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Inside This Week City Hires New Human Resources Director
Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields announced Tuesday that Steven Mason has been hired as the City’s Human Resources Director. He will start his tenure on Sept. 16. See News Briefs, page 9
5 Cars Stolen in Past Week in F.C.
Five cars were reported stolen in the City of Falls Church this past week, including four from Koons Ford on E. Broad, according to the latest City crime report.
Flawless Opening Day of School With No More Trailers Reported 2nd & 5th Grades Moved, New GMHS Begins to Rise
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
See News Briefs, page 9
Hitt Family Donates To Combat Addiction
The family of the disgraced Falls Church developer Todd Hitt has donated $16 million to a new Northern Virginia-based addiction prevention and recovery program launched by the Inova Health System. See News Briefs, page 9
F.C.’s Opioid Report Analysis Cleared Up
A recent report on the country’s opioid crisis showed Falls Church’s pill distribution far outweighing its neighboring jurisdictions. However after futher analysis, concern over possible abuse in the City can be dispelled. See page 5
CITY OF FALLS CHURCH Planner Loren Bruce received a liver transplant in July at the University of Pennsylvania. (Courtesy Photo)
Falls Church Planner Bruce Scores Liver & Surprise Donor Prospect by Chris Jones
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Long-term resident and retired Falls Church City planner Loren Bruce underwent a liver transplant operation in July that saved the 66-year old’s life. That’s great news enough, but behind this happy ending story, and the story of Bruce’s yearsplus quiet struggle and search for a donor, was the heroism it spawned in a fellow member
of the City, a member of Falls Church’s finest, no less. Without Bruce’s knowledge, because as a matter of policy prospective recipients are not allowed to know the identity of prospective donors, unless family members, ahead of transplant surgery, Falls Church Police Sergeant James Brooks of the F.C. department had volunteered himself to donate a liver for a transplant and was pushing ahead for the surgery last sum-
mer when suddenly his gift was not needed. “Heads up,” her Facebook post began ominously, “I have been off social media for some time now. Later today, I’m going to post something very serious. Please watch for it.” So began, on Aug. 29, 2018, Gail Bruce Hyatt’s social media journey to help find a living liver donor to help save her brother’s life.
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The sunny weather was matched by the sunny smiles of students, teachers, staff and parents alike in what was hailed as one of the most smoothly-run opening days for the Falls Church City Public Schools in memory. Such was the assessment of many as classrooms were filled for the first time this school year on Tuesday, despite the challenges of some significant logistical changes. The second grade in the system, which had been at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary, was moved back to Mt. Daniel Elementary with the completion of new improvements there, and the fifth grade at Thomas Jefferson was moved to the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in another flawless move. The result has been the first time in many years that there have been no classes meeting in trailers for the 2,700 students in the entire system, a long-awaited result through the many construction changes. Though formal enrollment numbers are not due to the state until the end of September, Falls Church Schools Superintendent Peter Noonan told the NewsPress after the first day of classes that preliminary nosecounting has accounted for a net increase of about 60 students more than last year throughout the system.
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Smooth Sailing as Falls Church City Students Return to Class Tuesday
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This resulted, among other things, in increasing the sixth grade class at Mary Ellen Henderson to 235 students, the largest number ever in the history of the system. As a result, an assistant principal, Rob Carey, was reassigned from Jefferson to Henderson. Also, plans made in January to reduce the kindergarten at Mt. Daniel by one classroom, based on projected enrollment, was changed back to the old number
due to higher than projected actual enrollment, Noonan said. Meanwhile, construction is racing ahead for the new George Mason High School on the site of former practice fields at the campus. The foundations are being poured at the site, and walls are coming up out of the huge hole that was dug there in the construction’s first phase. New traffic routes for buses and drop-offs at the high school and middle schools were well publicized in advance, and worked
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Despite Report, F.C. Not an Area Outlier in Country’s Opioid Crisis
by Matt Delaney
Falls Church News-Press
A recent report on the country’s opioid crisis appeared to show the City of Falls Church as a hot spot for opioid overprescription, showing pill distribution far outweighing its neighboring jurisdictions. After further analysis, however, the concern over possible abuse can be dispelled through both the report’s formula preferences and the location of pharmacies in and around the City. An analysis of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s pain pill database by the Washington Post in July covered the distribution of pain pills nationwide from 200612. A feature of the report gave readers a chance to select the state and either county or independent city to view the total number of pain pills prescribed along with which companies manufactured the most pills, which companies distributed the most and which pharmacies prescribed the most. When examining the number of pills distributed per person, which the report also provided, the City appeared to be an outlier in the region. According to
the report, a total of 5,484,588 pills were distributed in the City, enough for 68 pills per person. Kaiser Permanente’s Falls Church Medical Center on N. Washington St. distributed a majority of the pills in the City (2,783,180) from the data. The City’s numbers far outweighed Fairfax County (103,768,066 pills distributed or 14 per person) Arlington County (12,494,089 pills distributed or 9 per person) and Fairfax City (5,304,258 pills distributed or 34 per person). Although one component skewing the data to show increased pill distribution in the City is how the DEA “doesn’t distinguish between Virginia’s independent cities and counties in the data, so any independent city in the data is going to appear toward the higher end of the data,” a member from the Post’s team that conducted the study told the News-Press. A second analysis, as this team member clarified, measured the number of pills distributed to every retail pharmacy in the data and then compared that number to the number of people within five miles of every pharmacy. The
Post also checked which pharmacies were in the top 10 percent for pill shipments within the county. Pharmacies in the Falls Church area appeared toward the lower bound of the Post’s scale when conducting this second analysis. The report also outlines where pills were distributed most — not necessarily where they were used most. The 2006-12 date range for the report was when Kaiser’s Falls Church location was its only medical center inside the beltway, prior to Tysons Corner getting its own medical center a few miles from Falls Church in 2012. “Members from many cities and counties in Virginia receive care and fill their prescriptions at the Falls Church Medical Center,” a representative from Kaiser told the News-Press, who added. “[Kaiser] has reduced opioid prescriptions at high doses by nearly 74 percent in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., by focusing on patient safety and evidence-based pain management.” The epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States appears to be coming to a head. Last week, an Oklahoma judge found Johnson & Johnson liable for the state’s
KAISER PERMANENTE on N. Washington St. in the City of Falls Church was identified as the City’s largest distributor of pain pills, according to the Washington Post’s report. (News-Press photo)
opioid problems and fined the drug company $527 million while Purdue Pharma is reportedly settling for up to $12 billion for the alleged misleading marketing of OxyContin. The Post’s team member also mentioned that Northern Virginia didn’t receive as many pain pills per capita as southwest Virginia, which along with Baltimore City,
received the most pills for the entire D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. According to the Post’s analysis, two cities in southwestern Virginia — Norton and Martinsville — received the most opioid pain pills per capita in the country between 2006 and 2012, with Norton receiving 305 pills per person and Martinsville 242 per person.
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Next Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Washington Area Council of Governments (COG) is expected to adopt new region-wide targets, broken down by jurisdiction, calling for a major increase in housing overall, and especially affordable housing, to meet the pressing needs of growth in the region. It will be important for policy makers here to see what the City of Falls Church’s share of the overall target will be, and whether our City Council is prepared to adopt in a timely manner a strategy for meeting the goal assigned to the City. It will mark the first time that the issue of affordable housing, as much as it has drawn increased lip service in the City and region in the last year, will be quantified in a way that could present a realistic goal. The goal the policy sets for adoption next week will be for 2030. A report by the Urban Institute, commissioned by the Greater Washington Partnership and JPMorgan Chase, and reported by Robert McCartney in yesterday’s Washington Post, says that to maintain the region’s economic growth potential, 374,000 new housing units need to be provided by 2030, about 30 percent more than projected at present. Of that, three-fourths of the new units will need to be affordable for low- and middle-income families. The COG vote next week will be based on adding an extra 75,000 affordable units by 2030, a 31-percent increase over current forecasts. In high tech areas like San Francisco and Seattle failure to meet housing needs threatens to derail growth there. The Urban Institute states in its report for this area that the three greatest threats to continued growth are traffic gridlock, a shortage of qualified workers and lack of affordable housing. The report, entitled, “Meeting the Washington Region’s Future Housing Needs,” indicates that housing shortages “can undermine worker productivity, increase the difficulty businesses face in attracting and retaining employees, and discourage businesses from locating in the region.” In the discourse recently, the term “affordable,” has been interchangeable with “workforce” in an effort to get across the idea that this is not about housing the poor only, but for anyone earning $54,300 or less a year, for example, which requires housing costing $1,300 a month or less. Since 2010 in this region, only 10 percent of the new housing units built have been designed to serve that price range. The Urban Institute says that the percentage of new housing going forward in that price range needs to increase from 10 to 38 percent to produce the housing needed to avert the stagnation threat to the region. Falls Church’s City Council, adopting a new chapter in its Comprehensive Plan addressing housing, has talked a lot about affordable, or workforce, options this year. But with next week’s COG vote, we hope it will will not hesitate to craft specific legislation to meet the City’s share, or more, of the region-wide goals.
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Save Lives, Pass Universal Background Checks Editor, Last month, I went to my first Moms Demand Action Meeting and joined the McLean/Falls Church/Vienna Chapter in advocating for gun violence prevention. Upon being seated, an organizer handed me a postcard and asked if I would like to write to Mitch McConnell and ask for universal background checks. I took the card
and wrote “Mitch, please approve universal background checks and bring S.42 to vote in the Senate” but held on to it, thinking that I would hand it in at the end. About halfway through the meeting, after going through all the introduction info for the organization, the speaker played a video from a recent conference, shot right after word of the El Paso shooting.
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On screen, a Mom, whose son was shot in the back 17 times, stands on stage, tears streaming down her face screaming, “Am I mad? Yes. Am I sad? Yes. But will I give up? No! I will not give up, I will fight!” At that point, I was fighting, but it was against myself and it was to keep from crying; struggling to compose myself as men and women around me sniffed, some openly weeping. I continued to battle my composure through the rest of that meeting, and at the end when it was time to return my postcard it said, “Mitch, you hear our pleas for safety, and you ignore us. We are moms,
fathers, daughters and sons. We are people, and you are killing us. You can make a difference by passing universal background checks and you choose not to. Mitch, make the choice to save lives.” Olivia Bravo Via the Internet
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I was back on the picket lines at the NRA headquarters on Aug. 14. Ever the pragmatist I have to confess to some slow-growing doubts about the utility of this monthly picketing — does it change anything, move the needle at all, this standing there with a sign when in the last few weeks we’ve experienced the unabated horrors of mass shootings in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, El Paso, Texas? The Dec. 14, 2012, murders of 20 defenseless children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, spurred the initial protests in front of the NRA headquarters in Fairfax, protests that soon became monthly vigils. All the protesters hold signs, which have grown in number and creativity over the years: “Choose life: Stop Gun Violence;” “Newtown Parents We Love You;” “The NRA Buys the GOP;” “Cowards Carry. Mothers Bury.” While standing here on a hot August day I estimate that about 28,000 have been killed so far this year, well on our way to America’s annual average of 40,000 gun deaths. The number staggers. But not enough to stagger Virginia’s legislature or Congress — yet. As I looked over the crowd of about 168 protesters, some who show up religiously — rain or shine, cold or hot, and
some for seven years (!) — made me question my pragmatism. We need hard-nosed policy work and legislation and equally hard-nosed political work, ensuring that we elect gun-safety candidates to state and
“I came to this realization, almost an epiphany: this monthly public vigil is not an important part of our struggle for sensible gun policies, it is an essential part.” Congressional offices. Do we need this? Is picketing really a part of our action portfolio? Speaking with fellow protesters and listening to those interviewed by local news stations, I came to this realization, almost an epiphany: this monthly public vigil is not an important part of our struggle for sensible gun policies, it is an essential part. First, I thought, we are not alone, but are together, witnessing. We are there with
each other, supporting each other, giving each other strength for the long haul, embodying the message. Second, who knows what is lodged in the hearts of the many drivers who speed by, many honking in affirmation. Third, this is something almost anyone can do for an hour, namely, standing, holding a sign. Fourth, the ripple effect, the vigil serving almost as an information-sharing mart, a connection to the necessary political work, e.g.”A few of us are going to visit some of Virginia’s Congressional delegation. Come with us?” Fifth, the inspiration, some provided by the Parkland kids who once joined us, some of it provided by the seniors, a few with canes, all holding signs. Said one passionately to a Channel 9 interviewer, “I’m going to get gun legislation passed before I die. I owe it to my grandchildren.” Perhaps it’s even deeper. Perhaps a message, a visible, moral public countermessage to Trump by 150 or so people lining the sidewalk in front of the NRA waving signs saying in essence, “We will not be moved until policies change.” Witness is a noun, as one who testifies, attests to a fact. Witness is also a verb, as, “We witnessed the birth of a new era.” Witness, then, can be passive — watching, recording — or it can be active, a proclamation of a message. Those on the picket line embody energy, urgency, purpose, and persistence. They witness to the horrible truth of
gun violence that seems to grow daily in America. Pockets of hope do exist: new local and state laws have been passed; new candidates run on gun safety platforms, marches and demonstrations abound, and although blocked by the Senate, Universal Background Check and Assault Weapon Ban bills have been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and youth — witness the Parkland youth — have rallied. Progress, yes; but still the deaths continue unabated. For me, a biblical reference captures the witness ideal: “…and you will be my witness in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) The number of gun violence prevention “witnesses” grows. How far into “Judea and Samaria” these “witnesses” have penetrated is anybody’s guess. But without the witnesses, there will be no penetration at all. One thing we do know: In this small corner of Virginia about 150 witnesses will, no matter what, picket with signs held aloft on the 14th of every month next to the NRA headquarters in Fairfax, their witness born of gun tragedies but sustained by the collective hope that change is possible, senseless deaths avoidable. Jack Calhoun is president and CEO of Hope Matters and co-leader of Lewinsville Faith in Action.
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F.C. Hires New Human Resources Director Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields announced Tuesday that Steven Mason has been hired as the City’s Human Resources Director. He will start his tenure on Sept. 16. Mason has more than 40 years of local government experience and is currently the City of Alexandria’s Deputy Human Resources Officer. He has also served as a City of Alexandria police officer rising to the rank of lieutenant, an investigator in the Office of Human Rights, and Special Assistant to the City Manager. He is an Army veteran and holds a degree in criminal justice and certifications in human resource management and human capital strategy. “Steve is an energetic and forward thinking leader who understands the mission of our work force — which is to serve the public. I look forward to him joining our team,” said Shields in a City press release issued today. Deputy City Manager Cindy Mester took on the additional role of Human Resources Director in 2017. When City Council approved the fiscal year 2020 budget, full funding was restored for the position. “I thank Cindy for taking on the additional responsibility of Human Resources Director for the past two years, which included progress on so many HR initiatives,” said Shields.
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Hitt Family Donates $16 Million to New Addiction Effort The family of the disgraced Falls Church developer Todd Hitt, now serving a six-and-ahalf year sentence for defrauding clients, has donated $16 million to a new Northern Virginiabased addiction prevention and recovery program launched by the Inova Health System. The program, Act on Addiction, will target people in Northern Virginia suffering from addiction, as well as family members and others who could benefit from learning the signs of addictions and where to go for help. Part of the Falls Church area health system’s effort involves an “Act on Addiction Summit: Bridging the Gap for Young Adults,” set to take place Oct. 5, according to a report in this week’s Washington Business Journal. According to the Journal, Dr. Michael Clark, chairman of psychiatry at Inova Health System, said, “We have seen firsthand the toll of addiction, not only on patients, but also on the family and friends who stand behind them,” and it added, “The Hitt family, owner of construction behemoth Hitt Contracting, echoed those sentiments in the announcement. The gift and the program comes after a Hitt family member — former real estate developer Todd Hitt — was sentenced in June to to six and a half years in prison for what the FBI had called a “Ponzi-like” scheme, in which Todd Hitt admitted to using investor dollars to pay back other investors in his own investment firm and to fund a lavish lifestyle. Todd had not worked at Hitt Contracting, which was unconnected to any of the allegations. In the end, the Hitt family paid $20 million in restitution in what Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Lytle called a “unique and unprecedented” action by a defendant’s family members, according to court documents. Members of the Hitt family had written letters to the court ahead of Todd ’s sentencing that discussed addiction or substance abuse issues within the family, while also sharing Todd Hitt’s positive traits. Russell Hitt, Todd’s father and chairman emeritus of Hitt Contracting, had suggested “treatment” for Todd in his letter to the court.
5 Cars Stolen in Last Week in F.C. Five cars were reported stolen in the City of Falls Church this past week, including four from Koons Ford on E. Broad, according to the latest City crime report. Police report that three of four Ford Explorers taken from the dealership at 1000 E. Broad St. in the early morning of Sunday, Sept. 1, have been recovered: one in the 1000 block of Broadmont Terrace, one in the 1000 block of N. Sycamore St. and one by Prince George’s County Police. One of the suspects in the Ford Explorer robbery is described as a slender black male, 30-38 in age with possible black braided hair, wearing a white cap, white Apple corded headphones and white gardening gloves with grey plastic tips. In the other case of motor vehicle theft, a Chevrolet was stolen from Roosevelt Tower Apartments and later recovered in Washington, D.C.
DMV Services in F.C. Next Week Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) services return to the City of Falls Church this month through both the DMV 2 Go bus and the DMV Connect service. The full-service bus, where customers can apply for and renew driver’s licenses, take tests, obtain Real ID cards, driving records, vehicle titles, license plates, decals, transcripts, copies of vital records; order accessible parking placards and plates; obtain E-Z-pass transponders and update addresses, will be in front of City Hall at 300 Park Ave. on Friday, Sept. 13 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. DMV Connect, which offers all of the above services except testing and vital records, will be in the Laurel Room, located in the lower center, east wing section of City Hall from Sept. 9–12 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
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Community News & Notes F.C. Democrats Hold Saturday Breakfast The Falls Church City Democratic Committee’s first Saturday breakfast will take place on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8:30 – 10 a.m., at Anthony’s Restaurant (3000 Annandale Rd., Falls Church). Candidates for City Council have been invited to speak. For more information, contact fallschurchdems@gmail.com.
Local Resident Wins Literature Awards Falls Church’s John Hardi has won the Children’s/Young Adult Literature and Romance Literature categories in this year’s BulwerLytton Fiction Contest.
The contest originated at San Jose State University in 1983 as the brainchild of Prof. Scott Rice of the Department of English. The contest took its name from the Victorian novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-73) whose “Paul Clifford” (1832) began with “It was a dark and stormy night.” The line was a pot boiling cliché when Lytton chose to have fun with it but Prof. Rice mistook Lytton as the originator and hence named his bad-writing contest in his honor. Despite the error, the contest managed to seize the public imagination and received widespread publicity from the major media such as Time Magazine and the BBC. As a result, the contest drew thousands of entrants and contin-
ues to do so to the present. If Lytton did not originate “It was a dark and stormy night,” he did coin expressions like “the pen is mightier than the sword,” “the great unwashed” and “the almighty dollar.” Here are excerpts from Hardi’s winning entries: “Old man Buckman had been murdering and dismembering teenagers in our town for years, and getting away with it, and it’s important to emphasize this right up front, because young readers like you have painfully short attention spans, and unless a story grabs you right off the bat, you’ll be back on your video games or phones or skateboards in the blink of an eye.” “The villa in Tuscany is aban-
doned now, and nature, in the form of invasive vegetation, is reclaiming the small vineyard where Rodolfo and Susannah made love each afternoon, beginning with the creeping Coccinia virginiana, followed by the woody Polemonium gloriosa, and ending, of course, with the drooping Glandularia vulgaris.”
McLean Center Welcomes Public Comments on Budget The McLean Community Center (MCC) Governing Board invites residents of Small District 1A-Dranesville to attend two meetings and to submit comments and/or suggestions on the Center’s fiscal year 2021 budget. The first meeting, the Finance Committee
Meeting of the Whole, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10. A second meeting, the Public Hearing on the FY 2021 Budget, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The center is located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. All meetings of the Governing Board are open to the public. The FY 2021 budget year begins July 1, 2020 and ends June 30, 2021. Finance Committee Chair Raj Mehra will chair the Finance Committee Meeting of the Whole on Sept. 10, when the full board will work on the FY 2021 budget. The departmental and consolidated budget proposals will include a review of FY 2019 year-end actuals, the current year’s budget (FY 2020) and new proposals for FY 2021. The pre-
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THE FOUNDERS ROW PROJECT continues to chug along. Last week, a 300 ton crane was disassembled — while ever-so-conveniently blocking a lane of traffic heading west on W. Broad St. — that took up most of the road space from 10 a.m. onward. Founders Row is still slated to open its first homes and retail in summer 2021. (Photo: Courtesy Dan Lehman)
A “PLAY STREET,” such as this one on Fulton St., closes a neighborhood street to traffic so that kids and adults can have more space for play and physical activity — all without worrying about cars. Residents can apply to have their street become a play street by visiting the Permits Counter at City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church) or contact them via email at permits@fallschurchva.gov. Applications must be received at least 10 business days before the event date. (Photo: Courtesy Dan Lehman)
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liminary consolidated budget will be posted on the Center’s website, www.mcleancenter.org, and available at the Center’s reception desk a week prior to the public hearing. The FY 2021 Budget Public Hearing on Sept. 25 will give residents a second opportunity to review and comment on the budget proposal. Residents of Small District 1A-Dranesville who wish to speak at the public hearing are asked to call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, to have their names placed on a speakers list. In addition, written comments can be sent to the Governing Board by mail (address to McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean VA 22101), fax (703-653-9435) or email to MCC Executive Director George Sachs at george.sachs@ fairfaxcounty.gov. Residents may continue to submit written comments after the public hearing through Monday, Oct. 21. The Board will approve the FY2021 budget when it meets at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The final budget will be approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in spring 2020. For more information, call the Center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit the Center’s website, https://bit.ly/2ZdjZht.
Local Arts Organizations Win Support Grants ArtsFairfax, Fairfax County’s designated local arts agency, announces $396,703 in Operating Support Grants to 37 arts organizations in the County and Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church for the fiscal year 2020. These grants annually support more than 14,000 performances, exhibitions, events, classes, and other activities, and engage audiences of more than 400,000 Fairfax County residents and visitors. Local organizations that
received a support grant from ArtsFairfax were as follows: 1st Stage Theatre, Amadeus Concerts, BalletNova Center for Dance, Creative Cauldron, McLean Project for the Arts, New Dominion Chorale, Providence Players of Fairfax, The Choralis Foundation, Tysons McLean Orchestra and Voce, Inc. ArtsFairfax’s Operating Support Grant awards range from $500 to $50,000 for arts and cultural organizations based within Fairfax County and the Cities of Falls Church and Fairfax. Grants were determined through a panel review process that ensures that the recipients meet the highest artistic and management standards as well as diverse public engagement that strengthens communities through the arts. ArtsFairfax Operating Support Grants are competitive and require each organization to raise a 2:1 match in private funds. The need for Operating Support Grants is self-evident each year with requests for funding exceeding the available pool of grant funds. For FY2020, the applications for Operating Support Grants exceeded $1 million, almost triple the amount of funding available. ArtsFairfax is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization, incorporated in 1964, as Fairfax County’s designated local arts agency. ArtsFairfax is funded in part by Fairfax County, corporations, foundations, individuals, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Fall Community Garage Sale in McLean Sept. 14 The McLean Community Center will hold its annual Fall Community Garage Sale from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 14, in the parking garage located
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OR THE NINTH CONSERVATIVE YEAR, Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 227 of Northern Virginia contributed gift cards to assist veterans and children of veterans in the VA Supportive Housing (VASH) Program with their back-to-school needs. Thanks to generous donations, �iftynine $75 gift cards were provided for VASH family children who are in school and for the �irst time, four $100 gift cards were provided to VASH veterans in educational programs. This year’s total amount is $4,825. (P����: C������� L������ I���������) at 1420 Beverly Rd. With more than 50 adult and youth sellers, it is one of the largest garage sales of the season. Admission to the sale is free. Shoppers can find bargains at one of the area’s first and largest garage sales of the fall season. The sale offers a wide variety of gently used household goods, electronics, furniture, clothes, appliances and other items. The Kids’ Corner is a special area of the sale where children ages three to 15 can use their math and entrepreneurial skills while selling toys, clothes, games and other items. This event has been made possible with the generous support of Stream Realty, Inc. Giant Food and McLean Properties.
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Event Management Company Leaves F.C. City CSI DMC is growing, and recently relocated offices to the Fairfax County side of Falls Church. The event management company had been based in the City of Falls Church for more than three decades, but growth and expansion led them to need more office space, which they found at 6402 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 400, located just down the road from their original office space in Falls Church. The company boasts more than 135 employees worldwide, with
35 based at the Fairfax County headquarters and managed events in 42 destinations throughout the world last year. “We had been bursting at the seams in our headquarters space for quite a while, and I knew we had to make a move to create more space for our business growth — although just down the road, we think Arlington Boulevard is a perfect spot to put down some new roots,” said Amberlee Huggins, CSI DMC president and chief marketing officer. Headquartered in Falls Church, award-winning CSI DMC began in 1987 as Capitol Services Inc. (CSI) in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.csidmc.com.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
As the East Coast hunkers down to await Hurricane Dorian’s potential blasts, the news reports are filled with stories about neighbors helping neighbors in the Bahamas, and boarding up structures in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina in the path of the storm. The vaunted “Cajun Navy,” Louisiana boat owners who responded to Hurricane Katrina and, later, Hurricane Harvey in Taxes, was credited with saving hundreds of lives in water rescues, and may be called into service again. Volunteering takes many forms – tutoring students, coaching Little League teams, being a Girl Scout or Boy Scout leader, canvassing for a favorite candidate, delivering Meals on Wheels, and addressing emergencies — but, when you drill down, volunteering provides some of the fuel that makes our communities hum. And that fuel is all “human” power, not solar, not wind, not oil or gas, or even nuclear. It’s very basic: using human energy to help someone else without expecting benefit or remuneration has been practiced for millennia, across all communities. It doesn’t matter where you reside, or what you do for a living. Helping others knows no boundaries. One of my favorite quotes is “volunteers are not paid— not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.” New Year’s resolutions typically are made in January, but the beginning of the school year is a perfect time to consider volunteer opportunities you may have missed. The Grandinvolve Program puts retired Fairfax County residents into Title 1 elementary schools, and uses the experience and expertise of the retirees to help the younger generation. Volunteers may spend time each week helping with reading or math. A Grandinvolve volunteer started a knitting club at one school, and parents quickly joined, too. There’s no end to the special
talents in our retiree community, so there just might be a school waiting for you. Learn more at www. grandinvolve.com. Although volunteers do so without expectation of awards, several volunteers in Fairfax County parks have been selected for recognition at the annual Elly Doyle Park Service Awards event in November. This year’s awards highlight volunteerism in archeology, invasive plant management, and bluegrass concerts at Frying Pan Park. Some of the most popular park volunteer jobs are at golf courses and recreation centers, where you can help others and enjoy the park facilities at the same time. A few years ago, residents of the Sleepy Hollow Run — Forest Hills Civic Association, adjacent to Mason District Park, noticed that the interpretive signage on the park trails had fallen into disrepair, and needed refurbishment and replacement. Willa and David Siegel, longtime residents who enjoyed walking in the park, decided to do something about the signage, got their civic association involved, and helped secure the resources (money) needed for the new signage. Park Authority staff installed the new signage earlier this summer. Thanks to the Siegels, and their neighbors, for identifying a need and stepping up to meet it, to the benefit of the entire community. Whatever your talent, or interest, for children or older folks, for the environment, or your faith, or any other area, there are volunteer opportunities for you. If you need a start, log on to www.volunteerfairfax. org. 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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Senator Dick Saslaw’s
Richmond Report This year, Virginia celebrates 400 years and the title of the longest continuously serving legislative body in the Americas. Legendary thinkers set up the democratic processes we still follow today. Our history richly fulfills the American dream sought by many and tested on numerous occasions in battle. It is also blemished with inequities we strive to right within our democratic boundaries. Discrimination in any form is just un-American as well as unacceptable for a free people. Whether it be women’s roles and pay inequities, racism, obstacles based on gender preferences and/ or ferocious attacks on immigrants seeking a better life, we are still fighting to make things right in this great land. We do that at the ballot box and in Virginia we do it annually. Sometimes we grow weary from this yearly exercise, but it is so important to have the opportunity to make leadership adjustments and public policy without shedding blood. The 2019 election in the Commonwealth is what we refer to as the “off, off year” election for the 140 seats that make up the General Assembly. There is no “top of the ticket” with coattails and it often does not have the same magnetism to draw people out. But make no mistake about it; this fall’s elections for state and local government have very deep effects on your individual success and quality of life. Since this last column came out, there have been three mass shootings in this nation. The death toll continues to mount, rivaling the battlefields of war. Wounded survivors and the families affected by this degree of unmitigated violence are left to pick up the pieces of shattered lives and broken dreams. There are no boundaries in this civil war within the U.S. The violence is perpetrated on children, women, men, the young, and the old. It is preventable and in 2020 we will lead the Commonwealth to address gun violence prevention. I can’t stress enough the importance of flipping the majority in both the Senate and HOD if we are to move forward on this issue. It is usual and customary in late August for the Governor to address the combined money committees
about the state of Virginia’s economy. There is expected fallout from the trade war with China and other reckless federal policies being implemented. We have planned and budgeted for any future down turns. The Commonwealth is well positioned with the rainy day fund and the cash reserve fund, which ensures the best possible rating from Standard and Poor. As we sent our young adults off to their university, you may have noticed Higher Ed is still trying to recover from the previous recession. Public schools are being funded at a level we saw back in 2008. Aging infrastructure and a shortage of professional teachers are top priorities when we set to work on the biennial budget during the upcoming General Assembly. The quality of one’s education shouldn’t be determined by one’s zip code. Fighting for our kids’ future is foremost for flipping the majority in the Senate and HOD. Earlier this week, we celebrated working Virginians on the 125th anniversary of Labor Day. Labor has fought hard for fair wages, safe working conditions, and family friendly benefits while building this nation and its economic wellbeing. It’s not a partisan issue to be able to put food in the mouths of children as the family breadwinner. Today’s economy continues to evolve and requires a vision for a skilled workforce. This is another priority for crafting the next budget. The work on Metro platforms continues with an anticipated completion date later in September. Work on I-395 and I-66 is also coming along. Investing in infrastructure is essential to the quality of life in the region. I must also share that recent changes in federal law will end the HOV exemption for most vehicles with the “clean special fuel” plates. This change is effective Sept. 30. This change does not impact the Express Lanes as hybrid vehicles are not exempt on the Lanes, but this information may come as a surprise to some. In addition to that change in federal law, once the 395 Express Lanes open this fall the remaining vehicles will no longer be exempt from the HOV rules on I-395. Read more at www.dmv.virginia.gov/ vehicles/#cleanspecialfuel.asp.
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America’s Obsession With Football
If you subscribe to one of the major cable TV providers, you can now see the shameful American illness pervading everything as professional football season begins. It’s the kind of illness that produces exploding suicide rates, a decline in life expectancy of white males, an opioid epidemic (have we forgotten how much more potent some of these drugs are than heroin), a race to legalize untested and potentially mentally debilitating marijuana, and, oh yes, Donald Trump, his assault on the free press, constitutional democracy, the domestic economy and basic decency. And we have to add the entire Republican Party under Trump’s influence, incapable of showing anything like the FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS basic morality that led enough conservatives in England to reject a plan that was in direct opposition to the self-interest of their nation. Today’s Republicans can’t do that. (Can we not say that as it is proven that a hostile foreign power, Russia, was responsible for the election of Trump, it should be no surprise that his tariff, trade and foreign policies are in sharp contradiction to the national interest of the U.S.? What did you expect?) What is this illness that has seized the controls of our national psyche and political leadership, that locked the door to the cockpit behind it, and is aiming at the nation with a crazed look and splotchy skin on an accelerating nosedive to obliteration? What is the cause of the national mania for a “sport” that science has proven damages the brains and causes a wide range of consequential effects, essentially varieties of premature dementia and unbelievably chronic pain, on such a high percentage of its participants? Are the Russians behind this, too? Well, if not, they undoubtedly fully encourage it...here, that is. Football stadiums are filled every weekend, and now the professional league has extended its schedule to provide “entertainment” almost every night, and this is not to mention the ubiqitous “experts” that clog our airwaves with their incredibly stupid and meaningless “analysis” of the games. Oh, we need the “escape” of football, you say. Fine, except that now the game’s biggest heroes are going on the airwaves to promote extreme forms of discrimination, such as star quarterback Drew Brees who is now promoting the viciously homophobic Focus on the Family with TV ads urging children to bring Bibles to their classrooms. The fundamentally reactionary paradigm of football lies in its very structure, more than its challenge to fans to ignore or minimize the effects of the game on permanent, progressive brain injuries (it’s not just the obvious concussions, it is the cumulative effect of the head’s constant banging during every snap of the ball in practices and games that causes the damage). It’s in the warriors on the field and the scantily-clad (almost all) women on the sidelines cheering them on. It’s a metaphor for every war ever fought, with the warriors sacrificing their bodies and brains for the cause and compliant females suppressing their instinctual awareness of the barbaric nature of the ritual to urge their boys to hit harder and harder on the field. It’s the context that is designed to teach us all that life and the world are a “zero sum” game made up of winners and losers, and that’s it. Forget the idea of a “win-win” option for life, as much as every advance in the real progress of our species is based on it. Football teaches us the rules of life, its coaches preach. How totally wrong! For every winner, there has to be a loser, they propound. BS! How about finding a cure for cancer? Is that a “zero sum” outcome for humanity? The morality of most sports, the minute they go beyond the health benefits and teamwork lessons to our youth, is repulsive. (I’d like to imagine that an exception is baseball, which is more a “pastime” than a “sport,” but only in the sense that it destroys fewer brains.) Football “is a business,” some argue. So is the sale of assault rifles. Some parents cite “studies” showing that damage to young brains is less, but those studies have all been debunked. If anything, it is a greater risk. Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
A culture-clash of a trial will resume in late September in Arlington Circuit Court. The scantly reported-on civil procedure involves the disturbing topic of predatory sexual behavior and the Virginia laws intended to protect potential victims. The trial, preliminaries for which I attended Aug. 26, involves an Arlington family eager to spring a son from an open-ended incarceration they feel the state is pursuing to make a statement against a gay man. Galen Baughman, 35, a graduate of H-B Woodlawn Secondary program who studied opera at Indiana University, is a convicted sex offender. His troubles, according to materials given me by Philip Fornaci, a civil rights attorney cooperating with Baughman’s legal team, date back to when he was 14 and had apparently consensual sex with a fellow teen. At 19, he was convicted of that and sex with another underage boy and sentenced to seven years in Virginia prisons. The state kept him longer, until a two-day trial in March 2012, when a jury refused to label him a sexually violent predator. Released on probation, Baughman became a spokesman advocating reform of sexual predator laws, recording a Ted Talk and winning a Fellowship from George Soros’ Open Society Foundation. In 2015, he was accused of violating parole, for texting an allegedly inappropriate
conversation with a 16-year-old. The state rearrested him in 2016. Lawyer Fornaci, in a Washington Post op-ed, noted that under the Sexually Violent Predators Act, “people who have completed their criminal sentences under any of a large number of sex-related offenses can be indefinitely detained in a high-security facility until the state determines that they no longer present a risk, typically never.” Judge Daniel Fiore is considering Baughman’s mental health. As the court prepared for voir dire, he grew annoyed that the defense team requested more time than the allotted five days. The defense plans to challenge the commonwealth’s paying an expert psychologist appointed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. They also plan to probe jurors for bias in attitudes toward Soros and the topical Jeffrey Epstein case. The commonwealth’s lawyers, who have the burden of proof to keep Baughman in prison, consulted the deputy attorney general during a recess. They then argued the tightened schedule created “too prejudicial an environment for the Commonwealth to receive a fair trial.” Judge Fiore reluctantly rescheduled it for two weeks starting Sept. 30. My queries to Attorney General Mark Herring’s office went unanswered. Local Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos confirmed that the original case came out of her office, that Baughman pleaded guilty, but said she has noth-
ing to do with the AG’s current pursuit. Delegate Patrick Hope told me, “There’s nothing about Galen’s past that suggests he’s dangerous or likely to reoffend. But Virginia’s [sex] laws and civil commitment proceedings, in particular, are so arcane and seriously flawed, the AG’s office is blindly following a pattern of prosecution that is neither evidence-based or just. This area of the law is in serious and desperate need of reform based on science and evidence.” Baughman, after three years in Arlington jail, sat wearing a suit cheerfully chatting with his two pro bono attorneys, his mother and grandmother behind him. Ray Anderson, Baughman’s high school principal, was there to vouch for his character back when he was an Arlington teen who merely wanted to be a singer. *** With the county renovating Green Valley’s Jennie Dean Park, the history of that traditionally African-American sports venue was recently clarified. “Who was Jennie Dean?” many had asked. Local historian Alfred Taylor gave the answer Aug. 17 at the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington. Born into slavery, Dean (1848-1913) was an educator who founded many black Sunday schools and the Manassas Industrial School. Because that school in the early 20th century was the only one available for many black locals, an activist put the nonArlingtonian’s name on the park when the county acquired it in 1944.
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Free Mom Workout, Tai Chi Classes at Downtown Park This Weekend Fit4Mom and Karma Yoga Tai Chi and Wellness will be offering free classes this weekend in Falls Church’s new downtown park on the north side of the 100 block of W. Broad Street. A Strides360 class, designed specifically for moms, will be offered by Fit4Mom on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 9 a.m. while a yoga class, for people of all ability levels with or without a yoga mat, will be offered on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 9 a.m. For more information about downtown park events, including a welcoming week event with Lil City Creamery on Monday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., visit www.fallschurchva.gov/ DTPlaza. For more information about Fit4Mom or Karma Yoga, visit fallschurchvienna. fit4mom.com and www.karma.yoga.
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F.C. Chamber Networking Breakfast at Pancake House Sept. 12 The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting an informal networking breakfast on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 8 – 9 a.m. at the Original Pancake House. Members of the Chamber and anyone interested in learning about the Chamber and meeting business leaders is welcome to attend. There is no fee for this event but attendees are responsible for their own checks. For more information, visit www.FallsChurchChamber.org.
Local Biz Sponsoring Education Foundation’s Annual Run for Schools A number of local businesses are sponsoring the Falls Church Education Foundation’s Run for the Schools scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 15. Apple Federal Credit Union, Art and Frame of Falls Church, Beyer Automotive, Body Dynamics Inc., Family Medicine in Falls Church, Gilbane, Markon Solutions, New Editions Consulting, Operational Intelligence, Original Pancake House, Orange Twist, Patient First, Rock Star Realty, Stantec, Tax Analysts, and Viget are supporting the event along with Citizens for a Better City, and local candidates Letty Hardi for City Council, Laura Downs for School Board, and Douglas Stevens for School Board. For information about sponsorship opportunities or to register, visit www.fcedf.org.
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Hyatt would go on to detail Bruce’s declining condition in a later post — his legs stopped working and his muscles were gradually weakening. A medication Bruce took years earlier to combat Crohn’s disease, Hyatt would write, was now the cause of his failing liver. With his liver no longer filtering toxins from his blood stream, the uncleansed blood made its way to his brain and gradually stunted Bruce’s ability to complete basic tasks such as working, walking, speaking, writing and even thinking. This news was accompanied
by a link to LiveforLoren.com, a website detailing Bruce’s struggles and broadcasting calls for a living liver donor transplant (the liver being the one organ in the body that can actually grow back in a prospective donor). Heart warming earlier pictures of a healthy Bruce are juxtaposed with heart wrenching video clips of his struggle to cope with a weakening liver. “Some of you may already know me. Maybe you’re one of my family members, maybe you’re a dear friend of mine, maybe we went to school together…[and] some of you may not know me at all,” Bruce said
in an introductory video clip. “However you got here, I want to sincerely thank you for taking the time to read my story. The bottom line is that I’m in need of a liver transplant. . . . Without a transplant, the prognosis is dire. Eventually, it will mean a premature death.” Though Loren was eligible for a place on the national liver donor transplant registry (where transplantable livers could be harvested from deceased patients), there were over 100,000 other desperately sick patients waiting on the list as well, thousands of whom were ahead of him with seemingly more dire forms of
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cirrhosis. Some hopeful signs came in September. An outpouring of support over social media while several living liver donor volunteers began to make inquiries to see if they were a match. By late winter, however, it looked like a volunteer was about to be confirmed, when bad news struck: a biopsy on the potential donor (a female) raised concerns and she was struck from consideration. As spring turned to this summer, Hyatt began to post desperate pleas for a donor. She and Bruce kept their faith in the Penn Medicine team in Philadelphia who oversaw his treatment, but also understood they were low on time. In July a less-than-ideal donor match came through for Bruce — a deceased 70-year-old patient who had just died of a heart attack — but the ailing Falls Church resident was optimistic. “This is a no-brainer, guys,” Bruce recounted, “I’m getting sicker by the day! I don’t know if I can last until September and what if the potential donor falls through?... I can’t believe it’s happening! I’m ready.” Then, another wild turn. After being prepped for surgery and long day of waiting, Bruce’s procedure was postponed repeatedly. The family grew more and more anxious until Hyatt received a blissful text in the middle of the night — a 30-year-old had died of what was believed to be an opioid overdose, and a liver was inbound for Bruce’s abdomen. While this liver donation was supposed to go to another patient higher on the donation registry, it turned out, at the last minute, not to be a good match for the intended recipient in its size and shape. Amazingly, Bruce was allowed to receive the donation ahead of all the others because he was in the hospital in nearby Philadelphia, prepped for surgery, the blood types matched, the liver was the right size, and, at this point, time was of the essence. Bruce’s doctors responded with humor to the turn of events, saying “So, it’s like you got upgraded from a jalopy to a Ferrari.” Thirty hours later in the intensive care unit, nurses reported they were highly encouraged by Bruce’s progress coming out of the surgery. He was already sitting/reclining in a chair. The family’s prayers had been answered. In early August, two weeks into his recovery, Bruce received one of the most meaningful surprises of his life. Hyatt had arranged for Bruce to meet the
man who had volunteered to be a live donor right before Loren ended up receiving his new liver from the deceased 30-year-old. He turned out to be Sergeant James Brooks of the City of Falls Church police department. Brooks and Bruce had a relationship when the latter was the City Planner and needed input from various City departments for upcoming projects. The attentiveness Bruce had paid Brooks’ suggestions on issues of traffic flow, school zoning and bike safety, to name a few, engendered some goodwill from the then-Community Services Officer. Brooks had not seen Bruce since his retirement from the planning office. However, when he saw the News-Press article in April announcing that Bruce was still on the hunt for a donor, according to his account, he went to LiveForLoren.com, saw Bruce’s deteriorating condition and filled out the application. “I don’t want to bring your hopes up too high but I have signed up for the living donor seminar on May 24 to see if I am eligible for Loren,” Brooks wrote Hyatt in an introductory email. “He was always kind to me and gave me great respect for my opinions in regards to city planning. If I can successfully donate to him, and he can recover, I ask that we can go on a good hike together.” But Loren was not allowed to know of this at the time. After months of visiting Philadelphia for medical exams, clearing hurdles and with the full support of the police department and his wife, Brooks was expecting to have the transplantation surgery in the first week of September. Then, on July 15, with the above-mentioned turn in the road. Hyatt called Brooks to let him know that Bruce had received a new liver. Emotion was overflowing at the surprise reunion between Bruce and Brooks. “Of all the people... I never would have imagined it,” Bruce said at the time, continuing on by saying Brooks is a “first-class, real deal, intelligent, humble, and all around great guy. Falls Church has a real hero.” Officer Brooks, however, humbly rejected the characterization of himself as a hero. “[Bruce] is the one who was a hero. For him to persevere through all of this, that says a lot about him as a person… the real story is about Loren.”
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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 New Yorker Discussion Group. If any residents enjoy The New Yorker but wish they had someone to chat about it with, they are encouraged to drop into the monthly New Yorker Discussion Group to share their thoughts on what they’ve read in a variety of articles. Attendees can pick up the magazine at the Senior Center or at the circulation desk of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library. A librarian will coordinate the discussions. Senior Center @ Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). 2 – 3 p.m. Thursday Evening Book Group. The Thursday Evening Book Discussion Group meets on the first Thursday evening of each month in the library’s conference
room. Light refreshments are served. All are welcome. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5035.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Quarterly Book Sale. Quarterly book sale for the fall season with a large selection of books and media for all ages and interests is available this weekend, Sept. 6 – 8. On Sept. 6, the book sale will run from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; on Sept. 2, it will run from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 3 it will run from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. On the final day of the quarterly book sale, all books and media will be half price and there is a special offer that allows customers to fill up a bag full of books for $10 per bag. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). For more information, call 703-790-4031, 703-338-3307
or contact tysonslibraryfriends@ gmail.com. Candidate Mixer. The Citizens for a Better City (CBC) will be holding a meet and greet with candidates running for Falls Church City Council and School Board in this November’s election. CBC president Hal Lippman said that the event will be “an informal reception, with candidates asked to introduce themselves and say a sentence or two, but no speeches and no debates, just collegiality.” Private residence (227 Forest Dr., Falls Church). 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.
Blue Sky Puppets: Pig Tales. Interested attendees are welcomed into Mrs. Picklebottom’s nursery school classroom at the Rinky-Dinky-Dink School, where the students are little pigs and they have a busy day of activities planned. Drop in program, recommended for ages 3+. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. Chess & Checkers. Interested residents that are looking for someone to play a game of chess or checkers with can join fellow attendees for either one of the games at the Downtown Park. From beginners to Grand Masters, all levels are welcome. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own boards as limited boards will be provided. Children must be supervised by parents. Downtown Park (100 block W. Broad St., Falls Church). 5 – 6 p.m. 703-248-5210.
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Olivera, Evan Casey, Bobby Smith and others explore Sondheim’s stunning music and sardonic lyrics in a fascinating examination of the twisted American Dream. Signature Theatre (420 Campbell Ave., Arlington) $56 – $95. 2 p.m. sigtheatre.org.
“Beehive.” A tribute to the women of 1960’s rock, pop and soul music—from the Shirelles to the Supremes, from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin, from Tina Turner to Janis Joplin—this musical celebrates the talent, soul and power of the women who characterized a decade and whose legacies are still celebrated around the world. Join us for this incredible tribute musical and reminisce with hit songs like “Where the Boys Are,” “Natural Woman,” “Proud Mary,” “Cry Baby,” “Chain of Fools,” and more! NextStop Theatre (269 Sunset Park Dr., Herndon) $40. 7:30 p.m. nextstoptheatre.com.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 “Shear Madness.” First seen in Boston in 1980, and opening here at the Kennedy Center in 1987, the show reinvents itself every performance— pulling from the news of the day, and on-goings of the DMV, to improvise timely witticisms and gags. Set today in the Shear Madness hairstyling salon, this record-breaking comedy is Washington’s hilarious whodunit. After more than 12,000 performances, the show has stayed in great shape. The Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW Washington, D.C.) $50. 8 p.m. kennedy-center.org.
LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Andrew Acosta. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Ashleigh Chevalier. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-2378333. Bret Bollinger (of Pepper) & The Bad Habits with Reinstated. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E,
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Jennifer Hudson with the National Symphony Orchestra. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Karaoke. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186. Clubz and Girl Ultra. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $20 – $25. 8 p.m. 703-237-0300. Thrillbillys. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 John Trupp & Friends. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Happy Hour: Steve & Jess Duo. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703241-9504. Shepherd Center of OaktonBenefit Concert with The Bentwood Rockers. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $25. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. ThePianoGuys. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $38.50. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. SWELL. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186. So Fetch — All the Best Music from the 2000s. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $12. 9 p.m. 703237-0300.
ANDREW ACOSTA will be at Clare & Don’s tonight. (Photo: AndrewAcosta.Com) Karl Stoll Blues Trio. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Freedom in Creation Benefit. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 2 p.m. 703-255-1566. Snakefarmers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. IRITS. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703532-9283.
Shartel & Hume Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504.
Ultimate 80’s New Wave. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566.
40oz to Freedom (Sublime Tribute Band) with Pleasure Train. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
No Reply (Beatles Cover) Live at the Distillery. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186.
Sister Hazel. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $22 – $25. 9 p.m. 703237-0300.
Unplugged. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-532-9283.
Young Relics. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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Something Shiny. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Dominic Cifala. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-241-9504. Sunday Funny Sunday. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Open Mic. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-8589186. Adwala & The Uprising —
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 The Bachelor Boys Band. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. Doug Belford & Dave Futrell Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Matthew & the Atlas with Boy Bjorn. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
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PUBLIC NOTICE ZONING APPEALS CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on September 12, 2019 at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, to consider the following items: Variance application V1607-19 by Columbia Baptist Church to Section 48-1102(a)(1), to allow a steeple height of 125 feet instead of the maximum permitted height of 70 feet for the purpose of constructing a building addition, and a new steeple on premises known as 103 West Columbia Street, RPC #51-103-024 of Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned T-1, Transitional. Variance application V1609-19 by Celebrity Homes, L.C. / Green Built Homes, applicant and owner, for a variance to Section 48238(3)a, to allow a front yard setback of 20.6 feet instead of 30 feet on Roosevelt Street, and a front yard setback of 25.2 feet instead of 30 feet on Villa Ridge Road with a front porch extending 7.2 feet into the front yard, for the purpose of constructing a second story addition over the existing footprint on premises known as 826 Villa Ridge Road, RPC #53-210-037 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned R-1A, Low Density Residential. Information on the above application is available for review at: Zoning Office 300 Park Avenue, Suite 103 East Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5015 (option 1) zoning@fallschurchva.gov
A public hearing on the following is scheduled for Monday, September 23, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard.
This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)
(TO19-05) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 44, “VEGETATION,” AND CHAPTER 48, “ZONING,” OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TREE COMMISSION TO THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
All public hearings will be held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 Park
A public hearing on the following is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard.
(TR19-27) RESOLUTION NAMING CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WEST BROAD STREET (RPC 51-105-004) At their July 8, 2019 meeting the City Council referred a recommendation to name City owned property located in the 100 block of West Broad street (RPC 51-105-004) as “Mr. Brown’s Park” to the Planning Commission; the Historical Commission; the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board; and the Economic Development Authority and scheduled a public hearing and final consideration for September 9, 2019. All public hearings will be held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 Park Ave., Falls Church, VA. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk’s office at 703-248-5014 or cityclerk@fallschurchva. gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711). CELESTE HEATH CITY CLERK
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Battlelines Drawn as 2 Sides Gear Up for Referendum Fight
Fairfax, F.C. Face Off in Epic Water Trial to Kick Off Monday
Two meetings in different parts of Falls Church were convened last Thursday night, each to organize campaigns to advocate opposite votes on the Cherry Hill Park referendum on the Falls Church City ballot this November 2. One will take place as a public meeting at the Community Center and the other will be a private meeting at home of Vice Mayor Sam Mabry.
In what promises to continue as a long and drawn out process, the City of Falls Church and the Fairfax County Water Authority will face off in the Fairfax Circuit Court Monday in the next phase of their classic “water war.” A dizzying amount of procedural steps have led to this point, with all but one of five counts in dispute stayed in two separate courts.
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CRIME REPORT Week of Aug. 26 – Sept. 1, 2019 Fraud/False Pretenses, 300 blk Gundry Dr, Aug 27, 11:44 AM, an incident of fraud was reported. Motor Vehicle Theft, 500 Roosevelt Blvd, between 8 PM, Aug 27 and 7:30 AM, Aug 28, unknown suspect(s) stole a 2004 Chevrolet. Vehicle was recovered at 2:40 AM, Aug 30, in Washington, DC. Drug/Narcotic Violation, 300 blk N Oak St, Aug 29, 10:10 AM, following a traffic stop, a male, 34, of Washington, DC, was issued a sum-
mons for Possession of Marijuana, 3rd offense. Driving Under the Influence, 300 blk E Annandale Rd, Sept 1, 12:41 AM, a male, 50, of Annandale, VA, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Larceny-Theft From Motor Vehicle, 500 blk Roosevelt Blvd, between 2 PM, Aug 31 and 11:20 AM, Sept 1, Temporary License Plates were removed from two vehicles. Plates were later recovered from two stolen vehicles located in the City of Falls Church.
Motor Vehicle Theft, 1000 E Broad St, Sept 1, 3:16 AM, unknown suspects took four Ford Explorers from a dealership. One possible suspect described as slender build, black male, approximately 30-38 years old, black hair (possibly braided), wearing a white cap, white apple headphones (with cords), and white gardening gloves with grey plastic tips. One of the vehicles was recovered by Prince George’s County Police; one was located in the 1000 blk of Broadmont Terrace and another was found in the 1000 blk of N Sycamore St. Investigation continues. Drug/Narcotic Violation, 100 blk S Spring St, Sept 1, 10:32 PM, following a traffic stop, a male, 25, of Sterling, VA, was issued a summons for Possession of Marijuana.
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