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The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that Julie Coons will serve as the Chamber’s next President and CEO effective Sept. 10. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 8

Voting Ends Monday at 5 p.m.! For details, see pages 12-13

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Falls Church City staff joined a representative from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and (center, left to right) City Council members Phil Duncan and David Snyder and Mayor David Tarter at the ribbon cutting for the new Van Buren Bridge. The total bridge replacement took nine months and cost nearly $1.2 million, all in grant funding. See News Briefs, page 8. (P��: C�� F�� C��)

Sen. Kaine: Trump Has ‘50-50 Chance’ of Finishing His Term BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, in comments to the NewsPress while at an appearance in Falls Church Monday, said that his colleague on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner, has repeated his view that President Trump “has about a 50-50 chance of making through the end of his term.”

Kaine said that he and Warner speak frequently, and while Warner “is usually chatty,” when it comes to what he knows as a member of the Intelligence Committee, “he’s generally very closed mouthed.” However, Kaine added what he’s heard Warner say publicly more than once. In his remarks to the group, Kaine cited “what a small and petty personality the president has,” evidenced by Trump’s refus-

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al to mention even once the name of his critic, Sen. John McCain, after whom this year’s defense authorization bill was named. Asked by the News-Press about his own assessment of how the current crisis in the White House is going to play out, Kaine said “the only guarantor of democracy is the active engagement of the people.” It is possible Trump

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By a unanimous vote (with one abstention on a technicality), the Falls Church City Council late Monday night once more gave its blessing, and authorization, to the Mill Creek developers for their Founders Row plan to build the biggest development in Falls Church history. Construction on the 4.3-acre project, at the northeast intersection of W. Broad and N. West Streets, will include a multi-screen movie complex, one major restaurant so far, almost 400 apartments, including affordable rate and active senior age-restricted ones, and a public square with a large fountain. Mill Creek’s Joe Muffler, who with Sean Caldwell spearheaded the public face of the approval process in front of the Council and numerous civic groups in the last months, told the News-Press yesterday that folks can look forward to a ceremonial groundbreaking in just a month or so. It will await the final purchase of the properties, and the 7-Eleven on N. West will be vacated before the end of September. Ken Currle’s popular Sunoco station on the corner will have an extra 60 days beyond the mid-September closing to vacate, but there are already signs up on the station grounds thanking customers for their patronage and encouraging them to move their car service needs with them to a new location behind the Trader Joe’s in Pimmit Hills. Muffler said it will take awhile, maybe into November, for the public to begin to see any major

Falls Church’s Housing and Human Services department announced this week it is currently accepting applications for two U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants.

Andrew Campanelli, a Falls Church native and George Mason High School alum, is a self-taught drummer who got a taste for New Orleans’ style of music while working at the State Theatre. Now playing for The Revivalists, Campanelli spoke with the News-Press in advance of his band’s performance at Wolf Trap this Sunday.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY’S PETITION FOR A PRUDENCY REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO THE COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT CASE NO. PUR-2018-00121

On August 3, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), filed a petition (“Petition”) with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for a prudency determination pursuant to § 56-585.1:4 F of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and for other associated approvals, as needed. The Petition relates to proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (“CVOW”) generation facilities consisting of two 6 megawatt (nominal) wind turbine generators located approximately 27 statute miles (about 24 nautical miles) off the coast of Virginia Beach in federal waters and the related generation and distribution interconnection facilities (“CVOW Interconnection Facilities”), which include a smaller subset of generation interconnection facilities that are located entirely within the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Virginia Interconnection Facilities”) (collectively, the wind turbine generators and CVOW Interconnection Facilities, inclusive of the Virginia Interconnection Facilities, comprise the “CVOW Project” or “Project”). Dominion’s proposed CVOW Project would be located on a research lease site provided by the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and held by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy. According to Dominion’s Petition, the proposed CVOW Project would be interconnected at 34.5 kilovolts (“kV”) (i.e., distribution level). Specifically, Dominion’s proposed CVOW Interconnection Facilities would begin with a 34.5 kV alternating current (“AC”) submarine cable that would interconnect the two wind turbine generators to one another, and to an approximately 27-mile long, 34.5 kV AC submarine distribution cable (“Export Cable”), which would connect to an onshore transition point located on Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation at an interface cabinet (“Beach Cabinet”) in Virginia Beach, Virginia. From the Beach Cabinet, a 34.5 kV underground cable (“Onshore Interconnection Cable”) would continue onshore for approximately 1.2 miles, terminating at an interconnection station (“Interconnection Station”), where switches, auxiliary equipment, and a metering cabinet would be installed. The Virginia Interconnection Facilities would comprise, starting from the Virginia jurisdictional line demarcating state-owned submerged lands, approximately 3.6 miles of Export Cable, the Beach Cabinet, the approximately 1.2-mile Onshore Interconnection Cable, and the Interconnection Station. From the Interconnection Station, the proposed CVOW Project would interconnect with the Company’s existing distribution system via a new 34.5 kV underground line, approximately one-quarter mile in length, to a new terminal pole on nearby existing distribution Circuit (“Cir.”) 421, which terminates with the Company’s existing Birdneck Substation. Dominion proposes to replace relays inside the existing control house at Birdneck Substation to ensure Cir. 421 has proper protection to accept reverse flow from the wind turbine generators onto the Company’s system (collectively, “Distribution Grid Facilities”). Dominion asserts that the Virginia Interconnection Facilities and Distribution Grid Facilities are extensions or improvements in the usual course of business under Code § 56-265.2 and, therefore, do not require approval from the Commission. Moreover, Dominion asserts that while Code § 56-585.1:4 F provides for a prudency determination as to construction of certain wind generation facilities, there is no requirement within Code § 56-585.1:4 directing the utility to seek a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any other type of approval for electric facilities related to the proposed CVOW Project. Dominion asserts that the Commission’s duty to ensure that the effects of the Virginia Interconnection Facilities on the environment are minimized under Code § 56-46.1 is satisfied by the proposed CVOW Project’s federal and state approvals regarding the siting, route, placement, installation, and operation of those facilities. According to the Petition, Dominion executed an engineering, procurement, and construction (“EPC”) agreement with Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) in January 2018. In June 2018, Dominion executed an EPC agreement with L.E. Myers for the onshore portion of the proposed CVOW Project. Dominion’s current schedule for the proposed CVOW Project contemplates that the Project would commence operations in December 2020. According to Dominion, the Company must pursue the proposed CVOW Project now if it is to be ready in time to inform on the viability of pursuing a larger offshore wind project in the future. Dominion asserts that the Company could deploy a larger commercial offshore wind project as early as 2024, if economic. Dominion concludes that the timeline fits within the Company’s projected need for additional renewable resources between 2020 and 2030. Dominion estimates the total cost of the proposed CVOW Project, including the CVOW Interconnection Facilities, to be approximately $300 million, excluding financing costs. According to Dominion, the EPC agreements with Ørsted and L.E. Myers fix approximately 87% of the total $300 million cost estimate. Dominion plans to include the proposed CVOW Project costs in its base rate cost of service for recovery through its rates for generation and distribution services. Dominion states that, if necessary, the Company may designate the costs for customer credit reinvestment offset pursuant to Code § 56-585.1 A 8. Proposed Route of the Virginia Interconnection Facilities Dominion’s preliminary proposed route for the onshore Virginia Interconnection Facilities originates at the proposed Beach Cabinet located within an existing parking lot at the end of Rifle Range Road on Camp Pendleton Beach. The cable route then extends in a westward direction along Rifle Range Road for a distance of approximately 700 feet. The cable route turns to the north along Regulus Avenue for a distance of approximately 1,025 feet to a gravel turnaround area, which will serve as an equipment laydown and staging area for the Horizontal Directional Drill (“HDD”) installation under Lake Christine. From the staging area, the HDD under Lake Christine is approximately 970 feet long and runs in a west/northwest direction under Lake Christine to the cleared area on the western side of the lake, which will act as the HDD staging area for the HDD punch-out. The temporary work space associated with each HDD staging area on either side of Lake Christine will be located within the 30-foot temporary workspace. The preliminary proposed route then runs southwest and continues under Lake Christine for a distance of approximately 1,800 feet to a grass area just north of Jefferson Avenue. The route then angles and runs in a southern direction for a distance of approximately 930 feet, terminating at the proposed Interconnection Station located just north of an entrance for Camp Pendleton at Gate No. 10 (Gate 10 Access Road, which is also called Jefferson Avenue) off of South Birdneck Road. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing (“Order”) that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing to be held on October 9, 2018, at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive the testimony of public witnesses. Any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness at this hearing should appear in the Commission’s courtroom fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and identify himself or herself to the Commission’s Bailiff. The Commission scheduled a public evidentiary hearing to be convened on October 10, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., in the same location, to receive the testimony and evidence offered by the Company, any respondents, and the Staff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945. On or before September 27, 2018, the Company, Staff and any respondent in this proceeding may submit a brief on legal issues raised by the Petition. On October 4, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, the Commission will receive oral argument on the legal issues raised by the Petition from the Company, Staff, and any respondent who filed a legal brief in this proceeding.

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Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. The public version of the Company’s Petition, pre-filed testimony, and exhibits are available for public inspection during regular business hours at all of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A copy of the public version of the Company’s Petition also may be obtained, at no cost, by written request to counsel for Dominion, David J. DePippo, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., Law Department, Riverside 2, 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

On or before October 3, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Petition shall file written comments with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 3, 2018, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00121. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before September 7, 2018. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be filed with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at counsel’s address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00121. Interested persons should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for further details on participation as a respondent. On or before September 14, 2018, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2018-00121. All documents filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at the Commission’s website: http://www. virginia.scc.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

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the Council for a crosswalk there or in the immediate vicinity. However, it was City Manager Wyatt Shields who then reported it was not so much Mill Creek as the City’s engineer who nixed the original plan for a crosswalk on safety grounds and that any modification of that plan would still need to be signed off on by him. A total or more than $2.4 million in “voluntary concessions” to the community were offered by Mill Creek, including for the first time, affordable dwelling units that will be retained as such not for a limited time but in perpetuity. Another strong statement of support for the project was presented by Andrew Painter, a zoning attorney representing the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce, who was present with the Chamber’s executive director Sally Cole and other board members. Painter said the project, which had been approved by the Chamber board earlier despite the fact that some Chamber members were included among those who had to vacate the site, said changes to the plan have only further enhanced the financial viability of the project, such as the replacement of the hotel with senior age restricted housing, which will drive more resources to the business there. Council member Ross Litkenhous said he happened upon a Studio Grille theatre complex, akin to what will be at Founders Row, on a business trip to Houston and “I feel better about the Founders Row business model as a result. Councilman Dan Sze said that compared to the original sub-

mission in 2012 which was for hundreds of apartments above a Walgreens drug store, the plan approved Monday is “extraordinary,” has “survived the test of public opinion,” and “while not perfect, its economic development offset will help immensely with the new school costs.” He quipped that the 17,000 square foot plaza and its “spray fountain” are “no Bellagio, but close.” Council member Letty Hardi noted that with the age restricted and affordable housing components, the project “raises the bar on housing diversity.” Councilman Phil Duncan remarked that the project will be the biggest, in terms of housing, for the City since Tyler Gardens was built after World War II, converting a cow pasture into 600 small GI Bill units that became Winter Hill and Cherry Hill to turn the lazy village into the preconditions of what has come since. He said, “We’ve persevered and are here today. In the future others may look back on this Council and praise how we chose this path, providing places to live, dine and entertain. We will not be Tysonized, but our people will not need to go somewhere else.” Mayor David Tarter commented that he went to the old State Theatre in Falls Church as a kid, and now his kids will be able to go to the new movie theater coming to the City. The project “is vibrant and another piece of the puzzle for the City, and it’s not by accident.” “It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good,” he said.

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will be forced out early, but “likely not.” He said the most important challenge now is to “protect [Special Counsel] Robert Mueller and his investigation,” and to ensure election security going into the November midterms. Kaine was in Falls Church speaking to a group of Vietnamese-Americans at the new Saigon 57 restaurant down from the Original Pancake House on Lee Highway. Open only a month, the restaurant is owned by the founder of the popular Fortune Restaurant in Seven Corners. “These are challenging times,” Kaine told the audience, and he stressed the important role of immigrants in the growth of the country. His Northern Virginia Mason District campaign coordinator Kevin Lamb, who introduced him, said his parents were “boat people” who fled in the fall of Saigon in 1975, and that immi-

grants “make up the tapestry that we call America.” Kaine said that he himself is the child of immigrants from Ireland who came before “to find a path to success.” Immigrants “are not a problem here, but a strength. They are “like a transfusion in the blood to keep the country going,” he said. Sixty years ago, Kaine noted, only one in 100 Virginians were born outside the U.S., and the state had the 38th largest economy. Now, one in nine Virginians is born outside the U.S., and the state is 12th in per capita income in the U.S. “You can’t convince me that immigration isn’t good for Virginia,” he said. “We are all mortal,” he added, “which is why the need for health care equalizes us all.” Kaine, who was the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee in 2016, said he’s running for reelection to the U.S. Senate this fall “not to run against anyone,

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but because I want to keep making a difference.” He says he enjoys going around the state listening to what his constituents say, and learning from some innovative approaches that are being taken to solve problems, like the way opioid addiction and treatment is being handled in some prisons. Kaine said his campaign slogan is “A Virginia That Works for All.” He stressed the “dignity” and “need for opportunity” of work, and the skills training programs required. But the key words he said are the last two, “for all.” These two words are the same as the final two words of the Pledge of Allegiance, and define an indispensible core value of the nation, he said. The Charlottesville riot a year ago “preached hate and division and Trump egged them on,” he remarked. “Three people were killed and many others were beaten up.”

U.S. SENATOR Tim Kaine made yet another appearance in Falls Church this week to speak to a gathering of VietnameseAmericans at the new Saigon 75 restaurant on Lee Highway.. (Photo: News-Press)

“But we need everyone to be for all people,” he said. “Virginia is for lovers and not haters.” He said he is “running with a lot of colleagues” in this November’s midterm elections,

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In Solidarity With Our Colleagues

Today, with this editorial we are proud to join over 300 newspapers and news organizations across the U.S. to speak out for the core democratic values contained in the concept and exercise of a robust and independent free press in this country, and to decry efforts by President Trump and his followers to characterize the press as purveyors of “fake news” and as “enemies of the people.” The valiant joint editorial action taken today by these news organizations, initiated by the Boston Globe, represents a forceful and muchneeded answer to Trump’s contemptible assertions and to substitute truth with his own lies and deceptions in the minds of the American people. We hope there will be many more expressions of this type, even if just in the meritorious day-to-day work of talented and dedicated newsmen and women who are dedicated to insuring the “public’s right to know” on an hourly and daily basis. This is far from the first time this newspaper has spoken out forcefully on this important subject. To us, our nation’s very democracy is being challenged by this president, who has gone far further than any other occupant of the White House to obfuscate and confuse the American people, and to set them against some of the most basic institutional bulwarks of democracy, including its law enforcement, legal and news organizations. Today’s action by newspapers and news organizations across the U.S. is akin to a clarion call, a call to arouse and mobilize the American public to the serious danger that this administration’s behavior represents for democracy, per se. Many of its moves have already undermined the bedrock institutions of democracy and it is past due time for responsible representatives of democracy to exercise a full-throated call for putting it to a stop. News has to take a stand. Professional journalists have to exercise their responsibility to inform the public of the different between truth and lies. They cannot sit back and complacently treat truth and lies as equivalents, not only allowing but encouraging both to have equal time without comment. This approach is to blame significantly for what’s brought the nation to this sorry moment. Politicians should not be given a pass for their willingness to peddle lies in the name of gaining a political advantage, like it should be expected as “just what you do” to gain an edge. But such practices are reprehensible and have become far more commonplace in our current culture. Insofar as this is going on with impunity today, and far more among those of the lock-stepTrump-supporting Republican rather than the Democratic Party, it is doubly important that the press be doing its job impartially in the name of truth. Truth, the public’s right to know, and the free discourse of news and ideas are not partisan matters, and it is the height of cynicism and abdication of duty when newsmen assume everyone’s viewpoint is solely to gain political advantage.

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Editor, In a recent letter to the editor, Peter Markham shared his concern over parking conditions in the area of Maple and Park streets that have created a danger to drivers and to those exiting parked cars. I’m adding my concern about this risk to his. What I have experienced there leads me to conclude that it is inevitable someone will be injured from the absurd crowding caused by a parking lane on an

already narrow and busy road. Like many others I travel North Maple to Broad Street daily. When I cross Park and am adjacent to the Northside Social, I am forced across my lane line into oncoming traffic. Every car I observe must do the same. This dangerous maneuver is the result of parked cars. As a result, my car and the cars of others are put on a trajectory for a head on collision. There is no other options except

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to avoid this convenient thoroughfare altogether. This concern does not account for those in danger as they exit parked vehicles by opening driver side doors into traffic. This situation is a pending disaster. Dick Doyle Falls Church

Please Keep the Children’s Library On the 1st Floor Editor, Our family is in agreement with Patricia Dickey’s lovely request in a letter to the editor to keep our

children’s reading room invitingly above ground. All research on the subject concurs: physical environment affects children’s well being and outcomes. Oh please, do not place our young readers in a basement without ready access to the outdoors and natural light. Cy Simonsgaard Falls Church

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In Fairfax County, Public Library Friends are groups of volunteers who raise funds for or provide other support to their specific library branch as well as to the library system as a whole. Collectively, library Friends donate hundreds of thousands of dollars and many thousands of volunteer hours every year to Fairfax County Public Library. Yet, in the coming weeks, Fairfax County plans to evict some of these very same library Friends groups from the library branches they have served faithfully for decades. The County demands that all library Friends sign a new contract which many of us feel violates our consciences, goes against the advice of our legal counsel, and tramples our rights as legally recognized independent non profit organizations. Library Friends work with the County. Library Friends do not work for the County. But the County is determined to ram through a new “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) contract which would put the library Friends in an inferior or subservient position. The County will claim that library Friends were a party to the writing of the MOU and participated throughout the process. The fact is that the process was never one of equal partners working toward a mutually agreeable result. Instead, it was a one sided, top

down process in which library Friends were dictated to and then had to fight to remove language we objected to. All of the original wording came from the County — none from the Friends. Friends were only able to be reactors — not originators.

“Library Friends are being bullied and threatened with eviction if we do not sign a contract we are not comfortable with.” The end result is better than the total horror of a document which was first proposed but many Friends were not yet satisfied with some aspects of the MOU when a divided Library Board unilaterally approved it in January. The MOU then became set in stone, with no further revisions to be considered. This was so even though many Friends still had concerns about specific sections and flagged those concerns to the County repeatedly — asking for further negotiation and further revision so that both parties felt satisfied and comfortable. For months, several Friends groups have

asked to discuss reasonable changes/modifications to the MOU that would make it more fair to Friends. But every request for or suggestion of additional revisions was completely rejected ignored by the County. The County — represented by library Director Jessica Hudson and library Board Chair Miriam Smolen — has been completely unwilling to consider Friends’ concerns or make any changes to the MOU version that was approved by the Library Board. Instead, library Friends are being bullied and threatened with eviction if we do not sign a contract we are not comfortable with. Library Friends have been told we must sign away our rights or be thrown out. Such a “my way or the highway” approach is unbelievable—being directed at volunteers who have served their various library branches for decades and donated millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours to support library collections, facilities, programs, staff support, grounds and other needs. This entire process has been incredibly toxic, corrosive, and divisive. Library Friends have felt abused by the coercive, threatening, bullying approach Fairfax County has taken. Trust has been eroded, respect lost, and any sense of community or partnership shattered. Many of the Friends groups who ultimately signed have deeply disliked both the MOU as written and the entire the process.

Some have even signed officially as having done so “under duress.” This dreadful process has also fostered divisions among members of library Friends groups and has driven several active Friends members to resign entirely. This has truly been a bitter and poisonous pill the library Friends are being forced to swallow. Basically, Friends are being given a choice between 1) violating our consciences and signing, or 2) losing the opportunity to do the volunteer work we have been devoted to for many years—a very cruel choice indeed. And all this is being done to people who have done nothing but give of our time and effort to be of service and to support the library. That irony is very hard for many Friends to understand. It is not too late for the County to reconsider this wholly destructive and counterproductive approach and to start treating the library Friends as valued partners instead of problems needing to be crushed and brought to heel. But from all we have seen, there is little hope Fairfax County leaders have any interest in reconciliation or a mutually respectful relationship. Charles Keener is a board member of the Friends of the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, member of the Fairfax Library Advocates and recent retiree after 43 years with Fairfax County Public Library.

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Falls Church City officials, staff, and a representative from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) gathered yesterday to officially reopen the Van Buren Bridge in a ribbon cutting ceremony. A major capital improvement project and regional effort, the bridge was rebuilt over nine months, resulting in a structurally sound, pedestrianfriendly, and beautiful structure that reflects the multimodal goals of the City, and more, City officials said. “Bridges are identifiers of the values of the community, and the Van Buren Bridge is an excellent example of The Little City’s values,” said Council Member David Snyder, who is also the City’s representative to the NVTA. “Not only does this bridge provide daily access for vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists, it also helps with daylighting a stream, adding beautifully artistic elements to infrastructure, and showing the high quality investment the City makes for our community.” The new bridge includes an extra-wide raised walkway that allows room for a high level of pedestrian traffic. It is a corridor connecting Falls Church and Arlington County, including residents heading to the East Falls Church Metro, I-66, the Washington and Old Dominion Trail, and neighborhood parks. The project cost almost $1.2 million and was paid for by City funds and grants from regional partners including NVTA, State of Good Repair, and the Virginia Department of Transportation’s revenue sharing program.

Low Income Housing Options Available Falls Church’s Housing and Human Services department is accepting applications for two U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants: Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The funds are available to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist City residents with low and moderate incomes. The funds may be used for housing development, rental assistance, social services, economic development, and public services. Funded projects in the past have included home repair, rental assistance to prevent homelessness, rehabilitation of a housing development, and more. Applications are due by noon on Friday, Sept. 21. Then, the City will hold two public hearings on the FY 2019-2020 proposals in October and the City Council will approve the final grant awards in November.

Harris Teeter Starts United Way Effort The Harris Teeter grocery store chain announced this week the launch of its annual campaign to support United Way, an organization creating lasting change for those most in need through strategic community philanthropy. Now through Oct. 16, 2018, Harris Teeter shoppers will be invited to round up their transaction to the nearest dollar in support of the United Way. In 2017, Harris Teeter raised more than $560,000 for local United Way chapters through its at-register campaign. All funds collected at checkout will remain local, as donations are given to the United Way chapter in the community nearest to the Harris Teeter at which the money was donated.

Coons Named N. Va. Chamber Chief The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that Julie Coons will serve as the Chamber’s next President and CEO effective Sept. 10. Coons has significant experience leading regional and national business organizations, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer of the Council of Better Business Bureaus based in Arlington, Virginia. She brings to the Northern Virginia Chamber diverse experience leading regionally-focused business organizations, guiding financial and brand transformations, and successfully advocating for business in local, state, national and international arenas. Among her many leadership roles, she served previously as President and CEO of the Electronic Retailing Association and, prior to that role, as President and CEO of the Maryland Tech Council.

Free Press Editorial Day Brings Dutch TV Crew to FCNP With over 300 newspapers across the U.S., including the Falls Church News-Press, slated to run editorials today pushing back against Trump’s efforts to denounce the free press, a two-man team of Dutch TV journalists for the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation came to the office of the News-Press to interview owner-editor Nicholas Benton yesterday. The interview was due to be broadcast today on TV, radio and on the Internet in the Netherlands.

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“YOU’RE WELCOME” were the words coolly spoken by the News-Press’ news editor, Matt Delaney (right), before the paper’s summer intern, Adam Rosenfeld, could even blurt out his emotional “Thank you” during his last day at the office on Aug. 8. Delaney’s guidance transformed Rosenfeld from a know-nothing to a kinda-knows-something in just 10 weeks (record time!) and Rosenfeld swore to credit his future success to Delaney’s tutelage during the remainder of his journalism career. (Note: Delaney definitely didn’t write this caption). (Photo: News-Press)

NADINE COUPARD, daughter of Mark and Debbie Coupard of Falls Church, and Bradley Taylor were married on June 23. The ceremony and reception were held at Blue Valley Vineyard and Winery in Delaplane, Virginia. Coupard is a 2011 graduate of George Mason High School. Both are teachers at Centreville High School and live in Fairfax. (Photo: Courtesy Debbie Coupard)

Art Lover’s Choice Show has Only 25 Tickets Remaining

Rock Spring Congregation’s values, everyone is welcome. Falls Church resident and Rock Spring member Ken Feltman stressed that the event is not designed to recruit members for Rock Spring. “We have been called compulsive but happy community activists. This is just another way for us to be involved in community service, with a little fun mixed in.” Rev. Laura Martin, associate pastor of Rock Spring, and Ashley Martinage, the church’s faith formation director, are conducting the Pub Theology. Martin, a University of Virginia graduate, worked with the homeless for several years before being called by Rock Spring. Martinage worked for 10 years on Capitol Hill as a Legislative Aide and Chief of Staff to a member of Congress before “retiring” in 2003 to raise her children and become a “professional volunteer.” Clergy or lay members of any

Interested residents are encouraged to purchase a ticket to the Art Lover’s Choice event on Sunday, August 26 at 6 p.m. that will be held at the Creative Cauldron (410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church). Only 25 tickets remain up for sale. Showgoers can partake in a reception of light hors d’oeuvres and libations where winners of the night’s art will be drawn in a raffle. The twist is each and every ‘Art Lovers’ ticket will be drawn and, when a guest’s ticket is pulled, they’ll get to choose a work of art to take home. Additionally, Creative Cauldron will hold a live auction of costumes and props from the theatre’s past season and tickets to its upcoming performances. Would-be attendees who are unable to come to the show on

Aug. 26 still have a chance to win their picks. If they buy a ticket and let the event’s organizers know their three favorite pieces from the gallery, the organizers will select on their behalf when winners are drawn. Tickets are $50. For more information, call 703-436-9948 or contact info@creativecauldron. org.

F.C. Homeless Shelter Hosts Fundraiser with OHOP The Falls Church Homeless Shelter is preparing for the oncoming demand in spaces this winter by hosting a fundraiser at The Original Pancake House (7395 Lee Highway, Falls Church) today. From 7 a.m.– 3 p.m., The Original Pancake House will donate 15 percent of its proceeds to the shelter that day. The Falls Church Homeless Shelter extends

its gratitude to The Original Pancake House for hosting the event and for hungry customers in attendance. For more information, visit fcshelter.org

Pub Theology Returns For 4th Installment Arlington’s Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ will have its next Pub Theology on Tuesday, Aug. 28 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Mad Fox Brewery (444 W. Broad St., Falls Church). Three previous gatherings in Falls Church have resulted in increasing participation as well as interest from some local churches in starting their own Pub Theology groups. No fee or collection is involved. Food or drink will be available for purchase and parking is available in the garage a few steps from Mad Fox. In keeping with

religious group wanting to learn more about how Pub Theology works are welcome to join the Mad Fox gathering. Please contact Rev. Martin or Ms. Martinage at: telephone 703-538-4886 or email Laura@rockspringucc.org or Ashley@rockspringucc.org.

Local Teens Stand Out as Area’s Most Extraordinary A crop of teenagers were awarded as the “Extraordinary Teens of 2018” by Arlington Magazine earlier this summer, with four of the 10 teenagers recognized coming from the local area. Craig Fischer – George Mason High School Class of 2018 – Fischer intends to become a commercial airline pilot within the next decade and has already taken steps to achieve that goal. He’s earned his pilot’s license after spending the last 18 months flying and taking classes. He’s

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even covered aviation events as a volunteer writer and photographer for AirlineGeeks.com, including a recent trip to Doha, Qatar and runs an Instagram account dedicated to plane-spotting (@dc.aviation). Fischer has his future lined up well. When he’s not flying his Cessna out of Leesburg Executive Airport, he’s hitting the books, as he graduated from Mason with enough college credits to begin as a sophomore at Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University this fall. Zachary Niess – Yorktown High School Class of 2018 – While originally in love with skateboarding, Niess changed his tune upon discovering the jazz trombonists of the early 20th century. From there, the accolades stacked up: two years in the All-Virginia Jazz Band, a 2018 National YoungArts Foundation Merit Winner and even playing at the 2018 Grammy’s after parties. Before heading off to the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music on a full scholarship this fall, he first participated in a two week performing tour of Japan. Sam Gollob – McLean High School Class of 2018 – A young renaissance man, Gollob does it all: two hours of swim practice daily, four AP classes, a writer for his school magazine and was student government president his senior year, where he spearheaded new initiatives such as a schoolsupplies drive for students affected by Hurricane Harvey and a student walkout in honor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. He even made it to the finals of USA Swimming’s Junior Nationals competition in the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke. Gollob will attend – and swim – at Williams College in the fall. Rosie Coolidge – Bishop O’Connell High School Class of 2018 – This self-taught guitarist has made waves with her music. With her work on Spotify and iTunes as well as being chosen as the first student leader of the music ministry at O’Connell, Coolidge

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sees her music as a spiritual bridge to her father, a fellow musician who died of a brain tumor when she was two years old. Outside of her gift in music, she’s a member of the National Honor Society, captain of the volleyball team and helped organize personalized pillowcase donations to an orphanage in Zambia. She will attend Belmont University this fall. For the full list of teenagers and expanded blurbs on the local teens, visit arlingtonmagazine.com

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Choralis Summer Sing Brahms Requiem Area choristers are invited to join members of Choralis on Tuesday, Aug. 21 for a singthrough of Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” (in German), led by Artistic Director Gretchen Kuhrmann and with soloists Laura Choi Stuart, Soprano and James Shaffran, Baritone and keyboard artist Todd Fickley. The Sing begins at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (3022 Woodlawn Ave., Falls Church). Admission is $15 and score rental is available for $5.

REPRESENTATIVES OF the national non-profit called “Welcoming America” were recognized by the F.C. City Council Monday with an action to join the group on behalf of the City. The organization is represents a movement nationally “of communities that seek to become more welcoming to immigrants and refugees.” A “Welcome Falls Church” will kick off with a booth at the F.C. Fall Festival Sept. 15. Paul Boesen and Christine Buchholz accepted the Council’s proclamation of suppport. (P��: C�� C�� F�� C��)

Jackson Middle Awarded Grant to Support Activities The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)-Fairfax County Middle School Afterschool program has been awarded a Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant from the Virginia Department of Education. This is a three-year grant with annual continuation awards of $175,492 that will support expanded afterschool activities, parent engagement opportunities, summer school programming, and a middle school to high school transition program at Herndon and Jackson Middle Schools. This is the eighth three-year 21st CCLC Grant received by the after-school program. Presently, the grants support activities in four middle schools.

THE NEWS-PRESS’ owner and editor-in-chief, Nicholas F. Benton (left), was interviewed by the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation’s U.S. correspondent, Arjen van der Horst (foreground), about the state of journalism and the perceptions it’s had to battle during the Trump presidency. The News-Press is one of over 300 papers taking part in the joint pushback orchestrated by the Boston Globe with editorials today to rebut Trump’s accusations against the press. (P��: N��-P��)

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WHO’S THE BEST? The ﬁnalists for the 2018 BEST OF FALLS CHURCH reader vote are here! Cast your vote now at BESTOFFC.COM. Winners will be featured in a special BEST OF FALLS CHURCH edi�on of the News-Press on August 30!

2018 Best of Falls Church Finalists: FOOD & DINING

BURGER: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Elevation Burger • Mad Fox Brewing Company PIZZA: Flippin’ Pizza • Ledo Pizza • Mad Fox Brewing Company Paisano’s Pizza • Pizzeria Orso SANDWICH: Cafe Kindred • Lazy Mike’s Deli • Northside Social Panera Bread • Spacebar FRIED CHICKEN: Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken • BB.Q Chicken Chick-fil-A • Liberty Barbecue • Popeyes ROTISSERIE-STYLE CHICKEN: Crisp & Juicy • Giant Food • Harris Teeter Plaka Grill • Super Chicken SEAFOOD: Chasin’ Tails • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Hot n Juicy Crawfish • Idylwood Grill • TRIO Grill VEGAN: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Lazy Mike’s Deli Loving Hut • Sunflower Vegetarian Restaurant SUSHI: Koi Koi Sushi & Roll • Maneki Neko • Passion Fin • Sea Pearl • Takumi MEDITERRANEAN: Idylwood Grill • La Côte d’Or Café Moby Dick House of Kabob • Plaka Grill • Yayla Bistro ITALIAN: Argia’s • Idylwood Grill • Italian Cafe Pizzeria Orso • Sfizi Cafe VIETNAMESE: Four Sisters Restaurant Huong Viet Restaurant • Pho 88 • Present • Rice Paper LATIN AMERICAN: El Patron • El Tio Grill Luzmary • Super Chicken • Taco Bamba BREAKFAST: Cafe Kindred • The Happy Tart Lazy Mike’s Deli • Northside Social Original Pancake House BRUNCH: Cafe Kindred • Dogwood Tavern Idylwood Grill • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Open Road HAPPY HOUR: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Dogwood Tavern • Liberty Barbecue Mad Fox Brewing Company

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BAR FOOD: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Dogwood Tavern • Mad Fox Brewing Company • Spacebar SPORTS BAR: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Ireland’s Four Provinces • The Locker Room • Open Road BEER LIST: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Mad Fox Brewing Company • Open Road • Spacebar WINE LIST: Argia’s • Idylwood Grill • Northside Social Sfizi Cafe • TRIO Grill COFFEE SHOP: Cafe Kindred • The Happy Tart • Northside Social Rare Bird Coffee Roasters • Starbucks BAKERY: Cafe Kindred • Castro’s Bakery • The Happy Tart Northside Social • Panera Bread FROZEN TREATS: Baskin Robbins • FDB Eatery • Lazy Mike’s Deli Lil City Creamery • Sweet Frog FARMER’S MARKET VENDOR: Chris’ Marketplace • Donut Heaven Kate’s Crepes • Number 1 Sons • Stachowski Brand Charcuterie KID-FRIENDLY DINING: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Lazy Mike’s Deli • Open Road • Pizzeria Orso SPECIAL OCCASION DINING: 2941 Restaurant Argia’s • Idylwood Grill • La Côte d’Or Café • TRIO Grill OUTSIDE EATING EATING: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Ireland’s Four Provinces • Northside Social • Plaka Grill DELIVERY FOOD: Paisano’s Pizza Moby Dick’s House of Kabob • Lucky Thai Saffron Indian Cuisine CATERING: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack HoneyBaked Ham • Lazy Mike’s Deli Liberty Barbecue • Plaka Grill NEW RESTAURANT: Fava Pot • Lazy Mike’s Deli Liberty Barbecue • Northside Social • Ramen Factory

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WHO’S THE BEST? 2018 Best of Falls Church Finalists: RETAIL, SERVICES & MORE

ACCOUNTING FIRM: Diener & Associates • Bay Business Group H&R Block • Johnson & Associates • Levin & Associates ARCHITECT: DuBro Architects & Builders • Moore Architects Luther Paul Weber • Butz Wilbern • Winn Design + Build LAWYER: Baskin, Jackson & Lasso • Ben Glass • Lucy P. Kiernan Gayle B. Matthews • Erik Pelton BANK/CREDIT UNION: Apple Federal Credit Union • BB&T Burke & Herbert • PNC • Suntrust REAL ESTATE AGENT: JD Callander • Lisa DuBois • Leslie Hutchison Tori McKinney • Susan Tull O’Reilly REAL ESTATE GROUP: Chrissy + Lisa • JD Callander & Associates Keller Williams Realty • Re/Max West End • Rock Star Realty DOCTOR: Scott Bartram • Ritu Cuttica • Timothy Muir Philip O’Donnell • Gordon Theisz PEDIATRICIAN: Bassam Atiyeh • Christine Baldrate • Amin Barakat Capital Area Pediatrics • Lisa Kelly DENTIST: William V. Dougherty • Peterson Huang Melanie Love • Mark Miller • Johana Nieto CHIROPRACTOR: Joshua Brooks • Ted Perih • Ray Solano • Thomas Wetzen EYEWEAR: For Eyes • MrEyeDr. • Point of View Eyewear • Target Optical HANDYMAN: Doug’s Handyman Service • Handyman Services of Northern Virginia House Doctors Handyman of McLean • Harry Shovlin • Your Handyman, Pete Trevisan HOME IMPROVEMENT: Brown’s Hardware • Foxcraft Design Group Home Depot • NV Kitchen & Bath INSURANCE COMPANY: Allstate • Progressive • State Farm • USAA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: Chesterbrook Residences • Goodwin House The Kensington Falls Church • Sunrise of Falls Church DRY CLEANERS: Betty Brite Cleaners • Classic Cleaners Hillwood Cleaners • Potomac Cleaners • Spectrum Cleaners CAR DEALER: Beyer Automotive • Bill Page Honda Koons Ford • Stohlman Subaru AUTO SERVICE: City Sunoco • Drive European Herb’s Auto Repair • Integrity Tire & Auto • Smokey’s Garage BARBERSHOP: Father & Son Barber Shop • Jess Haircuts The Neighborhood 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 • Grace Nails & Spa Nail Bonita • Rex Day Spa • Westlee Hair Salon MASSAGE: Body Dynamics • Ladan Holistic Spa Massage Envy • Stress Knot

FITNESS/SPORTS SHOP: Bikenetic • Conte’s Bike Shop • PJ’s Sports Road Runner Sports • Spokes Bike Shop FITNESS STUDIO: Body Dynamics • CycleBar • Dancing Mind Orangetheory Fitness • Pure Barre Falls Church GYM: 24 Hour Fitness • CrossFit Falls Church • Gold’s Gym Orangetheory Fitness • Planet Fitness SUMMER PROGRAM: Camp Columbia • Camp Rodef Shalom City of Falls Church Recreation & Parks • CommuniKids • Congressional Camp PRIVATE SCHOOL: Congressional School • Saint James Catholic School The Sycamore School PRESCHOOL: Columbia Baptist Child Development Center • CommuniKids Dulin Cooperative • Falls Church Episcopal Day School • Congressional School DAYCARE: A Child’s Place • Columbia Baptist Child Development Center Congressional School • Easter Seals • Kaye Kare EVENT SPACE: Celebration Center for Spiritual Living • Cherry Hill Park Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Hilton Garden Inn • The State Theatre LIVE MUSIC: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Dogwood Tavern • JV’s Restaurant • The State Theatre SHOPPING CENTER: Eden Center • Falls Plaza Pearson Square • Seven Corners Shopping Center PLACE TO BUY A GIFT: Botanologica • Doodlehopper 4 Kids Falls Church Antique Center • Pursuing Vintage • Stylish Patina JEWELRY STORE: Direct Jewelry Outlet • Dominion Jewelers Quest Fine Jewelers • Washington Diamond BOUTIQUE: Botanologica • Lemon Lane Consignment • Pursuing Vintage Stylish Patina • Zoya’s Atelier SPECIALTY STORE: Bikenetic • Doodlehopper 4 Kids Lemon Lane Consignment • Stylish Patina • Zoya’s Atelier BOOK STORE: Barnes & Nobel • Hole in the Wall Books • One More Page Books COMIC BOOK STORE: Hole in the Wall Books • Victory Comics GROCERY STORE: Giant • Harris Teeter • MOM’s Organic Market Trader Joe’s • Whole Foods BEER/WINE SHOP: Dominion Wine & Beer Harris Teeter • Trader Joe’s TECH COMPANY: Congnosante • Design TLC • Viget CITY EVENT: Concerts in the Park • Farmers Market Fourth of July • Memorial Day Parade & Festival Taste of Falls Church at the Fall Festival NEW BUSINESS: CycleBar • Falls Church Physical Therapy & Movement Northside Social • Orangetheory Fitness • Pure Barre Falls Church

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It’s August, traditionally the dog days (an astronomical reference to the rising of Sirius, the dog star, during the hottest time of the year) when usual routines shut down and folks grab a respite in the last long days of summer before school and work resume in earnest. Even the news often trails off during August. Not this year. Trying to maneuver through news reports, even from legitimate sources, feels like so much tabloid fodder. A worker slips airport security to hijack, and crash, an empty passenger plane; Omarosa gets an additional 15 minutes (or more) of fame with new revelations about working in the White House; Paul Manafort spends a lot of money on ostrich leather jackets; Unite the Right manages to attract only two dozen hate mongers; and presidential tweets and slurs don’t just multiply, they quadruple! One journalist likened recent news to a dumpster fire. Maybe it’s more like a train wreck – a horrifying scene, but one that draws your complete attention. When I was in college, I had to read “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” an absurdist play, written in 1921 by Luigi Pirandello. It’s a play within a play, with new characters wandering in and out of the scenes, seemingly with little to connect them. By the end, the relationships are explained, but critics rightfully called the play a “madhouse,” for its illogical progression. The characters in today’s news wander in and out of the headlines, sometimes connected, sometimes not. Rather than a fictional play, however, the news items are real, and that’s downright scary! One can hope that, when 2018’s dog days of August

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have passed, life will return to its normal routine, although with the current administration, nothing seems normal, or routine, anymore. One thing that is normal, in Fairfax County, is the requirement to slow down in school zones, and stop for school buses when their lights are flashing red and the extended STOP sign on the bus is activated. Fairfax County Public Schools resume classes a week from next Tuesday, on Aug. 28, and police will ticket drivers who fail to slow to 25 mph in school zones. The fine for passing a stopped school bus loading or unloading children can be as high as $2,500, a possible charge of reckless driving, and up to six points on your license. Those flashing red lights on the front and back of the bus mean STOP, and that’s for traffic going both ways, unless the road is divided by a physical median. Another local good news item: last week, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) received its very first accreditation by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). Accreditation is an ongoing self-improvement process that insures an agency remains relevant within public safety best practices. Fairfax County FRD is one of only three agencies worldwide, serving a population greater than one million, that is accredited by CFAI, ISO Class 1. Congratulations to all our brave Fire and Rescue personnel for a job well done!  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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Getting a better handle on what created the reality-and-factssuspending so-called “Cult of Trump” now so endangering core democratic institutions emanating from the Oval Office, one may start by asking what happened in America from the time that the national psyche was defined by Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 to the mythical Gordon Gecco’s “Greed is Good” speech in the 1987 movie, “Wall Street.” That national “paradigm shift” was real. I observed the transformation as one not only trained as a journalist, but as a student of social philosophy and as a passionate activist myself, steeped in the progressive radicalism of the late 1960s until everything began tipping south in the early 1970s and then turned into the FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS ugly “Reagan revolution.” The change was from a nation of young, inspired rebels for justice and equality into one dominated by selfishness, selfinterest and greed. Last week, I wrote about the Russian Mafia, and its control of Trump, in this era. The paradigm shift was engineered by powerful and cynical forces that constitute the current, oligarchic “one percent” of the wealthiest among us who continue, with the Russians, their efforts to consolidate power, always living in fear of being overwhelmingly outnumbered from a democratic and egalitarian standpoint. I came into the late 1960s as a college graduate who enrolled in the progressive Pacific School of Religion seminary in Berkeley, California, and earned a master’s degree with honors. The Vietnam War was raging and the racial justice echoes of the recently-slain Dr. King rebounded everywhere. Taking my own stand, I “came out” as gay, jumping on board with those who were founding a new movement for equality. But the counterrevolution was already well underway, too, fueled by covert subversions laced with drugs and radical hedonist “sexual freedom.” The latter was deployed against the gay movement and, in particular, feminist advocates of gender equality, seen as perhaps the most subversive group of all. It purported to entitle males to have their way with women (and children), and to envision them from an exploitative and pornographic, drug-dazed standpoint. Society is still suffering the consequences of this, though thankfully, the #MeToo movement has recently begun standing up to it. In the 1960s and 1970s, cults were also spawned by the thousands, drawing in unsuspecting youth and entrapping them in mind-altering environments. Most of them were, as it turned out, right wing in nature, even if not immediately evident. Exemplary was the aggressive Children of God, whose members infiltrated fundamentalist churches and helped politicize them, many for the first time. The case of LaRouche was no different. LaRouche, an aging Trotskyite, lectured on the steps at Columbia University to form a group of brainy student leftists. By around 1974, heavy doses of paranoia, sensory and material deprivations effectively turned them into a cult that physically attacked remnants of the old left and by the mid-1970s, found pseudo-social justifications for aligning with archconservative elements of the “alt-right.” I experienced that first hand. I joined LaRouche as a refugee from the radical hedonism that had overtaken the gay movement even as, because of my gay activism, I was persona non grata to my family. None of the members when I joined were right wing or anti-Semitic. I was gay and my partner was Jewish. The group’s intellectual focus appealed to my seminary experience. I was saved from the worst mental abuses of the cult because, as a graduate seminarian, I actually read the original works of many of the classic cultural giants that the cult only alluded to in justifying its twisted thinking. The cult’s greatest damage was caused by its relentless fundraising, which not only drained its members with 16-hour “deployments” to street corners and airports, but identified and targeted thousands subsequently driven to political apathy by being ripped off for countless sums of money with groundless promises of short-term loan repayments. I left three decades ago, though coerced to stay longer than I should have. Reclaiming my life as a newspaperman has been my greatest happiness. Nothing rankles me more than someone’s assumption my life is somehow linked to what went before. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

Remnants of old-time racial hostility, it appears, have persisted among certain staff at Arlington’s Army Navy Country Club. I heard it from an anguished former golf course employee who showed me evidence of racebased mockery, including the tiresome use of bananas for insults. His story, backed by photos and workplace recordings but not fully corroborated, portrays the club unfavorably for its handling of one VIP member — former President Obama. James Teal, a 54-year-old African American raised outside Greensboro, N.C., was hired by the club this May as a golf cart attendant. His job was to “greet members, take their clubs from their cars, and set up tee times,” he told me. Teal found the job satisfying, even though the tip-dependent pay was low. “Army Navy is a beautiful course and facility, but there is a dark secret,” he said. What may have started as jokes from Teal’s direct supervisor Jamal (I’m omitting his last name because efforts to reach him were unsuccessful) grew into routine taunts about bananas and monkeys. Teal explained that because he left his house daily at 4:00 a.m., before club breakfast service opens, he would stop at 7-11 for

fruit. Jamal, said Teal, would greet him with screeching monkey noises. And comments such as “you monkeys are not allowed in the pro shop.” When former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer visited Army Navy, James had a photo taken with him, and Jamal commented, “Oh, a monkey and a Republican.” In June, word came down that Obama was due to play golf. “Your boy will be here soon, and we don’t want any monkey business,” Jamal told Teal. Because Obama is Teal’s “favorite person,” he felt like “a kid at Disneyland.” When the former president arrived, Teal scored a photo with him. Obama cheerfully insisted on posing with Teal’s Obama cardboard cutout that he had signed. On July 12, as Teal was driving a cart, his boss handed him one of his bananas inscribed: “James, I have banana, come get me, monkey.” The stunt spoiled Teal’s joy. “Obama knows Jamal well, but he doesn’t know what is said behind his back,” Teal told me. Teal explained his breakfast habits to Jamal, but he was wondering, “What have I gotten myself into? These shenanigans weren’t going to stop, and the job was becoming hostile.” After receiving the inscribed banana, Teal went to the cart barn and cried. He didn’t feel higherlevel supervisors would be sym-

pathetic. So he followed through on a plan he had mentioned earlier to the manager — that if he didn’t get a raise, he would quit. When I queried the club, manager Patrick King was not speaking to the press. Two attorneys on the case also declined calls. Obama’s office declined to comment, too. An attorney retained briefly by Teal declined to speak on the record. But I confirmed independently that the club sent Teal a letter saying Jamal had been dismissed. And that club staff will receive sensitivity training. Teal feels his status as a whistleblower precludes a return to Army Navy, so he’s considering resuming his career as a home health aide. Black Lives Matter is planning a protest on Columbia Pike, he said. Teal would like the club to publicly apologize — to him and Obama. And perhaps get some restitution for suffering those “racist, foul, vulgar comments.” *** Congrats to both Arlington and the City of Falls Church for completion last month – after a nine-month closure – of the modernized Van Buren St. Bridge. It connects the two jurisdictions near Isaac Crossman Park and Benjamin Banneker Park. Riding my bike on the nearby W&OD trail, I noticed the handsome “2018” numbers chiseled in the bridge’s concrete siding — future generations will have no doubt when it was built.

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There’s an urge to achieve instant success in any endeavor you commit yourself to. Many people lack the patience to stick out the middling years before finally joining the upper tier of their field, but The Revivalists are living proof that spending a long time on the runway just ensures that when they do finally take flight, they’ll fly right. Andrew Campanelli, the band’s drummer and Falls Church native, shared some of the lessons learned in the incubator during an interview with News-Press before the group takes the stage at Wolf Trap this Sunday. A 2005 George Mason High School graduate, Campanelli is a self-taught drummer who got a taste for New Orleans’ style of music while working at the State Theatre. His affinity for that sound pushed him to attend Loyola University and take an introductory class about the city’s music where he fatefully met guitarist Zach Feinberg. Feinberg and lead singer David Shaw became acquainted in 2007, beginning The Revivalists’ long journey to fame soon after. “There were a bunch of kids in middle school and early high school in that class. Zach and I were the only college guys,” Campanelli said with a chuckle, before adding, “But hey, it worked out.” The band grew in size and sophistication over the years. Pedal steel guitarist Ed Williams and bassist George Gekas joined the group along with saxophonist Rob Ingraham and trumpet player Michael Giradot, helping round out the core seven artists. And with each new EP and album released, The Revivalists came into their own while also finding a place for each member of the band to leave their impression on a given melody. Their latest single, “All My Friends,” embodies the next step in that evolution. Of course, this didn’t happen overnight. Their comprehensive craft was forged over the better part of a decade while touring with other New

THE REVIVALISTS. (P��: Z�� M��) Orleans bands, which Campanelli credits for keeping the group strong. Since The Revivalists lacked a true mainstream hit early in their lifespan, they didn’t have to confront the alluring whims of business ventures while they were still figuring themselves out. Instead, their later success was built on a foundation of respect for the process and for one another, contributing to their refined, yet diverse brand of music. “We weren’t a developed band at that point. We took 10 years to learn how to make records and ramp it up each time, and we also took those same 10 years to learn how to play shows and move a room with the energy we created,” Campanelli continued. “To develop our identity, we didn’t have a lot pressure to decide what we were. We really got to explore what we wanted to do as songwriters and got to hone that craft as a group and individually because we didn’t have this pressure to follow-up a hit.” After eight years in the lab and on the road fine-tuning their sound, The Revivalists did

finally break through with their hit “Wish I Knew You,” which topped the U.S. Alternative Rock charts in 2015 (and can still be heard on DC101.1). The single brought them widespread acclaim, but it didn’t change the dynamic of their art or performances. They had gained a loyal following during their years trekking cross-country, so when more casual listeners did start attending shows, they became immersed in a fan culture that knew every harmony and cheered each song in the setlist. It’s why Campanelli cites that time in the “the minors” (my designation, not his) as supremely valuable to the group’s sustainability. With the tour set to roll through Wolf Trap this Sunday, Campanelli is feeling nostalgic. He may even take up some light reading — he mentioned the occasional shenanigans found in the NewsPress’ Crime Report as one of his favorite parts of the paper. The Revivalists will be playing at Wolf Trap (1551 Trap Rd., Vienna) this Sunday, Aug. 19. Tickets can be purchased at wolftrap.org.

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1-Hour Tour of Offender Aid & Restoration Set for Next Thursday OAR (Offender Aid & Restoration) is hosting a free one-hour tour on Thursday, Aug. 23 from noon to 1 p.m. in their facility located at 1400 N. Uhle Street, Suite 704, Arlington. Attendees will learn about OAR’s programs in Arlington and the Cities of Falls Church and Alexandria and how restorative justice strengthens community through second chances. For more information, visit www.oaronline.org.

‘Discovery Shelf’ Auction at Waverly Rare Books August 23 Quinn’s Waverly Rare Books is hosting a “Discovery Shelf” lot auction on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Previews are available Monday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 21 and Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 23 from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Quinn’s Auction Galleries’ Waverly Rare Books and Prints Department is located at 360 S. Washington Street. For more information, visit www. quinnsauction.com.  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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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 Tiny Tot. Tiny Tot programs provide an opportunity for parents to interact one-on-one with their child while discovering the wonders of nature. Each program will engage families with handson learning, and may include a variety of activities like songs and mini-hikes. Registration is required. Ages 18 – 35 months. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S Carlin Springs Rd). 10 – 10:45 a.m. 703228-6535. Teen Book Club. August Book: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Book Club for teens in grades 9th12th. Limited copies of the book are available to borrow from the Youth Services Desk. Registration Required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 Creek Night Hike. Interested attendees can hike along the creek at night to see what’s different than the daytime. Attendees are encouraged to bring flashlights as the group will try to find critters in the dark and in the water. Must wear closed-toe shoes in the water. Long Branch Nature Center at Glen Carlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). $5 per child due at registration. 1 – 2 p.m. 703-228-6535.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Community Workshop: Environmental Vision for Falls Church. What does environmental leadership mean to you? How should Falls Church achieve the goal of being an environmental leader? What are the priority environmental issues you believe the City should focus on in the coming years? Residents can join their neighbors, City officials, staff

and guest speakers for a workshop the morning to share their concerns and ideas. This workshop will provide input to help update the Environmental Chapter of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, a core strategic document guiding City decision-making. This workshop, which will take place from 9:45am to 12:00 pm at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School Library, will explore the following areas, among others: Water, urban forest and biodiversity, built environment and waste, climate and air and community engagement. There will be opportunities to participate if residents are unable to attend this workshop. To receive updates, complete the RSVP form and provide your email. You do not need to RSVP to attend, but are recommended to RSVP if possible. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 9:45 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.

MONDAY, AUGUST 20 Preschool Storytime. Stories and

fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. All storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Playtime with Early Literacy Center Toys. Explore educational and manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 Head in the Clouds. Interested residents can search for shapes in the clouds and learn what clouds tell us about the weather in activities, crafts and a walk through the park. Ages: 3 – 5 years. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S Carlin Springs Rd). $5 per child due at registration. 4 – 5 p.m. 703-2286535.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 “The Bridges of Madison County.” A sweeping romance about the roads we travel, the doors we open and the bridges we dare to cross, this 2014 Tony

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“Dave.” From a Tony and Pulitzer Prize award-winning creative team, comes the world-premiere musical comedy “Dave,” adapted from the Oscar-nominated film. “Dave” tells the story of high school teacher (and presidential lookalike) Dave Kovic, who is hired by the Secret Service as a standin for the Commander-in-Chief. When the President falls ill under less than “presidential” circumstances, Dave is thrust into the Oval Office to avoid a national scandal, and must find a way to gain the trust and love of the American people … and the First Lady. Arena Stage (1101 Sixth St., NW) $117 – $140. 8 p.m. arenastage.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 “Hamilton.” The American Musical is a sung- and rapped-through musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the 2004 biography “Alexander Hamilton” by historian Ron Chernow. The National Tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway sensation finally comes to D.C. Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC) $99 – $625. 7:30 p.m. kennedy-center.org.

LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 Randoll Rivers Elvis Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504. Jessica Yellowitz. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 Russ and David Duo. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504. Britton James. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Alex Parez. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington St. A, Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-858-9186. Voodoo Threauxdown featuring: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Galactic Preservation Hall Jazz Band and New Breed Brass Band. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $30 – $60. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. The Influence Reunion Show with FuzzQueen + Dr Robinson’s Fiasco + The NRIs. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 –$20. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. Karl Stoll. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Damion Wolfe. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Black Muddy River Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-2419504. The Avett Brothers with Nicole Atkins. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45 – $75. 8:15 p.m. 703255-1900.

Brad Rhodes. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.

Dan N’ Friends. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-532-9283.

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p.m. 703-241-9504. Heady Jam Band Revue feat. Threesound + Ginada Piñata + Form of Expression + Pleasure Train. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Bentwood Rockers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-2419504. Jumpin’ Jupiter. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.

DJ VER1TAS Dance Party. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington St. A, Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-858-9186.

Brook Yoder. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-532-9283.

Trial by Fire – Journey Tribute. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $15-$20. 9:30 p.m. 703-237-0300.

The Hunts with Fox and The Bear. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $13 – $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

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

Kareem Walkes and The Soulshakers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 The Music School at Jammin Java’s “Main Stage Open Mic Showcase”. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 1 p.m. 703-255-1566.

The Revivalists and ZZ Ward. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $35 – $55. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Dirt Eater, Torino Death Ride. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd.,

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MONDAY, AUGUST 20 The Solo Projekt. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Wolf Blues Jam. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 Majestic: LGBTQ night & Drag Show. Diva Lounge (6763 Wilson Blvd., Falls Church). 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 Mammoth Indigo. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Vern Santmyer. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-5228340.

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Study on F.C.’s Move to be Independent Shows Schools Not Primary Motive In a groundbreaking piece of historical research presented last Friday night, evidence was provided showing that the City of Falls Church was incorporated as an independent city 50 years ago this month not primarily to establish an independent school system, but to fend off moves by Arlington County to absorb it under its jurisdictional wing. Prevailing popular lore here has it that the schools were the singular reason Falls Church became independent.

Falls Church News-Press Vol. XVIII, No. 25 • August 21, 2008

Larceny from Vehicle, 1000 E Broad St (24 Hour Fitness), Aug 3, between 7:00 and 10:45 PM, items of value were taken from an unsecured vehicle. Larceny, 300 blk Timber Lane, between July 29 and Aug 6, two unsecured bicycles were taken from the rear of a home. They were recovered Aug 7 during the on-going investigation of a residential burglary which occurred Aug 5 in the 200 blk of S Lee St. Driving Under the Influence, 400 blk Roosevelt Blvd, Aug 6, 10:18 PM, a male, 47, of Washington, D.C., was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Hit and Run, 400 blk Hampton Ct, Aug 7, between 7 and 8 PM, a vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

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The recent years’ bonus in large-scale mixed use projects along the City of Falls Church’s commercial corridors is expected to wane, but the tax revenues generated by the new developments to date will insulate the city from critical fiscal shortfalls that are plaguing neighboring Farifax County. That was the assessment provided by Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner in an interview at the offices of the News-Press last week.

CRIME REPORT Larceny from Vehicle, 1000 E Broad St (24 Hour Fitness), Aug 5, between 7:15 and 8:30 PM, items of value were taken from an unsecured vehicle.

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Destruction of Property, 935 W Broad St (Taco Bell), Aug 7, 8:03 PM, a vehicle was damaged by another vehicle’s door while parked in the parking lot.

male, 43, of Falls Church, VA, was arrested for being Drunk in Public. Driving Under the Influence, 300 blk E Annandale Rd, Aug 9, 11:02 PM, a male, 27, of Oxon Hill, MD, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Drug Violations, 1000 blk W Broad St, Aug 10, 6:50 AM, a male, 25, of Alexandria, VA, was issued a summons for Possession of Marijuana.

Trespass, 134 W Broad St (CVS), Aug 8, 2:36 PM, a male, 54, of Falls Church, VA, was issued a summons for Trespassing.

Hit and Run, 400 N Washington St (Parking Lot), Aug 9, between 8 AM and 5 PM, a vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Larceny from Vehicle, 509 Roosevelt Blvd (Oakwood Apartments), between 6 PM, Aug 7 and 4:55 PM, Aug 8, unknown suspect removed a set of temporary tags from a vehicle.

Hit and Run, 100 blk Rowell Ct, Aug 11, 10:16 PM, a vehicle headed eastbound on W Broad St was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Graffiti, 421 W Broad St (Inns of Virginia), Aug 9, officer observed graffiti on the side of the building. Hit and Run, 906 Park Ave (St. James Catholic Church), Aug 9, between 1:30 and 2:10 PM, a vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene. Drunk in Public, 300 W Broad St (Stratford Motel), Aug 9, 9:05 PM, a

Smoking Violations, 6757 Wilson Blvd #15 (H2O Café), Aug 12, 1:35 AM, a male, 51, of Falls Church, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. OTHER ARRESTS Aug 8, 5:48 PM, a male, 18, of no fixed address, was additionally charged with Credit Card Theft and Credit Card Fraud stemming from the Aug 5 Residential Burglary on S Lee St.

ANOTHER CAT & DOG pairing grace the Critter Corner this week with Zora and Pinot of the Miller family paling it up. Just like all heathly friendships, the two are on the same page as they cozy up to watch TV (or in Pinot’s case, watch Zora watch TV). 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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