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The News-Press Summer Real Estate special is here with stories on upgrading your home for the future, harnassing the power of the sun and a unique and historic Falls Church property overhaul. See pull-out inside

F.C. Ranks 17th on ‘Best Small Towns’ List

Flurry of Last Minute Filing Activity Spurs Hopes for Lively Fall Races New F.C. Council, School Board Bids Ahead of Deadline by Nicholas F. Benton

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The City of Falls Church is number 17 in a new list ranking the best small towns in the country to live, work and play. See page 8

David Brooks: The Campus Crusaders Every generation has an opportunity to change the world. Right now, college campuses around the country are home to a moral movement that seeks to reverse centuries of historic wrongs. See page 12

Press Pass with The Nighthawks

Mark Wenner and his three bandmates in the roots music quartet The Nighthawks are stripping it down, going acoustic for their new album Back Porch Party and taking the party on the road. See page 33

TENANTS FACED OFF with management of the aging Broadfalls Apartments at a meeting of the Falls Church Housing Commission Tuesday night in a meeting hall at the St. James Church. Many grievances were aired and promises of improvements, but rents will still rise and the building’s plumbing system will not be overhauled. (Photo: News-Press)

Broadfalls Tenants, Manager Face Off at Housing Group

by Nicholas F. Benton

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Under the auspices of the Falls Church Housing Commission and with two F.C. City Council members, a Planning Commissioner and director of the City’s Human Services Department present to witness, a strong contingent of tenants of the aging Broadfalls Apartments in the 700 block of West Broad Street had the opportunity to vent their frustrations with issues of security,

maintenance and poor communication directly to building manager Mike Dalton at a meeting in a St. James School hall Tuesday night. The meeting turned into a lively exchange of grievances, on the one hand, and management’s claims of its efforts to keep the 113 residential and seven ground floor retail units functional, and while some of the smaller matters may get ironed out, there is no question that rents are going to continue to rise, even as building owner

Larimar, according to Dalton, has no plans for major upgrades or a renovation. The frustrations attending the dwindling stock of affordable dwelling units in the City, and the region, were brought out in this event, even as civility ruled. Lindolfo Carballo, director of the Falls Church-based CASA de Virginia advocacy group, was the moderator, and he expended considerable energy getting every one of the 30 or so tenants

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As the deadline now looms immediately for candidates to be certified to run for City Council and School Board in the City of Falls Church this November, things have started to pop. While last week the News-Press reported a disappointing lack of citizen interest in running for the six positions (three City Council, three School Board), now a veritable whirlwind of enthusiasm and energy has formed from a number of quarters, angling to make the most out of this last weekend before next Tuesday’s cut off point. This includes the fact that two veterans, Nader Baroukh on the City Council and Kieran Sharpe on the School Board, have not tipped their hand with any signs of seeking to run again. However, only 125 petition signatures from registered voters in the City are required, so even going into the final days anything remains possible. Officially filed with the City Registrar of Voters office as of late yesterday are six candidates, three each for the School Board and Council. All three Council candidates have been certified for the ballot, including incumbents Mayor David Tarter and Councilman Phil Duncan and Johannah Barry, who is seeking to regain the seat that she vacated on the Council in 2012. For School Board, current chair Justin Castillo has been certified for the ballot, while petitions have been submitted by Mark Kaye and Philip Reitinger that are awaiting verification and certification.

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present to air their concerns. While members of the Housing Commission wrote on large sheets of butcher paper taped to the wall notations of the concerns as they were expressed, Carballo concluded by calling for tenant volunteers to form a committee to go through all the concerns and do a followup meeting with Dalton. But the big issues were beyond the pale, such as rising rents and the fact the building’s plumbing system is very old and barely patched together. “It is an old building and a lot of the plumbing has gone bad,” Dalton conceded, but the cost of over $1 million to redo the whole system simply isn’t feasible, he said. So, sudden cut offs of water to units will still happen, although effort can be put to advance notice to tenants when there’s time to do it, he said. On rent increases, he said that

the D.C. area is a “strong market” for rentals, and that Broadfalls is among the “best performing in our portfolio,” adding to the pressure to raise rents, and to make the units increasingly unaffordable. A range of smaller problems included the washer unit on the third floor not working, not enough lighting in the parking lot, a broken back door to the swimming pool, inadequate provision for persons with disabilities, overcrowding in apartments, the poor location of a bike rack, disrespectful behavior of some management personnel, speeding through the parking lot, urine stench in the elevators and more. There’s also the pet issues, with large dogs, including more than one in some units, whose owners do not pick up after in the outdoor area with lounge chairs, and a long history of feral cats that have lived on the site for many years, and that tenants will feed. The move

by the management to remove the shelter for the cats and to discourage feeding is causing the cats to become more aggressive, it was noted, classifying the problem as a “safety issue.” Council members Phil Duncan and Marybeth Connelly were present, as was Planning Commissioner Lindy Hockenberry and the City’s Human Services director Nancy Vincent. The Housing Commission members also listened intently. But in an upscale community like the City of Falls Church, with the highest average household income in the entire U.S., seeing mostly productive and gainfully employed residents increasingly unable to afford housing even in the condition of Broadfalls, and struggling to get even basic amenities taken care of in this faceto-face with management, it cries out for a redoubling of efforts at developing serious affordable housing options to accommodate growing numbers of people.

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Affordable Housing Solution: Micro Units

The Broadfalls Apartments tenant-management meeting hosted by the Falls Church Housing Commission this week (reported elsewhere in this edition) underscores the glaring housing crisis that faces Falls Church and the entire region. The aging facility with its 113 rental apartments and seven ground floor retail units in the 700 block of W. Broad Street is aging fast, and its management company simply isn’t willing to pour the resources into it to do some fundamental repairs while continuing to raise the rents. The City’s dwindling stock of affordable housing options, which its Housing and Human Services Division predicted half a decade ago was on the brink of extinction (due to rising rents and tear-downs), is indeed rapidly disappearing. The units at the Broadfalls house respectable, employed citizens who make important contributions to the community, but cannot afford the rental rates elsewhere in town. In fact, in neighboring Fairfax County, when “Housing Choice” subsidies under Section 8 are provided, they no longer permit renters to supplement the subsidized amount with their own money to afford what’s available in this area. Without that, their options are restricted to the outlying, poorest areas of the county, adding to the transportation burden for anyone who works in this area. The days when Fairfax County committed a full penny on its real estate tax rate to affordable housing went the way of the last great recession. Ironically, while the recession destroyed more robust affordable housing plans, it also plunged many more people into the need for it. Now, as the regional economy stalls out, the problem is becoming truly severe. Our solution calls for a return to how this same problem was handled during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when into the pores of urban centers around the U.S., a new form of housing was introduced. For want of a better term, it can be called “micro unit housing.” These are entire buildings with nothing but small efficiency-sized units in the range of 350-400 square feet. Thousands of them can be included in one project, and they offer the prospect of affordable housing with or without government subsidies. The City of Falls Church could provide all the affordable housing needs for the entire community with one such large housing project that would need little or even no subsidy from the government, just a thumbs up from the City Hall bureaucracy. A church could offer a discount on property for such a project to a developer on condition that it be used for such a purpose. In fact, Falls Church could set a shining example by such an undertaking that would resonate nationwide. There would no doubt be the usual naysayers, but with the government minimally involved, there would be little recourse to something approaching a “by right” project. It would be a mix of workforce, senior and income-deficient housing and like the 1930s, it would be a solution to the only other option over time, Hoovervilles.

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Editor, I was amazed by the comment of Dr. Toni Jones in the News-Press article last week regarding the new Mount Daniel Elementary School not being LEED certified because educating children was more important than a “plaque.” To sum up LEED certification into it being just a “plaque” is not worthy of a leader of our great school system. LEED certification is a rigorous set of building standards that

include ensuring good air quality and circulation, high energy efficiency, and building techniques designed to endure for the longterm (thereby reducing future repair costs). I know because my family built one of the few LEED-certified homes in the area.Yes, in addition to paying the third party certifiers we also paid an extra $500 to hang a plaque on the front of our house. After all that we went through, we

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felt we deserved it. We involved our three children in the learning process of building sustainably and I believe it was a great educational experience. The good news is that even if Mount Daniel isn’t built to LEED specifications, your chosen builder can incorporate the LEED principles while building – but it’s helpful to have a third party making sure that actually happens. You may not get the plaque, but the students, teachers and staff will benefit. I hope Falls Church City will be a leader of green building in the future. I greatly commend Council member Daniel Sze, the News-Press, and the City of Falls Church building permit and

inspection office who were all so incredibly supportive of our own efforts to build green. Our children deserve thoughtful design, commitment to the environment and a clean air future. The savings in the long run far outweigh the short term cost. Anjali Hansen Falls Church

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The following are background and notes from the April 13 (and ever since) Falls Church City Council Meeting – my maiden voyage into the politics and commerce of our everyday lives in our excellent, historical City. My first Falls Church City Council meeting rocked my world! I had to pry myself away from my copious notes, at 12:24 a.m. on April 14. One and all intent on moving onto the next steps we knew we were going to have to take as Citizen Lobbyists. That night of April 13, my first witness of an important public meeting transformed my thinking. For the next 48 days, up until today, I have met with, and/or called upon, many excellent citizens in our local City government. I have been invited to, and otherwise attended, several smaller meetings of relevance to my learning. My commitment to learning also included talking privately with a couple of building neighbors, and other City of Falls Church citizens, stakeholders. I am so glad I started my newfound odyssey to stay in better touch with our leaders! *** I moved to West Broad Street in 2006,

and have lived in the same place for more than nine years. Before this, I lived in McLean for over 30 years, where I raised a family and ran a successful career and business in Washington, D.C. for 35 years. Over the last few years, my progress

“When I had to pry myself away from my copious notes, it was good to be among other citizens, after being so roundly ‘informed’ by Spectrum and their plans.” with the Falls Church Art League has jumpstarted my professional painting [second] career, to become one of my downtown life anchors. My paintings seem to mean something to some of my fellow-members, and I, in turn, love and adore all of them, as well as the leaders of Falls Church

Arts, especially our inexhaustible president, Barbara Cram. On April 10, I was proudly attending our “All Members Show,” where I had two paintings displayed in very favorable positions. In fact, I had just been chatting with Lindy Hockenberry (one of F.C.’s best citizen crusaders), and soon after, met our mayor, David Tarter. It was a fortuitous meeting. First, I brazenly directed him to one of my pieces, which happened to be hanging right behind him. Then I mentioned to David that I was talking to Lindy about my interest in the Planning Commission. He enthusiastically invited me to his next City Council Meeting, that coming Monday, April 13. He said it would be “about Mason Row.” *** Think of Confuscius, who said: “Good government obtains when those who are near are made happy, and those who are far off are attracted.” When I had to pry myself away from my copious notes, at 12:24 a.m. on April 14, it was good to be among other citizens, after being so roundly “informed” by Spectrum and their plans. I recognized several Virtuous Volunteers navigating down the stairs all around me; some who’d addressed the Council, with so

many layers of protest, pushback, panic, facts and figures, begging for moderation. I had felt the solidarity among them, agreed with them in all their variety, basically begging the Falls CHurch City Council to protect them from the nightmare of “inappropriate” megasites within our Falls Church borders. Yet to a person, I felt among them so much life spilling over for “next steps” to be taken to stay the course. Confuscius’ thought has become my Falls Church mantra, as we are so clearly being beckoned into our future by forces much larger than we are. I have attached it to my hopes and dreams of a carefully developed City of the 21st Century, a place so locked into the heart of itself that others are inspired to be like it. Its respect for its centuries of history, is protected on its mere two-plus square miles by the ages. Its strong, singular identity – not the least being “the smallest city in the State of Virginia,” and the smallest City-County in the United States.”– cannot be reproduced by arrivistes!  Dorothea Potter Teipel has been a resident of the City of Falls Church since 2006.

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Falls Church Ranked 17th on Best Small Towns List BY JODY FELLOWS

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The City of Falls Church is number 17 in a new list ranking the best small towns in the country to live, work and play, according to a press release Monday. In its inaugural Top 100 Best Small Towns list, Livability. com evaluated more than 12,000 towns and cities with populations between 1,000 and 20,000, with more than 40 data points analyzed and then broken into eight catego-

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Late yesterday, a fourth City Council candidate announced her intent to run with a statement emailed to friends throughout the community. Letty Hardi, who became a fixture at budget hearings this spring and who spoke out in favor of full funding for the schools and in support of the Mason Row proposed mixed use development project, wrote that she’s decided to “give it a go to be a part of the discussion and offer a

ries ranging from demographics, real estate and health care to social and civic capital. The scores were then weighted based on a survey conducted where respondents were asked what mattered the most to them in their communities. On a scale of 1-100, Falls Church, with a reported population of 12,731, $120,000 median household income and $660,900 median home price, received scores of 66 in Economy (#8 overall), 47 in Health Care (#92), 64 in Housing (#35), 68 in Social and Civic Capital (#50), 87

in Education (#22), 73 in Amenities (#65), 60 in Demographics (#57) and 74 in Infrastructure (#15). According to a synopsis on the Livability.com web site, “Living in Falls Church comes with a premium, but residents here are treated to well-maintained parks, excellent schools and top health care. Known as one of the richest cities in the country, with a median annual household income of around $115,000, Falls Church has an extremely low poverty level. Parents applaud schools in Falls

fresh, positive perspective.” Hardi, a mother of three young boys in or preparing to enter the Falls Church School System, added, “I think young families, like yours and mine, and our interests are underrepresented in City government and hope to change that. My family has deep roots in the City and would love to see it continue to change for the better.” She said she hopes to gather the required signatures this weekend, and added that she’s also helping the effort by Erin Gill to become a candidate for the School Board. Often attending spring budget meetings with Hardi, Hardi said of Gill’s

candidacy, “I am so excited that she is entering the school board race to advocate for the schools and our kids. I know many of you are just as interested in the City’s development plans, taxes, and the schools as we are, and just simply don’t have the time with kids, work, family needs, etc., so I hope Erin and I will be able to represent you well.” In addition, according to NewsPress sources, three other school board hopefuls are circulating petitions now, although none have submitted any to the Registrar of Voters or have issued public statements. They include Allison Kutchma, Jake Radcliff and Bill Royce.

Church, especially those within the Falls Church City Public Schools, the city’s largest employer.” The top ranked town on Livability’s list is Lebanon, New Hampshire with a population of 13,367, $52,231 median house-

hold income and $235,400 median home price. Williamsburg was the only other Virginia town to make the list, ranking #38, while Takoma Park (#32), Bel Air (#42) and Easton (#77) were included from Maryland.

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NEWS BRIEFS Gross, Swanson Face Off in June 9 Primary Veteran Mason District Supervisor Penelope “Penny” Gross, seeking a sixth four year term this year, faces a rare Democratic primary challenge next Tuesday June 9 from political newcomer Jessica Swanson. The Mason District of Fairfax County lies adjacent the City of Falls Church and is part of the Greater Falls Church Postal District. Gross has been endorsed by all the Democratic heavyweights in the region, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Congressmen Gerry Connolly and Don Beyer and Fairfax County Board chair Sharon Bulova, and including both business and labor groups (SEIU Virginia 512 and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce Business Political Action Committee). Both campaigns tout strong grassroots support, with Gross announcing 559 unique donors, 92 percent from the Mason District, Swanson claims 327 individual donors, though of the $119,384 she says she has raised, $87,221 came from one out of state group, the Leadership for Educational Equity. Swanson calls the group “an organization whose mission is to support teachers and former teachers staying in public service,” but the Gross campaign claims the group has “strong ties to efforts to push the national charter school movement and the privatization of public education.”

Harris Named New MEH Principal Mary Ellen Henderson assistant principal Ty Harris has been selected as the City of Falls Church school’s new principal. Harris’ selection is the culmination of work by an interview committee made up of MEH PTA representatives, school and division level staff. In addition, more than 300 comments were received in an Input Selection survey from staff, students and parents. “There is no doubt that Mr. Harris will continue to move our middle school in a progressive and positive way,” said Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones in a letter to MEH parents on Thursday. Harris joined Mary Ellen Henderson during the summer of 2014 after serving four years as a program officer with Ty Harris. (Photo: the U.S. Department of Education helping to lead the White House Falls Church City initiative “Promise Neighborhoods.” He received a B.A. in Secondary Public SChools) Education from Clemson University where he was a two-sport student athlete (football, track). He completed graduate studies in curriculum design for the gifted and talented at Furman University, and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership from George Mason University.

S. West St. Reconstruction Forum Monday The City of Falls Church’s Department of Public Works issued a public invitation for the community to learn more about the South West Street Road Reconstruction Project. City staff will host an informal community meeting on June 8 at 6:30 p.m. outside on Lanier Place at South West Street. The project will completely demolish and reconstruct the asphalt along the entire corridor, yielding a greater return on investment for taxpayers than traditional paving. The current asphalt pavement was installed directly on soil, and in some instances is only two inches thick. Because the existing pavement lacks the structural capacity and drainage layers appropriate for a street of this character, the pavement life is substantially diminished. The project will involve extended detours and will change the patterns of traffic through the surrounding neighborhoods. The work is expected to last up to three months and will be completed by Labor Day weekend.

Bjerke Reappointed, Sworn In as F.C. Registrar David Bjerke was officially reappointed yesterday as the City of Falls Church General Registrar for a four year term by the Electoral Board. The General Registrar is responsible for registering voters, maintaining current voter registration records, and establishing and maintaining public places for voter registration. “Mr. Bjerke’s reappointment is based on outstanding election practices and devotion to quality work,” said Renee Bergmann Andrews, Secretary of the Electoral Board. “He exemplifies the highest level of standard of a Registrar of Voters – principles over partisanship. We are immensely proud to appoint him to a new four year term.” In addition to his regular responsibilities, Mr. Bjerke has written and published several articles on election administration and processes that have been highly regarded by election professionals across the country, and he has served on state and national panels of election experts. He is also leading the statewide legislative effort to enact vote center legislation.

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Community News & Notes New Falls Church Arts Landscaping Classes Begin Falls Church Arts started new studio landscape painting classes in conjunction with the organization’s 6th Annual Falls Church Plein Air Festival ‘Scenes in the City.’ In the class, landscape painting and plein air expert Bobbi Pratte wil teach new and varied techniques and methods to create artful landscape paintings, the fundamentals for achieving quick and beautiful landscapes and how to capture the light and dark areas quickly, which is an important aspect of plein air painting. Falls Church Arts is also organizing free plein air painting groups, which will meet on the weekends and afternoons to paint in scenic areas of Falls Church. Those interested in joining one of the groups can contact info@fallschurcharts.org. For more information about the studio landscape painting class, visit

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The Providence Players Open ‘The Glass Mendacity’ The Providence Players of Fairfax opened a new play last Thursday, May 29, called “The Glass Mendacity,” which poses and, perhaps, answers the question “What do you get when you put the characters of A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the same room?” The new production, which was written by Maureen Morley and Tom Willworth, is a comedy parodying the aforementioned southern dramas by legendary playwright Tennessee Williams. In the play, it’s Big Daddy’s birthday and the entire blended family have gathered at Belle Reve to celebrate with sweet tea, cheese balls, playing card games and brutish, unfettered, southern charm. The play shows at 7:30 p.m. on

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through June 13 at James Lee Community Center, located at 2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church, with a matinee scheduled for this Sunday, June 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $17 – $20. For more information, visit providenceplayers.org.

News-Press’ Nick Gatz Wins Nationals Art Contest The News-Press’ own graphic arts designer Nick Gatz has won the first prize in the Washington Nationals’ #VoteNatsArtwork contest, and as a result he is invited to go onto the field prior to Friday’s Nationals game and present the Nationals’ line up card to the umpires. Gatz’ art highly creative and original works have been featured in recent months at shows at the ArtSpace Falls Church. The last time a Falls Church person won a Nationals’ contest was when

the young Samuel Waters won the audition to sing the national anthem at the start of a Nationals’ game in 2007.

500 Participate in Relay for Life at George Mason HS Over 500 people from Falls Church and surrounding areas participated in the American Cancer Society’s Falls Church-Vienna Relay for Life last Saturday at George Mason High School. Participants walked the track from noon – midnight at Mason as a symbol of the journey cancer patients undergo. Falls Church City Mayor David Tarter and cancer survivor Jennifer Lincoln kicked off the event, followed by more than 40 local cancer survivors walking together for the first lap. The event was organized by volunteers from Falls Church, Arlington and Vienna, who worked for nine months prior to the event recruiting teams, plan-

ning the ceremonies held at the event and hosting fundraisers for it. The theme for this year’s Relay for Life was “Celebrations,” where every hour represented a different month and holiday. Highlights of the event included Irish step dancing, a Cinco de Mayo pinata party and a Ms. Relay pageant where male participants wore dresses and entertained the crowd. After the sun set, white bags dedicated to all the lives touched by cancer were illuminated during the Luminaria ceremony. All of the participants gathered for a ceremony to honor loved ones who have or had cancer, which was followed by a silent lap around the track to observe those affected by the disease. So far, volunteers from Falls Church, Arlington and Vienna have raised a combined $109,782 for the research and programs of the American Cancer Society. For more information or to make a donation, visit relayforlife.org.

CANCER SURVIVORS (including Falls Church City councilman Phil Duncan) from Arlington, Falls Church and Vienna gather for the first lap around the AT AN ASIAN AMERICAN Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reception held at track at George Mason High School during the American Cancer Society’s the Governor’s Mansion in Richmond last week, Falls Church City Councilman Falls Church-Vienna Relay for Life on Saturday. Over 500 people from the Dan Sze poses with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Courtesy Photo) area participated in the event. (Photo: Courtesy of Katie Sue Van Valkenburg)

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Dulin United Methodist Hosts ‘Folk Revival 2015’

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Hosts Chamber Music Recital

Dulin United Methodist Church at 513 E. Broad Street is hosting a the Oshkosh Youth choir under the direction of James Jenson for a program titled Folk Revival 2015. At the concert, which is scheduled for Monday, June 15, the youth choir will sing music by Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, The Eagles and more. The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit dulinchurch.org.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 3022 Woodlawn Ave., Falls Church, is hosting a Chamber Music Recital this Sunday, June 7, 3 p.m. The concert is free open to the public and will feature The United States Army Field Band. Performers in the band include master sergeant Reis McCullough on clarinet, sergeant first class Dan Brimhall on oboe, sergeant first class Katayoon Hodjati on flute, sergeant first class Ward Yager on trumpet and staff sergeant Andrew Emerich on percussion. The band will play works by Carl Ferguson, Bela Kovacs, Carlo Yvon, James Stephenson and Eldin Burton. For more information, visit htluther.org or facebook.com/ HTLuther.

Summer Session Classes Start at NVCC on June 29 Registration is open for a sixweek summer session of classes at Northern Virginia Community College, which is set to kick off on June 29. Prospective students must register for classes by 11:59 p.m. on June 28 to enroll in the classes. The six-week session is a convenient time for college students home on summer break to complete courses that may be transferred to their four-year colleges. Most colleges and universities accept Northern Virginia Community College credits but students should check with their residential college before registering. High school and homeschooled students may be eligible to enroll at Northern Virginia Community College to get a head start on college. Interested students can learn more on the school’s website or by contacting a Student Services Center at the nearest campus. Students may apply and register 24 hours a day at nvcc.edu or in person during normal business hours at Northern Virginia Community College campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge.

City of F.C. Announces Free Concerts in the Park The City of Falls Church announced its annual Concerts in the Park series on Tuesday. Sponsored by the Falls Church City Recreation and Parks department and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society, the concerts are a chance for area residents to bring their blanket, a picnic dinner and enjoy free performances at Cherry Hill Park at 312 Park Avenue. every Thursday at 7 p.m. this summer. The series starts on June 25 with the Falls Church Concert Band, which plays a mix of marches, classical pieces, Broadway show medleys, regional tunes and American classics. Other performers scheduled throughout the summer concert series are The Flannel Underground, Andrew Acosta Band and Tom Principato. In the event of rain, concerts will be held in the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street. For more information

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BOY SCOUT TROOP 895 from Falls Church honored military veterans on Memorial Day with an early morning flag raising ceremony at Veterans Commons on the Washington & Old Dominion Bike Trail and, by placing American flags on the graves of fallen veterans at National Memorial Park. In the photo above, troop Ben Dillard lays a flag at a grave. (Courtesy Photo)

and a full schedule of performers, fallschurchva.gov/Concerts.

One More Page Books Hosts Several Authors This Week One More Page Books, located at 2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington, is hosting several authors for book discussions and signings over the next week, starting with an appearance by Eric Lotke tonight at 7 p.m. Lotke will be discussing and signing copies of his new book Making Manna, a tale of triumph over economic and criminal injustice. On Friday, June 5, at 7 p.m., internationally best-selling author Lyndsay Faye will be at the bookstore to discuss and sign of The Fatal Flame, the third book in her Timothy Wilde mystery series. A wine tasting will precede the event at 6:30 p.m. Next Monday, June 8, author, life coach and speaker Tom Zuba will share selections from his book Permission to Mourn: A

New Way to Do Grief at an event schedule for 6:30 p.m. And next Tuesday, June 9, the bookstore will host the Boldly Bookish Young Adult author tour. The tour features Tiffany Schmidt, author of Hold Me Like a Breath, A.C. Gaughen, author of Lion Heart, Emery Lord, author of The Start of Me and You, and Trish Doller, the author of The Devil You Know. For more information, visit onemorepagebooks.com.

Mount Vernon Genealogical Society Hosts Petranek The Mount Vernon Genealogical Society is hosting Carol Petranek, who will be giving a talk called “The Treasure Chest Known As FamilySearch,” at the club’s next monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 16, from 1 – 3 p.m. Petranek will focus on the wealth of information, images of documents, online classes, and other features FamilySearch offers free of charge

to family history buffs. The meeting is free and open to the public and will be held in room 112 of the Hollin Hall Senior Center, located at 1500 Shenandoah Road, Alexandria. For more information, visit mvgenealogy.org or call 703-768-4101.

ODCS Presents Chrysanthemum Tutorials The Old Dominion Chrysanthemum Society will give tutorials on growing garden and exhibition chrysanthemums and answer questions related to the topic at its next meeting on Sunday, June 14, at 2:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street and is free and open to the public. Plans for the October National Show in Fair Lakes will be discussed at the meeting and there will refreshments provided. For more information, call Jim Dunne at 703-560-8776.

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The Campus Crusaders

Every generation has an opportunity to change the world. Right now, college campuses around the country are home to a moral movement that seeks to reverse centuries of historic wrongs. This movement is led by students forced to live with the legacy of sexism, with the threat, and sometimes the experience, of sexual assault. It is led by students whose lives have been marred by racism and bigotry. It is led by people who want to secure equal rights for gays, lesbians and other historically marginalized groups. These students are driven by noble impulses to do justice and identify oppression. They want to not only crack down on exploitation and discrimination, but also eradicate the cultural environment that tolerates these things. They want to police social norms so that hurtNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE ful comments are no longer tolerated and so that real bigotry is given no tacit support. Of course, at some level, they are right. Callous statements in the mainstream can lead to hostile behavior on the edge. That’s why we don’t tolerate Holocaust denial. But when you witness how this movement is actually being felt on campus, you can’t help noticing that it sometimes slides into a form of zealotry. If you read the website of the group FIRE, which defends free speech on campus, if you read Kirsten Powers’s book, The Silencing, if you read Judith Shulevitz’s essay “In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas” that was published in The Times in Sunday Review on March 22, you come across tales of professors whose lives are ruined because they made innocent remarks; you see speech codes that inhibit free expression; you see reputations unfairly scarred by charges of racism and sexism. The problem is that the campus activists have moral fervor, but don’t always have settled philosophies to restrain the fervor of their emotions. Settled philosophies are meant to (but obviously don’t always) instill a limiting sense of humility, a deference to the complexity and multifaceted nature of reality. But many of today’s activists are forced to rely on a relatively simple social theory. According to this theory, the dividing lines between good and evil are starkly clear. The essential conflict is between the traumatized purity of the victim and the verbal violence of the oppressor. According to this theory, the ultimate source of authority is not some hard-to-understand truth. It is everybody’s personal feelings. A crime occurs when someone feels a hurt triggered, or when someone feels disagreed with or “unsafe.” In the Shulevitz piece, a Brown student retreats from a campus debate to a safe room because she “was feeling bombarded by a lot of viewpoints that really go against” her dearly and closely held beliefs. Today’s campus activists are not only going after actual acts of discrimination – which is admirable. They are also going after incorrect thought – impiety and blasphemy. They are going after people for simply failing to show sufficient deference to and respect for the etiquette they hold dear. They sometimes conflate ideas with actions and regard controversial ideas as forms of violence. Some of their targets have been deliberately impious. Laura Kipnis is a feminist film professor at Northwestern University who wrote a provocative piece on sexual mores on campus that was published in February. She was hit with two Title IX charges on the grounds, without evidence, that her words might have a “chilling effect” on those who might need to report sexual assaults. Other targets of this crusade had no idea what they were getting into. A student at George Washington wrote an essay on the pre-Nazi history of the swastika. A professor at Brandeis mentioned a historic slur against Hispanics in order to criticize it. The scholar Wendy Kaminer mentioned the N-word at a Smith College alumni event in a clearly nonracist discussion of euphemism and free speech. All of these people were targeted for purging merely for bringing unacceptable words into the public square. As Powers describes it in The Silencing, Kaminer was accused of racial violence and hate speech. The university president was pilloried for tolerating an environment that had been made “hostile” and “unsafe.” We’re now in a position in which the students and the professors and peers they target are talking past each other. The students feeling others don’t understand the trauma they’ve survived; the professors feeling as though they are victims in a modern Salem witch trial. Everybody walks on egg shells. There will always be moral fervor on campus. Right now that moral fervor is structured by those who seek the innocent purity of the vulnerable victim. Another and more mature moral fervor would be structured by the classic ideal of the worldly philosopher, by the desire to confront not hide from what you fear, but to engage the complexity of the world, and to know that sometimes the way to wisdom involves hurt feelings, tolerating difference and facing hard truths.

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That 1914 Feeling U.S. officials are generally cautious about intervening in European policy debates. The European Union is, after all, an economic superpower in its own right – far too big and rich for America to have much direct influence – led by sophisticated people who should be able to manage their own affairs. So it’s startling to learn that Jacob Lew, the Treasury secretary, recently warned Europeans that they had better settle the Greek situation soon, lest there be a destructive “accident.” But I understand why Lew said what he did. A forced Greek exit from the euro would create huge economic and political risks, yet Europe seems to be sleepwalking toward that outcome. So Lew NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE was doing his best to deliver a wake-up call. And yes, the allusion to Christopher Clark’s recent magisterial book on the origins of World War I, The Sleepwalkers, is deliberate. There’s a definite 1914 feeling to what’s happening, a sense that pride, annoyance, and sheer miscalculation are leading Europe off a cliff it could and should have avoided. The thing is, it’s pretty clear what the substance of a deal between Greece and its creditors would involve. Greece simply isn’t going to get a net inflow of money. At most, it will be able to borrow back part of the interest on its existing debt. On the other hand, Greece can’t and won’t pay all of the interest coming due, let alone pay back its debt, because that would require a crippling new round of austerity that would inflict severe economic damage and would be politically impossible in any case. So we know what the outcome of a successful negotiation would be: Greece would be obliged to run a positive but small “primary surplus,” that is, an excess of revenue over spending not including interest. Everything else should be about framing and packaging. What will be the mix between interest rate cuts, reductions in the face value of debt, and rescheduling of payments? To what extent will Greece lay out its spending plans now, as opposed to agreeing on overall targets and filling in the details later? These aren’t trivial questions, but they’re secondorder, and shouldn’t get in the way of the big stuff. Meanwhile, the alternative – basically Greece running out of euros, and being forced to reintroduce its own currency amid a banking crisis – is something

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everyone should want to avoid. Yet negotiations are by all accounts going badly, and there’s a very real possibility that the worst will, in fact, happen. Why can’t the players here reach a mutually beneficial deal? Part of the answer is mutual distrust. Greeks feel, with justification, that for years their nation has been treated like a conquered province, ruled by callous and incompetent proconsuls; if you want to see why, look both at the incredible severity of the austerity program the country has been forced to impose and the utter failure of that program to deliver the promised results. Meanwhile, the institutions on the other side consider the Greeks unreliable and irresponsible; some of this, I think, reflects the inexperience of the coalition of outsiders that took power thanks to austerity’s failure, but it’s also easy to see why, given Greece’s track record, it’s hard to trust promises of reform. Yet there seems to be more to it than lack of trust. Some major players seem strangely fatalistic, willing and even anxious to get on with the catastrophe – a sort of modern version of the “spirit of 1914,” in which many people were enthusiastic about the prospect of war. These players have convinced themselves that the rest of Europe can shrug off a Greek exit from the euro, and that such an exit might even have a salutary effect by showing the price of bad behavior. But they are making a terrible mistake. Even in the short run, the financial safeguards that would supposedly contain the effects of a Greek exit have never been tested, and could well fail. Beyond that, Greece is, like it or not, part of the European Union, and its troubles would surely spill over to the rest of the union even if the financial bulwarks hold. Finally, the Greeks aren’t the only Europeans to have been radicalized by policy failure. In Spain, for example, the anti-austerity party Podemos has just won big in local elections. In some ways, what defenders of the euro should fear most is not a crisis this year, but what happens once Greece starts to recover and becomes a role model for anti-establishment forces across the continent. None of this needs to happen. All the players at the table, even those much too ready to accept failure, have good intentions. There’s hardly even a conflict of interest between Greece and its creditors – as I said, we know pretty much what a mutually beneficial deal would involve. But will that deal be reached? We’ll find out very soon.

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Karma & the Filthy Rich

There was a blockbuster in the Sunday paper this week that was relegated to the Business section so that sports and Sunday funniesobsessed readers would likely not even notice it. It belonged under a blaring headline on the front page. In a skinny one-column headline on the front of the Business section, the Washington Post reported, as the headline says, “Executive Pay Rises 21.4 Percent in D.C. Area.” The story, based on a “2015 Washington Post/Equilar CEO Compensation Study,” noted that the D.C. region, alone, had 15 executives who earned more than $10 million last year, with the highest being $156.1 million, and the median for all CEOs was a whopping $3.8 million. Mind you, a read through the list FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS does not yield a single “celebrity” rich guy, not like a Donald Trump, for example. These are all low profile folks, most deliberately, who may be well known in small financier and executive circles, but not to the unwashed masses, to be sure. Discovery Communications’ David Zaslav tops the D.C. region list at $156.l million, followed by Martine Rothblatt of United Thearapeutics at $31.6 million, Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy at $24.1 million, Richard Fairbank of Capital One Financial at $19.6 million, and Paul Saville of NVR, Inc. at $19.3 million. And the list goes on, made up entirely of names more obscure to the general public than any of the top 25 scorers in the NBA. The Post would argue, I suppose, that the article was relegated to the Business section because of the relative obscurity of the names. But there is an obscenity represented here that grossly outstrips all the day’s Page One news scandals. Most of these “fat cats” probably don’t like having their names anywhere in the news, so for that reason The Post, in the article by Thomas Heath, provides a legitimate public service. The first question that comes to my mind is, “What in the world do these people do with all this money?,” followed by “Why in the world do they think they need it?” But we know these answers and most are rooted in the savage impulse of persons to reach, reach, reach for more, more, more. It becomes purely an obsession, wealth accumulated for wealth’s sake, alone. Yes, there are philanthropists like the Gates who take their billions and try to do useful socially redeeming things with them, but that serves to provide cover for the thousands of the super-rich who do no such thing at all. Spending it on expensive things, like $5,000 an hour hookers, doesn’t add to one’s quality of life an iota, I don’t think. But there is a whole global network of industries that are geared to nothing more than extracting huge sums from these people for what in the final analysis can’t be much more rewarding than what would cost a tiny fraction. An apple, after all, is an apple, and a croissant can only be so good. But my point here is that while the national economy remains stalled (actually, minus growth the last quarter, a little advertised fact), and the D.C. region’s growth is even more flat, or negative, these at the top of the income scale are exacting pay increases at an annual rate of 21.4 percent. The simple mathematical conclusion is that they are getting richer not just over and above the rest of us, but at our expense. Our lives are being disadvantaged to the same degree that they are ballooning their wealth. Some day the American people are going to begin to really get it. Some day the Bastille is going to be liberated. Some day the greatest nightmare of these obscenely rich people will be pounding on the doors of their inner sanctums. Some day some one, some lot of people, are going to come along and take away all their prized little things. And you don’t think they deserve it? That’s really not the point.There is a equivalency between the excessive accumulation of other people’s wealth and the excessive price that will be paid for that. It will be beyond our control. It’s karma.

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

Surviving Child Sexual Abuse Last month came the news that Josh Duggar, nowformer executive director of the Family Research Council’s lobbying arm and eldest son on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” had apologized and said he had “acted inexcusably.” As In Touch Weekly magazine put it: “Josh Duggar was investigated for multiple sex offenses – including forcible fondling – against five minors. Some of the alleged offenses investigated were felonies.” Those minors apparently included his sisters. Duggar was around 14 years old when the reported assaults took place. Last week, The New York Times reported that “J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a man to not say publicly that Hastert had sexually abused him decades ago, according to two people briefed on the evidence uncovered in an FBI investigation into the payments.” The FBI announced their indictment of Hastert on Thursday, and The Times reported: “The indictment said that in 2010, the man met with Hastert several times, NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE and that at one of those meetings Mr. Hastert agreed to pay him $3.5 million ‘in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against’ the man.” There were quick and clamorous reactions on social media and some mainstream media about the irony and even hypocrisy of these conservative icons being caught in unseemly, counter-theirapparent-convictions circumstances. I understand this impulse. The contradiction is newsworthy. That dissimulation must be called out. But we shouldn’t stray far from focusing on, extending help to, and seeking to be sensitive to the survivors and using these cases educationally to better protect other children. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I can say with some authority that no one should take an ounce of joy in these revelations and accusations. This is not a political issue, even if people – including abusers themselves – have hypocritically used it as one. This is not the time for giddiness or gloating. Child sexual abuse is tragic and traumatic for its survivors – and that is where the bulk of the focus should always be. When a child is sexually abused, it breaks bonds of trust. It is a violation of the sovereignty of the self and one’s zone of physical intimacy. It is an action of developmental exploitation. It is a spiritual act of violence that attacks not only the body but also the mind.

Charles M. Blow

It can take decades, or even a lifetime, to recover if recovery is even emotionally available for the survivor. Indeed, precise statistics on just how large the universe of survivors is are not easy to come by, because many survivors never tell a soul about the abuse. And, if they never tell, obviously they are not at a place where they feel comfortable seeking professional help to deal with it. This only compounds the tragedy. Furthermore, the nature of the abuse, the duration of it, the circumstances around it and the child’s relationship to the abusers can all affect how the child processes the abuse and his or her ability to move beyond it. All of this means that we have to better understand the very nature of abuse. It is often an adult in authority – an adult family member, a teacher, a coach, a spiritual leader – but often it isn’t. As a 2000 Bureau of Justice Statistics report makes clear, although 14 is the single age with the most childhood sex abuse victims reported to law enforcement, it is also the age with the most abuse offenders. According to the report: “The detailed age profile of offenders in sexual assault crimes shows that the single age with the greatest number of offenders from the perspective of law enforcement was age 14.” Furthermore, “more than half of all juvenile victims were under age 12” and of that group “4-year-olds were at greatest risk of being the victim of a sexual assault.” And timing is critical. For very young victims, assaults spike around traditional mealtimes and 3 p.m., just after school. Also, the greatest number of serious sexual assault charges were for “forcible fondling in 45 percent of all sexual assaults reported to law enforcement.” Forcible rape came in second at 42 percent. Lastly, while most sexual assaults occur in a home, “Young victims were generally more likely to be victimized in a residence than were older victims.” Overall, childhood sexual abuse is a crime of access. An abuser needs access to the child, often without suspicion, to conduct the assault with the hope of not being caught. Once we soberly assess the contours of childhood sexual assaults we can better understand the need for early conversations with children about body safety and ensuring that they have safe spaces in which to express themselves. And, we can see these two recent cases as more than just political point scorers, but much more importantly as educational and cautionary tales that we can use to protect more children.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

In the almost 19 years since I accepted Nick Benton’s request to write a weekly column for the Falls Church News-Press, I’ve tried to focus on issues and events of general interest in Mason District and Fairfax County, and away from electoral politics. However, for the first, and perhaps, only time anyone can remember, there is a primary contest for Mason District Supervisor on Tuesday, June 9. And it involves me. When I first ran for Mason District Supervisor, I promised that I would provide “Leadership That Listens.” I promised that I would work as hard as I could to represent the people of Mason District fairly and equitably on the Board of Supervisors. I promised that I would be a “hands on” leader with energy and enthusiasm for my constituents, and for my job. I spend every day as Mason District Supervisor working hard to keep those promises, which I renew with gusto every time my name is on the ballot. I always listen to all points of view in our community, and weigh all the factual information carefully before making a decision. Whether working on new environmental policies, interceding with the Virginia Department of Transportation to address speeding and traffic in neighborhoods, building new walkways, or revitalizing our older commercial areas, we work together as a community to achieve mutual goals. All of this is accomplished in an honest and collaborative fashion, for that is the Mason District way – based on facts, respect for differing ideas, and honest and open discussion. Sadly, that doesn’t appear to be happening in this campaign. Distortion, innuendo and outright lies

seem to dominate the mailer of the day. Here’s the truth: I voted against the proposed Supervisor pay raise. The vote was on March 3, 2015, and I was one of four Supervisors who voted no (Cook, Gross, Herrity, Smyth). State law does not allow Boards of Supervisors to raise their own salaries, but only the salary of the next board. State law also requires that the action must be taken prior to April 15 of an election year, making it ripe for campaign fodder. The FY 2016 budget included $2.01 billion for the school transfer – almost $67 million more than last year, or 99.8 percent of the schools’ total request – and funding for public safety, human services, compensation, stormwater, parks, and libraries. I could have voted against the $3.7 billion county budget because it had $100,000 included for salaries for the next board, but that would have broken faith with my constituents who expect, and support, funding for schools, public safety, etc. I always vote for school funding, which has increased 156 percent since FY 1997, while the school population has increased only 20 percent. It would seem that, faced with those statistics and my vote for the budget each year, one would be hard-pressed to say that I don’t support schools and public education. The Mason District Democratic primary is next Tuesday, June 9, at your regular polling place. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. – 7 p.m. Thank you for your support.  Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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B�� N�� N�� F.C.’s Viget Moves to New Location Falls Church-based Viget has moved to its new location on the fourth and fifth floors of 105 W. Broad Street. Viget is a full-service interactive agency that helps plan, design, build, and measure successful websites and digital products. The agency was founded as Viget Labs in 1999 by brothers Brian Williams, who serves on Falls Church City’s Economic Development Authority, and Andy Rankin, who serves on the City’s Planning Commission, and their father Wynne “Pop” Williams. The strategy, design, and development agency employs 68 people in its three locations including Durham, NC and Boulder, CO, as well as Falls Church. For more information, visit www.viget.com.

F.C. Chamber Networking Breakfast Set for June 11 The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting an informal networking breakfast on Thursday, June 11 from 8 – 9 a.m. at the Original Pancake House. Chamber members and those interested in learning about the Chamber are invited to attend. There is no fee, but attendees are responsible for their purchases. The Original Pancake House is located at 7295 Lee Highway in Falls Church. For more information, visit www.FallsChurchChamber.org.

Sylvan Learning Opens Satellite Locations in Woodbridge, Alexandria Sylvan Learning of Falls Church has opened two new Sylvan satellite locations in Woodbridge and Alexandria. These satellites, which will be headquartered at the Falls Church location, will offer tutoring and STEM programs to families in the area, as well as STEM summer camps, like Lego® Robotics. With the addition of new satellites, Sylvan will be hiring multiple part-time teachers. Interested applicants can view job descriptions at www.sylvanlearning.com. Sylvan plans to open more satellites in northern Virginia, which would also be headquartered in Falls Church, and continue to bring jobs to the surrounding areas. The Woodbridge satellite is located at Kid’s Choice Sports Center, 13000 Sport and Health Drive in Woodbridge.  Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.

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Senator Dick Saslaw’s

Richmond Report The month of June brings the beginning of summer, graduations, Father’s Day and this year The World Police and Fire Games. Fairfax County is host to these international competitors who will visit our region at the end of the month. You can participate as an observer or consider volunteering. For more information see Fairfax2015. com. Virginia Marketplace Since being implemented, many Virginians have signed up for healthcare under marketplace exchanges. Currently, consumers can choose from an average of 23 plans offered by multiple insurance companies. You may have heard that there will be an upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace rate review. Under the Affordable Care Act, tax credits were made available to keep coverage costs down. In Virginia, 83 percent of marketplace enrollees received a premium tax credit. In 2015, the average premium paid by marketplace consumers was $89, saving an average of $259 as as direct result of the tax credit. More than 385,000 people signed up for coverage through the Marketplace in Virginia. The major insurers in Virginia are proposing either modest premium increases or no increase at all. This is good news for Virginia consumers. There will be a public comment period and citizens will have the opportunity to weigh in on any proposed increase of 10 percent or more. I-66 Transformation Project Many Northern Virginians have been keeping a close eye on the I-66 transformation proposal. It would reshape 25 miles of I-66 from U.S. Route 15 in Haymarket to I-495/Capital Beltway into a multimodal corridor that moves drivers and people more efficiently. It would add three regular lanes in each direction, two express lanes in each direction, and a high-frequency bus service. Last month, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) released the results of the Commonwealth’s analysis of procurement options for the

I-66 project. The report found that publicly financing the project may save taxpayers between $300 million and $600 million. Over time, it would also provide for up to $500 million in revenue to be used on other transportation projects in Northern Virginia. It is currently estimated the total cost of this important project will come in at around $2.1 billion. VDOT analyzed the benefits of using public financing versus using a public private partnership (P3) as well as the long-term fiscal impact. I want to make sure that we are using taxpayer dollars wisely and ensure Virginia will see revenues from this project. Assuming the math is correct, I prefer to see VDOT take the lead on the project. Much has been written about the Rt 460 Public-Private Partnership. Some $250 Million of taxpayer funds were put into that project before a shovel of dirt was dug. We don’t need or want a repeat like this misappropriation. The transmodal project still has a long way to go. Stay tuned. Vote on June 9 For Penny Gross I hope you will join me in voting for Supervisor Penny Gross in the Democratic Primary on June 9. Penny has been a champion for our region and has fought hard to improve the quality of life for all of her constituents. She has worked tirelessly on the issues for improving transportation infrastructure, building new public schools, and spurring economic growth. Penny has my full support and it is critical we keep her on the job. For information about how to vote in the June 9 primary, please visit elections.virginia.gov. July 1 marks the beginning of the fiscal year in Virginia and the enactment date for hundreds of new laws. You will be hearing about some of the new laws in the near future. To all of our graduates, I send my best wishes in their future endeavors.

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The myth that the GOP is a party of “Family Values” continues to crumble, with chronic scandals rocking the hypocritical conservative movement to its soulless, empty core. The latest miscreant to slither out from the woodwork is former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL), who was indicted for illegally paying hush money to a former student whom he allegedly molested while a high school wrestling coach. The Hastert situation isn’t unique. Notoriously homophobic Brooklyn Tea Bagger, Joseph Hayon was taken to the hoosegow last week for sharing kiddie porn featuring children between the ages of 2 and 12. He unsuccessfully campaigned for office with the motto: “Our children are our future.” Then there is the skullduggery of the Duggar family. Josh, a staff member of the conservative Family Research Council and the oldest son on the family’s TLC series “19 Children and Counting,” was exposed for having previously molested at least five little girls, several of whom were his sisters. Afraid that the truth might rock the TV gravy train, the family patriarch, Jim Bob Duggar, covered up the nauseating crime. The website Queerty revealed that anti-gay Michigan preacher Matthew Makela had a profile on the gay dating app Grindr, where he described himself as a “top” who enjoys “cuddling.” This same conservative holy man, who was searching for dudes online, wrote on Nov. 2014: “A sexual attraction to the same sex is a sinful temptation to be resisted and overcome by God’s grace and power, just as a temptation to steal or lie or overeat must be resisted and overcome by replacement with working hard, telling the truth and moderation in appetite.” In April, archconservative North Dakota lawmaker, Rep. Randy Boehning (R-Fargo), was caught trolling for gay sex on Grindr. He twice voted against a gay rights bill. Clearly, the GOP’s theatrical Puritanism has always been a ruse and a shameless act skillfully used to attain power. The ongoing strategy is for greedy billionaires who want huge tax cuts to exploit divisive wedge issues to dupe gullible yahoos into voting Republican. These stooges giddily cast their ballots against gays and abortion, while illogically voting against their own economic interests. After the election, the gleeful sugar daddies from Big Oil, Big Coal, and the Pollution Lobby cash in, chuckling all the way to the “too big to fail” bank. The end game is money in pockets, not morality from pulpits. Right wing politicians, almost all whom are rented by plutocrats, cynically manipulate “values voters,” while rarely practicing the strict religious rules that they preach. If you think I’m exaggerating consider this: Newt Gingrich (R-GA) had to step down as Republican Speaker of the House because of ethics violations and an affair with a staffer. His would be replacement, Bob Livingston (R-LA.), had to step aside because of an affair with a woman who wasn’t his wife. So, the GOP deliberately handpicked a dud like Dennis Hastert (R-IL) because he was supposedly clean and beyond reproach. But, Hastert was forced to step aside because of how he mishandled the Mark Foley page scandal. And now Hastert may have the worst scandal of all. The Democratic Party, of course, is not perfect, but at least its politicians don’t pretend to be holier-than-thou. There is also no hypocrite equivalency between the GOP and Democratic Party. While Republicans regularly are exposed as two-faced scoundrels, we rarely see Democrats acting contrary to their core issues. For example, you don’t see Al Gore secretly owning a fleet of Hummers, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) writing surreptitious letters-to-the editor railing against raising the minimum wage, or Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) owning a secret cache of machine guns. Yet, you do see Republican moralists such as Sen. David Vitter, Rep. Mark “Appalachian Trail” Sanford, and former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), casually shattering their “sacred” marriage vows. You have ostentatiously pious Republican hacks like Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed disdainfully manipulating the faithful to enrich themselves. In Reed’s case, the former Christian Coalition leader crudely remarked, “I need to start humping in corporate accounts.” As we head into the presidential primaries, the Republican nominees are doubling down on their conservative credentials. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said this week that he wished he could have pretended to be transgender in high school to shower with the girls. Rick Santorum said that the Supreme Court “does not have the final word” on gay marriage. As they preach, prattle, and preen one wonders what graveyard of skeletons reside in their supposedly wholesome closets?

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

A jazz maestro who honed his rhythms in Arlington found himself coming full circle last month at the Washington Golf and Country Club. Lennie Cuje, a revered vibraphonist who was raised in Nazi Germany but grew up to perform at special events for three U.S. presidents, spoke May 19th at the Host Lions Club luncheon. The last time he had enjoyed that spectacular view of the D.C. skyline, the 82-year-old noted, was a 1956 performance for the Rotary Club. The luminary modestly spun tales of his encounters with Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Larry Coryell. Cuje (the name is Belgian French) was born to musical parents in Giessen, Germany, on the eve of Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. His mother was an opera singer, his father a pianist and symphony conductor, so as a child he found himself in elite Nazi music schools for piano, voice and trumpet. “I was nine years old in 1942 when I was required to join Hitler Youth,” Cuje said, which meant an oath of being “born to die for Germany” at the height of World War II. By age 12, he was drafted by the SS, training with an “MG42 machine gun and 100 rounds of wooden ammo,” he recalls. In April 1945, he became a prisoner of the French and spent two weeks in a convent with kind

nuns. In a displaced persons camp, he got his first taste of the strange music called jazz—which he took to be African but learned was American. It became his “music of freedom.” An aunt at the U.S. Justice Department brought Cuje to the States in the late 1940s, where he settled in the East Falls Church neighborhood. By now a solid English speaker, Cuje enrolled as a junior at Washington-Lee High School, graduating in 1952 with Shirley MacLaine. At the prom at the Shoreham Hotel, Cuje and a buddy brought dates who were black, and, as expected, were turned away; they spent the evening at jazz clubs. Summoned to the Air Force, he traveled to New Mexico in an atomic unit for the Korean War. Back in Arlington in 1956, he worked for Moser’s Pharmacy in Clarendon. It was the pharmacist who moved him to Johnson City, Tenn., with the business, with Cuje enrolling at East Tennessee State to study harmony, theory and counterpoint. “I was one of the few whites on the chitlin circuit,” he said, which became an issue when he performed in Washington’s U Street clubs. In New York City, he played for more than a decade with jazz’s best, but became a drug addict. By 1979, “I left all my vices behind, except for women,” said the thrice-married Cuje. He entered homebuilding. With help from Arlington Cultural and Social Services, he brought music

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CRIME REPORT Week of May 18 - 24, 2015 Trespass, 110 N. West (7-Eleven) On May 25, a male, 57, no fixed address, was arrested and released on summons for Trespassing. Larceny from Building, 1000 E. Broad St. On May 25, an unknown suspect stole items from a locker. Public Drunkenness, 201 S. Washington St. (7-Eleven) On May 18, a male, 29, of Falls Church, was arrested for Public Drunkenness. Domestic Assault, 200 block W. Greenway Blvd. On May 25, a male, 53, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested for Assaulting a Family Member. Driving Under the Influence, 300 block Hillwood Ave. On May 25, police responded to the area for a report of a motor vehicle crash. One of the

drivers, a male, 40, of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Narcotics Violation, Driving Under the Influence, and Refusal to Submit to Blood or Breath Test, 100 block S. West St. On May 27, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 22, of Arlington, was arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Driving Under the Influence, and Refusal to Submit to a Blood or Breath Test. Larceny from a Motor Vehicle, 134 W. Broad St. On May 27, police received a report of a prescription medication stolen from a vehicle. Larceny from Building, 200 block Park Washington Ct. On May 27, police received a report of prescription medication stolen from a purse.

to schools. Soon he was performing with the Navy Jazz band at the Kennedy Center. He played inaugurations and campaign concerts for George H.W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. But hauling his vibraphone in three large pieces was exhausting, he said, and, with Secret Service rules, preparation involved “six hours to play one tune.” Today Cuje is semi-retired, living near the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center, performing as he chooses in a much-changed Arlington. As he told the Lions, “The county club is bigger than it used to be.” *** The county board’s frugality push continued May 19, when it voted 3-2 to sell off the longempty, century-plus-old Reeves farm house. That disappointed some historic preservationists and gardening enthusiasts in the Bluemont Park area. I recently heard a recollection from Jesse Meeks, my old Yorktown High School football coach, who spent the 1950s through ‘70s managing the nearby Dominion Hills swimming club. “Mr. Reeves’ cows were frequent visitors to my front yard,” he said. The board drew criticism for what some regard as a rushed decision (one that followed 14 years of county ownership of Reevesland, the last six seeking a renovation partner). But the coming division of lots and sale will protect two acres for the gardens and task any new private owner with preserving the rough-edged home’s integrity. Larceny from Building, 706 W. Broad St. (Hilton Garden Inn) On May 27, police received a report of a ring stolen within the building. Trespass, 6793 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On May 28, a male, 58, no fixed address, was arrested and released on summons for Trespassing. Driving Under the Influence, 100 block S. Oak St. On May 29, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 44, of Washington, DC, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Shoplifting, 1200 W. Broad St. (Falls Church Convenience Store) On May 29, three individuals were reported to have stolen various merchandise. Larceny from Building, 1000 E. Broad St. (24 Hour Fitness) On May 29, four victims reported items stolen from the men’s locker room. Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, 200 block E. Fairfax St. On May 31, a male, 27, of Fairfax, was charged with four counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.

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Community Events

THURSDAY, JUNE 4

League of Women Voters Forum on Redistricting Reform. The Falls

Church and Arlington chapters of the League of Women Voters will co-sponsor a forum exploring the impact of redistricting on partisan politics, ideas for reforming the process and how citizens seeking changes can get more involved. Featured speakers at the forum will be Brian Cannon, executive director of OneVirginia2001 and Sara Fitzgerald, a member of the Falls Church League of Women Voters. George Mason University’s Arlington Campus, Hazel Hall, Room 120 (3351 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington). Free. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. lwvfallschurch.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

1-on-1 Computer & Internet Training. Learn how to download eBooks and eMagazines, search the internet, customize email, use social media, word process, and much more. By appointment only. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 703-248-5035.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

Yard Sale. Clothes, white elephant, jewelry, toys, sporting goods and furniture will be available for sale. Dulin United Methodist Church

(513 E. Broad St., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. dulinchurch.org. F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors oﬀer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants, and wine. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 8 a.m. – noon. 703248-5077. Community Visioning Meeting. Join City and School leaders for an interactive workshop to help craft the vision for the future of the George Mason High School/Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School campus. The meeting will include a background on school needs and commercial development opportunities. Registration requested. Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School Cafeteria (7130 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – noon. fccps.org/gmvision. 703-248-5680. jwbrett@fccps.org. Strawberry Festival. The Annual Strawberry Festival will include an attic sale, strawberry desserts and ice cream, hot dogs and veggie burgers, bake sale, kids games and face painting. Bethel United Church of Christ (4347 Arlington Blvd., Arlington). Free. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. bethelucc-va.org. Book Sale. There will be a large selection of books, magazines and media for adults and children

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at this book sale to beneﬁt the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Prices vary. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 703-790-4031. McLean Woman’s Club Chorale Spring Concert. The 35-member chorale and soloists will sing romantic and traditional favorites to beneﬁt the Falls ChurchMcLean Children’s Center at the “Memories” spring concert. Lewinsville Presbyterian Church (1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean). Free. 2 – 4 p.m. mcleanwc.org. 703-556-0197.

SUNDAY, JUNE 7

Book Sale. There will be a large selection of books, magazines and media for adults and children at this book sale to beneﬁt the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Prices vary. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. 703-790-4031.

MONDAY, JUNE 8

Book Dating: Make a Reading Connection. A new way to share the books you love, learn about new books to read, make friends, start a book club or even ﬁnd a love connection. Bring a favorite book or two, then join other attendees for one-on-one

meetings. Light refreshments and mingling to follow. Library staﬀ available to assist and make reading suggestions. TysonsPimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, JUNE 9

55+ Nature Hike. Naturalist Jennifer Soles will conduct a 90-minute hike to the Potomac River. An activity will be conducted indoors in the event inclement weather. Gulf Branch Nature Center & Park (3608 Military Road, Arlington). Free. 4 – 5:30 p.m. 703-228-3403. Great Books Discussion. A discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) will focus on Holy Week by Deborah Eisenberg. Open to all and no registration required. Mary Riley Styles Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 9 p.m. jamesreid842@yahoo.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10

Rain Barrel Workshop. Come to this workshop and make a rain barrel to collect rainwater for use in your garden and yard. Registration is required. Walter Reed Community Center & Park (2909 S. 16th St., Arlington). $55 per barrel. 7 – 9 p.m. arlingtonenvironment.org/ barrel.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, JUNE 4

“Jumpers for Goalposts.” Hope springs eternal in the post-game locker room of Barely Athletic, an amateur soccer team competing in the �ivea-side pub league in Hull, a Yorkshire �ishing city that’s seen better days (as have these athletes). A hilarious and heartbreaking play about romance, resilience, taking chances, and moving on by Tom Wells, the winner of Britain’s 2012 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. Through June 21. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $72. 8 p.m. studiotheatre.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

“The Glass Mendacity.” This new Providence Players production, written by Maureen Morley and Tom Willworth, is a comedy combining

some of Tennessee Williams’ most popular southern dramas, like A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It’s Big Daddy’s birthday and the entire blended family have gathered at Belle Reve to celebrate with sweet tea, cheese balls, playing card games and brutish, unfettered, southern charm. Through June 13. James Lee Community Center (2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church). $17 – $20. 7:30 p.m. providenceplayers.org.

“A Tale of Two Cities.” What happens if you put together an aspiring drag queen and a crying baby? Find out when Synetic Theater member Alex Mills stars in “A Tale of Two Cities,” directed by Serge Seiden. Originally performed OffBroadway to rave reviews by Everett Quinton, this irreverent comedy tells the story of a drag queen named Jerry who �inds a baby at his door. To calm the child down, he enacts the entirety of

Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities – playing all the characters himself. Through June 21. Synetic Theater (1800 S. Bell St., Arlington). $20 – $95. synetictheater.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

“Cabaret.” Willkommen to the Kit Kat Club, the hottest nightclub in seedy, prewar Berlin; here, life is beautiful. American writer Cliff Bradshaw travels to Berlin searching for inspiration. He �inds it in English club performer Sally Bowles and they begin a torrid affair. However, outside their door, the Nazis’ impending rise to power heralds a brutal end to their decadent way of life. This production stars Wesley Taylor of NBC’s “Smash” as The Emcee and Barrett Wilbert Weed as Sally Bowles. Through June 28. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $36.80 – $96.25. 8 p.m. signature-theatre.org.

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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, JUNE 4 O�� C�� L��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $15. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. S�� T��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. L�� D�� P��C��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 7 p.m. 202-667-4490. T�� L�� T�� E� H��, I�� R�� J�� T��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. S�� N�� G�� A�� S�� G��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 in advance. $12 day of the show. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-4490. J�� R��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. A�� O’D��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.

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L�� B�� P�� C�� S��. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 9 p.m. 703-522-8340. W�� J�� L��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 9 p.m. 202-667-4490. S�� H�� B��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9:15 p.m. 703-241-9504. B�� P�� T�� T�� T��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $12 – $18 in advance. $15 – $18. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. T�� A�� S�� B��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

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P�� A��... Saturday, June 13 – Tinner Hill Blues Festival Storytime. Two very funny and inspiring children’s books that families can enjoy – Ruby Sings the Blues and Bessie

Smith and the Night Riders. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11:30 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.

Saturday, June 13 – Concerts in the Park. Bring a blanket and picnic dinner and sit back, relax and enjoy live entertainment from local musicians and artists in

this kick oﬀ edition of Summer concert series. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 27 – Fairytales and Superheroes at the Library. Children rising to kindergarten – second grades can make costumes and role-play as their

favorite fairytale characters and superheroes or make up their own and enjoy for them during an imaginative playtime. Registration is required and will open June 13. Sign-up at the Youth Services desk or by phone. Mary Riley Styles Public Styles Library Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 2 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

C�� S�� Be sure to include time, location, cost of admission, contact person and any other pertinent information. Event listings will be edited for content and space limitations. Please include any photos or artwork with submissions. Deadline is Monday at noon for the current week’s edition.

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Plaka Grill Inches Closer To Opening on W. Broad The Falls Church location of Plaka Grill now looks to open sometime this month, says the restaurant’s Cathy Drosos. Initially planned to open early this year, several delays have pushed back the Little City debut of the Greek cafe coming to the former Cosi space on W. Broad St. Drosos tells the News-Press that final trade inspections were scheduled at the end of May and that only a few more hurdles have to be cleared until the doors can finally open. “Getting closer,” she says. Plaka Grill 513 West Broad St. | Falls Church plakagrill.com

Sisters Thai Restaurant Now Open in Mosaic District A new Thai restaurant, Sisters, is now open in Merrifield’s Mosaic District. The

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second location of the Old Town Fairfax cafe had its soft opening last Friday and is operating during lunch and dinner hours at 2985 District Avenue. Sisters in Mosaic District opens daily at 11 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m. Sunday – Thursday and at 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Sisters 2985 District Avenue | Fairfax sistersthai.com

Get Free Doughnuts Friday in Falls Church National Doughnut Day (yes, that’s a thing) is this Friday and two Falls Church area restaurants are serving up free treats in celebration. Dunkin’ Donuts is offering a free doughnut to customers with purchase of a beverage at its two F.C. locations on Annandale Rd. and Arlington Blvd. Also hooking up a freebie, Pizzeria Orso, which in concert with chef Bertrand

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Chemel’s birthday, is offering a free Nutella doughnut to all guests who mention the promo code “Happy Birthday Chef” to their servers while ordering. Both Orso and Dunkin’ Donuts free doughnut promotion are available while supplies last only on Friday, June 5. National Doughnut Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday of June and was created by The Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the men and women who

served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. Dunkin’ Donuts 101 E. Annandale Rd. | Falls Church 6138 Arlington Blvd. | Falls Church dunkindonuts.com Pizzeria Orso 400 S. Maple Ave. | Falls Church pizzeriaorso.com

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La Cote D’Or Owner Raymond Campet Dies Following Short Illness Raymond Campet, 65, co-owner with his wife Lynne of the La Cote D’Or restaurant on the border of the City of Falls Church, died the evening of May 26 surrounded by his family at his home. A wake was scheduled to be held this Tuesday at the Murphy’s Funeral Home and a funeral at the St. James Church in Falls Church yesterday. In addition to his wife Lynne, Raymond Campet is survived by his children, Vanessa, Mathieu and Marc, their spouses Chris, Lisa and Missy, his grandchildren Benjamin, Luke, Annabelle, Catherine, Molly and

Brooke and many family members here and in France. Campet graduated from L’Ecole Restaurante de Clermont-Ferrand of France in 1969 and in 1971 he came the maitre d’ of French ambassador Charles Lucet. He managed Le Cafe de Paris of Georgetown for for five years after which he opened La Brasserie on Capital Hill with his wife Lynne. In 1992, after 13 years on the Hill, Raymond and Lynne opened the La Cote d’Or Cafe in Arlington. The restaurant has been honored as one

of Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Best Restaurants in the D.C. Metro Area and has been rated by the Zagat Survey of New York as “excellent” and has been included in the Mobil Travel Guide for several years. Campet took great pleasure in directing an annual waiters’ race on Bastille Day every year, presenting the winner with a trip to Paris. Those events provided many a colorful photo opportunity for the News-Press to display on its pages, including more than once on its front page.

CAMPET and wife Lynne at one of La Cote D’Or’s many Bastille Day celebrations. (Photo: La Cote D’Or/Facebook)

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Mark Wenner and his three bandmates in the roots music quartet The Nighthawks are stripping it down, going acoustic for their new album Back Porch Party, which was released in late April, and taking the party on the road. The Nighthawks’ Back Porch Party comes to Alexandria next Friday, June 12, when the group plays at The Birchmere. The last time The Nighthawks made an acoustic album it was their first, 2011’s Last Train to Bluesville, for which they won their first Blues Music Award. “Since then we’ve been doing acoustic shows when it’s appropriate, like smaller clubs or places where it works, where it fits,” Wenner said. “And, enjoying that format, we figured if we had another CD in that format that would give us an excuse to do even more acoustic shows. “It’s a lot of fun and most certainly a whole lot less physically gruelling for an acoustic show than an electric show with a full set of THE NIGHTHAWKS (P��: C�� S�� B��) drums and all the big amplifiers.” That was the first reason that Wenner gave for why The Nighthawks decided to record snare drum, an upright bass, an acoustic gui- Montrose Studio in Richmond, with the fatheran acoustic album. The second reason, which tar and harmonica, and the vocals would be son team of Bruce and Adrian Olsen. “Bruce is real old school. He’s my age. I he stated later in his interview with the News- straight into the air,” Wenner said. “It worked. After watching a video of the know people he played in bands with back in Press, was the initial inspiration for playing, or service, the band decided to try this format in the 70s in Richmond and he just has a real deep recording, acoustic at all as a quartet. Wenner said that The Nighthawks were smaller venues with tiny stages with minimal understanding of what our sound is, what we’re asked by an old friend of an early version of the amplification. It worked. People even danced.” trying to do, what roots rock and blues sounds After that, the group was invited by Bill like,” Wenner said. band to play for a memorial service. “And then Adrian, who’s also a great musiThe memorial service, for a man named Wax, former head of the Sirius/XM Bluesville Daniel Hope, was scheduled as a thirty year Channel, to play an acoustic set on air, which cian and has a great feel for music generanniversary of his death and called for the band led to their award-winning, well-received 2011 ally speaking, but probably has a more modern to play graveside, which they ended up having record. The reception has been much same for sensibility, has been at the school with all the digital stuff and I’m not opposed to taking the new record, Wenner said. to do acoustically. “The reception has been incredibly posi- advantage of technology if it helps me get the “At first, it appeared to be a complicated situation: How to get electricity to the site. tive,” Wenner said. “I feel really strongly about sound I’m after.” • For more information about The However, since the participants were few in the way it sounds.” The Nighthawks recorded the album at Nighthawks, visit thenighthawks.com. number, it was decided to play with a single

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The George Mason High School’s varsity girls soccer team notched yet another title with the Conference 35 championship win over Clarke County last Thursday. The 4-2 victory landed the Mustangs the top seed advancing to the Region 2A East. Mason defeated East Rockingham High School 8-0 in the first round of the regional tournament on Monday. While the Mustangs have shut out the majority of their opponents this season, Clarke County proved to be tougher in previous matchups this year. Last Thursday’s conference title game at Mason proved to be no different. Fifteen minutes into the game, junior forward/midfielder Corinne Carson scored the first goal of the game for Mason as she dribbled through most of the Clarke defense unassisted. After a defensive foul by Mason, Clarke tied the game 1-1 off a penalty shot. With five minutes left of the first half, senior forward/midfielder Ava Roth made a run to goal and passed to

freshman forward/midfielder Izzy Armstrong to score Mason’s second goal. Though lightning on the field caused a 45-minute delay during halftime, the teams returned to a close game with the Mustangs scoring 12 minutes into the half followed by a Clarke goal seven minutes later. At 3-2 and five minutes remaining, Clarke’s defender handled the ball inside their penalty box, resulting in a penalty kick for Mason. Senior defender Jessica Gemond scored the final goal. “I was proud of my team, as the girls had to battle for the win in this game against Clarke,” said head coach Jennifer Parsons. “It was the first game in several weeks we were put under pressure by our opponent. I think it was extremely valuable for us to experience a challenging game like this on our way into the regional tournament.” The win earned Mason home field advantage on Monday night in the regional quarterfinal against East Rockingham. While it took about five hours with a number of rain delays, Mason came out victorious scoring seven

of the total eight goals in the first half alone. Sophomore forward/midfielder Becca Crouch scored in the first three minutes of play before rain pushed a 90-minute delay on the game. Mason returned to play another 14 minutes with goals by Crouch and Roth, bringing the lead up 3-0 before inclement weather caused another delay. The game resumed after 30 minutes with no further delays and four more Mason goals – two by Roth and one each for Crouch and junior midfielder Kate Mills. Junior midfielder Ella Howard scored Mason’s eighth goal during the second half. Mason travelled to Goochland High School for the regional on Wednesday for the regional semifinal but results were not yet available at press time. “If we win on Wednesday, we will guarantee ourselves a spot in the state tournament at Radford next week,” said Parsons ahead of the semifinal game. That would make the eight consecutive state tournament appearance tournament for Mason, who has held the state title for the past seven years.

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AT A SPECIAL RECEPTION to honor those retiring from employment with the City of Falls Church Schools Tuesday, Sixteen teachers and others were feted, including Yolanda Jordan (center), a long-time bus driver who was introduced by Nancy Hendrickson (left) and presented a plaque by Schools Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones (right) (P��: N��-P��)

F.C. Students Graduate from Institutions Across the Nation Several students from Falls Church graduated from colleges, universities and other academic institutions across the nation during the spring 2015 semester. Dean W. Ball earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Hamilton College, where he graduated cum laude. Tammy Brien and Analisse Soto graduated from Mary Baldwin College. Brien earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree and Soto earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Jakob S. Hand earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and anthropology from St. Lawrence College. Colin Martin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and dance from The College of Wooster. Elizabeth Nguyen graduated from the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University with a Master of Public Health degree. Elizabeth Clarke Rhee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and environmental studies from Wofford College.

FCCPS Honors 16 Employees At Retirement Celebration Ten of the sixteen employees retiring from the Falls Church City Public School system were honored at the school system’s 2015 Retirement Celebration

THE POPULAR JAZZ BAND was one among many highlights of the Spring Band Concert at George Mason High School last Thursday. (P��: N��-P��) on Tuesday evening in the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School cafeteria and auditorium. The ten employees who were recognized at the ceremony were George Mason High School counselor Nancy Goldman, bus driver Yolanda Jordan, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School paraprofessional Monique Lane, data information specialist Leila Levesque, Jefferson third grade teacher Barbara Logan, food services Clara Loza, Mason French teacher Chin Mah, Henderson special education teacher Michael Malone, Mason counselor Marcia

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Winners of ‘Dear Editor’ Competition Announced The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation announced the winners of its Dear Editor writing competition this week. Katherine Donovan won first place, Umika Pathak came in second place, Joshua Nicholson came in third place and Elsa Llera-Jones was an honorable mention for their letters about current events and social justice.

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ABC LICENSE Greek Eats LLC Trading as Plaka Grill, 513 W. Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 220463216. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Beer and Wine On and Off Premises; Mixed Drinks on Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Peter G. Drosos, Managing Director. NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The ordinance referenced below was given first reading on May 26, 2015; and second reading and public hearing are scheduled

for Monday, June 8, 2015 at 7:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as may be heard. (TO15-08) ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCES [1929 AND 1930], REGARDING THE BUDGET OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDS. This is a budget amendment to adjust the adopted FY2015 General Fund Budget and CIP Ordinances to address: (1) New appropriations, including an increase in WMATA funding, purchase of dump trucks and other items (total $757,154); (2) increased capital improvement appropriations including $6.6 Million for Mt. Daniel Elementary renovation (total 6.72 million); and (3) departmental transfers to pay for the WMATA funding and other items (total $502,007). All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk’s office at (703-248-5014) or cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and

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60. Anticipate 62. Woods with many eagles 63. Toned 64. Doodlebug, e.g. 65. Noted bankruptcy of 2001 66. Suffix with elephant or serpent 67. Draw (from) 68. Pro at shorthand 69. Wink’s partner

35. Zodiac symbol 36. Ranch newborn 37. “There oughta be ____!” 38. Relatively low-temperature star 39. Hanes competitor 40. In a funk 41. U-turn from WSW 45. Thus far 46. Online social appointments 47. HBO competitor 48. Last place? 49. White rat, e.g. 50. Stored compactly, in a way 52. It juts into the Persian Gulf 55. Sweet home? 56. ____ trap 57. Brute 58. Unit in a geology book 59. Film villain with prosthetic hands 60. Noted 1964 convert to Islam 61. Lacking color

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23. Model Carangi and others 24. Intention 25. OR workers

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28. Where a shepherd keeps his attention?

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Virginia Power Poll Shows 91% in the City Want Referendum

Fire Levels Duck Pin Alley Hours After Groundbreaking for New Development

After three months of contentious dispute between Virginia Power and the City of Falls Church over the City’s pursuit of option to municipalize its electrical power supply, Virginia Power announced results yesterday of a survey conducted last week, showing Falls Church residents skeptical of the City’s plans, and overwhelmingly in favor of having a say in the mattter through a public referendum. A Virginia Power statement released....

In a bizzare sequence, the 4.7 acre site on S. Maple St. in Falls Church, home for years to the historic duck pin bowling alley, went from celebration to major trauma in less than a 10 hour span from Tuesday afternoon to early Wednesday morning. The net result of the groundbreaking for a new major development Tuesday and the unexpected razing of the bowling alley by a fire of questionable origin at 1 a.m. Wednesday, however, was no different.

Falls Church Resident Ruth Morton Mileson Dies at 89

Ruth Morton Mileson of Falls Church and Plymouth, Mass. died on March 12, 2014 at 89. She was born March 12, 1925 in Plymouth, Mass. She is survived by two daughters, Susan (Mileson) Modisher, and Beth Mileson, Susan’s husband Jim Modisher, and two grand children, Heidi (Modisher) Steele and Dustin Modisher. She is also survived by two nieces, Jan (Morton) Wax, and Eunice Scotti and her husband George and their children, and a nephew, Barry Morton and their families. Ruth is also survived by dear lifetime friend, Martha Driscoll, of Plymouth, Mass. and dear friend and neighbor, Anne Cox of Falls Church. Ruth is predeceased by her former husband, Lt. Col. Donald

F. Mileson, and niece Geneva Rhead, who is survived by her husband Clifford Rhead and three sons, father, John Langford Morton, and Mother Dorothy Lane (Morton) Thatcher, sister and brother Mary and John Morton. She attended Plymouth High School, where she graduated in 1943. She then attended the Massachusetts Institute for Technology and graduated as the only woman in her class on February 5, 1947 with a degree in engineering. Married in 1948 to Marine Corps pilot, Donald F. Mileson, they were stationed between Southern California, North Carolina and the Washington, D.C. area. They were divorced in 1968. Her scientific career included

meteorology, environmental testing and genetics testing. She was a lifelong member of the League of Woman Voters and Citizens For a Better City of Falls Church. Ruth’s philanthropic passions were helping homeless animals and wounded veterans. Contributions can be made to your local Humane Society and Wounded Warrior Projects. Her internment will be on Friday June 12, at 10:00 a.m. at the Chiltonville Cemetery in Plymouth, Mass. A Celebration of her life will follow at 157 Manomet Dr. at 1:00 p.m. Special thank you from her family goes to Val and Louise Velasquez, and Greg and Anne Cox. Private memorials were held in September in Falls Church.

F.C. Schools Bus Driver of 38 Years Dies

In Falls Church on May 9, Bobby Eppard, for 38 years a bus driver in the Falls Church School System, died after a lengthy illness. Husband of the late Janet Eppard; father of William and Robert Eppard and Kimberly Watts; grandfather of Robert, William, Tiffany Eppard, and Steven Watts. He is also survived by his brother, Wilmer Eppard and nieces and nephews. A funeral was held at the Murphy Funeral Home in Falls Church on Saturday, May 24.

BOBBY EPPARD receiving a special commendation in 2010. (F�� P��)

THIS IS MALISSA, a beagle-hound, inch-worm, cow-dog mix. In addition to wiggling around the room on her back while playing with her hedgehog, she enjoys munching on grass, chasing squirrels and cuddling on the couch. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.

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