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Inside This Week Former City Attorney Roy Thorpe Dies
Roy Thorpe, the longest termed City Attorney for the City of Falls Church, died at age 73 last Sunday at his home in Culpeper, Virginia. Thorpe was a critical stabilizing influence at City Hall in Falls Church, serving as the City Attorney from 1996 to 2008. See News Briefs, page 9
‘Best Of’ Voting Ends Monday! See pages 12–13
F.C. Council OKs Housing Vision Based on New Affordable Options Zoning Changes Are Proposed to Boost Auxiliary Unit Stock
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
Kindergarten Class Added as Sign-Ups Surge Advanced registration for the fall semester at Mt. Daniel Elementary has already exceeded projections to the point that a new kindergarten class has been added. See News Briefs, page 9
Current Roads Sculpted Around Region’s Hills Long before it took on the names of Broad Street in Falls Church, King Street in Alexandria or Leesburg Pike everywhere else, Route 7 was the AlexandriaVestal’s Gap Road — one of Northern Virginia’s first thoroughfares that shaped our current urban roadways. See page 8
FALLS CHURCH ASSISTANT City Manager Cindy Mester and City Hall summer intern Peter Faragasso presented a review of the year’s Richmond legislative session and its results to the F.C. City Council Monday night. (Photo: News-Press)
‘HQ2 Effect’ on Region’s Housing Prices: It’s Downright Explosive
by Nicholas F. Benton
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Home prices are soaring in the region in the wake of Amazon’s decision to locate the lion’s share of its second headquarters (known affectionately as HQ2) in Northern Virginia. According to a report this week in the Washington Business Journal, the Amazon effect is acting “like some kind of real estate black hole.” Namely, as the article by
Jonathan Capriel states, home prices in the 22202 zip code on top of where the new headquarters is going in Crystal City, have soared by 72 percent in July over June, and by 25 percent year-over-year. Crystal City is part of Arlington County, the City of Falls Church’s immediate neighbor to the north and east. The article, entitled “Housing Index: July Home Prices Near Amazon HQ2 Soar to Highest Levels in a Decade,” quotes Chris
Finnegan of Bright MLS, who says, “Part of the reason for that bump in prices is that owners are holding onto their homes for longer in hopes of scoring a big sale. That means that any home that does make it into the market is sold at a premium.” The “Amazon effect,” he surmises, “is encouraging homeowners to list their property much higher than they did the year
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“Affordable housing” dominates the new chapter of the City of Falls Church’s Comprehensive Plan update approved by the F.C. Council by a unanimous vote Monday. The focus on improving the City’s affordable housing stock, and the encouragement of the ability for “aging in place” of existing City residents veritably dominate the new chapter, entitled, “Housing a Complete Community.” The focus reflects swiftlyemerging regional and national trends as the nation faces what many are calling a housing “crisis” due to the swelling legions of American households who cannot afford access to existing housing because of market pressures that are inflating housing prices dramatically. The vision statement for the new Housing chapter is weighed heavily in its focus on affordable housing. The other chapter approved by the Council Monday for inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan was on demographics, involving a study done earlier this year that, among other things, recognizes that Falls Church is the fastest growing jurisdiction in the region of new single housing occupants. In the Housing chapter, the vision statement at its outset is revised from the current version adopted in October 2005, stating the City’s goal as being to “create and maintain a diverse supply of
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housing that supports an inclusive and welcoming community. As the region continues to grow, [our goal is to] work proactively to ensure affordable housing keeps pace with population increases and is available for a range of incomes, household sizes, generations and needs.” The following component strategies are included: • To incentivize the maintenance and provision of more workforce, moderate and low income housing. • To increase entry-level home ownership opportunities. • To support aging in place. • To revise development regulations to allow a wider variety of housing types. • To create policies that encourage the preservation of existing housing stock and tree canopy. • To provide housing for people with disabilities. • To promote fair access to housing. • To monitor regional and local housing markets to identify pressures and opportunities. • To partner with neighboring jurisdictions, non-profits, faith groups, and regional agencies to
LO CA L bring more affordable housing to the City. A summary of themes that emerged in City staff meetings with an array of City advisory boards and commissions elicited the following themes: • The need to have more discussion on workforce housing. • A more diverse housing stock should be encouraged (i.e. the need for missing middle and low income housing). • Increasing the provision of opportunities to support aging in place (i.e. alternative housing options and tax relief). A local indication of the “crisis” in housing is reflected in the chapter’s notation that while between 2000 and 2010, the population of the City grew by 9.49 percent, housing units increased by 13.06 percent. Between 2010 and 2017, the population here has grown by 20.74 percent and the number of new housing units fell to an increase of only 8.67 percent. According to the chapter, there are currently 6,077 housing units in the City, up from 4,704 in 2002, an increase of 29.1 percent. Of the units, 50.3 percent are in multifamily buildings and 39.9 in single-family detached homes. Since 2002, there has been a 6.4
percent increase in the number of single family detached homes (2,241 to 2,385), no change in the number of townhouse, duplex or quadplex units (at 582), and a whopping 65.3 percent increase in multifamily building units (1,881 to 3,110). The increase in median housing price from 2010 to 2016 was considerably higher in Falls Church than in neighboring jurisdictions, and the same holds for the City’s renters. Between 2010 and 2016, the median home price in the City rose from $641,900 to $724,000, an 11.3 percent hike. By comparison, the increase in Alexandria has been 6.9 percent, Arlington 9.0 percent and Fairfax County 1.7 percent. By contrast, for the U.S. overall, housing prices declined during the same period by 1.9 percent from $188,400 to $184,700. During the 2012 to 2018 period, the City’s stock of affordable housing has dropped from 470 to 283, with 96 units at The Fields apartments at risk of losing its committed status by 2027 and 9 in the Read Building by 2022 and 15 in Pearson Square by 2027. To buy a single-family detached home in Falls Church now with a median sale price of $899,500, according to the Fannie Mae Home Counselor Affordability
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Analyzer, the minimum income required is $226,315 annually. Condos at $400,000 require an annual income of $113,811. For rentals, a two bedroom apartment requires a minimum annual income of $81,240, and an efficiency or studio apartment $59,600. In the last five years, household composition has changed in the City with more people living alone (up 20 percent), more millennials (up 10 percent), more persons 55 and older (up 23.5 percent) and fewer households with children (down 5 percent). A continuation of these trends will exacerbate the need for greater diversity in housing types. According to the chapter, “One of the City’s most needed home types is large rental apartments. The City needs more two bedroom rental homes and is severely underserved in three bedroom rental homes. The City does not have any three bedroom rental affordable housing units, making it virtually impossible for low to moderate income range families to live in the City.” Among the actions underway to begin to address some of these needs, according to the chapter, are efforts to amend the City zoning ordinance to allow for more forms of housing, such as acces-
sory dwelling units, also known as “granny flats,” duplexes and quadplexes. Also, an evaluation and update of parking minimums and other regulations that affect the cost of multifamily developments is underway, and the City Council recently adopted expanded opportunities for tax relief and deferrals. Short-term recommendations in the chapter include the development of a “sustainable and renewable Affordable Housing Fund, through a mix of City, private and grant funds, including a potential increase to the meals tax, transit occupancy tax or general obligation bonds. Long-term objectives include building a stand-alone affordable housing development, but not until after 2025. The resolution passed by the Council to adopt the new chapters included a paragraph to specify the nature of the plan itself, which read, “The comprehensive plan is general in nature and is designed to guide and accomplish a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the City which will, in accordance with present and probable future needs and resources, best promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the City and its inhabitants.”
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before, with the median price in July for Arlington County nearly 45 percent higher than last year’s.” The biggest price increases were in the Aurora Highlands and Arlington Ridge neighborhoods of the county. The shock waves being generated by the Amazon impact have already led to major new development plans for Virginia Tech both in Arlington and Falls Church, and the expectation of a boom in relocation of Amazon satellite industries to the area. The demand for housing for the prospective new legions of well-paid executives, professionals and employees for all of this is guaranteed to spread to Falls Church, where the added bonus of a highly-valued K-12 International Baccalaureate public school system makes its housing options even more attractive. When will the impacts begin registering on geiger counters in the Little City, beyond just as the anecdotal impressions of realtors and prospective buyers or renters? Who’s to say, especially while most pundits are still cautious that a looming recession might under-
cut everything. But for City of Falls Church demographic trends, such as those written into the new Comprehensive Plan chapter entitled, “People, Housing and Jobs,” can only be expected to accelerate under the influence of the Amazon effect. The Falls Church City Council formally adopted the chapter at its meeting Monday, the first revision of the chapter since 2005. The key trends identified in the chapter include: • The number of single-person households is on the rise, now representing one out of every three F.C. households. The number of people living alone has jumped by 20.8 percent over five years, the highest rate in the region, with more than two-thirds being under age 65 (68.4 percent). The chapter identifies the causes as reflective “of a diversifying housing stock, delayed household formation within the Millennial generation and an aging of the Baby Boomer population.” • The number of households with children has declined in recent years. But still, the number of school aged children has increased, driven by larger families, specifically, homeowner households with
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three or more children. • The City’s population is aging, with one in four residents aged 55 and up, and the expectation is that this trend will continue as the youngest baby boomers enter this age range. • Households with incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 have surged, driven primarily by the increase in single-person households. However, between 2000 and 2017, most household growth in the City was among households with an annual income exceeding $200,000 annually (a total of 1,031 households in that range now). • There are now more multifamily units than single family detached units, a development of the last five years. • Many Falls Church residents have jobs in high-paying industries, nearly half of all employed City residents working in public administration or business and professional services. • Many of the jobs located in Falls Church are in lower-paying industries, with one in four in retail and hospitality-related sectors.
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Gittins, Thorpe: Lives Well Lived
Many wonderful and accomplished people have died over the years who’ve long inhabited the City of Falls Church. Our attention has been called to three in the recent period: Lou Olom, Tom Gittins Jr., and Roy Thorpe. We wrote about Olom earlier this month. This week, a celebration of the life of Gittins, who died last month at age 79, was held at the Ireland’s Four Provinces restaurant, organized by his offspring, including the well-known local activist Tom Gittins III, and Dianne and surviving spouse of 60 years, Sue. It was packed and a quasi-festive atmosphere was accented by periodic bouts with tears by the many people who stepped forward to remember Gittins and their friendships and collaborations with him. Not the least of these were two U.S. Congressmen who’ve represented the City of Falls Church, former Rep. Jim Moran and current Rep. Don Beyer. Gittins’ accomplishments were remarkable; class president at Cornell, he became the youngest-ever Peace Corps staffer as director of the organization in the Dominican Republic and then all of Latin America. He then became the CEO of Sister Cities International, growing the linkage of U.S. cities to others in 120 countries worldwide from 400 to over 1,000 and was a founding member of many groups whose purpose has been to improve human relations globally. Rep. Beyer quoted Marc Anthony about Caesar’s death in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” “The breaking so great a thing should leave a greater crack,” and said Gittins’ life was dedicated to “building up people, institutions and things,” that he was “kind, good and living for all,” and uplifted the “idea, ethos and example of Tom Gittins” as exemplary of “strong, tough, great leaders.” He was remembered for his commitment to the notion of “citizen diplomacy,” being “loving, loyal and with boundless enthusiasm.” Living here for 47 years, he was active with the High Point pool and many local programs, including his son’s FIRSTFriday monthly events and the Creative Cauldron, whose Laura Hull recalled his positive influence as an enthusiastic patron and member of the audience for countless local productions. In the case of Roy Thorpe, who died at his home in Culpeper at age 73, he was an enormously stabilizing influence at City Hall in Falls Church during his 12-year tenure between 1996 and 2008, with his service straddling a succession of six city managers and interim managers and five mayors. That era produced the City’s critical evolution, despite the turnovers, of the governing tools to begin the successful attraction of multiple important large-scale mixed use projects, beginning with The Broadway in 2002 to this day. Thorpe was a quiet, even and steady presence and trusty guide through it all.
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F.C. Must Pursue Multiple Transportation Policy Priorities B� D��� S�����
Falls Church has, from its earliest history, been a crossroads, so it should come as no surprise that transportation issues are a major focus of our community, city staff, and City Council. Happily, we are part of a vibrant and growing area, but that intensifies the twin challenges of moving more vehicles safely into and through our city and at the same time moving away from a car-centric environment. Our neighborhoods have made clear that they view traffic speeds and volumes as a significant public safety issue. The Citizens Advisory Committee on Transportation (CACT) provides policy recommendations and manages the neighborhood traffic calming process; funds are appropriated by City Council; and the work is performed or overseen by city staff. While we have made strides in some areas, the twin concerns of traffic speed and volume continue in many parts of the city. Our businesses need to attract customers from the region, most of whom travel here by car. And the commercial taxes that our businesses generate go directly into the city budget, providing more revenue and allowing a lower tax burden on everyone else. Supporting them remains a key financial consideration. And recently, we have been stacking some transportation funding to provide the public infrastructure to support major new economic development projects that generate large amounts of taxes over and above service costs.
At the same time, for environmental policy and quality of life reasons, we are committed to reducing dependence on cars for transportation and supporting alternative fueled vehicles. Specific examples include supporting Metro, adding bikeshare, build-
“Our neighborhoods have made clear that they view traf�ic speeds and volumes as a signi�icant public safety issue.” ing and maintaining pedestrian infrastructure and providing electric vehicle charging stations. Finally, there are the bigger and longer term opportunities for improvement, among which are advanced technology such as autonomous vehicles and the Route 7 Bus Rapid Transit project which could have major positive impacts on the amount of traditional traffic and related safety and environmental concerns. At the same time, technology and new business models enabled by technology provide yet more challenges, including ride-sharing services, drones and scooters. Ideas need to be translated into specific projects and those in turn must be funded. The good news is that after years of advo-
cacy by us and our regional colleagues, Northern Virginia has far greater transportation revenues than before. The bad news is that costs of these projects are going up as a result of market forces — up to 25 percent per year and it takes more and more staff to meet grant funding requirements. Funding comes from three main sources — from our local budget, from regular state funding and from grant programs administered by regional bodies, on which city representatives serve. Examples include potential North Washington St. and Park Avenue projects and major West Falls Church and W&OD bike trail/pedestrian projects already funded by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority revenues. From I-66 toll revenue, under the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, possible projects include signal timing and bikeshare operating funding. Still other funding may be available for signal, road, bridge and pedestrian improvements throughout the city under state revenue sharing. Many other projects are on-going, including signalization, paving and pedestrian improvement. City Council provides elected representatives for all regional transportation planning and funding bodies. There are several city staff that work full time on transportation issues and many others contribute their expertise to move the projects forward. And most importantly citizens engage with us through CACT and direct communications. It is apparent that highway safety has deteriorated as a result of the breakdown in
civility, speeding, impaired driving, failure to use seatbelts in all positions, congested conditions and distracted driving. The fullest extent of this degradation is being studied now at the regional level and I hope it will result in some effective countermeasure. As a small city, we must simultaneously pursue multiple policy priorities, some of which are summarized above, which means we must move in different directions at the same time. This is occurring in the overall context in which we do not control the amount of traffic, a growing population, competing budgetary demands such as for public safety and education, rising construction and operating costs and additional infrastructure burdens brought on by climate change. Finally, new technology is rapidly changing how people and freight move, challenging all levels of government to make the most of what technology can offer while addressing the downsides. In conclusion, it is critically important that our citizens and businesses continue to provide funding through your taxes, serve on boards and commissions, communicate your ideas and hopefully have some patience as we try to address your concerns. Finally, the City Council has included in its work plan a Technology Task Force that has yet to be launched. Citizens with ideas or expertise are encouraged to contact the City Clerk if they are interested in participating. Dave Snyder is a member of the Falls Church City Council.
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Modern Roads Sculpted Around Northern Virginia Hills BY MATT DELANEY
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Long before it took on the names of Broad Street in Falls Church, King Street in Alexandria or Leesburg Pike everywhere else, Route 7 was the AlexandriaVestal’s Gap Road — one of Northern Virginia’s first thoroughfares that shaped our current urban roadways by virtue of sustaining the colonial era’s economy. Native Americans and settlers of early America accounted for the region’s natural up-and-down terrain when blazing their initial trails. What started as paths carved along ridgelines by native tribes in pre-colonial times became a network of “rolling roads” — which holds double-meaning for the area’s rolling hills as well as the act of rolling hogsheads (60-plus gallon barrels used to store goods) to nearby docks — once settlers arrived and began to transport the Virginia colony’s cash crop of tobacco from the fruitful hinterlands of the Piedmont to port along the state’s Coastal Plains region. Ron Anzalone, the chair
of the City of Falls Church’s Historical Commission, notes that the local rolling road was Falls Rolling Road, which ran from the Annandale area up, past the Falls Church to Chain Bridge in order to access the bustling port at Georgetown, the City of Alexandria’s major competitor. The Alexandria-Vestal’s Gap was the main road that intersected with Falls Rolling Road, and later became a centerpiece that the town of Falls Church would form around. It ran from Winchester through Vestal’s Gap near what is now Leesburg to Alexandria’s port, just as Route 7 does today. According to Charles E. Gage, former vice chair of the Historical Commission, who published his short pamphlet “Tobacco, Tobacco Hogsheads and Rolling Roads in Northern Virginia,” in 1959, the route was originally scouted in 1699 when Virginia’s governor sent a mission to see the emperor of the Piscataway tribe on Conoy Island, near what is now Point of Rocks, Maryland. Sometimes it was abbreviated to Vestal’s Gap Road, or referred
to Eastern Ridge Road, Keyes Gap Road and even New Church Road, for the Falls Church that was built right by it. When the turnpike era came about, per Gage, Route 7 became known as Middle Pike for lying in between Little River Turnpike to the south and the Georgetown-Leesburg Pike to the north. Tobacco was a driving force for development in colonial Virginia. Partially because the crop was so lucrative that it could be used as legal tender to purchase an array of items, and partially because colonial farming practices for tobacco exhausted the land so frequently that settlers constantly migrated to new plots, requiring new roadways to spring up in their wake. “Roads” is used loosely in this context, since the trails were so difficult to traverse that manpower was preferred over working animals when transporting hogsheads, Gage noted. “What has been attempted here to show that the lowly hogsheads and the crude roads prepard [sic] for rolling hogsheads in large numbers to navigable
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the Potomac River and mirrors present day Route 1. Ox Road in Fairfax was created in 1728 in an effort to access the copper riches of Frying Pan Mine (of which there were few) and Braddock Road was constructed in 1754 to serve as the marching path for General Edward Braddock (which he rarely used).
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NEWS BRIEFS Former Falls Church City Attorney Roy Thorpe Dies Roy Byron Thorpe Jr., a former City Attorney for the City of Falls Church, died at age 73 on Sunday, Aug. 11, at his home in Culpeper, Virginia. Thorpe was a critical stabilizing influence at City Hall in Falls Church, serving as the City Attorney from 1996 to 2008 for the longest period in the history of City, a period that covered the terms of six City Managers and interim managers, five mayors and dozens of City Council members and many a contentious local election and referenda. Born May 18, 1946, he is survived by his wife of 50 years, Karen O’Donnell Thorpe, daughters Jennifer and Laura, son George, sisters Barbara and Bettie, and six grandchildren. Thorpe and his wife became best friends at age 13 Roy Thorpe. (Courtesy photo) in Long Island, New York, and married in 1968, celebrating their 50th anniversary last year. Thorpe graduated from Wesleyan University and the Washington and Lee Law School. He served as the city attorney and assistant commonwealth attorney in Bedford County, and the county attorney in Montgomery and Culpepper counties before coming to Falls Church. He served a term as president of the Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association. Thorpe was an avid sailor and traveler. He served in the Virginia National Guard in Lynchburg and was a lacrosse player in high school and college and an Eagle Scout. Following his retirement, he relished woodworking, creating furniture for family and friends, and appreciated bad puns and “Dad jokes.” In lieu of a funeral, his family will hold a private celebration of life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory to local charities are appreciated.
F.C. Schools Add Kindergarten Class The Falls Church School Board learned Tuesday night that advanced registration for the fall semester at Mt. Daniel Elementary has already exceeded projections to the point that a new kindergarten class has been added. Indicated registrations bring the total to 185 in the section, eight students greater than expected. As August progresses, the Falls Church City Public Schools will begin new teacher orientation next Monday, Aug. 19, followed by a School Board meeting and summer retreat on Aug. 22, and the new school year “welcome back” breakfast and convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Classes will begin the day after Labor Day Sept. 3.
Northam: Flood Damage Assistance Available Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced last week that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will make low-interest federal loans available to residents and business owners in the City of Falls Church and surrounding areas to help with recovery from the impacts from last month’s epic flood. The topic of the loans was brought up during last Wednesday’s town hall meeting at City Hall which more than 40 residents attended, the City reported. Businesses and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million through the SBA to repair or replace disaster damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any physical property damage. Loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for loans up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property. The deadline to file for assistance is Oct. 7 for physical property and May 7, 2020 for economic injury applications. SBA loan representatives and state officials will be at the Pimmit Hills Library daily through Monday, August 19, to consult with citizens. F.C. City Manager Wyatt Shields said at the Council meeting this Monday that the impact of the storm will cause an update, identification and reprioritization of the City’s watershed plan. So far, he said, $4.2 million has been spent on the effort, including the removal of 136 tons of debris from the City’s storm drains and creeks.
F.C. Tree Commission Name Changed The Falls Church City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to changing the name of its advisory Tree Commission to the “Urban Forestry Commission,” subject to a final approval next month.
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LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL CHEW caught a glimpse of some sunflowers while out and about and decided to share them with the News-Press. (Photo: Courtesy Michael Chew)
One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington) is hosting its first ever national observance of Bookstore Romance Day, titled “A Carnival of Love” on Aug. 17 starting at 10 a.m as fans will join to celebrate romance novels and the authors who write them. Events are as follows: • 11 a.m. – noon — A Mimosa Tasting: Pair sparkling wines with juices to see which couplings have the best flavor chemistry (free event). • Noon – 3 p.m. — Romance Scavenger Hunts & Battle of the Books: Attendees can drop in throughout the afternoon for a scavenger hunt, or listen to One More Page staff pitch their favorite romance novels in the Battle of the Books. • 4 p.m. — Romance Roundtable Panel with Grace Burrowes, Harper Kincaid, &
Juno Rushdan (moderated by Kini Allen): Attendees can get a taste of different subgenres with a diverse collection of romance authors, including a ones who’ve penned historical romance, romantic suspense and a sweet contemporary novels. • 4 – 6 p.m. — Sips & Swoons Wine and Cocktail Tasting: A free wine tasting with signature cocktails inspired by each book will be served in conjunction with the author panel. • 6 p.m. — Board Game Tournament for Marrying Mr. Darcy: A “Pride & Prejudice”themed board game will be played in multiple rounds. Free to join in.
‘Annie’ Enters Final Week At James Lee Center Zemfira Stage presents the musical, “Annie,” at the James Lee Community Center (2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church) with performances in its final
week going from Aug. 14 – 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 17 at 10:30 a.m. The role of Annie is played by Alyssa Kiffer and Dara Kearney, both rising eighth-graders. Kiffer has performed in numerous theatres throughout northern Virginia as well as in the Midwest and New York. During the last holiday season she performed at Radio City Music Hall as part of the opening act to the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular and the year prior performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kearney has also graced the stage at many theatres throughout Northern Virginia. She was most recently seen starring as Rhoda in The Bad Seed with Zemfira Stage. Kearney dances with Virginia Ballet Company and with them has performed the role of Clara in the Nutcracker. “Annie” tells the story of a
SPLITTING TIME as Annie in Zmefira Stage’s production of the classic musical are rising eighth graders Dara Kearney (left) and Alyssa Kiffer. The production entered its final week on Wednesday. For more information, read the story on this page. (Photos: Courtesty Nancy Kiffer – Left/Michelle MacDonald – Right)
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Volunteer Opportunities In Fairfax County There are multiple opportunities for volunteers interested in helping out seniors in the local Fairfax County area. Front desk volunteers and activities leaders for crafts, jewelry-making, arts, cooking, fitness and sewing are all in need at the Bailey’s Senior Center (5920 Summers Ln., Falls Church). Interested volunteers can begin the application process by visiting volunteer.fairfaxcounty.gov and click on “Find an Opportunity” on the right side of the screen. Type “Bailey’s Senior Center” in the search bar to the left of the screen, click on a preferred position followed by clicking on “Sign Up” then “New Volunteer.” Meals on Wheels drivers and driver coordinators are needed in the Falls Church and Annandale areas. Drivers pick up meals and deliver them to individuals on a specific route. Routes take a maximum of 2 hours to deliver all meals. Deliveries are made midday on weekdays. Deliveries can be made by an individual or as part of a volunteer group. Opportunities are available throughout Fairfax County close to where potential drivers work. Coordinators are a shared vol-
unteer position. They develop a monthly schedule of drivers for Meals on Wheels route(s) and trains new drivers. This position requires a time commitment of 15 hours per month total between the two volunteers, plus availability, when possible to arrange for substitute drivers or deliver meals on short notice. Interested drivers and coordinators can begin the application process by visiting volunteer.fairfaxcounty.gov and click on”Find an Opportunity” on the right side of the screen. Type “Meals on Wheels” in the search bar to the left of the screen, click on a preferred position followed by clicking on “Sign Up” then “New Volunteer.” For more information about volunteer opportunities or the application process, contact VolunteerSolutions@ FairfaxCounty.gov.
F.C. Democratic Committee Meeting on Aug. 21 The Falls Church City Democratic Committee’s monthly meeting will take place on Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m., at the Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St. Falls Church). For more information, contact fallschurchdems@gmail.com.
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BURGER: Dogwood Tavern • Elevation Burger • Five Guys Burgers & Fries Ireland’s Four Provinces • Lazy Mike’s Deli PIZZA: Flippin’ Pizza • Ledo Pizza • Northside Social Paisano’s Pizza • Pizzeria Orso SANDWICH: Dogwood Tavern • Lazy Mike’s Deli • Lost Dog Cafe Northside Social • Panera Bread FRIED CHICKEN: Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken • BB.Q Chicken Dogwood Tavern • Liberty Barbecue • Popeyes ROTISSERIE-STYLE CHICKEN: Crisp & Juicy • Harris Teeter Plaka Grill • Spin Pollo • Super Chicken SEAFOOD: 2941 Restaurant • Chasin’ Tails • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Dogwood Tavern • Hot n Juicy Crawfish VEGAN: Bakeshop • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Loving Hut • Spacebar SUSHI: Koi Koi Sushi & Roll • Maneki Neko • Takumi • Yume Sushi MEDITERRANEAN: Fava Pot • Moby Dick House of Kabob • Plaka Grill Yayla Bistro • Sfizi Cafe ITALIAN: Anthony’s Restaurant • Italian Cafe • Pistone’s Italian Inn Pizzeria Orso • Sfizi Cafe VIETNAMESE: Four Sisters Restaurant • Huong Viet Restaurant Pho 88 • Pho Sate • Present LATIN AMERICAN: El Patron • El Tio Grill Luzmila’s • Super Chicken • Taco Bamba BREAKFAST: Cabose Commons • Cafe Kindred Lazy Mike’s Deli • Northside Social • Original Pancake House BRUNCH: Cafe Kindred • Dogwood Tavern Ireland’s Four Provinces • Liberty Barbecue • Northside Social HAPPY HOUR: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Dominion Wine & Beer • Ireland’s Four Provinces Northside Social
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BAR FOOD: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Dominion Wine & Beer • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Spacebar SPORTS BAR: Dogfish Head Alehouse • Dogwood Tavern Glory Days • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Open Road BEER LIST: Audacious Aleworks • Caboose Commons • Dogwood Tavern Dominion Wine & Beer • Spacebar WINE LIST: 2941 Restaurant • Dominion Wine & Beer • Idylwood Grill Northside Social • Sfizi Cafe COFFEE SHOP: Cafe Kindred • Famille Cafe • Northside Social Rare Bird Coffee Roasters • Starbucks BAKERY: Bakeshop • Cafe Kindred • The Happy Tart Northside Social • Panera Bread FROZEN TREATS: Baskin Robbins • Kiln & Custard • Lazy Mike’s Deli Lil City Creamery • Sweet Frog FARMERS MARKET VENDOR: Chris’ Marketplace • Fresh Crunch Pickles Grace’s Pastries • Kate’s Crepes • Toigo Orchards KID-FRIENDLY DINING: Caboose Commons • Cafe Kindred Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Liberty Barbecue • Pizzeria Orso SPECIAL OCCASION DINING: 2941 Restaurant • Idylwood Grill • La Côte d’Or Café TRIO Grill • Yayla Bistro EATING: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern OUTSIDE EATING Famille Cafe • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Northside Social DELIVERY FOOD: Hunan Cafe • Lost Dog Cafe • Lucky Thai Saffron Indian Cuisine • Sweet Rice CATERING: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Root & Stem Catering NEW RESTAURANT: Bakeshop • Caboose Commons Dominion Wine & Beer • Famille Cafe • Yume Sushi
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WHO’S THE BEST? 2019 Best of Falls Church Finalists: RETAIL, SERVICES & MORE
ACCOUNTING FIRM: Bay Business Group • Diener & Associates Johnson & Associates • Levin & Associates • Robert Radan, CPA ARCHITECT: DuBro Architects & Builders • Hemphill & Associates Lee Design Studio • Moore Architects • Winn Design + Build LAWYER: Baskin, Jackson & Lasso • The Law Offices of Charles W. O’Donnell Gayle B. Matthews • Needham Mitnick & Pollack PLC • Erik Pelton BANK/CREDIT UNION: Apple Federal Credit Union • Burke & Herbert Navy Federal Credit Union • Suntrust • Wells Fargo REAL ESTATE AGENT: JD Callander • Chris Earman • Tori McKinney Kelly Millspaugh Thompson • Susan Tull O’Reilly REAL ESTATE GROUP: Chrissy + Lisa • JD Callander & Associates Re/Max West End • Rock Star Realty • Weichert Realtors PROPERTY MANAGER: Century 21 Gawen Realty, Inc. Town & Country Properties • Weichert Realtors DOCTOR: Scott Bartram • Ritu Cuttica • Philip O’Donnell • Andrea Schmeig • Gordon Theisz PEDIATRICIAN: Amin Barakat • Capital Area Pediatrics • Diane Halpin Northern Virginia Pediatrics • Sleepy Hollow Pediatrics DENTIST: William V. Dougherty • Peterson Huang Mark Miller • Johana Nieto • West Falls Church Dental CHIROPRACTOR: Joshua Brooks • Ilana Goldberg • Ted Perih • Ray Solano • Quality Chiropractic EYEWEAR: For Eyes • Hour Eyes • MyEyeDr. Point of View Eyewear • Northern Virginia Doctors of Optometry HANDYMAN: Doug’s Handyman Service • EW Johnson Mechanical Handyman Services of Northern Virginia • Harry Shovlin • Pete Trevisan HOME IMPROVEMENT: Brown’s Hardware • DuBro Architects & Builders Foxcraft Design Group • Sislers Stone • Winn Design + Build INSURANCE COMPANY: Foundation Insurance • GEICO State Farm • Town & Country Insurance • USAA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: Chesterbrook Residences Goodwin House • The Kensington Falls Church • Sunrise of Falls Church DRY CLEANERS: Betty Brite Cleaners • Classic Cleaners Dry Clean NOVA • Hillwood Cleaners • Spectrum Cleaners CAR DEALER: Beyer Automotive • Bill Page Honda Bill Page Toyota • Koons Ford Falls Church AUTO SERVICE: Drive European • Herb’s Auto Repair Integrity Tire & Auto • Mr. Tire • Smokey’s Garage BARBERSHOP: Father & Son Barber Shop • Jess Haircuts The Neighborhood Barbershop • Smitty’s Barbershop • Snip Snip Barber Shop HAIR SALON: Hair Cuttery • Kess Hair & Skincare Miki for Hair • Nash Hair Design • Perfect Endings
NAIL SALON: Aislinn Nails & Spa • Indulge Nails & Spa Nail Bonita • Nothing in Between Nail Salon • Rex Day Spa MASSAGE: Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa • Ladan Spa Falls Church Massage Envy • Jessica Rimer • Stress Knot FITNESS/SPORTS SHOP: Bikenetic • Conte’s Bike Shop • ProBike FC • Road Runner Sports FITNESS STUDIO: Advantage Fitness • CycleBar • Jazzercize Falls Church Orangetheory Fitness • Pure Barre Falls Church GYM: 24 Hour Fitness • Advantage Fitness • Gold’s Gym Orangetheory Fitness • Planet Fitness PHYSICAL THERAPY: Alliance Physical Therapy • Bodies in Motion • Body Dynamics SUMMER PROGRAM: City of Falls Church Recreation & Parks Congo Camp at Congressional School • Creative Cauldron Claymagination Art Camp at Clay Cafe Studios • Tom Dolan Swim School PRIVATE SCHOOL: CommuniKids • Congressional School Falls Church Montessori • Grace Christian Academy • Saint James Catholic School PRESCHOOL: Columbia Baptist Child Development Center • CommuniKids Congressional School • Falls Church Episcopal Day School • Falls Church Preschool DAYCARE: CommuniKids • Congressional School • Easter Seals Falls Church City Public Schools • Falls Church Montessori EVENT SPACE: Caboose Commons • Falls Church Arts Famille Cafe • Hilton Garden Inn • The State Theatre LIVE MUSIC: Caboose Commons • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Ireland’s Four Provinces • JV’s Restaurant • The State Theatre SHOPPING CENTER: Eden Center • Falls Plaza • Lincoln at Tinner Hill • Mosaic District PLACE TO BUY A GIFT: Botanologica • Dominion Jewelers • Doodlehopper 4 Kids Galleria Florist • Stylish Patina JEWELRY STORE: Bedazzled • Dominion Jewelers • Dupont Central Jewelry BOUTIQUE: Botanologica • Galleria Florist Lemon Lane Consignment • New to You • Stylish Patina SPECIALTY STORE: Botanologica • Brown’s Hardware • Doodlehopper 4 Kids Galleria Florist • Stylish Patina BOOK STORE: Barnes & Noble • Hole in the Wall Books • One More Page Books COMIC BOOK STORE: Hole in the Wall Books • Victory Comics GROCERY STORE: Aldi • Giant • Harris Teeter • Trader Joe’s • Whole Foods BEER/WINE SHOP: Caboose Commons • Dominion Wine & Beer Harris Teeter • Trader Joe’s CITY EVENT: Taste of Falls Church at the Fall Festival • Farmers Market Memorial Day Parade & Festival • Sunset Cinema • Tinner Hill Music Festival NEW BUSINESS: Audacious Aleworks • Bakeshop • Caboose Commons Famille Cafe • Tom Dolan Swim School
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This summer’s storms created havoc for homeowners, as tree limbs, and sometimes entire trees, crashed down onto roadways, yards and, sadly, onto homes. Storm after storm created intense demands for brush and bulk collection from residents who live in the county’s designated sanitary service districts, which include about 43,000 households, or about 10 percent of the county, including some Mason District neighborhoods. The annual fee for county trash collection is listed as a separate item on the real estate tax bill. The remaining 90 percent of the county is served by private trash haulers, who bill customers separately. County customers also receive up to five bulk pickups per year for oversized, loose, combustible materials or brush, but because brush and bulk pickups require specialized equipment to handle and haul, customers must call the Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP) at 703-802-3322, or schedule service on-line. Once a request is received, SWMP schedules one of six knuckle boom cranes to provide the service. Loads that exceed 10 cubic yards (usually the result of an eviction or major remodeling project) are designated “mega bulk,” and are assessed a fee based on volume. During normal periods, crews average 75 brush pickups and 85 bulk pickups per day. This summer has not been a normal period. When a storm event is severe, and/or over a broad area, or when volume exceeds SWMP’s capacity to pick up in a timely manner, an outside emergency contractor is deployed. Requests for service following the May storm event averaged 150 brush pickups and 125 bulk pickups per day, with some daily spikes reaching 300 to 400, and the outside emergency contractor was utilized. Similarly, following the unprecedented July 8 storm, the emergency contractor was reactivated. Some yard waste services were delayed as the
focus was on storm debris. Operations are expected to return to normal collection schedules by the end of the week, barring more severe storms. As a result of the challenges faced both by customers and county crews, a new action plan has been announced by SWMP, to help reduce future service interruptions. Annual customer notifications about the need to call and schedule brush and bulk pickups will be updated and refreshed via direct mailings. Service status and schedule changes will be provided to customers and, to respond to constituent inquiries, magisterial district offices will be notified of any significant service disruptions. We know there will be storms in the county’s future (September traditionally is heavy hurricane season). The new action plan, most likely, will be tested before we know it! On Monday, I had the pleasure of welcoming a new business to Barcroft Plaza on Columbia Pike. Navy Federal Credit Union opened a new branch to better serve its many members, and proving, again, that Mason District is a great place to do business. Barcroft Plaza’s renovations are nearly complete, and the attractive new office is located halfway between Glory Days and Harris Teeter, so should be easy to find. There’s just one more week of free summer concerts at Mason District Park. Tomorrow’s show will feature Tom Paxton; Sunday is the United States Air Force Airmen of Note, Wednesday will have Squeeze Bayou, and the season ends on Friday, Aug. 23, with the Beatles cover tribute band “The Apple Core.” Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. and last about an hour. See you there! . 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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Richmond Report Earlier this month I wrote a news story for the News-Press about some of the new laws that went into effect on July 1, 2019 across the Commonwealth of Virginia, on topics ranging from public safety to transportation, health care and the environment, to education and taxation. Writing that story got me thinking — great, new restaurants can advertise happy hour specials including discounted drink prices, and sure some new funding is available for amateur bee-keepers, which is nice. But imagine what next year’s July 1 new law story could be if progressive Democrats control both chambers in the General Assembly for the first time since… maybe ever. We just need to pick up two more seats in each chamber. So, let’s indulge in a little bit of time travel. Come with me, to July 1, 2020, in a world where control of the General Assembly has flipped… One of our first orders of business when we returned to Richmond for the 2020 Session was to pass common sense reforms related to gun purchases and ownership. Beginning July 1, every firearms transaction in the Commonwealth is subject to a background check available on a website operated by the Virginia State Police. Falls Church City and Fairfax County owned buildings are not only tobacco free, but local governments have voted to make them gun free zones as well. It’s no longer legal to buy bump stocks and assault weapons in Virginia. Voting in the upcoming 2020 election is expected to break records for voter participation, not just because it’s a presidential election year, but because Virginia residents are now automatically registered to vote when they go to re-register their cars, apply for government benefits or have any other interaction with state government. For those who aren’t automatically registered on Election Day, they will be able to register on the spot, and voting will begin early for anyone who wishes to cast a ballot, no reason need be provided. Virginia is now part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and is committed to reducing our emissions while funding renewable energy programs and pro-
moting green jobs. Expect to see rooftop solar panels dotting the landscape as the General Assembly removed regulatory barriers and added financial incentives for residential and community solar installation. Many Virginians will begin to see more money in their paychecks each week as we begin the first step in a gradual increase in the minimum wage, which is on its way to $15 an hour. Those struggling with crippling student loan debt have new options to consolidate and refinance their loans, and those who suspect they’ve been overpaying can complain to the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions which now has oversight authority and will be enforcing a Student Borrower Bill of Rights in Virginia. Simple possession of Marijuana is no longer a criminal offense, but it is illegal to discriminate in housing and employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Virginia passed the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming the last state needed to add it to the U.S. Constitution. We firmly established that the government has no business interfering in women’s healthcare and reproductive rights. Political candidates can no longer use campaign funds for personal use — the highlight of several meaningful campaign finance reforms we passed earlier this year to limit the influence of money in politics that will impact the next state election cycle. Many localities will launch pilot programs to provide public financing to campaigns that pledge to forego corporate contributions and accept caps on the amount any individual can donate. And tolling hours on I-66 are restored to the original HOV hours and a whole slate of new transportation improvements are in the works as we’ve made the decision to prioritize funding these projects with gas tax revenues. That’s the column I’d like to write in 2020. Although I don’t have an opponent on the ballot in the 53rd district this year, I’ll be spending as much time as possible between now and November working to make sure we elect candidates around the state who share that vision. What new headlines would you like to see in 2020?
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‘Helter Skelter’ For 2019
The latest round of mass murders in El Paso and Dayton awfully portend the escalation of a domestic terrorist war against the very democratic institutions of the U.S. itself. They point not to a race war, per se, but an all-out war against our nation, fought from within. When all the major U.S. intelligence agencies have acknowledged that a hostile foreign power has been insinuating itself in an unprecedented way into the domestic affairs of the U.S., what are we to make of this? It is doubtful such powers are content to limit their activities to placing political ads on social media in the way that the Mueller Report documented with such depth. They were certainly involved in trying to skew the outcome of elecFALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS tions here, including, of course, the presidential election of 2016, and as all the U.S. intelligence agencies have also confirmed, to redouble such efforts in the same manner in 2020 (and 2019 in Virginia, although Virginia caught wind of the ease with which non-papertrail voting machines could be hacked and mandated a swift move to all papertrail machines in 2017, such that the flipping of 17 state delegate districts to the Democrats was preserved). But what about the domestic terror threat here? What about the rise of the white supremacist right, enabled by Trump, that led to the Charlottesville riot of two years ago when hundreds of hate-filled neo-Nazis descended for torch-laden marches and rallies spewing foul racist epithets, and leading to the murder of one counter-demonstrator and the accidental deaths of two state helicopter operators. What about the profiles of the killers in El Paso, especially, and Dayton, and others who have been caught in more recent days planning terrorist mass killings? How coincidental that Hollywood has just released a blockbuster film, Quentin Tarrantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” a fanciful but historically-accurate framing of the grizzly 1969 Manson cult murders of actress Sharon Tate in the Hollywood hills of L.A. What’s the connection with today? How about the totally-crazed and seemingly brainwashed behavior of the Manson cultists, including their complete lack of emotion or remorse for their heinous acts? Do they remind anyone of the mental state of white nationalist domestic terrorists like the El Paso killer and the likes of those who descended on Charlottesville? In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Manson murders, author Tom O’Neill has penned an intriguing new book, “Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties.” The book is a major step beyond the best-seller on the Manson killings by the case’s late Prosecuting Attorney Vincent Bugliosi that he titled “Helter Skelter,” which he wrote in the 1970s. O’Neill interviewed Bugliosi extensively, and developed some serious misgivings about Bugliosi’s conclusions regarding the motive for the killings, pointing to Bugliosi’s thoughts on how Manson turned his docile followers into remorseless killers. “Even with the LSD, the sex, the isolation, the sleep deprivation, the social abandonment, there had to be ‘some intangible quality … It may be something that he learned from others.” Something he learned from others! O’Neill’s original content comes from his research into the files of the late Dr. Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West, a psychiatrist who ran the CIA’s top-secret MKULTRA experiments into the impact of LSD on mass, often unsuspecting populations in the 1950s and 1960s. Long and short, West was among the “others” that Manson learned from. When O’Neill talked with professor Alan Scheflin, an expert on MKULTRA, he asked, “Was it possible that the Manson murders were an MKULTRA experiment gone wrong?” Scheflin answered, “No, an MKULTRA experiment gone right.” Today, can it be that the use of drugs and powers of suggestion are creating a new and much broader application of the goals of MKULTRA for an escalation of a white supremacist domestic terror upsurge in the U.S.? Could there somehow be a connection with the ongoing saturation of so many opioids into white-dominated rural areas of the U.S. Is anyone in a position to recognize this, much less stop it? Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
From his bed at Virginia Hospital Center, reluctant newsmaker Glenn Smith gave me his version of his widely reported mishap. The 77-year-old homeowner on N. Trinidad St. in the Williamsburg area made local TV and online news last week after he suffered a fall in his kitchen and survived alone on the floor for five days — taking nourishment from his nearby stash of Coca-Cola. Smith, who retired in 2009 as seismic technology specialist for Federal Highway Administration, is, of course, grateful to alert neighborhood letter carrier Yvette “E” Stevens for his rescue. Consulting with a neighbor, the mailwoman on Aug. 2 summoned police for a “welfare check” after noticing for several days that Smith’s mail was piling up and his door opened. “She’s probably the only postal person I’ve known,” Smith told me. The emergency medical technicians who arrived and transported a weakened Smith to the hospital couldn’t allow him a drink and “got confused about my name,” he said. Smith acknowledged that the reason he fell in his kitchen was likely that he’d “skipped a few
meals.” His sole vivid memory before the fall was being on the computer at Westover library the day before. Though the Coke detail was emphasized by the early coverage in ARLNow and local TV channels WUSA and WTTG, Smith, to be precise, also imbibed lime soda from Harris Teeter, he told me. Smith is actually a homeboy in the neighborhood now dominated by younger newcomers with children. His parents owned a house behind his Trinidad St. brick rambler, and Smith in the 1950s attended Stewart-Tuckahoe Elementary School and then Stratford and Williamsburg junior highs. In 1960 he graduated from Washington-Lee, “the best high school in the country,” he said. In a neighborhood of younger families, “I am the senior citizen,” Smith said, recalling that three other elderly people — younger than he — lived nearby when he retired in 2009, but they have since died. His generation is not usually included in the block parties, he said — though several neighbors, interviewed on the local news expressing shock at his near-calamity and have vowed to keep a better eye on neighbors who are at risk. Smith has been visited in the hospital by his two daugh-
ters, both teachers in southern Virginia. He is expected to be released around Aug. 22. The hero Stevens, a D.C. resident with 21 years at the Postal Service, told me she knows the names of all the residents to whom she delivers mail on a route she’s been working for more than a decade. She got worried because she was used to seeing Smith out mowing his lawn. “God used me as a vessel, and I was at the right place at the right time,” she said. The lesson for all is “if you see something, say something. If something looks out of place, don’t ignore it.” *** Eager to regain lost ridership, Metro seems to be tolerating rulebreakers who eat or drink in the system. The rules, not posted prominently, exist to head off the costs of cleaning up after spills and resulting vermin. But some riders (particularly tourists) ignore them, though Metro assures me it has not abandoned enforcement. It’s common for commuters to visit a coffee shop next to their Metro shop and glide down the escalator with a full cup. My naïve query to Starbucks on whether they might remind customers of the rules went unanswered. Ironically, Dunkin’ Donuts actually offers a discount to coffee purchasers who display a Metro SmarTrip card.
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Staples ‘Back-to-School’ Block Party Set for Saturday Staples Superstore at 1104 W. Broad Street in Falls Church is hosting a back-to-school block party on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Aug. 18 from noon – 5 p.m. The event will include games, a raffle, a photo booth, discounts, and appearances by Hot 99.5/WASH FM. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about Staples new Classroom Rewards and Teacher Lists programs. For more information, visit www. staples.com.
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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 REVIVE! Training to Prevent Opioid Overdoses. The City of Falls Church Housing and Human Services Unit and Fairfax/Falls Church Community Services Board is holding a REVIVE! Training, which is a free program of the Commonwealth of Virginia that makes naloxone available to lay rescuers to reverse opioid overdoses and trains people on what to do and not do in an overdose situation. Each attendee also receives a free REVIVE! kit, which includes all the supplies needed to administer naloxone. The medication itself can be acquired at a pharmacy after completing the training. Following the training, CSB will dispense free naloxone to attendees who are residents of Fairfax County and
Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church and who meet financial eligibility requirements. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 9 – 10:30 a.m. Contact Lauren Nickum 703-352-3431 or Lauren.Nickum@fairfaxcounty. gov for more information.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. High Intensity Interval Training with Body Dynamics. Local physical therapy clinic Body Dynamics will lead a class on high intensity interval training — a fitness method that focuses on bursts of exertion followed by brief rest periods. Downtown Park (100 block
W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9 – 10 a.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711). Intro to Kettlebells with Functional Fitness. Local gym Functional Fitness will lead an introductory class on kettlebells, which can be used for a variety of workouts either at home or at a gym. Downtown Park (100 block W. Broad St., Falls Church). Noon – 1 p.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711). Sprinkler Fun. Sprinklers will be set up at the Downtown Park to let kids cool off in the summer heat. Families are encouraged to bring towels. Downtown Park (100 block W. Broad St., Falls Church). 3 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711).
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Morning Yoga at the Downtown Park. Interested attendees can enjoy a free class with Karma Yoga
on today at the new park in downtown Falls Church. Attendees are asked to bring their own mat. Downtown Park (100 block of W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9 – 10 a.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711). R.I.P. — Remove Invasive Plants. Interested attendees who want to restore habitat and increase native species diversity are encouraged to participate in this event. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). 2 – 4 p.m. 703-228-6535.
MONDAY, AUGUST 19 ESL Conversation Group. A general conversation group (for adults) learning English as a second language. Meets every Monday at regularly scheduled time. Walkins welcome. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m.
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Olivera, Evan Casey, Bobby Smith and others explore Sondheim’s stunning music and sardonic lyrics in a fascinating examination of the twisted American Dream. Signature Theatre (420 Campbell Ave., Arlington) $56 – $95. 2 p.m. sigtheatre.org.
“Treasure Island.” This classic coming-of-age tale follows Jane Hawkins, an orphan who longs for adventure, as she is swept up on a wild hunt for buried treasure with a ruthless band of buccaneers. Along the way, Jane’s bravery, morality, and sense of self are put to the test as she learns about her past and the path she wants to follow. Synetic Theatre (1800 S. Bell St, Arlington) $24 – $60. 8 p.m. synetictheater.org.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 “Shear Madness.” First seen in Boston in 1980, and opening here at the Kennedy Center in 1987, the show reinvents itself every performance— pulling from the news of the day, and on-goings of the DMV, to improvise timely witticisms and gags. Set today in the Shear Madness hairstyling salon, this record-breaking comedy is Washington’s hilarious whodunit. After more than 12,000 performances, the show has stayed in great shape. The Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW Washington, D.C.) $50. 8 p.m. kennedy-center.org.
LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Randoll Rivers Elvis Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 5:30 p.m. 703-2419504. David Davol. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Sean Tracy. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333. Cancer Can Rock feat. The Darby Brothers + Christian Lopez + Justin Trawick. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $25.
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7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Karaoke. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186. Thrillbillies. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Andrew O’Day. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Happy Hour: Shartel & Hume Duo. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-241-9504. The Slambovian Circus of Dreams with Lumen Jingos. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $25. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $30. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Constant Velocity. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186. Wicked Jezabel. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Dave Lange and The Others. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703237-8333.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Sausagefest IV: 4th & Long. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703237-8333. Going. Goin’, Gone. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-2419504. IRITS. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703532-9283. Tony Bennett. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $30. 8 p.m.
TONY BENNETT will be at Wolf Trap on Saturday. (Photo: TonyBennett.com) 703-255-1900. Matt Burridge. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186. Insect Surfers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504. The Legwarmers — D.C.’s Biggest ‘80s Retro Dance Party. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $20. 9:30 p.m. 703237-0300. Rob Hornfeck Enterprise. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703237-8333.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Open Mic. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-8589186.
Bentwood Rockers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-2419504. Josh Allen Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. Open Mic. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-8589186. Modell, Soderstrom & James. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-532-9283. Sunday Funny Sunday Comedy Showcase. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Mark Knopfler. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Lunch with Bob Show. JV’s
Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
MONDAY, AUGUST 19 The Lobby Bar Presents: Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Ryan Burke. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 6 p.m. 703-255-1566.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 Jazz is Phish with Bob Lanzetti + Felix Pastorius + Jake Silverman and more. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $30. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 Scott Kirby with Gabriel Donohue. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Lenny Kravitz. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
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On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., the Planning Commission will hold a public meeting in the City Hall Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, to consider the following items: VARIANCE APPLICATION V1607-19 BY COLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCH TO SECTION 48-1102(A)(1), TO ALLOW A STEEPLE HEIGHT OF 125 FEET INSTEAD OF THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT OF 70 FEET FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING ADDITION, AND A NEW STEEPLE ON PREMISES KNOWN AS 103 WEST COLUMBIA STREET, RPC #51-103-024 OF FALLS CHURCH REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, ZONED T-1, TRANSITIONAL.
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(TO19-05) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 44, “VEGETATION,” AND CHAPTER 48, “ZONING,” OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TREE COMMISSION TO THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION On Monday, September 23, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., the City Council will hold a public hearing in the City Hall Council Chambers to consider the same item (TR19-05) described above. For a copy of the staff report or the Ordinance, contact the City Clerk’s office at 703-248-5014 or cityclerk@ fallschurchva.gov. The application and materials for the Variance application described above can be viewed at the Permit Counter, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711).
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Falls Church Drug Center Closes Its Door
Mad Fox Brewing Co., Waterford Close In on 15-Year Lease Pact
For Joe Byorn and Fred Sall, co-owners of the Falls Church Drug Center, and Nancy Donohue, who runs the City Cafe restaurant tucked away in a corner of the small pharmacy, August 24 is a red letter day that will leave them and their customers feeling blue. “It’s sad, but we thought it was time,” said Byron, an owner since 1971.
Amidst an otherwise gloomy economic contraction and stall in the City of Falls Church, owners and two new business start-ups are making progress toward buttoning up oustanding issues with their prospective landlord to bring new and tantalizing drinking and dining to the center of the City, with Mad Fox Brewing Company and Foster’s Grille slated to open soon.
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CRIME REPORT Week of Aug. 5 – 11, 2019
Driving Under the Influence and Refusal.
Assault, 1000 W Broad St, Aug 6, 8:30 AM, a bicyclist was struck by a thrown object.
Larceny from Building, 500 blk Roosevelt Blvd, Aug 7, between 5 and 9 PM, unknown suspect(s) took an item of value inadvertently left in a club house kitchen area. Investigation continues.
Driving Under the Influence, 900 blk W Broad St, Aug 8, 1:57 AM, a female, 27, of North Chesterfield, VA, was arrested for
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• Two job sectors employ nearly half of all City employed residents, about 50 percent in either public administration or professional and business services, and half in a variety of sectors such as education services, health care, and information, finance, insurance and real estate services. Less than one percent are in the Armed Forces, and the median annual wage of employed Falls Church residents is $67,684. • One in every four jobs, 25.7 percent, located in Falls Church are in retail and hospitality-related sectors. Another 23.2 percent are in education and health care. The median annual wage of Falls Church-based jobs is $38,412. The chapter is short on meaningful proposed strategies going forward beyond encouraging the development of Class A office space to “provide opportunities for higher wage jobs to locate within the City.” Projections of population, housing and job growth in the City, however, have to be treated as highly suspect, given the unknowns about the ripple effects of Amazon and related developments, and the health of the region’s economy against political and recession-related trends.
Smoking Violations, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Aug 8, 10:13 AM, a male, 44, of Falls
Church, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. Drunk in Public, 100 blk E Annandale Rd, Aug 8, 11:08 AM, a male, 63, of Falls Church, VA, was arrested for Drunk in Public Smoking Violations, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Aug 9, 12:10 PM, a male, 59, of Springfield, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. Assault, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Aug 11, 1:15 AM, an assault occurred which involved a number of individuals. Investigation continues.
DUKING IT OUT to determine who’s King of the Jungle, these mystery cats weren’t identified by their owner, who only had this to say: “It’s the last time I leave them alone with Lion King playing in the background!” 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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