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Great Falls, VA-based Backyard Bug Patrol has been faithfully serving communities in the Southwestern DC and Northeastern Virginia areas for many years now. In that time it has become known as a pest control company that uses many innovative methods for controlling pests inside and outside of a home. This recognition has resulted in glowing reviews continuing to be the norm for the services backyard bug patrol offers.

John Mitchell, the company owner, says, “We love it when a customer takes the time to leave a review that speaks highly of the pest control services that we offer. Not only because it creates highly positive word of mouth for our company, but also because it shows that the great efforts that we go to in order to offer the absolute best pest control services are being appreciated by our customers.”

The reviews that have been recently received by the company can be simply stated such as this one by Joanne Rodman, which reads, “Very responsive and careful about the work they do.” Rodman's review can be seen on the company’s Google Business Profile. Or they can be lengthier 5-star reviews such as this one by Jessica Bernstein which states, “I’ve been using Backyard Bug Patrol for more than 5 years now. Their treatments are quite effective at reducing the number of mosquitoes in the yard. Used to be I couldn’t even step outside without getting bitten up. Now I can comfortably enjoy being outside. Their treatments also help eliminate fleas and ticks which makes me feel better when my dog is in the yard. They are reliable and the technicians are courteous.”

The company owner went on to say tick and mosquito control solutions are definitely among the company’s most popular services. They use treatments that are not only impactful but also fully guaranteed. He says that one of the best ways for their customers to protect themselves against tick and mosquito infestations is to take advantage of the barrier spray programs that they offer, which includes monthly applications of a non-toxic and all-organic solution that is pet and people friendly. He added that it has quite the opposite effect on yard pests such as ticks and mosquitoes.

The barrier spray programs have also generated many 5-star reviews for Backyard bug patrol. Rebecca Keiser proclaimed, “We purchased the Flower Power program to control mosquitos in our yard. We definitely saw a decrease in mosquitos and could enjoy being outside in our yard much more this past summer. We've purchased the same program again for this coming summer. Backyard Bug Patrol was easy to communicate with, responsive, and on time. They even came out after a big rain to spray again for ‘added protection’. I highly recommend them.” Jeff Sexton stated in a recent 5-star review, “Returning customer, have used them for multiple years to spray and eliminate mosquitoes from the yard. On time, consistent, quick, a great experience.”

The company owner pointed out that those who are interested in making their yards more people-friendly this summer can call and ask them about their ‘flower power’ tick and mosquito repelling spray applications.

In addition to offering reputable mosquito and tick control services, the company also has ways to rid customers of other common indoor and outdoor pests, including those that may have had rodents take up residence in their homes over the winter. A recent blog article the company posted on its website is titled ‘Beware of Rats’ Sneaky Behavior in The Colder Months’ and talked about the vast amount of unseen damage these critters can cause.

Backyard Bug Patrol also uses proven termite, ant, snake, and stink bug control methods and they also are happy to provide all their services to commercial customers too. More on the highly rated pest control services that Backyard Bug Patrol offers can be seen on its website or interested persons can also refer to its Facebook Page.

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For more information about Backyard Bug Patrol, contact the company here:

Backyard Bug Patrol John Mitchell (703) 621-7116 john@backyardbugpatrol.com Backyard Bug Patrol Great Falls, VA 22066

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Call ahead — these top NoVA restaurants are pulling out all the stops for Valentine’s Day.

A special dinner with a loved one seems like a must no matter how you celebrate Valentine’s Day. If you’re looking to make this year’s holiday celebration even more memorable, book a table at one of Northern Virginia’s Best Restaurants for the perfect Valentine’s Day dinner.

A chocolate-themed restaurant is perfect for the holiday. For $140 per person, you can enjoy the Love at First Course menu, including items such as bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin drizzled with a ruby chocolate and port wine sauce. Complimentary extras include a Champagne toast and tipsy hot cocoa. 1605 Village Market Blvd. SE, Leesburg

This quaint spot has been so besieged with proposals on Valentine’s Days past that owner Youssef Eagle Essakl presented each ring as “dessert” at the end of the couple’s meal. A three-course menu for $95 per person is available. Last year’s included lobster bisque, pan-seared salmon, and a variety of desserts. 12724 Occoquan Rd., Woodbridge

Chef Jacques Haeringer has prepared a seven-course “musical celebration experience” in a romantic setting. Classical guitarist Jarrett Laskey will be strolling throughout the five dining rooms as you dine on aphrodisiacs including a lobster martini with ossetra caviar. 332 Springvale Rd., Great Falls

If you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day getaway with a Shenandoah Valley view, take a drive to the historic Ashby Inn. Starting at $1,000, you can book a stay in any one of its rooms and enjoy a dinner for two with classic menu items (duck breast, wagyu strip loin), plus chocolate-dipped strawberries, Champagne, and a dozen red roses. 692 Federal St., Paris

Roberto’s is offering a four-course prix fixe menu for $100. Start with a prosecco toast, and move on to stuffed zucchini flowers with lobster; heart-shaped lobster ravioli; roasted herb-crusted lamb chop; or potato-crusted halibut with creamed leeks. 144 Church St. NW, Vienna

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AMES- On a quick turnaround, Monday night brought one last opportunity for Iowa State to find success at home, as the West Virginia Mountaineers came to town on Senior Night. With Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark in the building, Iowa State and West Virginia delivered a classic, but the Mountaineers left Ames with the victory.

At his final game at Hilton Coliseum, senior Gabe Kalscheur got off to a quick start offensively, scoring the first seven points for Iowa State. Kalscheur scored inside and out, but also picked up two early fouls before the first media timeout of the game.

Kalscheur was inserted back into the game after a couple minutes on the bench, and continued to hit, including a triple to give Iowa State the 13-11 lead, and bring the Hilton crowd to their feet.

On the other end, Erik Stevenson keyed the offense for West Virginia. Kalscheur continued to be aggressive for the Cyclones, generally a great sign, but was called for his third foul on a charge midway through the first half.

Iowa State’s defense made things difficult for West Virginia, especially shooting from two-point range, but the success that the Mountaineers found from deep keyed them to a 21-17 lead over the Cyclones in Ames. With less than seven minutes left in the first half, ISU trailed 21-17.

Joe Toussaint provided a spark offensively for West Virginia as well, matching Stevenson with 11, as the two guards combined for 22 of West Virginia’s first 35 points in the game. Iowa State was missing Kalscheur’s defensive intensity on one end, and his scoring prowess on the other, as the team fought to get within single digits late in the half.

At the break, West Virginia held a 35-27 lead over the Cyclones, in a highly important game for both teams that could have major potential on the conference seedings.

Kalscheur continued to pour it on offensively when he returned in the second half, rattling in a triple, and then finding Osun Osunniyi for a slam to bring the Cyclones within five. Osunniyi may have had best stretch of the season for about three and a half minutes, which included the dunk, then a jumper, help forcing two turnovers on defense, finding Jaz Kunc for a triple that brought the crowd to its feet, and rattling in one more short jumper to bring the home team within just two. It was a moment that the team needed, and Osunniyi helped change the trajectory of the game with that three minute stretch.

ISU picked up the lead off a three from Jaren Holmes, and this game truly had the atmosphere of a game in late March, as each team traded blows on the court, bodies falling and diving on the floor to illustrate just how intense it really was.

Tre Mitchell was backing down a bit on Kunc, and caught the Cyclone in the face with an elbow, leading to a flagrant two foul and multiple technical fouls called. After that action and Mitchell's ejection, the Mountaineers ended up scoring five points on a free throw and a triple, cutting their deficit to just one.

Holmes then fully got into his rhythm offensively, quickly helping to get Iowa State's lead back up to seven, with just over eight minutes to play.

Robert Jones provided multiple timely buckets, as Iowa State held a 62-57 lead with just under five minutes left to play. The tension in the arena was palpable, as the fans clung to each possession by the second.

With the Mountaineers back within two, Kunc delivered a dime to a cutting Kalscheur for a layup, to help keep WVU at bay for the time being. But at nearly every opportunity, West Virginia answered. Kedrian Johnson hit one of two free throws, and it was a one point game with 2:50 to play.

Emmitt Matthews Jr. then went to the free throw line, and knocked down two shots to send the Mountaineers up by one point. Matthews followed that up with a slam dunk, and suddenly the road team was in control, with a three point lead and less than a minute to play at Hilton.

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Kalscheur and ISU trailed by five points, and he hit yet another tough stepback three to keep the Cyclones in it, making the score 69-67 with 9.9 seconds on the clock. Stevenson would add one from the line, and the Mountaineers completed the late comeback, 72-69. ISU showed a lot of strong performances, including from seniors Kalscheur and Holmes, but in the end it was not quite enough to end the losing streak.

The Cyclones will wrap up the regular season on Saturday at Baylor at 11am.

FALLS CHURCH, VA — After a Planning Commission recommendation on "T zones" between commercial districts and single-family homes, the proposed zoning changes next head to Falls Church City Council.

In February 2021, City Council had asked planning staff to examine zoning tools allowing small residential project developments on infill sites to small for large commercial or mixed-use developments. City staff turned to T zones, which are transition areas between commercial corridors and residential neighborhoods, for potential zoning updates. About 3 percent of the city's land is zoned as a transition area.

A key goal of the zoning changes are to allow more housing variety, particularly townhouse and multifamily development. Other goals of the T zone updates are to allow more neighborhood-serving retail and encourage reinvestment from larger builders.

According to a city staff report, 4 percent of the city's housing stock is townhouses, duplexes or quadplexes — 258 units. Multifamily buildings account for 54 percent of units — 3,110. Single-family homes make up the remaining 42 percent of the housing stock — 2,385.

Current T-1 zoning is mainly on North Washington Street and on Park Avenue with existing uses like Columbia Baptist Church, Christ-Crossman Methodist Church, Sunrise of Falls Church, single-family houses converted to commercial use and residential townhouses.

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T-2 zoning is on North Washington Street and Park Avenue near Maple Avenue and currently has the Kaiser Permanente facility and a small office building.

The Planning Commission recommendation to City Council calls for allowing the by-right use of triplexes and four-unit residential buildings one acre or less lots. Another recommended land use change would be not allowing residential uses in T-zones along North Washington Street north of Great Falls Street to promote commercial activity.

With Park Avenue being planned as a "Great Street" to promote multimodal transportation and more civic activities, the Planning Commission recommended making commercial uses conditional on Park Avenue For building and site design guidelines, the Planning Commission recommended a maximum height of 40 feet or three stories (the lesser of the two) for by-right buildings. However, a maximum height of 50 feet or four stories (the lesser of the two) could be requested through the special use permit process.

On affordable housing, the Planning Commission recommended an overlay taxing district to support the Affordable Housing Fund rather than a requirement for 10 percent of new residential units to be affordable.

Other building and site design guidelines and environmental guidelines were recommended by the Planning Commission.

City Council will review the Planning Commission's recommended zoning text amendments during a March 6 work session.

Last year, a critically acclaimed and much beloved revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning “Into the Woods” hit Broadway, and the show was as big a hit as when it originally hit the stage in 1987.

The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, with everyone from Little Red to Cinderella to Jack and the Beanstalk exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests as fairy tales go awry.

A touring production of the show, directed by Lear deBessonet and with some of the big stars who played New York, is heading to the Kennedy Center from February 23 to March 19.

Tony winner Stephanie J. Block returns as The Baker’s Wife, and Montego Glover as The Witch, Sebastian Arcelus as The Baker and Gavin Creel as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf all reprise their roles as well.

Another who made the transfer from Broadway to the tour is Kennedy Kanagawa, who “plays” Milky White, the famous cow Jack trades for beans in hopes of finding riches. Unlike past productions of the show, where the cow is represented by a person in a cow suit or a cow-type prop, this version uses a lifelike cardboard puppet that Kanagawa controls. And he gets some of the biggest applause in the show.

“It’s not like a sock puppet or a marionette where there is a set style and language, it’s just this unique puppet, with a handle on the head and a handle on the butt, and it’s my job to make her come to life,” Kanagawa says. “It’s so much fun to do and the audience response has been so special. I’m so grateful this has kept going.”

Kanagawa became involved with the show when his friend, James Ortiz, who had been hired to design the puppets, reached out to see if he would be available for the original two-week run planned, not knowing it would run for months and head out on a tour.

What’s surprising is that Kanagawa, a New York-based actor who grew up in Great Falls, Virginia, had no prior experience puppeteering.

“This is my first time, and it’s been a very fun, crazy whirlwind process, and a very interesting learning curve,” he says. “The most challenging aspect of this track has been the stamina and endurance needed — it’s so physically demanding and not something my body was used to. When we created the movement, we didn’t have in mind the long-term effects as it was only supposed to go two weeks.”

Milky White’s puppet was only supposed to last for two weeks also, so Ortiz needed to create a second version (called Milky White 2.0) to ensure it lasts throughout the tour.

“When we were trying to establish the movement vocabulary, James and I recognized early on that cows in real life are kind of boring,” Kanagawa says. “We thought it would be more interesting to model her physicality off dogs and cats to an extent. It was our goal to help endear Milky White to the audience so the stakes of Jack selling her and then reuniting paid off more.”

“Into the Woods” is a reimagining of favorite fairy tales with lots of twists, and that makes this a show with lots of surprises and laughs, Kanagawa says.

“We go from these light stories that have a moral to really raw, real messages that are deep about life,” he says. “There are some really beautiful and resonate messages in this story that are about community and coming together and moving forward through crisis and healing, that are really great to hear in times like now.”

Tickets for “Into the Woods” start at $45 and can be purchased here.

The Kennedy Center: 2700 F St. NW, DC; kennedy-center.org // @kennedycenter

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