kills fish, shellfish, and vegetation and can make it inadvisable for people to go in the water. One fix is easy. We can keep trash out of the streams by disposing of it in streetside bins or at home. Simple! Stop chemicals from getting into the water in the first place. Combine trips to drive less, thereby reducing air pollution. Keep your vehicle wellmaintained to avoid fluid leaks. For your next vehicle, consider an electric, hybrid, or low-emissions model. And, of course, you should never pour anything like paint, oil, garden chemical or detergents, down a storm drain. Our streams and rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay, are wonderful assets. Please do what you can to help protect them.

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“People for Whom the World Spins and Turns.” This world premiere play by James J. Hsiao, MD, introduces audiences to five recovering addicts and their sometimes-catastrophic attempts to survive a 28-day recovery program. Not yielding to temptation becomes a day-to-day strategy as questionable practices ensue. Relationships begin, strengthen, and disintegrate as these five lives spin, turn, evolve, and stand still. Anacostia Playhouse (2020 Shannon Place SE). $39. 7:30 p.m. anacostiaplayhouse.com.

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“Entirely Elvis.” Time to get “All Shook Up” for an entire cabaret dedicated to Elvis Presley’s soulful voice and sinful hips. There’ll be some “Love Me, Tender,” a little “Heartbreak Hotel,” and, of course, plenty of “Hound Dog” as Signature salutes the King. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $35. 8:30 p.m. sigtheatre.org.

Martha Capone Unplugged. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504.

SUNDAY, JULY 1 “Scottsboro Boys.” Signature’s tradition of celebrating Kander & Ebb continues with their final musical collaboration. On March 25, 1931, nine young AfricanAmerican teenagers were ripped off a train, falsely accused of a crime, hastily tried and sentenced to death in an outrageous disregard of due process. With a sound and style reflecting the period and exhilarating dance and song, The “Scottsboro Boys” transforms an event that gripped the nation into a compelling musical nominated for twelve Tony Awards. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $40. 8 p.m. sigtheatre. org.

LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, JUNE 28 Sean Harris Live and in Concert. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703237-8333. Sergio Mendes. The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $69.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Ike Reilly. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 8 p.m.

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Motown the Musical. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $30 – $85. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Mike Love. Union Stage (740 Water St. SW, Washington, D.C.). $15 – $25. 8 p.m. 877-987-6487. Dave Chappell Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

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Chris Cassady. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Redacted. Cafe Kindred & Townshend Bar (450 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 7 p.m. 571-327-2215. Lyfe Jennings (Encore Performance the Following Night). The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $59.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers/The Wood Brothers. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $27 – $60. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. Old 97’s. 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW, Washington D.C.) $25. 8 p.m. 202265-0930. The Big O and Dukes Show Presents the Roast of Beau LeBlanc. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $22. 8:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

HAL KETCHUM (RIGHT) will be at The Birchmere in Alexandria on Sunday. (Photo: Courtesy Dave Hensley)

Kyle Guffey. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 1 p.m. 703-255-1566.

JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703241-9504.

The Exaggerations. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-2419504.

Cecilia Grace Duo. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

Shartel and Hume. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

Wicked Jezebel. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

Tusk- The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $24. 7 p.m. 703-2370300.

Josh Schmidt. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

Nellie McKay. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $25 – $30. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

Jack Broadbent Live and in Concert. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Randall Rivers Elvis Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-2419504.

Lunch with Bob at JV’s Restaurant.

SUNDAY, JULY 1 Terri Burrows and the Rhythm Cats. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-241-9504. Rock-o-sonics Live and in Concert. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. Hal Ketchum playing alongside Clarence Bucaro. The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $39.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Linwood Taylor Band Live and in Concert. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

MONDAY, JULY 2 Barenaked Ladies Live and in Concert. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $43.50 – $73.50. 7 p.m. 703-255-1900. Wolf Blues Jam Weekly Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

TUESDAY, JULY 3 Shiretta Settles Soul Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. The Dynamic Duo: Ms. Kim and Scooby Live and in Concert. Union Stage (740 Water St. SW, Washington, D.C.). $25 – $40. 10 p.m. 877-987-6487.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 Josh Allen Band Live and in Conert. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington). 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340.

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B�� N�� N�� Functional Fitness Hosts Fundraiser Saturday Functional Fitness is hosting its annual Pennies for Pounds Fundraiser & Open House on Saturday, June 30 from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The event will include an open house to welcome Sports Physical Therapy Lab to the team, a strength challenge to raise money for Functional Fitness owner Kavon Atabaki’s Susan G. Komen Walk for Breast Cancer, and a $50 charity workout with prizes. Functional Fitness is located at 350 S. Washington St. in Falls Church. For more information, visit functionalfitnessva.com.

Dancing Mind Raising Money for F.C. Education Foundation Dancing Mind is hosting a yoga summer challenge to raise funds for the Falls Church Education Foundation. Participants are challenged to practice for 30 days. The winner will receive a $250 shopping spree in Dancing Mind’s new boutique and a six month pass. All proceeds from this program will be donated to the FCEF to fund health and wellness initiatives in Falls Church City public schools. For more information, visit www.dancingmind.com.

Lazy Mike’s Hosting 4th of July ‘Parking Lot Party’ Lazy Mike’s is hosting its first annual Fourth of July Parking Lot Party on Wednesday, July 4 starting at 1 p.m. The event will include beverages, food, and live music by Zakke, The Twin Brothers Band, and Big Tow. Lazy Mike’s is located at 7049 Leesburg Pike, in viewing distance of the Falls Church Fireworks show. There is a $10 cover charge, children 12 and under are free. For more information, visit Lazy Mike’s Facebook page at facebook.com/Lazy-Mikes-119047384794984. For information about the City of Falls Church’s Independence Day celebration, which includes food trucks, live music, and fireworks, visit fallschurchva.gov.

Arlington’s Gibb’s Copiers Relocates to Falls Church James M. Gibb has relocated Gibb’s Copiers from Arlington to 107 Pennsylvania Ave. in Falls Church. Gibb’s Copiers is a 25 year old independently owned and operated office equipment business that specializes in providing servicing and sales of copiers, printers, scanners, faxes and computers in the D.C. metro area. In addition to equipment sales, Gibb’s also sells supplies, toner, ink, and consumables and offers yearly maintenance agreement plans. For more information, visit gibbscopiers.com.

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Columbia Baptist Asks Community for Redevelopment Input Columbia Baptist Church is considering redevelopment and want to involve the community in their efforts. A survey for residents and local business leaders will help them understand what their neighbors consider to be the community’s most pressing needs and issues. The local general public is encouraged to share thoughts at tinyurl.com/y9efgwvu.

Eden Center Moves Legal Offices The Mid-Atlantic legal office of Capital Commercial Properties, Inc. and Eden Center, Inc. has moved from its former location on Telestar Court in Falls Church to 3018 Javier Road, Suite 200, in Fairfax. Telephone and fax numbers will remain the same. For more information, visit capitalcommercialproperties.com or edencenter.com.

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Fairfax Still Waiting to Cooperate on Technology Triangle, Holmes Says Despite reports that Fairfax County officials will not agree to boundary adjustments with the City of Falls Church, County officials have expressed a warm and enthusiastic willingness to work with the City to realize a significant commerical development of the so-called “Technology Triangle” at the City’s west end. David Holmes, executive director of the City’s Economic Development Authority, notes a good history of cooperation between the municipalities to bring about development.

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Gardner Re-Elected Mayor, 2 Dissent on F.C. Council There were smiles all the way around among the over 60 in attendance during a City Hall reception and during formal swearing in ceremonies, but they quickly dissipated when the newly-configured Falls Church City Council cast its first vote Tuesday, and dissent arose in the re-election of Mayor Robin Gardner and election of Vice Mayor Hal Lippman. Newcomers Nader Baroukh and Lawrence Webb were joined by the incumbent Gardner in pledging the oath of office prior to the meeting.

interacted with some of the children there in Spanish. He asked facility staff about how the children were doing, and they confirmed that many of the children who arrive at their facility are traumatized. Based on what Kaine saw on his tour and heard from staff, he said it appeared children at this particular facility are being appropriately cared for. Youth for Tomorrow’s staff told Kaine they are focused on reuniting the children with their families, even as it is unclear whether HHS shares that goal. HHS and DHS haven’t answered Kaine and Warner’s questions about whether children who have been separated from their parents are being sent to other locations in Virginia.

Kaine then issued a statement Friday saying, “The Trump Administration needs to assure us that every single one of the children they separated from their parents is quickly and safely returned to their families. The first step toward that goal is identifying where every child is being held, releasing a list of those facilities, and letting Members of Congress visit all of those locations. I’m thankful that Youth for Tomorrow allowed me to visit today and appreciate the organization’s focus on family reunification. The fact that HHS isn’t being transparent about many other facilities across the country makes me worry about the conditions that many of these kids are facing.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VIRGINIA PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING The City of Falls Church Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 16, 2018at 7:30 PM in the School Board Conference Room, 800 West Broad Street, Suite 203, to consider the following ordinance: (TO18-01)ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 10, “B-2 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT”, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH TO AMEND SEC. 48-486. “PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT” IN ORDER TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL USES AND TO EDIT LANGUAGE REGARDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND TO AMEND SEC. 48-488. “SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS” FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON SITES DESIGNATED AS SPECIAL REVITALIZATION DISTRICT FOR EDUCA-

TION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGNATED FOR MIXED-USE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP Information on or copies of the proposed ordinance can be viewed at the Development Services Counter or City Clerk’s Oﬃce at City Hall (temporary location), 400 North Washington Street, Falls Church, VA, Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). You may contact the Planning Division at 703-248-5040 with any questions or concerns. This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on July 16, 2018 at 7:30 PM in the School Board Conference Room, Suite 203, located at 800 East Broad Street, Falls Church, Virginia. 22046 for consideration of the following item: New Business: (TR18-32) RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 2016-04 TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND TO INCREASE THE BUILDING HEIGHT WITH A BONUS OF THIRTY (30) FEET WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF EIGHTY-FIVE (85) FEET FOR A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON APPROXIMATELY 4.3 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 110, 112, 112A, 212 & 212A NORTH WEST STREET, 916, 920, 922, 924, 926, 928, 930, 932 & 934, WEST BROAD STREET AND 919, 921 & 925 PARK AVENUE (REAL PROPERTY CODE NUMBERS 51-202-009 THROUGH 51-202015, 51-202-003, 51-202-004, 51-202-005, 51-202-028 AND 51-202-028 OUTLOT) KNOWN AS “MASON ROW” ON APPLICATION BY SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT, LLC. AND RENAMED “FOUNDERS ROW” The City of Falls Church has received a request to amend the previously Jan. 11, 2016 approved Special Exception for Mason Row Mixed Use Development to change the planned Hotel use to Age-Restricted Multifamily Residential use and related application changes. Information on the above application is available for review at: Planning Oﬃce 400 N. Washington, Suite 301-04 Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5040 gfuller@fallschurchva.gov This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on July 12, 2018 at 7:30 PM in the Community Center Art Room, located at 223 Little Falls Street, for consideration of the following items: A request for a reconsideration of a decision by the BZA to deny application V1600-18 by Roy Wingrove, applicant and owner, at the June 14, 2018 BZA meeting, and a revised request for a variance to Section 48-238(3)(a) to allow (1) a front yard setback of 27.80 feet instead of 30 feet, and (2) a rear yard setback of 20 feet instead of 22.15 feet for the purpose of constructing a second-ﬂoor addition with a front porch on premises known as 107 Jackson Street, RPC #52-501-040 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned R-1A, Low Density Residential. Variance application V1601-18 by Don Beyer Motors, Inc., applicant, for a variance to Sec. 48-522(12)(c) to allow a motor vehicle sales facility to be located within 208 feet instead of 300 feet of an R district, for the purpose of constructing a new twostory motor vehicle showroom, on premises known as 1119 & 1121 West Broad Street, RPC #52-102-045 and #52-102-044 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned M-1, Light Industry. Variance application V1602-18 by Don Beyer Motors, Inc., applicant, for a variance to Sec. 48-1101 to allow a front yard setback of 20 feet instead of 25 feet, for the purpose of constructing a new two-story motor vehicle showroom, on premises known as 1119 & 1121 West Broad Street, RPC #52-102-045 and #52-102-044 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned M-1, Light Industry. Special Use Permit application U1603-18 by Don Beyer Motors, Inc., applicant, to allow a motor vehicle sales use on premises known as 1119 & 1121 West Broad Street, RPC #52-102-045 and #52-102-044 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned M-1, Light Industry. The Planning Commission of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will also hold a public meeting on July 2, 2018 at 7:30 PM in the School Board Conference Room, 800 W. Broad Street, Suite 203, to consider a recommendation to the Board of Zoning Appeals on the above applications for the new vehicle showroom by Don Beyer Motors, Inc. Information on the above applications is available for review at: Zoning Oﬃce 400 N. Washington, Suite 101 Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5015 (option 1)

zoning@fallschurchva.gov This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)

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