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Local, National Elections Fill Up Fall Ballot in F.C.

Mail-In Voting For National Elections Is Underway BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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It’s not about Election Day this year so much as it is about Election Season. Concerns for the Covid-19 pandemic, the legitimacy of the vote in the context of President Donald Trump’s efforts to call that into question, and a near feverish determination of more citizens than usual to cast a vote this time have led to efforts to vote early and by alternative means. Mail-in voting is already underway, and in-person voting begins next week. In Falls Church, there is not only an election for president (the choices being incumbent Trump and Joe Biden), but also for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mark

Warner, and for the U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Don Beyer. Also, there is the special election for the Falls Church City Council seat vacated by the death of Dan Sze last July. There will also be two Virginia Constitutional amendments on the ballot, one pertaining to establishing a Redistricting Commission designed to make the redistricting process more unbiased, and the other to make veterans exempt from car taxes. Amid all the campaigning, more events have been announced this week to give local voters a good chance to evaluate the three candidates on the ballot to fill the vacant City Council seat. In the latest development, Hal Lipmann, president of the

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MARY RILEY STYLES PUBLIC LIBRARY has been hustling non-stop with online story times, book clubs, and of course, curbside services since the Covid-19 pandemic took off in the spring. Now, the library is gathering messages of support the community has shared with them on the MRSPL Foundation website and will be posted in the trailer where they work. Everyone is encouraged to thank a librarian (P��: C�� M�� R�� S�� P�� L��)

F.C. Council Searching For ‘Win-Win’ With Whole Foods Project BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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At its first business meeting of the fall season this coming Monday, the Falls Church City Council will decide whether or not to forward for board and commission review the latest proposal for the

large-scale mixed use mega-Whole Foods development on 3.16 acres at the City’s central intersection of Washington and Broad. The prospect for the project moving forward toward a potential Dec. 16 final approval date was given a boost at Tuesday night’s virtual City Council work session

by extensive testimony from the Insight Property Group. The developer demonstrated that progress is underway on a number of fronts, most notably toward an agreement on an interim parking arrangement with neighboring restaurants and improved public open spaces. But a new feature announced

Tuesday provided perhaps the biggest new boost. It involved plans to build out an initial number of eight one- and two-bedroom residential units with novel “work-at-home” designs in response to what a new post-Covid-19 world may look like. Scott Adams and Maury Stern of Insight said the number of such units

may grow depending on demand. This was tantamount to adding office space to the overall project, the lack of which has been a concern to the Council in deliberations to date, especially as expressed by Councilman Phil Duncan. But Duncan told the News-Press after Tuesday’s work session that “the new work-from-home units concept

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The consultants retained by the Falls Church School are developing a survey on the proposed name changes for George Mason High and Jefferson Elementary expected to be ready for School Board review by Sept. 29.

While most businesses have been struggling throughout the coronavirus pandemic, design and build firms as well as the suppliers and subcontractors they work with have been one of the few prosperous ones. Read all about how two Falls Church firms are holding up.

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Editorial............................................... 6 Letters................................................. 6 Comment ................................ 7,10,15 News & Notes............................. 16,17 Calendar ........................................... 18 Business News ................................. 19 Classified Ads ................................... 20 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword ......... 21 Crime Report .................................... 22 Critter Corner.................................... 22

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Council Members Hardi, Snyder Make Parking Solu�on Key To Their Support

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seemed to be of interest to most on Council. That makes me happy.” Duncan cited to the Council Tuesday a report by the National Association of Realtors that Falls Church is among the highest ranked in the U.S. among jurisdictions that are conducive to a work-from-home alternative that is bound to grow rapidly in the postCovid era. A workable interim parking arrangement is a major issue, and in the words of Council members David Snyder and Letty Hardi Tuesday, is key to winning their support. That’s because the Insight plan involves acquisition of the City-owned space behind the Clare and Don’s Beach Shack and Thompson Italian restaurants adjacent the site, whose 64 parking spaces have been used by those two establishments, along with the State Theatre next door. Adams reported that while no formal agreements have yet been

reached with the adjacent businesses, Insight has proposed an elaborate phased approach it thinks will work. It is a five-phased approach during the construction process, with the first two phases lasting up to a year, keeping the City lot open that entire time. Then there will be a Phase Three during which the lot will be temporarily unavailable for six months, at which time Insight will cover the cost of providing valet service for patrons of the adjacent establishments and also secured agreements to ensure parking will be available within 1,200 feet of them. Meanwhile, the completion of a new garage will be prioritized and when it is ready after the six months, 64 spaces will become available for parking by patrons of the adjacent establishments. Once the construction is completed overall, about a two-year effort, the project will include 64 free parking spaces permanently available at all hours and an addi-

tional 74 pay-to-park public spaces will be provided in the garage. The Council will have to consider whether this extensive effort to accommodate the neighbors to the site is reasonable and workable, as well as whether or not it comes with a formal agreement with the establishments in question. In Councilwoman Hardi’s terms, the solution needs to be a “win-win” for all the parties involved. There are other major changes to the project over an earlier iteration that won unanimous approval by the Council in 2018 prior to the arrest, sentencing and stiff prison sentence of an original partner, Todd Hitt, for running a ponzi scheme. That plan included a generous sum of Class A office space, but that was designed for use by Hitt and his companies. Having to subtract the office component was not met favorably by the Council in earlier reviews of the new plan, but there is a major glut in traditional office spaces throughout the region. The new

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Insight plan for the “work-fromhome” apartments, in that context, represents a highly creative response to the new environment. But also, from the standpoint of fiscal impact, Adams and Stern noted that the 50,000-square foot Whole Foods, which has already signed a 20 year lease for the space, will be expected to yield 10 times the tax revenue to the City of the earlier office space plan. Sales at Whole Foods are 10 times higher, per square foot, over almost any other option, he noted, and the site here will be bigger than the one recently opened in Tysons Corner. Unexpectedly, however, Adams noted in passing that he would prefer that references to the lease “have the flexibility” not refer to Whole Foods, as such, since its parent company may eventually decide over the course of three years prior to its completion to use the space for something with a different brand name. The developers reiterated their commitment to subsidizing the space for the Creative Cauldron theater troupe at a value of over $1 million. Another major public amenity the project offers is a lush pocket park, or public plaza, in front of the project right at the Broad/ Washington intersection.

“It will be very inviting and functional,” Stern said. “It is a much better offering for a public green space than the earlier plan had.” That one was elevated, he noted, and this is right on the street at the intersection. This one will add “vibrancy to the area” as a link between the Creative Cauldron and the State Theatre. Council deliberations on the project will be limited to five members following the death of Councilman Dan Sze in July, whose seat will not be filled until January, and the recusal by Councilman Ross Litkenhous for reasons he did not make clear publicly at Tuesday’s meeting. Yesterday, he told the NewsPress it was because private consulting work he is doing could bear on Insight, though he made it clear he’s not working with Insight itself. Insofar as the component of the project involving Insight’s acquisition of the City-owned parking lot, such a transaction requires a “supermajority” of the Council to approve, which could mean four out of five votes. But City Attorney Carol McCoskrie is on vacation, so a definitive decision on that was not provided at the meeting.

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‘Meet the Candidate’ Events Coming Soon For F.C. Special Election

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Falls Church’s venerable civic organization, announced Tuesday that the CBC will host three separate “Meet the Candidate” events, running one hour each, on successive Sunday afternoons at 5 p.m. to introduce the F.C. City Council campaigns of the three candidates who’ve qualified for the Nov. 3 ballot to fill the seat vacated by the July death of Councilman Daniel X. Sze. Each hour will feature a different candidate, and based on pulling names out of a hat, the schedule will be Debbie Hiscott on Sept. 20, Josh Shokoor on Sept. 27, and Simone Pass Tucker on Oct. 4. These events are in addition to online events featuring all three candidates together hosted by the F.C. Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday, Sept. 15, at noon and by the F.C. League of Women Voters on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. According to the City of Falls Church’s Registrar of

Voters David Bjerke, a whopping 31 percent of registered voters in the City have already requested mail in ballots. The requests have been made by letters, emails or through the “citizens” portal on the Virginia Department of Elections website. This time, due to legislation passed in Richmond this year, voters do not need to give any reason for why they seek a ballot in advance or to vote inperson in advance, nor are any witnesses required. The mail ballots will have prepaid postage attached, and ballots mailed in can be tracked on the VDOE website. Bjerke told the News-Press this week that he is fully confident that mail-in ballots dropped with the United States Postal Service by Oct. 1 will be received and counted. There will also be a City-run drop box located by the blue USPS boxes at the F.C. City Hall parking lot that will be available to receive ballots “247” that will also be surveilled “24-7.”

In person voting will commence at a location in the main corridor of the new F.C. City Hall on Friday, Sept. 18, and the site will be open from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. He said that there are secure methods in place to ensure that no one votes more than once in the election, as well. He said that everyone who has requested a mail-in ballot should receive it by the end of next week or very shortly thereafter. For persons who have not yet registered to vote, the deadline to be able to vote in this November’s election is Oct. 13. All election volunteer positions have been filled in the City, Bjerke said, and he encourages persons wishing to help with the election to contact other jurisdictions to see if they need help. Routinely, the City of Falls Church has produced the highest voter turnout as a percentage of its voters of any jurisdiction in Virginia, and at the rate it’s going now, this fall will be no exception.

Status Update on Wednesday, September 9 City of Falls Church Date Cases Hospitalizations Wednesday, September 9 66 Wednesday, September 2 66 Monday, August 31 66 11 Wednesday, August 26 66 11 Monday, August 24 64 10 Wednesday, August 19 63 9 Monday, August 17 63 9 Wednesday, August 12 61 9

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# Cases per 100,000 People 446.8 446.8 446.8 446.8 433.3 426.5 426.5 412.9

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From Consumer to Utilitarian Society

This Tuesday’s Falls Church City Council saw the unveiling by a local developer of a bold, new and right-on-time at least partial remedy for the deeply pained and bound to become even moreso U.S. economy. Insight Properties unveiled a first experiment in what promises to be an exploding trend in the Post-Covid-19 world, accomodating to what will undoubtedly become a massive work-from-home movement. Most pundits are predicting that the hugely-overbuilt U.S. office market will suffer mightily in the wake of the altered lifestyles brought about by the quarantine mandates of the current and persisting pandemic. We concur. Anyone demanding significant office space be included in any mixed-use development project going forward is not taking into account what the longer-term impacts of the mightily downturned economy associated with the quarantines. That also goes for any business reliant on discretionary spending. While every effort needs to be made to help out such businesses, in particular anything “mom and pop” or independently owned, like such restaurants, policy makers also need to be keenly aware that the economic fallout from the last six months is not going to simply disappear at some point, like Trump’s mythical virus solution. The best minds are forward-thinking, and now this does not mean forward thinking into a resumed have-it-all utopia, but into an incredibly adjusted world whose priorities require shifting by the general population away from a consumer-oriented identity and lifestyle to one that is sustainability-oriented, with the focus on practical and solid things without frills that are going to last and be put to good use. In other words, there is a major paradigm shift going on from a consumer society to a utilitarian society, and all that means for every aspect of the lives we are living and passing on. Toys, from ridiculously over-the-top plastic do-dahs put under holiday trees to equally ridiculous impotence-revealing assault rifles, and toilet-worthy TV sitcoms need to be replaced with investments in learning, including that which stretches the power of reasoning as well as DIY substitutes for expensive home improvement work, and the cultivation of the higher aspects of being, too. In housing, the innovative Insight proposal to build “work at home” office spaces into one- and two-bedroom apartments is along these lines exactly. So are the “micro-units” that are still in the Falls Church Gateway plans for the West End. Big houses that have become big hell-holes for millions of quarantined Americans are revealing in far too many places that the desire to create a fantasy “Ozzie and Harriett” life goes only as deep as an onion skin. As long as the kids are shuttled off to school everyday and the spouse can be absent most of the time, it may work. But quarantining exposes our lack of worked-at cultivated relationships, and the now exploding divorce rate is showing that. It is in utility, and not in pleasure boat houses and such, where answers lie.

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Dick McCall Defined ‘Public Service’ In Lengthy Career Editor, I wholeheartedly agree with the spirit of your recent article on Dick McCall. However, the article might be likened to one on Babe Ruth or Ted Williams or Henry Aaron that focused on how well they played in the field without addressing their great strength with their bats. It was my honor to work with Dick during the last couple of years we were government employees.

We had not met but I knew of and often benefited from his work for more than 20 years before. Upon reflection, terms like integrity, good faith and good will, selflessness and duty immediately come to mind. As important as each is though there is a more important way that, to me at least, should be pointed out where Dick’s excellence is so very valuable and important.

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There is a profound difference between employment and service. Dick McCall’s career is a splendid example of public service in its finest sense. Yes, he did all of the things that the writer spoke of in the article and much more but he set a surpassing example and a standard. Everyone in government employment would do well to learn from Dick’s example and to continually refer to it. Dick McCall served in the best way a citizen, one of we the people, can. V. L Elliott Via the Internet

New Democrat Tone On Rioters Conceals Bail Out Efforts Editor, It’s good to see that Democrats have finally reversed themselves on the “mostly peaceful” rioters that have been destroying our cities for the last three months. One question remains for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: does this mean that they no longer support paying the bail money for the rioters who get arrested? Jeff Walyus Arlington

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The Falls Church Education Foundation (FCEF) will hold its 16th Annual 5K Run/ Walk for the Schools event this weekend, Sept. 12 and 13. This tradition usually brings together our extended community with 800 plus participants of all ages and abilities, but, like most things since mid-March, will look much different this year. With in-person sports and schools on hold, we opted to “go virtual” with our annual race and fundraiser in order to respect the health and well-being of all participants, sponsors, student volunteers, police and sheriff departments. We are spreading out the event over the course of the weekend. You pick the course and you pick the time! Each registered participant will receive a swag bag along with a coveted FCEF Run for the Schools t-shirt. Expand your collection or start yours this year. You may register at www.fcedf.org/ runfortheschools through midnight Saturday, September 12th. You may choose to have your shirt mailed or you may pick up your bag at the State Theatre on Friday, 9/11 from 5 – 8 p.m. if you’ve already registered (outside, masked and socially distanced, please!). Awards for the 2020 race will be as unique as the event. For a change of pace, our fastest runners will not necessarily be the winners. We ask participants to follow FCEF on social media: @FCEFoundation on Twitter, fcefoundation on Instagram, or Falls Church Education Foundation on Facebook. Post a photo and tag us at #VitualFCEFRun2020. Our award

categories are: “We’ve got spirit! Yes we do!”, awarded to the best edition of school spiritwear; “We are family!” for best family photo op; “You can go your own way!” for best photo on the most creative route taken; and “Believe in your selfie!” for the best post-race selfie. This the most even playing field in the history of the

“Just get creative and enjoy the process while supporting the Foundation that supports our community and public schools.” run. Don’t have a five-minute mile time like the winners in the past? No problem. Just get creative and enjoy the process while supporting the Foundation that supports our community and public schools. The proceeds from the race and our October online auction fund our mission’s three pillars of support for the Falls Church City Public Schools (FCCPS). Those pillars are ensuring equity of access for all students, preparing students for the modern world, and assisting with staff readiness.

For the 2019-20 academic year, FCEF helped ensure the equity of access for all students in a variety of ways. FCEF provided funds for special education peer mentoring programs and a music therapy program. FCEF provides funding to support ESOL staff and students through after-school tutoring/mentoring programs. Our most significant support of equity, with incredibly generous funding from our businesses and community members, provided over $120,000 for emergency food for families. FCEF will continue our support through the duration of the crisis and beyond. This summer, FCEF purchased FCCPS administrators and team leaders Ibram X. Kendi’s book, “How to Be an Anti-Racist” for excellent discussion on this critical area of work. FCEF helped prepare students for the modern world by funding $89,000 for creative and innovative “Super Grants” including: preschool sensory walkway, ukuleles for elementary music, elementary reading support, 3D printers for TJES STEAM classes, middle school digital theater, math space, choral arts technology, upcycled makers program, middle school PE Ninja Warriors program, film equipment, pottery wheels, substance abuse speaker, mobile equipment workshop, Hispanic book festival, and ESOL Books. FCEF stewarded over 30 scholarships awarded to GMHS graduates to support their next level of post-secondary education. These scholarships include grants for vocational training, community college, ESOL and special education students, as well as four-year uni-

versities. To help teachers stay on the cutting edge of best teaching practices, FCEF provided $54,000 in professional development. With FCEF funding, teachers and counselors were able to attend the training and conferences that included: math instruction best practices, model schools (principals), preschool children’s garden play, Orton-Gillingham to support learning with dyslexia, English educators, child yoga, mathamatricks, small group skills, learning forward, SxSW for education, agricultural science, MYP assessment, foreign language teachers, IB literature in translation, ceramics workshop, social work, school finance, mental health training and special education administrators. FCEF awarded $1500 in its annual Teacher of the Year award to Ms. Layton McCann, TJES fourth grade teacher and $500 to Professional Employee of the Year, GMHS’ Vicki Galliher. The FCCPS Celebration of Excellence was held online to recognize them and the other nominees. We are grateful for the generous business and community support that allows FCEF to provide grants and programs. We look forward to seeing you participate in the virtual event this weekend! For more information about the FCEF programs, scholarships, and events, visit fcedf. org, or contact Debbie Hiscott at dhiscott@ fcedf.org. Cecily Shea is President of the Board of the Falls Church Education Foundation.

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F.C. School Board Adopts Anti-Bullying Proclamation The Falls Church City School Board at its meeting Tuesday voted for a proclamation declaring October “Bullying Prevention Month,” noting that students who experience bullying “are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement, and dropping out of school” adding that “bullying can take many forms, including verbal, physical, and most recently in cyberspace, and can happen in many places on and off school grounds.”

Law Enforcement Reform Bills Advance in Richmond During the special session of the Virginia State Legislature now underway, a bill to end “qualified immunity” for police narrowly passed in the House Tuesday as Falls Church’s Kaye Kory and Fairfax’s Ibraheem Samirah changed their votes to reverse a narrow defeat last week. It now faces a stiff challenge in the Senate. Another bill aimed at limiting police wrongdoing requiring police to report wrongdoing of fellow officers passed the House last Friday. Other law enforcement-related legislation advancing in Richmond include measures mandating citizen review panels for local law enforcement, diversifying the Department of Criminal Justice Services’ Committee on Training, strengthening prosecutorial ability to dismiss charges, prohibiting no-knock warrants, banning the use of chokeholds by law enforcement, eliminating certain pretextual police stops (like the smell of marijuana, or a hanging air freshener), prohibiting acquisition and use of certain weapons, including using rubber bullets or tear gas for crowd control, banning sexual relations between officers and arrestees, expanding the definition of hate crimes to include false 911 calls made on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation, standardizing enhancing training for all Virginia police academies, the assessments and vetting required before hiring law enforcement officers to make sure bad cops don’t get rehired elsewhere. Also advancing is legislation that provides automatic expungement to help persons previously incarcerated gain employment after they’ve served their time and shown good behavior, and higher earned sentence credits for certain prisoners’ good behavior if they show efforts to reform themselves and have not committed serious crimes.

Covid-19 Relief Bills Advance in Richmond

Covid-19 pandemic relief bills that advanced in the special session of the Virginia State Legislature in the last week includes one that combats price gouging for personal protective equipment (PPE), that grants flexibility in enforcing executive orders through civil penalty (under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor; Now they can be enforced through fines), to protect the credit of tenants negatively impacted by Covid-19, to protect teachers and first responders in the workplace from Covid-19 under Workers’ Compensation, and to protect Covid-19 relief benefits from being garnished.

No Car Decals in This Fall’s Tax Bills Falls Church Treasurer Jody Acosta reported to the F.C. City Council Tuesday that the personal property tax bills being issued this fall will not, as in the past, include decals to be placed on car windshields. Instead, keeping the current decals in place will suffice as the City mulls either eliminating decals altogether, as all other regional jurisdictions except Fairfax City have already done, or having one permanent decal, which Acosta said she prefers, that would be sent out next year.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

The sanctity of the ballot is well-established in this country. The security of the ballot also was assumed to be sacrosanct. Despite reports of occasional errors and late ballots, the modern American voting system is regarded highly as being free and open, and reflecting the will of the electorate, however large or small the turnout. Until now. Outrageous attempts by the president to cast doubt on the process, the security, and the outcome of the November election are suited more for a petty dictator than the leader of the United States. Sowing doubt and fear about your ballot and whether your choice will be respected may have one of two outcomes: increasing voter turnout, or suppressing the vote. Judging by calls to my office, it’s the former. Tens-of-thousands of absentee ballot applications already are flooding local elections offices, with the first batch of absentee ballots scheduled to be mailed to Fairfax County applicants on September 18. Those same callers, though, express concern about what happens to their completed ballot after they slip it into the return envelope. Mr. Trump’s campaign against the United States Postal Service and mail-in balloting is having his desired effect of chaos and distrust in traditional institutions. To the rescue, perhaps, is Governor Ralph Northam’s signing, late last week, legislation approving the use of secure absentee ballot drop boxes by each Virginia jurisdiction. As happens with many bills passed in Richmond, there was little clarifying language or guidance, so local electoral boards are scrambling to prepare and circulate information about the location and use of ballot drop boxes. Some reports have noted a scarcity in the manufacture of

secure ballot drop boxes, probably not something you can whip up in a home workshop. Recent television reports showed dozens of blue postal boxes being removed and hauled away under the auspices of the new Postmaster General. Reuse? Repurpose? Recycle? Why not? It’s worth a try. The last day to register to vote in Virginia is Tuesday, Oct. 13 (deadline is 5 p.m. in person; 11:59 p.m. on-line). Early voting begins at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax only on Sept. 18. Absentee in-person voting at satellite locations begins on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is Friday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. Absentee voting at the satellite locations ends on Saturday, Oct.31. Friday marks the 19th anniversary of the horrible attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia, and the plane crash in Pennsylvania. Thousands of lives were lost, with many local families still grieving the unfathomable loss of loved ones. Many people who died were ordinary folks, going about their daily routines on an amazingly beautiful and sunny day that quickly turned dark and haunting. Their deaths, and their families’ sacrifices, should remind us every day about the resilience of the American people, their belief in democracy, and the values we hold dear. The pathways to achieving those goals may be divergent, but the goals remain compelling and worthwhile. That, alone, is an extremely good reason to vote!

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The first “guests” many people invited into their homes as the Covid-19 lockdowns eased were professionals to help fix it up... when they’re free, that is. Design and build firms based out of the City of Falls Church are part of one of the fortunate industries that have prospered during the pandemic, and that stems from locals paying closer attention to their abodes. “People are much more keenly aware of their surroundings,” said Jeff DuBro, the founder and architect at DuBro Architects + Builders located along S. Maple Avenue. “Our clients have been more attuned to their homes, what they really want out of their homes and what they want for their family.” This trend isn’t unique to local

businesses. CNBC reported a 58 percent annual increase in project leads for home professionals in the month of June, according to Houzz, an online home remodeling platform. That’s included more extravagant additions, such as pools. Per CNBC, Poolcorp, a global distributor of swimming pool supplies, parts and outdoor living products, hit an intraday all-time high on Wall Street last month. Residents in and out of Falls Church are focusing on either adding more space or repurposing what they’ve already got. Zach Gasper, the director of design at GreenSpur, Inc. located off W. Broad St., said that their company’s clients are expanding their existing homes, adding a detached accessory structure in their backyards or buying property in rural areas. It’s building on a slow-rolling trend that existed

prior to the pandemic and now appears to be barreling toward the mainstream. “We just signed on a project to design a multipurpose backyard cabin in Fairfax. The goal is to create a space where kids and adults alike can retreat to — with a great connection to nature,” Gasper wrote to the News-Press. “We also just started work on a very modest 1,500 sq.ft. home out in Rappahannock County that will become our clients’ full time residence after they sell their home in Clarendon.” It’s also forced these firms to get creative with how they follow health guidelines. DuBro has established a rule where if they’re working in a client’s home who is also staying there, his team has to maintain strict boundaries between

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New Clients Can Expect Signi�icant Wait Times Before Project Start where the customer lives and his crew works. For the most part this hasn’t been a problem; however, one client who was having work done on their master suite didn’t have anywhere else in their house to sleep. The project was about to be called off, until DuBro’s team offered to move the client’s bedroom furniture to another room while they made foundational changes to the suite. More work is good for everyone...except those who want their projects done soon. It’s gotten so busy that DuBro said new clients who reach out to him will likely have to wait until next summer before his crew can get around to working on their home. GreenSpur is experiencing a challenge in getting subcontractors to their work site on time given how in demand they are. “Subs seem to show up 2-3 days late for all trades these days, which may not seem like a long time considering a project can take 10-12 months, but those days add up when you have 10 or more

subs on a project,” Gasper wrote. Fabricated products, such as cabinets, bathtubs, prefabricated staircases and windows, to name a few, are also taking longer to get a hold of. As Gasper said, “Basically anything that is built in a warehouse then shipped to you for installation,” has a noticeable lag time. He attributes the delays to factories being shut down at the start of the pandemic and stuck playing catch-up ever since. Despite being an exceptionally busy time and some of the bottlenecks in supply and help that come with that, the local firms are just glad that their customers are managing to dodge the worst financial effects of the crisis. It’s what is keeping their businesses healthy in the process. “It’s kind of surreal, because there’s a real economic concern in this country, and yet on our side, we have not directly experienced that, and the clientele that are in this area that are reaching out have not felt that,” DuBro said. “Our work hasn’t really changed; it’s only become more valuable.”

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Cohen: Trump Won’t Go Easily

Upon the release of his explosive new book this week, “Disloyal, A Memoir,” Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has reminded Americans of what he said in 2018 Congressional testimony against his former boss, that Trump has no intention of going quietly if he loses the election this November. In an extraordinary hour-long interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Tuesday night, Cohen’s many-years-long intimate working relationship with Trump has provided the best window yet into the twisted personage that Trump is, and his motives. Others, even Trump’s niece Mary Trump, base their claims in their books on necessarily partial, if not accurate, FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS knowledge of the real Trump. But for years Cohen was at Trump’s right hand, day in day out, doing deeds at his boss’ behest and enjoying the benefit, as it were, of the thinking and rationales that Trump provided for why he did the things he did leading up to his election as president, something, by the way, that Cohen is certain Trump never expected would happen. For Trump, the 2016 election was one big “branding” exercise that would accrue him great publicity and opportunities for deal making. No doubt, Trump, as Cohen and others have described him, totally lacks the capacity for empathy and undoubtedly as niece Mary Trump, a trained psychologist, has asserted, is clinically insane. The big sections of the thick volumes of psychiatric diagnoses that describe the veritably incurable psychological condition of “sociopathy” perfectly describe the behavior of Trump. In those sections, which I have read because I knew of someone who also fit that description perfectly, it is discussed the power that such a sociopath, incapable of empathy but, and in a related way, totally capable of cold, manipulative demand for control over ones who may care about him, has over others. The professional literature is chilling on the subject, because nowhere in it does it suggest that there is a cure. Nor is there a suggestion of a remedy. It unlocks the secret, if you could call it that, of the classic cult leader, for example. It is not that the cult leader has some quality of charisma that makes him effective. No, it is the fact that he (or she) completely lacks the capacity for empathy that he (or she) can callously make such demands on followers that lead them into a slavish disposition of “follower.” Cohen calls his former boss “like a cult leader” in his book, too. He figured out how divisiveness in his rhetoric can “arouse strong feelings for those who take his side,” he writes, and that becomes an M.O. for gaining power. “He doesn’t care who gets hurt as long as he wins,” writes Cohen, and yes, Trump has been changed by his election to the U.S. presidency because he is now sick for a level of power that he never had before. “Power has gone to his head and he wants to be president for life,” Cohen told Maddow. “When he gets people to chant, ‘12 more years,’ he means it. This man has absolutely no sense of humor.” “2020,” Cohen said, “will be worse than 2016.” This warning from Cohen is something that persons in all the corridors of power in the U.S. need to heed very seriously. What is the scenario for the removal of Trump off the White House grounds come January 20, 2021, should the evidence be conclusive that he lost the November 2020 election? There are those who argue that his plan, if he is declared the loser, is to resign on condition that Vice President Pence, being elevated to president under such circumstances, will pardon him like Nixon was from all future potential criminal charges against him. But that does not correspond to 1. Trump’s sociopathic nature and 2. the cold fact that no Pence pardon would protect Trump from multiple charges from non-federal courts that could send him to prison for life. It would be the height of irresponsibility for our nation’s leaders, aside from the Trump cult, to stand aside under some delusion that Trump will play fair and accept his fate as a loser in November.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

The prominent name of Syphax is associated by most Arlingtonians with education activist Evelyn Syphax, for whom our Education Center is named. The family name is also intertwined with the history of Arlington House, where enslaved members of that family toiled and eventually became free and highly accomplished — their ancestor Maria Syphax, historians now recognize, was the secret daughter of plantation owner George Washington Parke Custis. But there’s another Syphax branch that merits fresh recognition. William Thomas Syphax (1920-89) and wife Margarite (still living at 97) from the 1950s-‘80s loomed as major figures in Arlington’s business community. The Ballstonbased W.T. Syphax Real Estate Co. and Syphax Management Co. landed the millionaires in the nation’s top 100 black-owned businesses in the early 1970s. They were written up in Newsweek and Black Enterprise magazine. Margarite was invited for honors at the White House during the Nixon administration. But as their daughter Carolyn Syphax-Young reminds me, they got their start battling to improve the sub-standard housing and water systems endured under segregation by many African Americans, both in Arlington and in the greater Washington area. They built in William’s childhood neighborhood of Arlington View (previously Johnson Hill), as well as Highland Park and Green Valley.

The couple’s first apartment complex was the 77-unit Arlington View Terrace garden-style apartments on S. Rolfe St. near Army Navy Country Club. As noted in a Central Library Center for Local History exhibit, William and Margarite met while doing USO work during World War II. She was a dancer and an electronics engineer. After a rich postwar education — William earned a master’s in engineering administration from George Washington University and a Ph.D.in behavioral philosophy from Pacific Western University — they moved to Arlington’s South Queen Street. They set to work to plug a yawning gap in available housing simply by ignoring the practice — still common in the ‘50s and ‘60s — of racial restrictions on renters. By 1959, they had built 100 custom homes too. William was the developer, Margarite the secretary-treasurer, though she ventured out to work as one of the few females seen on construction sites. He became president of the Virginia Real Estate Brokers Association, chairman of the Arlington County Building Code Board of Appeals and, at one point, director of the Arlington County Red Cross. She was one of the first black businesswomen to earn the title of Certified Property Manager from the Institute of Real Estate Management of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. She also served on Arlington’s 1976 Bicentennial Commission. I read the history center’s oral history interview with William,

conducted in 1988 by civil rights attorney Edmund Campbell. He mentioned the property his ancestors received from Custis, stretching from today’s Sheraton Hotel to the Marine Barracks to one of Arlington National Cemetery’s two mausoleums. His father’s dairy delivered milk to Fort Myer. He and Margarite were friendly with neighbor Leone Buchholz, a county board member in the 1950s. He recalled that the streetcar line had a Syphax station, and that some of his family were buried in the graves on the former Odd Fellows property near Columbia Pike. These Syphaxes were also philanthropic — William regularly befriended students at the segregated Hoffman-Boston public school. He sent more than 100 children to college, said his daughter. “He was never the type to have a Cadillac.” *** Neighborhood development battles leave lasting memories. Author and veteran journalist Joe Goulden recently recalled to me nostalgically his adventures back in the 1960s in helping prevent the building of unsightly highrise condos on N. Sycamore St. at Washington Blvd. During that era that site was woods and a creek where the Goulden and his sons, who lived on N. 22nd Rd. and Roosevelt St., loved catching frogs. “My main contribution was to write news releases for the local paper — which usually published them as written,” he said. The result: the neighborhood protestors “knocked” the developer down to townhouses, which are there today as Sycamore Heights.

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Community News & Notes Women Voters Host F.C. Council’s Letty Hardi The League of Women Voters of Falls Church invites the public to attend a virtual meeting featuring guest speaker, Falls Church City Council Member Letty Hardi. She will be addressing a wide range of current issues affecting the City, including the Covid-19 pandemic, affordable housing and efforts to combat racism. Interested attendees are welcome to bring their questions for the council member. This event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 p.m., via Zoom. For more information and to obtain a

Zoom link for the meeting, email Barbara Lipsky at blipsky@cox. net.

ArtsFairfax Starts New Series For Creative Professionals ArtsFairfax is collaborating with the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts to present WALA’s Creative Entrepreneurs Series for creatives who want to take the next step in their professional career. The series comprises six sessions to be held on consecutive Tuesdays, starting Sept. 15 and continuing through October 20 from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The series explores the basics

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of forming a business for creative endeavors, from deciding whether to incorporate as a non-profit or a for-profit entity, understanding copyrights and trademarks, contract and negotiation skills, and finally to taxes and understanding the grants process. Participants may choose to attend one session or experience the entire series. WALA provides the initiative in collaboration with ArtsFairfax, Alexandria Office of the Arts, Torpedo Factor Arts Center, and Arlington Arts. ArtsFairfax is providing the series for free to all Fairfax County, City of Fairfax and City of Falls Church creatives. Use the code WALANOVAFX or the

direct links provided to register. The series invites creatives to learn about the legal sides of the arts and includes presentations about copyright/trademark protection, business entities formation, contracts and licensing, negotiation strategies, tax strategies and grants. Attendees must register for each session. Visit conta. cc/3hhk1yE or walanovacopyrighttrademark.eventbrite. com?discount=WALANOVAFX to register. The first session will be on “Copyright/Trademark Protection & Use” on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 11 a.m., with the presentation and Q&A with John D. Mason.

F.C. Resident Receives State Grant To Support Art Falls Church resident Jun Lee is one of 40 artists in the state who will receive relief grants as part of a special program to help visual artists impacted by Covid19. Each recipient will receive $5,000 from the Virginia Artist Relief Fellowship Program, for a total of $200,000 distributed by the fund. “Art has a way of bringing people together — something we need now more than ever,” said Governor Ralph Northam. “These grant recipients hail from more than twenty different cities and towns across the Commonwealth, and Pam and I are proud to help

PERFORMING AT A LIVE, IN PERSON concert hosted by the Creative Cauldron in F.C.’s Cherry Hill Park last Friday night replete with safety considerations, including mandatory masks and social distancing, was young vocalist Wesley Diener who performed selections ranging from opera to showtunes. The Cauldron’s schedule of performances runs through September. (Photo: News-Press)

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DEL. MARCUS SIMON (left) is shown here with Nancy Scott and Dels. Alfonso Lopez and Eileen Fuller-Corn at the 2020 version of the annual Del. Jim Scott Memorial Labor Day BBQ Cookout. Handing out pre-paid BBQ meals. (Photo: News-Press) support their important work.” Lee is the only recipient from Falls Church, and one of six from Northern Virginia. “Artists’ livelihoods and their ability to continue making art have been directly impacted by cancelled exhibitions and gallery and museum closures as a result of the pandemic,” said Alex Nyerges, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ director and CEO. “We sought to use resources we have available to help sustain artists in Virginia through this critical time.” The museum received more than 350 applications for this program. Recipients were selected by a jury made up of three staff members at VMFA: Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; Natasha Campbell, head of the museum’s fellowship program; and Jeffrey Allison, head of statewide programs. The Virginia Artist Relief Fellowship Program is funded utilizing the accrued excess balance of the museum’s existing Artist Fellowship. Endowment established in 1941 through a generous gift made by the late John Lee Pratt of Fredericksburg. Pratt stipulated that the funds be used to support professional artists as well as art and art history students in the Commonwealth and not for other purposes. Through this endowment, VMFA has awarded nearly $5.8 million to Virginia artists in the Commonwealth over the past 80 years.

Leukemia Society Awards Local as Woman of the Year Falls Church resident Tina Swallow was awarded the prestigious title of National Woman of the Year from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, for raising more than any other Woman of the Year candidate in nearly 100 communities across the country. Swallow helped bring in $467,686 for the new society. Like many nonprofit organizations, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a global leader in the fight against cancer, is not immune to the damaging impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the fact remains that every nine minutes, somebody in the U.S. dies of a blood cancer. And, in today’s times of uncertainty, cancer patients need support now, more than ever. Fifteen local leaders in the Washington, D.C. metro area remained laser-focused on their pursuit of a world without blood cancer, taking on LLS’s 10-week philanthropic competition, Man & Woman of the Year, by storm — even if it meant pivoting to the world of virtual fundraising. Swallow, a 21-year Navy veteran and director of federal service sales at Cisco Systems in Washington, D.C., led “Team Bridge to a Cure” and ran her campaign in honor of her oldest son, Beau, who survived stage IV cancer. “I’ve made it my mission to never stop fighting for cancer cures,” said Swallow. “Just like

LLS, my mission has not changed, what has changed is the urgency for patients.”

Glencarlyn Library Garden Kicks Off AutumnFest The traditional Glencarlyn Library Community Garden AutumnFest (300 S. Kensington St., Arlington) will go mostly virtual on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 1 – 3 p.m. Those who wish to “attend” can view three short educational videos on gardening and Autumnfest traditions by going to mgnv.org. Also, available for pre-order and pickup is Honey and Compost Tea from the beekeepers at HiveHive. Get one pound containers of honey at $10 each. Flavors include: Alfalfa, Blueberry Blossom, Raspberry Blossom, Raw Wildflower and Buckwheat. They also have raw local honey at $15 a pound. Place orders for freshly brewed 1-gallon jugs of compost tea by Friday, Sept. 11 at noon by emailing sequentialsoils@gmail.com Perfect Partners T-shirts — Glencarlyn Library Garden will have specially designed T-shirts celebrating the partnership of butterflies and moths and their host plants. Email alyssa.morel@ mgnv.org for designs, colors and sizes as well as to pre-order, or purchase at the Library September 13, 1 – 3 p.m. For more information about this event and its features, contact glencarlynlibrarygarden@gmail. com.

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LOCALEVENTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Furry Campfire. The whole family is invited to join park staff at the Long Branch amphitheater for some old-fashioned fun. This program will feature entertaining activities that may include stories, special animal guests, games, songs and of course, s’mores. For information: 703228-6535. Meet at Long Branch Nature Center. Families. Register

children and adults; children must be accompanied by a registered adult. To register, contact 703-228-4747. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). 7 – 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Falls Church Farmers Market To Go. The Falls Church Farmers Market has converted to a preorder, to-go event. All orders must be placed in advance of Saturday’s market which will be open from 8 a.m. – noon for pre-order pick-up only in front of City Hall (300 Park Ave.). A list of participating vendors and information on pre-ordering can be found at fallschurchva.gov/547/ Farmers-Market-To-Go. Down in the Pond. What lurks beneath the waters of the ponds at Long Branch? Tadpoles, water boatmen, backswimmers and water scorpions are just a

few of the critters participants might encounter as they go dipnetting in park ponds. Ages 6 to 10. Registration required. To register, contact 703-228-4747. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (615 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). 2 – 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Monarch Butterflies. The group will learn about Monarch butterflies and habitat within Glencarlyn Park. Ages: 3 – 5 years. Preschool programs are offered throughout the year at both Gulf Branch and Long Branch Nature Centers. The theme for preschool programs is repeated during the month, so please register for only one session at each nature center per month. Caretakers must stay with their child during the program. Registration required. To register, contact 703-228-4747. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). 1 – 3 p.m.

VIRTUALEVENTS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ESOL Conversation Group (online). Interested participants can practice their English with a weekly ESOL conversation group. This program meets online via Zoom. To request a Zoom invite, email Marshall Webster at mwebster@fallschurchva.gov. 7 – 8:30 p.m. City Council Meeting (online). City Council work sessions are held the first and third Monday of the month, with the exception of August and December when only one meeting is held. These meetings are open to the public and are conducted to allow Council Members to discuss upcoming legislation and policy issues; the public is not generally invited to speak. All participating members of the City Council will be present at this meeting through

electronic means. All members of the public may view this electronic meeting via www.fallschurchva.gov/CouncilMeetings. The meeting may also be viewed on FCCTV (Cox 11, RCN 2, Verizon 35). Video will be available after the meeting both online and on FCCTV. The virtual meeting will be held pursuant to and in compliance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Section 2.2-3708.2 and state and local legislation adopted to allow for continued government operation during the COVID-19 declared emergency. 7:30 – 11 p.m.

LIVEMUSIC SATURDAY, SETPEMBER 12 Tia Rountree of Grammynominated group Sweet Honey in the Rock brings an evening of jazz and R&B standards, with her music “Songs that Love You to Life.” Social distance policies and mandatory mask wearing in place. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). $30. 8 p.m. Visit creativecauldron. org/2020summercabarets.html for a full list of upcoming shows.

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Business News & Notes The Toy Nest is Now Open for Small Private Parties The Toy Nest is now open for small private parties on Fridays and Saturdays from 4 – 7 pm. The new children’s party option provides space, toys for the kids to play with, and additional supervision so parents can enjoy the event as well. Food and beverages may be brought in from home or local restaurants. Party limit is 10 children and 10 adults. The Toy Nest is located at 98 N. Washington Street. For more information, visit www.thetoynest.com.

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The Falls Church News-Press has issued a Five Ingredient Recipe Challenge to local restaurants. Participating restaurants will provided a list of the same 3 ingredients and will add 2 additional ingredients of their own to create a 5 ingredient recipe. Recipes will be posted to the FCNP website along with a reader survey to select the winning recipe. The winning restaurant will receive a refund of their $100 registration fee plus an additional $100. Registrants recieve an ad printed in the September 17 issue of this paper, their ad and recipe posted to the FCNP website for a month, and mentions on social media regarding the challenge. The deadline to register is September 14 at 7:00 pm. Contact Melissa Morse at mmorse@fcnp.com for more information or to sign up.

FC Chamber Hosting a Meet the Falls Church Candidates Event The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting a “Meet the Falls Church City Council Candidates” event via Zoom on Tuesday, September 15 from noon to 1:30 pm. Three local residents are running for the City Council seat held by the late Dan Sze. Debbie Hiscott, Joshua Shokoor, and Simone Pass Tucker will introduce themselves and share their key issues and reasons for running. The event will be moderated by the Chamber’s Legislative Committee Chair Andrew Painter. There is no cost to attend but donations are appreciated and attendees are encouraged to pick up lunch or have it delivered from a local restaurant. For more information about this event or a virtual member and prospective member orientation session on September 18, visit the Chamber calendar at www.FallsChurchChamber.org.

Body Dynamics Inc. Offering New Virtual Class Body Dynamics Inc. is offering a new virtual class, Recharge in 20, free through the month of September. The class, led by Jorge Villalobos, is intended to provide a break from the day and introduce light activity and stretching to reduce aching, stress, and strain that typical office work can cause. Recharge in 20 will be offered Wednesdays from 2:15 – 2:35 pm. Body Dynamics is located at 410 S. Maple Avenue in Falls Church. To register or more information about BDI’s classes and services, visit www.bodydynamicsinc.com.

Join the Journey Hosting Hope for the Hurting BBQ Fundraiser Join the Journey is hosting Hope for the Hurting BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, September 19 from noon to 3 pm at Falls Church VFW Post 9274. The event is a free fundraiser for Join the Journey’s work to distribute micro-loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world. All are welcome to attend this event, which is also designed to connect with Falls Church veterans who have served both their country and continue to serve their community. The VFW is located at 7118 Shreve Road in Falls Church. For more information, visit www. jtjourney.org/hopeforhurting.

Local Businesses Named in Best Places to Work Lists LF Jennings, Inc. was ranked 22 in the large companies category of Best Places to Work in the by the Washington Business Journal. The local general contracting firm with 189 employees is located in the City of Falls Church at 407 N. Washington Street in Falls Church. Great American Restaurants ranked 7 in the extra large company category. The upscale casual restaurant business has 595 employees and is located at 3066 Gatehouse Plaza in the Fairview Park area of Falls Church. For more information and to see the full lists, visit www. washingtonbusinessjournal.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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The Falls Church School Board meets tonight to determine what, if anything, should be done to accommodate the substantial rise in enrollment the City’s schools encountered this week as classes got under way on Tuesday. School officials announced that enrollment as of yesterday was 1,460 students, grades kindergarten through 12, an 8.5 percent jump over last year and six percent over what was budgeted for.

Falls Church Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lois Berlin reported to the News-Press yesterday that as many as 60 more students than expected showed up for classes at the system’s four schools Tuesday. While plans for the coming school year involved an expected number equivalent to last year’s, 2,034, the larger number will still not require any additional teacher or staff hiring, Berlin stated.

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CRIME REPORT Week of August 31 – September 6, 2020 Fraud, 600 blk Roosevelt Blvd. Between May 15 and August 27, an unknown suspect fraudulently used an individual’s online financial account to purchase an item of value. Larceny-Theft from Building, 200 blk W Jefferson St. September 3, unknown suspect(s) stole a wallet containing credit cards which were subsequently used at various area businesses. Simple Assault, 400 blk Great

Falls St (W&OD Trail). September 2, 3:45 PM, police received a late report of a suspect who allegedly struck an individual with his hand and immediately left the area. The investigation is on-going. Larceny-Theft from Motor Vehicle, 700 blk W Broad St. September 4, unknown suspect(s) unlawfully entered a parked car and stole an item of value.

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Larceny-Theft from Building, 300 blk Sycamore St. September 6, unknown suspect(s) unlawfully removed items of value from the backyard of a residence.

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Homeless Advocate Nancy Taxson Dies at 82 Nancy Taxson, a resident of Park Danforth in Portland, Maine, died at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough on July 27, 2020. The family thanks the staff of the Gosnell House for the care provided and respect given to everyone, especially Nancy. Nancy is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth (“Betsey”) McCandless of Portland, Maine; her son, Jeffrey C. Tuttle and daughter-in-law, Susan C. Tuttle, of Polson, Montana and Rochester, New York; her son, David M. Taxson and daughter-in-law Kristy Taxson of Virginia Beach, Virginia and her daughter, Emily T. Meadows of Sammamish, Washington; seven grandchildren, Caroline McCandless of Brooklyn, New York, Will McCandless (Jennifer) of Los Angeles, California, Ryan Tuttle (Miriam) of Berlin, Germany, Rebecca Kingsley McCandless of Portland, Maine, Philip Tuttle (Rosemary) of Seattle, Washington and Finley Meadows and Julia Meadows, both of Sammamish, Washington; two great-grandchildren, Noah Tuttle and Olivia Shaw; and two nieces,

Tambi Harwood of Redwood City, California and Wendy Woo Faigao of Loveland, Colorado. Nancy was born in Buffalo, New York on March 6, 1938, the daughter of Harriett MacDonald Greeley and William A. Greeley. She was predeceased by her sister, Jane Faigao of Boulder, Colorado, in 2001 and her brotherin-law, Bataan Faigao. Nancy attended The Eastman School of Music and was a classical pianist and organist. Music was always a part of her life. She worked with her former husband, Barry C. Tuttle, providing summer stock theater at The Town & Country Playhouse in East Rochester, New York in the early 60s and served as the Music Director of Saint Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. during the 80s and 90s. She also was a champion of the immigrant and homeless population in Northern Virginia serving as the Executive Director of Homestretch, Inc. in Falls Church, Virginia from 1990 to 2006. Nancy’s interests included travel, political discourse, litera-

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ture, bridge, and the Presidency of Barack Obama. She had opinions about everything and was not afraid to make them known. Online condolence messages can be submitted at the Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service website, www.mainefuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks people to consider donations to Homestretch, Inc. of Falls Church, Virginia; My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, The Obama Foundation, of North Dartmouth, Massachusetts; and Hospice of Southern Maine of Scarborough, Maine.

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Friend of F.C. Biking Community Dies Pete Beers, a popular member of Northern Viriginia’s biking community, including the Bikenetic shop in the City of Falls Church, died in an accident on Aug. 30 when a tree fell on him during a ride through Accotink Lake Park.

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