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When Rizer first came to the Economic Development Department, in 2007, there were a few data centers here. But he saw how there could be more. The technology infrastructure was already present, including fiber-optic cable and access to one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange Points, spots Continued on Page 26
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• They support more than 3,000 technology companies. • Up to 70 percent of the world’s Internet traffic flows through servers in the data centers here daily. “It’s certainly been a huge success story for Loudoun,” Rizer said of the industry. Put another way, he said the prevalence of data centers here has branded Loudoun as a location for high-tech businesses—and there’s still room for the market to grow.
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ment Director Buddy Rizer, who provided the statistic last week, hadn’t referred to himself in the past as “Mr. Data Center.” Then there are the numbers themselves: • The more than 60 data centers in Loudoun housing computer hardware generate more than $70 million annually in local taxes alone, Rizer said. • They account for 9 million square feet in terms of space currently in use or under development.
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uring their first meeting back from summer recess, Loudoun County School Board members got an earful from families whose bus service was initially
connect a walking path along Red Cedar Drive was rejected by The Hamlets of Red Cedar’s homeowners association, according to Assistant Superintendent of Support Services Kevin Lewis. Still, Sandip Tarafdar, who lives in the Red Cedar neighborhood, said what school leaders are requiring from children is unrealistic. “You’ve heard about dangerous intersections, the access road to the school that does not have a sidewalk—it’s asking a lot from a maturity and emotional standpoint for some of these kids to do that walk by themselves,” he Continued on Page 62
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Elementary School, south of Leesburg. Starting the first day of school Aug. 31, the division is expanding its so-called “walk zones” around several schools to bring the projected number of students who will not receive bus service to 16,470, up 1,200 from last year. But several Sycolin Creek Elementary parents expressed concerns about 5- to 10-year-year-olds crossing through intersections without crosswalks or the guidance of crossing guards, and being asked to walk along part of a road that does not have a trail or sidewalk. Plans to build a small stretch of trail to
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wife, Laura Sardo, and his three children. While the event celebrated his election to the seat by the General Assembly, Fleming actually took the bench in early July, at the start of Virginia’s fiscal year when funding became available to provide Loudoun County with a fourth fulltime judge in the Circuit Court. Court Clerk Gary Clemens said the position already has had a significant impact, helping to clear the court’s case backlog. Presiding Judge Burke F. McCahill, who worked with Fleming for 14 years before Fleming left to form his own firm, led the ceremony. In addition to praising the new judge for his great legal mind and integrity, McCahill thanked members of Loudoun’s General Assembly delegation for fighting for the creation of the additional judgeship. “The citizens of this circuit have been well served by your efforts,” he said. In welcoming Fleming to the bench, speaker after speaker identified the qualities that have made him a good lawyer and will serve him as a judge.
Del. Randy Minchew (R-10) described Fleming as an old-fashioned Virginia country lawyer with a commitment to the rule of law. Attorney General Mark R. Herring in a letter read by his stepfather, former state Sen. Charles L. Waddell, highlighted Fleming’s “unparalleled sense of fairness,” among other qualities. Mims said there were five factors that contribute to the quality of a judge: experience, integrity, empathy, intelligence and organization. He stressed the importance of empathy, tracing the concept that there can be no justice without mercy to biblical times. Fleming has displayed that quality through his law career and now his gift will be on display to everyone, Mims said. Known as one to avoid calling attention to himself, Fleming began his remarks with a quote by Mother Teresa from a book he was reading while waiting to be interviewed by the General Assembly selection panel: “If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise Continued on Page 62
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CORRECTION In last week’s article on the Purcellville Town Council’s proposed sale of a building to Good Shepherd Alliance, the name of GSA Executive Director Vickie Koth was misspelled. Leesburg Today regrets the error.
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Deputy John W. Gregory, 31, a 10-year-veteran of the agency was served the misdemeanor summons Friday. Gregory is assigned to the Field Operations Division as a patrol deputy. According to a statement from the Sheriff’s office, the agency became aware of the incident in July. After a review of the incident and consultation with the County Attorney’s Office and the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Sheriff Mike Chapman placed Gregory on administrative leave. Chapman requested the Virginia State Police conduct an independent investigation to determine whether criminal violations occurred, as well as an internal investigation to determine whether the agency’s policies and procedures were followed. Neither the sheriff’s office nor the State Police would discuss further details of the case. Gregory remains on routine paid administrative leave. His case is set for trial in Loudoun County District Court on Sept. 23.
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Drivers who are ticketed by Leesburg police will be assessed an additional $5 fee to help pay for an electronic summons system designed to improve coordination with the courts. The Leesburg Town Council on Aug. 11 voted 6-0-1 to install a new system that will allow minor criminal offenders and traffic violators to pay their tickets more quickly and reduce paperwork for officers. “It’s a great idea,” Councilman Dave Butler said, echoing sentiments expressed by other council members. Currently, officers write paper tickets and send a copy to records personnel, who then have to enter the data into the police system. The employee then mails the ticket for delivery to the courts for it to be entered into that system. The new electronic system will allow officers to scan drivers’ license information and print summonses in their cruisers. The information is then uploaded directly to the court’s record system. Leesburg Police Leesburg Today/Mike Stancik Chief Joseph Price Leesburg Police Chief Joseph Price’s officers will be handing out printed said each ticket would summons tickets in the future to create a more efficient system. almost immediately upload into the court records. “Sometimes a person is willing to pay their fine, but the summons hasn’t arrived yet at court,” Price said. “This allows the citizen to come in and pay quickly.” Continued on Page 10
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Town Council Split Over Development Fee Proposal The Leesburg Town Council on Aug. 11 was divided on a proposal to spend up to $80,000 to implement development fees aimed at generating money to help pay for parks, stormwater management, transportation and other non-school capital costs. The proposal failed on a 3-3-1 vote, with Councilman Marty Martinez absent. Opponents of the measure didn’t want to spend the money, and were skeptical that it would generate more revenue for the town. “It’s a significant amount of money to come out of the undersigned fund balance,” Councilman Dave Butler said. “It’s not clear to me that this will end up having us get more money in proffers.” When developers seek to rezone land to a more intense use, they offer cash or donate land to help offset the impact of the project on the local government. The county government has developed a formula that seeks to assess fees (proffers are voluntary under Virginia law) based on the specific projected costs generated by different types of development. For example, a new single family detached home in Leesburg is expected to generate costs of $34,377-$22,175 for school construction and $15,307 for county facilities. Currently, the town has a policy that sets guidelines for the amount developers should pay to offset the need for more school construction—that money goes to the county government. The town does not currently seek proffers for non-school costs. Councilman Tom Dunn said the current process is working fine, but other council members supported hiring a consultant to determine the link between new developments and the cost of building new government facilities to serve them. Vice Mayor Kelly Burk said it was council’s responsibility to “stand up for the taxpayer” and find out the impact of new developments to capital facilities. “We talk all the time about taking care of the impact of a development,” Burk said. “We have no idea right now. … By saying that we don’t want that information floors me. We should be taking this opportunity to get the most that we can.”
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oudoun celebrated the opening of the East Gate Park and Ride lot Monday. The commuter lot, at 43664 Tall Cedars Parkway, is served by a new weekday bus route carrying passengers to and from the Wiehle-Reston East Metrorail Station. During peak periods, buses depart every 30 minutes, and the lot includes more than 200 parking spaces and bike storage facilities. “It’s an exciting day for commuters here in Dulles South as we give them a new option to get to the rest of the Washington region,” Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said in a video the county produced about Monday’s event, which included a ribbon-cutting. “We hope it’s going to take cars off the road. We have pretty rough traffic on Route 50 and some of the surrounding streets, so this is going to give folks a chance to get off that traffic and not have to. … fight it themselves and be able to get to Metro.” Monday also marked the beginning of changes to several bus routes. Links to more information about the bus-service changes, including schedules, are at loudoun.gov/transit.
Moorefield Station Elementary School, 22325 Mooreview Parkway in Ashburn. The land-use scenarios will be discussed using technology to give instant feedback about the tradeoffs associated with different decisions. Participants also will have the chance to make changes to the scenarios and see how those changes affect measures such as school impacts, transportation and tax revenue. Members of the public will be able to view the scenarios before the workshop and provide comments. Links to images of the scenarios will be posted at loudoun.gov/silverlinecpam on or about Aug. 24. The website also includes information from the previous workshop and new polling questions. The site will be updated over the next few weeks as new information is developed. The board-initiated study of Metro stationarea development options is expected to result in a final recommendation this fall. Then, if supervisors agree to move ahead, that work will follow with another round of public review and public hearings, starting with Loudoun’s Planning Commission. Reservations are not necessary for the workshop, but anyone who plans to attend is encouraged to contact the county Department of Planning and Zoning (703-777-0246 or dpz@ loudoun.gov) to help the project team prepare for the right number of people and to have the right technology in place. Anyone who wants to participate and requires an accommodation as a result of a disability also should contact the department. For more information, contact Richard Klusek, project manager, Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning, at 703777-0246 or at dpz@loudoun.gov. n
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ing King’s absence at the Metro planning workshop, pointing out that she was the only chairman hopeful to attend that meeting. She said that mixed-use communities, with businesses and homes, would be especially appropriate around the planned Ashburn stop, at Rt. 772, and that affordable housing should be part of proposals there, too. Independent Tom Bellanca said in an email Monday night that he discussed the Comprehensive Plan with York in April and mentioned the subject as it relates to Metro in May when responding to a candidate questionnaire from the Dulles Area Association of Realtors. However, he said the county shouldn’t do a complete rewrite of the Comprehensive Plan until “we can get our hands around” the current housing growth. Bellanca also said he’s the only candidate with “direct experience with transit-oriented, mixed-used development having managed the Arlington Courthouse Plaza office buildings, the location of the Arlington County government, retail uses and residential” and work on the Reston Town Center. And he took exception with another assertion King made in the statement announcing his Metro ideas. The Republican said that an update of the Comprehensive Plan is “long overdue” and that York has been “plenty busy with international travel” but hasn’t outlined a vision for Loudoun, a comment that appears to refer to an economic development trip to Asia the chairman and other county officials took this spring. Bellanca, however, said those comments reflect King’s lack of knowledge about international companies here. “International business plays a central role in building out the county,” he said. n
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if I pass another gun-control law, all of a sudden our community is going to be safer,” said Greason, who noted that he doesn’t own any guns. “Maybe it will, maybe it won’t.” Instead, the delegate said, public policy should be aimed at the impetus for the destruction. “We should be spending our time on the mental health side of this discussion, and what are we doing to help in the root cause of why this person did what they did,” he said. These views contrasted with those voiced by Democrat Elizabeth Miller, who is mounting a second challenge to Greason this year. In 2013, Greason narrowly won re-election with 51 percent of the vote as Miller fell 651 votes short. Miller said last month at Ashby Leesburg Today/Jonathan Hunley Ponds that she would like to see Virginia’s one-gun-a-month law Del. Thomas A. “Tag” Greason (R-32) speaks to Ashby Ponds residents Aug. 14. He said that more gun laws won’t do anything to curb violent acts. reinstated. That law, passed in 1993, pro And Chapman, who faces Democrat is that it would take the politics out of law hibited the purchase of more than one hand- Brian P. Allman and independent Stephen O. enforcement. gun per month. But it was repealed in 2012. Simpson on the Nov. 3 ballot, addressed several However, when the sheriff is elected, that Greason didn’t specifically address this matters himself. means the top crime fighter can be hired or law in remarks to Ashby Ponds residents. But, One of those was the notion that Loud- fired by the voters. So Chapman said a sheriff’s in an interview after the event, he said he oun, which has the largest sheriff’s office in office functions better than a police departwouldn’t want to see one-gun-a-month return. Virginia, should instead have a police depart- ment because it answers directly to the people. The legislator on Friday also spoke on ment that reports to the county government. “And that’s why we’re constantly engaged,” topics including Medicaid expansion, budget At least part of thinking behind that he said. n needs, education and workforce development.
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he family of Dusty Sparrow Reed had an ulterior motive as they joined many other clans in braving the August temperatures to attend the 43rd annual Lucketts Fair on Saturday. But their excursion was made with an additional purpose in mind: talk up potential voters for Reed, who’s running for the Loudoun County School Board. So they donned matching gray T-shirts bearing a large star and “Dusty” in large block letters and went to work. Reed’s children, Charli, 7, Nico, 9, and Jada, 11, were there, as was her mom, Vickie Fuqua, who was visiting from Noblesville, IN.
Reed’s brother, Sam Fuqua, made the trip from Indiana, too. (That’s “Uncle Sam” to his nieces and nephew, which seems appropriate for the brother of a political candidate.) Out of all of these, the best politickers may have been the youngsters, who eagerly handed out brochures. “They’re just jumping right in,” said Reed, who faces Eric DeKenipp in the Catoctin District. But before the children had dispensed with their allotment of campaign literature, a fair official shut down the word-ofmouth operation. No paper handouts, she said. The regulation didn’t dampen the family’s enthusiasm, however. The matching T-shirts alone made for some adverLeesburg Today/Jonathan Hunley
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tising. They fit right in with the campaign stickers and handheld fans of other fair-goers, tchotchkes that bore the names of candidates for other offices. Besides, there was plenty to do in Lucketts aside from politics. Eat deep-fried Oreos, for example. Shop with vendors. Maybe sit a spell and listen to the bluegrass of the Scott Brannon Band. Or climb a tree. Nico opted for that last enterprise, putting on a helmet and other safety gear and scaling a tree with the help of professionals on hand for the event. Many fairs boast mechanized carnival rides, but this was a natural wonder for the kids. Reed watched as her son slowly ascended, supported by guide ropes. Before long, though, he was back on the ground. “Was it hard?” Reed then asked. “Once I got to the top it was hard,” Nico answered. Indeed. Kind of like with politics and many other pursuits in life. n
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Scannell said. “And when you actually make things, it’s even better. Instead of throwing something away, you can come here to take it apart and fix it.” The 3,000-square-foot facility at 71 Lawson Road is one of about 300 in the country that provide manufacturing equipment and education to enable community members to design and build projects that wouldn’t be possible individually at home. Leesburg’s Makerspace opened Aug. 1 and already has 30 members who can come and go as they please. Scannell said he’s still looking for about 20 more. But from 6 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, anyone from the community can come to the space and either work on something or join a class.
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he future of the Loudoun Museum is in the hands of a panel of community leaders tasked by the Board of Supervisors to establish a sustainable financial plan for the organization approaching its 50th anniversary. The committee was established last month after Museum President Liz Whiting told supervisors in a letter that without financial assistance from the county government, it was unlikely the museum in Leesburg could continue. Efforts to establish a sustainable financial base through memberships and other forms of private support have failed to keep pace with costs, leading to Whiting’s letter to the board and the establishment of the advisory working group. Committee members represent a variety of county interests. Members include Whiting, Museum Curator Alana Blumenthal and Museum Board of Trustees Director Peter Kelpinski; Amy Owen, executive director of the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier counties; Andy Johnston, a nonprofit fundraiser; Loudoun Cares Executive Director Marty Bartels; Visit Loudoun CEO and President Beth Erickson; and Clerk of the Loudoun Circuit Court Gary M. Clemens. Leesburg Today/Danielle Nadler County government departments are also well represented. Assistant County Adminis- Loudoun Museum President Liz Whiting (left), retired Judge Thomas D. Horne and Museum Curator Alana Blumenthal ponder the possibilities of mounting trator Julie Grandfield leads the group. Other periodic exhibits on the county’s history in the historic Loudoun Courthouse. county staff members include Megan Bourke Community Services; Director of Economic liford, of General Services. County Chairman by their aides, Robin Bartok and Stacy Carey. and Beena Chundevalel, from the Budget Development Buddy Rizer; Leslie Barnes, of Scott K. York (R-At Large), and Supervisor Grandfield’s aide Eileen Mallory is also on the Office; Karen Sheets, of Parks, Recreation and the County Attorney’s Office; and Randy Wil- Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) are represented Continued on Next Page
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Another idea being explored is allowing the museum to use the old courthouse in Leesburg to exhibit some of the county’s most historic records and mount various exhibits revolving around the law and the county’s history. That idea first surfaced in the mind of retired Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne, “about 30 years ago,” he said. A soft launching of that possibility is planned
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during the Leesburg Hauntings program in October, as the courthouse is one of the sites on the annual ghosts and goblins history tour. It is hoped to have an exhibit at the courthouse during this year’s Veterans Day events, when the new Patriot Project Revolutionary War statue is unveiled on the courthouse grounds at approximately the spot where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in 1776. Loudoun’s judges would have to sign off on any long-term use of the courthouse. The building is still used for occasional court cases and various public programs and ceremonies. Chief Judge Burke F. McCahill, a selfdescribed history buff, supports the basic idea of using the space for exhibits when the building is not in use—particularly exhibits to do with the law. But, he has not yet discussed the idea with his fellow judges, and notes more details would be needed if that proposal were to become a reality. n
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where technology companies can connect their networks. Land was available, too, and access to electricity, which is important because some data centers can use more power than entire towns. “We had all the resources,” Rizer said. So he got data-center certification. He put a sign on a wall in his office that listed relevant companies in the industry, and he tried to attract as many as possible. Now, Loudoun boasts what it calls “Data Center Alley” in Ashburn, and there are so many data centers there that the county put in a special water line that they can use. The facilities are full of computer servers that generate a lot of heat, and one way to cool them down is to use chilled water. So the county government and Loudoun Water teamed to allow data centers to use “reclaimed” water, which has been treated but isn’t up to drinkable standards, for the effort. The idea is that the cooling systems don’t need potable water and data center companies can buy the reclaimed water more cheaply than drinkable H2O.
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Poole said Loudoun offered options that were nearly impossible to create anywhere else in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area, naming some of the same attributes that Rizer identified. About 200 people work at Equinix’s Ashburn operation, most of them in technician jobs that pay in the $60,000 range, Poole said, noting that compensation at competing companies is about the same. He said Loudoun has been a leader in terms of making sure it’s an attractive place for data centers. And that focus seems to have worked, judging by how Equinix has responded: The business’ campus spans 10 acres, and it has purchased an additional 40 acres. “We’re pretty bullish on the market in general here,” Poole said.
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Loudoun leaders like data centers for a lot of reasons. Jobs there pay relatively well, Rizer noted. Although they don’t employ a lot of workers, a benefit is that they don’t impact government services like a larger employer. For example, a 50-person workforce doesn’t add traffic to area roads like one that totals 250. Also, as a fast-growing locality, the county continues to endure needs such as new schools, and the tax revenue data centers generate helps to pay for those needs, said Loudoun Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott K. York. “We have been blessed by the ability to attract data centers into the county,” said York (R-At Large). The addition of data centers also has helped to even out other sectors of the economy that have stalled, he added. Supervisor Shawn M. Williams, whose Broad Run District is home to the majority of data centers in Loudoun, noted this trend, as Continued on Next Page
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well. “The data center industry has been a tremendous economic driver in Loudoun over the past decade and has produced significant tax revenue that cushioned the effects of the recent recession on the county government,” the Republican stated in an email. But how long can the data center industry last here? Using the analogy of a baseball game, the industry as a whole is in the third of nine innings, Rizer said, and the Loudoun data center economy is in the middle of the sixth inning. With so many data centers already in the county, he said, the market is mature but not saturated. “We still have some very good opportunities here,” Rizer said. In addition, there doesn’t seem to be a slowdown in how people use digital information, he noted. And, he said, “Ultimately, that information has to be stored somewhere.” The data centers in Loudoun also have attracted businesses here that work with them, Rizer said, which is a plus. However, even considering all of the data center industry’s good points, the economic development director noted that Loudoun should never rely on one sector to carry its economy.
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Some negatives surrounding data center development have been discussed in the county recently, as well. Most prominent has been controversy over where to place a new power line in the Dulles area that is necessary mainly to serve a new data center near Rt. 50. Residents and businesses in that part of Loudoun expressed concern that the power line would be unsightly as well as impair medical helicopters at the soon-to-open StoneSprings Hospital Center. So county supervisors responded by suggesting alternate routes for the power line and agreeing to more closely scrutinize plans for data centers in certain areas. The final path of the power line, however, will be decided by the State Corporation Commission. Loudoun also is looking at changes to its noise standards, an examination prompted by the issue of the sounds that data centers emit. At a recent county meeting about the standards, Ashburn resident Robert Zottoli pointed out that data centers aren’t like retail businesses that open and close. They’re operating 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. And Zottoli should know. He’s worked in IT for four decades, with much of that time spent on data centers. He said he believes data centers can exist in harmony with the people who live nearby. He just has some requests. “I don’t want to see them. I don’t want to smell them. I don’t want to hear them,” Zottoli said. And those ideas don’t seem lost on county supervisors, who continue to examine how data centers and residents interact. “The Board of Supervisors has worked hard to make sure the industry fits in well with the community through efforts such as strengthening design standards to produce visually appealing buildings and the current update of the noise ordinance,” Williams said. Supervisor Janet S. Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) even pushed unsuccessfully to change zoning regulations so that data centers would have to get board approval before building anywhere in the county. Right now, the facilities need the supervisors’ OK in some areas and can be built “by right” in others. “They are a great business,” she said Monday, “but they’re not suitable for every parcel of land.” n
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vest is an example of that. The farm uses hydroponic technology to grow 12 acres worth of gourmet lettuces and salad greens in 12,000 square feet of space. The veggies end up as part of dishes at some of the region’s top restaurants, including those of Chef José Andrés. “This is the future of farming,” Taylor told Comstock. One hurdle Taylor sees for her farm is the mounting costs of energy. Even though 90 percent of the water Endless Summer Harvest uses is recycled, it still spends a lot of money to keep the green houses lit and air-controlled. Taylor said she’s looked into installing a wind turbine, solar panels or geothermal technology, but she’d never make back the investment. “I’d be forever in debt,” she said. She’d be in favor of the federal government investing more to help lessen the cost of alter-
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Endless Summer Harvest President Mary Ellen Taylor leads Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10), her husband, Chip, and her staff through the hydroponic farm as part the congresswoman’s six-stop agribusiness tour Monday.
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he invitation to step into Endless Summer Harvest’s walk-in cooler to escape Monday afternoon’s heat was accepted with a smile from Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10). “I won’t turn that down,” she said, surrounded by crisp butter lettuce grown on the hydroponic farm near Round Hill.
While Congress is on recess this month, the freshman congresswoman used the time off the U.S. House floor to get a better sense of the 10th Congressional District’s agriculture industry. The district includes some of the most congested portions of Northern Virginia to the east, including parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties, but to the west, it covers miles of bucolic farmland in Loudoun, Clarke and Frederick counties. During Comstock’s six-stop agribusiness tour, she said she was impressed to see farmers
embrace technology and other creative solutions to save energy and money and improve their product. She toured Bluemont Vineyard and Dirt Farm Brewing on the far western end of Loudoun, and stopped by Marker-Miller Orchards in Winchester and Harvue Farms and Mackintosh Fruit Farm in Berryville. “A lot of the operations are really modernized. You’re really seeing a lot of technology in farming,” she said. Mary Ellen Taylor’s Endless Summer Har-
native energy, or even subsidize it for small farms until the costs go down. That’s how it is done in places like the Netherlands and Israel, she added. “In the U.S. we haven’t had to get creative in this industry because we’ve always had plenty of space and water, so other countries are far ahead of us, especially with hydroponic farming.” For now, Comstock invited Taylor, and the other agribusiness leaders she met, to keep her updated on how she might be able to advocate for them on Capitol Hill. Taylor will likely keep her number handy. n
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cott Kinney has had an overflowing studio/musical instrument shop ever since he took up residence at 108 North 21st Street five years ago. The Shamrock Music Shoppe at the southern end of North 21st Street had become a popular locale for anyone looking to buy an instrument, take music classes, or just hang out and jam. Earlier this year, Kinney announced plans to move around the corner—to the former post office at 160 W. Main St. The building, which most recently housed a health food store, is twice his current space. “I’ve been very fortunate. It’s up and running,” Kinney said, reflecting on the seamless transition that occurred as he began operations in the new space in July. He attributed much of his good luck to his landlords, John and Jennifer Gannaway. “They’re real nice. They’re like us. They understand we want to take an old building and make it nice,” Kinney said.
“It looks great,” Kinney said Monday, noting he and his team are slowly “teasing” the public with periodic unveilings of the renovations. The big reveal is planned Saturday, Aug. 29, when Mayor Kwasi Fraser and other town leaders will be on hand for a formal ribbon cutting. Kinney laughed as he compared his renovation project in Purcellville with that of his brother, Jeff Kinney, author of the “Diary of the Wimpy Kid” books, who has just completed a similar, although larger, reconstruction of an old commercial building in Plaineville, MA. Scott Kinney said he and his brother believe in Small Town America—“from Purcellville to Plaineville”— and the future of small town businesses. Kinney hopes to hold events at the new location, where he can expand his product line, including offering more drum sets, and accommodate his strong tuition program. He retained the North 21st Street space for his Shamrock Recording Studio. The Aug. 29 event includes an open house from 5-6 p.m., followed by live music performances. For more information, call 571-420-1433; email info@shamrockmusicshop.com or check the website at shamrockmusicshop.com. n
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• The town is moving through community public input sessions for townspeople concerning revisions to its Comprehensive Plan. A meeting was held last Tuesday, and others who could not attend that session will meet Round Hill this week. Town Planner and Zoning Administrator Melissa Hynes said a community-wide meeting is scheduled for Sept. 15 at the Round Hill Elementary School. Details will follow, and Hynes urges everyone to turn out for that public input session. n
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events programs, retaining and attracting business investment, and securing outside sources of economic development funding. Check the town’s website at lovettsvilleva.gov for position information. Applications are due by Sept. 1. • Grumbling about driving conditions on East Broad Way during the sidewalk installation work has found attentive ears on the Town Council, and the contractor has made changes to reduce delays through the work zone. Lane closure times have been cut to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. While the project may be slowed somewhat, it should help reduce the irritation level somewhat, according to town leaders.
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• Councilmen John Nave and Patrick McConville are scheduled to present the results of the town’s citizen survey to the Town Council during its Sept. 8 meeting. McConville said the survey, delivered by Boy Scouts to about 2,600 households in the town, garnered 372 responses, a 14 percent response rate. Unlike the last survey in 2012, which used a randomly selected representative group of 300, the council this time decided to send the survey town-wide. Residents had a month to call in for a number with which to fill out the survey. A few residents reported not having received a survey, McConville said. The 2012 survey garnered 81 responses, a 28 percent response rate. McConville said he and Nave hope to provide analysis of responses as well as the methodology used. The survey is intended to provide a benchmark for performance measures for the town and the council.
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• The town is looking for two volunteers to serve on the Economic Development Advisory Committee. The panel assists the Town Council and the staff in advancing Purcellville strategies to attract and retain new businesses, support existing commercial ventures, and provide tourism opportunities. Those interested should submit an application with a letter of interest and/ or résumé. Applicants should state why they wish to volunteer and what contributions they might make to the advisory panel. Applications may be downloaded from the purcellvilleva.gov website and are available at the Town Hall. Questions may be directed to Community Development Director Patrick Sullivan at psullivan@pucellvilleva.gov.
Interpretation Branch of the W.S. Hancock Society will portray characters typical of the village in that era, including a tavern keeper, tobacconist and surveyor. The miller also will be on hand to operate the mill both days, and a good friend of mill owner Charles Fenton Mercer will shares stories about his friend and colleague. Visitors will get a first-hand interpretation of early 19th century life in the bustling village astride Rt. 50—an important commercial highway between the Alexandria area and Winchester—anchored by its thriving mill. The 1820s was a period that reflected a sense of national unity in the young nation— beginning in 1815 with the sense of elation following the end of the British invasion in the War of 1812. Excitement replaced the bitter political divisions of the day and an optimistic and adventurous spirit seized the nation, represented by Mercer, who numbered among his friends President James Monroe, owner of the nearby Oak Hill mansion. The program will be given from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. There is no charge, but donations are gladly accepted to benefit the Aldie Mill’s educational programs. For more information, call Tracy Gillespie, historic site manager, at 703-327-9777.
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arun Datta graduated from Stone Bridge High School in 2013 with big dreams. He went to James Madison University to study marketing in the hopes of one day joining NBC’s executive team in New York City. But he’s just now beginning to crunch the numbers to discover that when he graduates in 2017, a big chunk of his salary will go to pay off close to $70,000 in debt. His parents each work two jobs to help him put a dent in the mounting costs to get his bachelor’s degree, Datta said. “My parents are going to help me as much as they can, but obviously the burden will be on me to pay off the majority of it.” How much college truly costs is coming as a surprise to more and more students and their parents. While tuition rates at Virginia’s four-year colleges continue to steadily rise, mandatory fees that often are overlooked are also increasing and can induce their own form of sticker shock. Non-tuition costs include room and board, textbooks, school supplies and personal expenses such as travel and recreation. Tuition and mandatory educational and general (E&G) fees at Virginia’s four-year institutions are up 7.1 percent and mandatory non-E&G fees are up 3.7 percent on average this school year as compared with 2014-2015. Corbin Pangilinan, a 2012 Stone Bridge High School graduate, was surprised to find out he pays more for his meal plan and oncampus housing at Old Dominion University, where he’s a rising senior, than he does in tuition, which makes up 39 percent of his total
expenses. “I was taken somewhat off-guard by that,” said Pangilinan, who’s working toward a degree in English with a concentration on technical writing. Tuition and mandatory E&G fees at the University of Virginia this school year amount to $11,892, but room and board—for those living on campus—doesn’t cost much less, at $10,401. The university’s approximate annual cost also includes $2,121 in other expenses, including mandatory health, athletic, technology and library fees. Old Dominion University has one of the lowest total costs of attendance in Virginia, and even with $15,000 in scholarship assistance and his parents paying for about half of his college costs, Pangilinan will still graduate with just less than $20,000 in student loans. Still, his debt will be below the state average. Virginia’s average public four-year college graduate in 2013 left school with $25,234 in debt, and that is expected to continue to climb, according to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. nother major misconception about college costs is that they stay the same over the period of time that a student is enrolled at the school. The cost to attend Virginia’s public universities—including tuition and mandatory fees—has more than tripled over the past 15 years, according to SCHEV. For example, University of Virginia students will see an 11 percent hike in tuition and general fees this school year; Christopher Newport University students will pay 5 percent more in tuition and fees this year; and Radford University’s tuition and fees are up
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within $2.3 million of one another. The second lowest was $50.08 million from Scheibel Construction. Henley Construction Co. submitted the highest responsible bid of the six at $54.8 million. Construction on the middle school is expected to start soon and wrap up in time for an August 2017 opening. MS-9 will provide some relief for the county’s most crowded middle schools. Now, the school just needs a name. The School Board is expected to adopt a title for the school sometime this fall, after rescinding its initial vote to name it after Loudouner John F. Ryan. Board members voted unanimously in June 23 to reverse its decision after community members brought to light that Ryan might have ushered in racial segregation laws when he served as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1894 to 1899, and
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again from 1901 to 1906. The board has directed a naming committee to reconvene and propose a new name.
FREE, REDUCED LUNCH INCOME THRESHOLDS ARE UP
Loudoun County Public Schools updated its criteria for families to qualify for free and reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. Children from households whose income is at or below the threshold determined by the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines are likely to qualify for either free or reduced-price meals at school. Under the new criteria, a family of two with a household income below $29,471 will likely qualify for a reduced rate, and below $20,709 will likely qualify for free meals. For each additional family member, add $7,696 to
calculate the threshold to qualify for reducedprice meals and add $5,408 to calculate the threshold for free meals. Children whose families receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, WIC or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families may be automatically eligible for free meals. Children who are homeless, migrant or runaways also may be eligible for free meals. Foster children, who are the legal responsibility of a welfare agency or court, are eligible for free meals regardless of the income of the household in which they reside. To receive free or reduced-price meals at school, the child’s parents must fill out an application form. Applications are available at the main office at each school and at the school system’s central office, at 21000 Education Court in Ashburn. Teresa Lucas in the School Nutrition Services Department will determine children’s eligibility based on income levels. For an application or more information, call Lucas at 571-252-1010. n
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the current year, it is $4,379, adjusted for inflation,” he said. “Virginia resident students’ tuition is subsidized by the state of Virginia; however, that support has diminished considerably.” Higher education institutions are also feeling the effects of the 2008 recession, Blake noted. “You’ve had more and more people who have had some kind of financial hardship, whether it be losing jobs or not having their wages increased over a period of time. More people came seeking a higher education while needing more assistance,” he said. While Virginia legislators have said they want to dedicate more of the state’s budget to higher education in the hopes of at least slowing the rise of tuition increases, Blake said there are no indications to suggest that college costs will drop anytime soon, barring sweeping policy changes at the federal or state levels. “There’s tension in this business among cost, access and quality,” he said. “Not unlike the health care industry, you have this iron triangle where you can get two of the three, but it is really difficult to get all three.” But, he added, while the cost of a degree is one of the priciest investments most people will make, it may also be their smartest. “An investment in education appreciates over time and will always be a worthy investment—all the evidence consistently backs up that notion,” Blake said. “Pursuing education will pay you dividends financially as well as socially. It is not good just for the individual but for communities as well.” n
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just less than 5 percent. One college is taking measures to not suprise its students with tuition hikes midway through their degree. The College of William and Mary, in 2013, approved a new measure that locked in students’ tuition for four years during their undergraduate studies. “We have found that families appreciate knowing that the cost of tuition will not change, and they are able to plan for it,” Brian Whitson, the college’s associate vice president of university relations, said. He also noted that the program helps the college because it allows administrators to plan financially. The institution is still raising tuition for incoming students. This school year, freshmen will pay 12.47 percent more than last year’s incoming freshmen. eter Blake, director of SCHEV, said the uptick in tuition and fees is tied to a drop in state and federal funding. “It used to be that the state would contribute around two-thirds of the cost of education while the student would pay one-third,” he said. “That’s now just over the 50 percent mark where students are paying for over half of his or her costs, so that is a significant change.” How much state funding subsidizes each Virginia Tech student, for example, has dropped by 54 percent in the past 15 years, according to Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations. “In the 2000-01 school year, we received $9,501 for each Virginia undergraduate. During
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oudoun County Public Schools’ expenditures could grow by as much as $89.4 million next fiscal year when enrollment growth, increased health care costs, employee pay raises and new schools are taken into account. The county’s School Board got an early look at what costs the fiscal year that will begin July 1, 2016, could bring during a work session last week. Superintendent Eric Williams stressed that the figures are only estimates and that it was much too early to know for sure how much the school division’s budget will need to grow. The division will not know how much it will receive in state and federal dollars for another several months. But early projections indicate seven expenditures that could jump significantly: • an estimated 1,978 more students (up to $25.1 million at the current average cost of $12,700 per pupil); • the opening of the new Madison’s Trust Elementary School ($1.2 million); • compensation step increases for employees ($16.8 million) • other pay raises (up to $16.8 million); • pay into the Virginia Retirement System (up to $14.5 million); • annual health care increase ($10.5 million); and • new fleet purchases, including buses ($4.5 million). Williams said that the list of possible expenditures does not reflect recommendations from him and his staff, and noted that they may not be presented until he unveils the proposed budget in January. Kevin Lewis, assistant superintendent of Support Services, explained one of the heftier line items that board members can likely expect: a request for 60 school buses and 79 other
vehicles, including work trucks and vans. Lewis’ department has spent much of the year looking for efficiencies among its 830bus fleet. It cost the school division $55.6 million—$757 per pupil—to transport students to and from school last year, and School Board members have stressed that reducing that figure would leave more money available for classroom instruction. Lewis is suggesting that the division no longer replace buses based on their age, but on their mileage. Buses have been retired after 15 years, but the assistant superintendent wants to instead retire buses after 175,000 miles, at the point their maintenance and repair costs begin to mount. “If we have a bus with high mileage we need to stop spending money on it and retire it,” Lewis said. From 2017 to 2021, his department will likely request 60 new buses each year, to bring the total of new bus purchases to 240. “In that time we’ll retire 286 buses,” he said, and noted that the school division did not buy any new buses in the current fiscal year. Retiring buses at the 175,000-mile mark, instead of after 15 years, is expected to save the school system $18.22 million in costs over four years. Several board members told Lewis they appreciated seeing a long-term purchasing plan, and particularly one that is expected to ultimately save money. “I think it’s a solid plan, and I’m thrilled we’ll be able to save that kind of money,” Jeff Morse (Dulles) said. Williams told board members they would get a clearer picture of what the FY17 budget could entail a month into the new school year when they have an updated enrollment count. The school system’s budget for the current fiscal year is $982.14 million, up $69.2 million from the previous year. n
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hen brothers Stanley and Roger Caulkins had to close their jewelry store in downtown Leesburg following a fire in June, patrons mourned the loss of the business that has been a King Street fixture for 53 years. They plan to return as soon as repairs are complete, but this week they will reopen Caulkins Jewelers in a temporary space at the Virginia Village Shopping Center. The celebration for the return of the store to Leesburg’s retail community will commence at 4 p.m. Friday when Mayor Kristen Umstattd will preside over a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 36 Catoctin Circle SE, Suite B, between The Compounding Center and Swim Gem. An open house from 4 to 7 p.m. will include refreshments, singing by Frank Lombardi and the opportunity to view restocked display cases. Longtime patrons will see much that will be familiar, including fine jewelry, popular Polish pottery, scarves, distinctively patterned umbrellas, hand-crafted wooden German Christmas items and other pottery and porcelain designs. Senior partner Stanley Caulkins started the business on West Market Street in January 1956, and moved to South King Street in February 1962. Eventually, Caulkins was joined by his
brother Roger, and the two have been pillars in the heart of downtown ever since. This week, Stanley Caulkins recalled the events of June 6 when a fire began in a secondfloor apartment above the store. He got the word at about 9:15 p.m. from a fellow business owner. “She said, ‘Stanley, the apartment over your shop is full of smoke; something’s got to be burning, there’s smoke coming out of the windows.’” When Caulkins arrived on the scene, “I saw a ball of fire rolling out the back. I didn’t think anything could stop it.” His store, and inventory, suffered considerable water and smoke damage. “I’ve had a couple of window smashings and robberies, over the years, but nothing like this,” Caulkins said. Roger Caulkins agreed: “I couldn’t believe how bad it was—water and smoke was still coming through the ceiling a week later. It was clear we’d have to move for a while.” It was equally dramatic for sales assistant Eileen Mosholder, who has been with Caulkins for a decade. She heard about a fire at the Leesburg Diner next door to the store, but didn’t pay too much attention. Then she got a call from fellow saleswoman Violet Mallory, who said the store also was on fire. Mallory has been employed at the store for 15 years. Ironically, Mosholder, who lives near White’s Ferry Road off Rt. 15, had heard the trucks roaring southward from the Lucketts Fire
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Station. “They usually are going north. There were so many fire trucks and when I got there, I realized I’d already heard them heading to the fire.” Inside the store, everything was soaking. Mosholder laughed about the umbrellas that always hung open and upside down from the ceiling. “Water was pouring out of them,” she said. “It’s hard to look at your life’s work almost ruined,” Stanley Caulkins said. Now, the Caulkins brothers, Mosholder and Mallory, sales assistant Jessica Schugars, bookkeeper Laura Lorenz and goldsmith Bryan Chadwick are looking forward to Friday’s re-opening. Although the space is smaller, the staff has made it work. They all have pitched in for more than a month outfitting the new space, repainting the inside of the showcases and hand-cleaning every piece of jewelry in the shop because of smoke damage.
Stanley Caulkins counted his blessings. “We had good insurance coverage, they covered employees’ salaries for a year, cleaned the area, packed up and moved us.” He said Virginia Village manager Brian Hours has been very kind, offering a one-year lease. The Caulkins are intrepid. Stanley will be 90 in October, Roger is 84. While O’Connor has been engaged in the lengthy planning process to renovate the store, diner and the apartments above them, the brothers look forward to a return to their traditional home. “We’ll go back to the old place, there’s no definite time,” Stanley Caulkins said. “Stanley is possibly the most loved man in Leesburg. We are all excited about it,” Umstattd said of Friday’s ceremony. Store hours will be from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The shop will be closed Mondays. n
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Business In Brief • Mesh Omnimedia in Leesburg has been selected by the Powhatan School as its technology partner. Mesh will provide full-time onsite IT help desk support, as well as curriculum development, back office support, professional development, and technology class instruction at the private school in Boyce serving pre-K through eighth grades. “Powhatan is raising the bar for the region’s indepen-
dent schools by engaging a full-service creative agency as its technology partner,” Mesh Omnimedia CEO Shannon Mackey stated. “In turn, we designed a flexible business model for them that provides mission critical full-time onsite technical support, as well as technology instruction for both students and teachers plus access to our creative design, web and video production teams for marketing and development.” • Dallas-based private equity manager Velocis has acquired two office buildings in the
food item in support of Backpack Buddies will receive free Italian ice for a year. Backpack Buddies is a nonprofit that provides food for the weekend to children who are in need. The store, at 1606 Village Market Blvd., Suite 100, will be open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday. Headquartered in Trevose, PA, Rita’s has more than 600 stores in the U.S. and is
Loudoun Gateway Business Park. The Gateway II and III buildings total 179,804 square feet of office space and are located adjacent to Dulles Airport. The interconnected buildings are 90 percent leased by government contracting companies. • Catoctin Creek Distilling Company in Purcellville has expanded its international distribution to Australia and New Zealand through Challenger Beverages Pty Ltd. Catoctin Creek’s products will initially launch in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
planning for expansion in the Philippines, Canada and the Middle East. Since 1984 it has served a variety of cool treats, including Italian ice, made fresh daily with real fruit and available in more than 65 flavors, frozen custard, sundaes, custard cookie sandwiches made with OREO and layered Gelatis. For more information, go to ritasice. com. n
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he leadership of the 2015 Briar Woods High School volleyball team proves the old adage “two heads are better than one.” Senior outside hitters Lauren Twitty and Jasmine Ellison lead eight returning players from the Briar Woods team that won the Virginia High School League Group 5A state championship in November. With that valuable experience, the duo is determined to give the Falcons an opportunity to do it again. Twitty and Ellison were keys to Briar Woods’ success last fall as both were named to the 5A North Region and all-state first teams. The 6-foot-2-inch Twitty (selected to train with the USA Volleyball Junior A1 National Team prior to last season) led the Falcons with 320 kills, while adding 251 digs, 73 service aces and 50 blocks. The 6-foot Ellison added 237 kills, 191 digs, 57 service aces and 41 blocks. Briar Woods head coach Marsha Hermes said she and her staff met with the four returning seniors—6-foot-2-inch middle hitter Riley Garrison and defensive specialist Jessica DiGiovanna join Twitty and Ellison—in April to let them know what would be expected of them this season. Hermes said they were ready and eager to take on the mantle of leadership. “You could see in their faces they are hungry,” Hermes said of the senior class. “They want to work hard, they want to win, they want to be better than when they came into the gym. They come into the gym and are workhorses. It starts with all four of our seniors, but mainly [Twitty and Ellison]. When we’re doing conditioning, they push their teammates and are the first ones on the sprints.” “The biggest thing is for us to be the leaders,” Twitty said. “We had six seniors last year, and they were great leaders. They were our role models, and we need to show the younger girls
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what Briar Woods varsity is all about.” Ellison added, “Stepping up and leading the team is important. We need to make sure we have a good team chemistry as that will help us on the court and the road to states.” According to Hermes, that team chemistry begins with Twitty (who has committed to play collegiately at the University of New Mexico) and Ellison (committed to American University). The duo has played together for several years on the Virginia Elite club squad
and learned how to work together for the betterment of the team. Ellison transferred to Briar Woods from Potomac Falls prior to last fall, and the move resulted in the Falcons’ first state title. “They push each other,” Hermes said. “They’re very good friends, and there is not a jealousy issue. When one is doing well, the other wants to do well with her. It’s not a competition thing, and you can’t teach that. They have great chemistry, and all of the girls fall into
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that. Leadership like that is natural and is very nice to have.” “The closer we’ve gotten, the more I know how to deal with her when she gets down, and she can deal with me,” Twitty said of Ellison. “I don’t know if we could do that if we didn’t spend as much time as we do together.” The Falcons play in Conference 14, one of the most competitive in Virginia. Stone Bridge has made five straight trips to the state Continued on Next Page
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ver the past decade, Loudoun County has become known as a hotbed for girls volleyball in Virginia. Loudoun County High School put the area on the map by reaching at least the state semifinals in each of the past nine seasons and winning a state-record seven championships over the past eight. The Raiders (29-2 last fall) won four straight Group AA titles from 2007-10, and then captured the final AA crown in 2012 and the Group 4A championships the past two seasons, including a three-game sweep of James Wood in November. Briar Woods (25-3) broke into that sorority last fall by claiming the Group 5A state title, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Princess Anne in a five-game thriller. The Falcons join fellow Conference 14 programs Broad Run,
Potomac Falls, Stone Bridge and Tuscarora in forming one of the strongest leagues in Virginia. “The good thing about this area is there is great volleyball everywhere,” Briar Woods head coach Marsha Hermes said. “When someone asks where we’re from and we say Loudoun County, they say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s volleyball country up there.’ “Teams are so well coached,” Hermes added. “We can’t take anything for granted in every game we play. You can’t overlook anybody. We get that competition over and over again, and that helps us be strong in the postseason.” Loudoun will feature five teams at the 5A level this season, nine 4A schools and one— newly opening Riverside—in the 3A grouping. Because of changes in enrollment during the past two-year classification period, Freedom
will drop a level, to 4A, while John Champe, Loudoun Valley and Rock Ridge will all move up a step, from 3A. Conference 14 (also known as the Potomac District) has been represented well at the 5A state tournament in Richmond the past two seasons. Stone Bridge (23-4) advanced to the state semifinals in each of the past five seasons, playing for the VHSL Group AAA title in 2010 and the Group 5A crown in 2013, while Broad Run reached the state semifinals in 2013. Potomac Falls (17-11)—led by returning all-state selection Holly Carlton (committed to the University of North Carolina), a 6-foot-5 senior hitter/setter—advanced to the 5A North Region tournament last fall and won two matches before falling to Briar Woods in the semifinals. Tuscarora followed the same path in 2013, falling to Broad Run in the regional Continued on Next Page
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having a chance to repeat. “Focusing on ball control right now is really going to help us like it did last year,” Ellison said. “It all starts with a pass. We have a lot of power hitters, and that will help us, but ball control always wins games.” Said Hermes: “Ball control is the key. We have signs saying ‘ball control’ all over our gym because it all starts with the pass. A great passer never gets the recognition she deserves. It’s so important because it makes it so much easier for our setters to get balls to our big hitters. If we can’t get the ball to them, it doesn’t matter how many big hitters we have.” “We’re excited about the season,” the coach added. “We can’t ask them to come in and work any harder. They’re making huge leaps every day. They come in and put in the work, and that comes from our senior leadership. They set the expectation and everyone is ready to go.” n
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of John Prine’s “That’s The Way The World Goes Round.” The Dentons are both Virginians—Amy is from Woodbridge and Luke is from Roanoke— but met in Austin, TX, in the mid-2000s, where both had gravitated to pursue careers in music. In 2007, Luke joined Amy’s Austin band, Amy Glen and the Forgotten Heroes, as the piano player. The two fell in love and began working on what would eventually become “Beeswing” in 2009. But as these two Virginians began to think about getting married and starting a family, the East Coast, with its family connections, began to call. And the pair also felt a pull to get out of the musical rat race of Austin. “We’d been playing in Austin for a few years and we were kind of ready to slow it down a little,” Luke said. “Austin’s the live music capital of the world. There are tons of musicians there. It’s really competitive. Everybody’s nice and helpful with each other, but it’s exhausting trying to promote yourself
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“We thought, as a duo, what a perfect place for us to play our music,” Amy said. “We’ve got a great little following. We absolutely love it here.” Amy was hired as a second-grade teacher and Luke as an elementary music teacher in Loudoun, and they quickly began booking winery shows. Luke teaches at Cool Spring Elementary in Leesburg, while Amy has taken time off from full-time teaching to stay home with Jack but continues to tutor after school in addition to handling most of the band’s booking. For their fans, the Dentons are a musical match made in heaven, with Amy’s surprisingly big voice, which has been compared to greats like Norah Jones and Eva Cassidy, and Luke’s musicianship (he plays piano, guitar, ukulele and percussion on the new record). The couple works well together in the songwriting department, too, with Amy composing the lyrics and melody, while Luke takes care of the music and instrumentation. While Amy’s voice is in many ways the soul of the duo, Luke—thanks to encouragement from his wife and their fans—has stepped out of his comfort zone to sing, as well. He’s mostly a harmonizer, but has been known to take the lead on a few songs in their repertoire. “When we had been doing the duo thing for a while, we started realizing that
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against 900 other bands that are playing that night.” Loudoun appealed to the couple for two reasons: both had teaching degrees and Loudoun’s school boom made it a great place to look for day jobs, and the county’s burgeoning winery scene offered regular weekend music gigs, which began to flow shortly after their move to Aldie in 2012.
people were responding to the songs we were doing with a lot of harmonies. So I started to come up to the microphone a little more often,” Luke said. “I feel like when we play to our strengths, Amy’s voice is definitely the one that carries it, and I’m OK with that. Singing is secondary for me. I really enjoy it, Continued on Page 46
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11 a.m.-noon. Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way, Lovettsville. Contact: 703858-8818 Inova Loudoun Hospital Mobile Health Services will provide blood pressure screenings. 2 p.m., Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St., Sterling. Contact: 703430-9500 Author James R. Pettinelli will read from his children’s book, “The Legend of Zagaboo.”
Live Music: Native Run
8:30 p.m., Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyholeesburg.com Native Run brings to bear influences from Shakespeare to Springsteen, and from Patsy Cline to Keith Urban. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
‘Bring It On! The Musical’
7:30 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. Details: piearts.org
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7:30-9 p.m., Purcellville Train Station, 200 N. 21st St., Purcellville. Details: www.lvspa.org Dr. Marjory Dunlap, well known to the sheep and goat community in Loudoun County, will discuss sheep breeding. This event is sponsored by the Loudoun Valley Sheep Producers Association. Free.
Friday, Aug. 21
9/11 Commemorative Ride
1:30 p.m., downtown Leesburg. Details: americas911foundation.org America’s 9/11 Foundation motorcycle ride in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and aftermath travels from Somerset, PA, to the Pentagon and ends at the World Trade Center. The motorcycle procession will pass through Leesburg on King Street. Spectators who wish to watch and cheer as the ride passes through are encouraged to arrive downtown by 1:30 p.m. Free.
International Bazaar
2-4 p.m., Cascades Senior Center, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Contact: 571-258-3280
Sample food from around the world and enjoy music and customs from many cultures. Tickets are $7 at the door, $5 in advance for members.
Parties on the Plaza
6-8 p.m., Village at Leesburg, 1602 Village Market Blvd, Leesburg. Details: villageatleesburg.com Enjoy the music of Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass band, games and giveaways on the Plaza. Free.
‘Bring It On! The Musical’ 7:30 p.m., See Aug. 20 listing.
Saturday, Aug. 22
Art in the Pink Box Park
10 a.m.-3 p.m., Pink Box Park, 12 N. Madison St., Middleburg. Details: middleburgarts.org Walk in the park, hear live music and visit with eight local artists selling their work.
Ordinary Times: Life in Colonial Lanesville
10 a.m.-2 p.m., Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal’s Gap Road, Sterling. Contact: 571-2583700 Visit the Lanesville Ordinary and take part in early American activities. Enjoy bread making, woodworking, clothes making, open fire cooking and toy making. Refreshments served. Free.
Veterans Fundraiser: Cash Bingo
10 a.m., American Legion, 112 N. 21 St., Purcellville. Details: vapost293.org Cash bingo games open to the public. Doors open at 8:45 a.m., first game begins at 10 a.m. Money raised goes to veterans’ programs. Food and drinks available for purchase.
Live Music: Emily Guagliardi
2 p.m., North Gate Vineyard, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville. Details: northgatevineyard. com Emily Guagliardi is a popular folk singer and songwriter in the Northern Virginia area. She performs both cover songs and originals, in her own style. Free.
‘Bring It On! The Musical’ 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., See Aug. 20 listing.
Artist Reception
5-8 p.m., 1601 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: artsinthevillage.com Meet August’s featured artists, fabric sculptor Claire Courpron and oil painter Marcia Klioze. Enjoy light fare and wine at the reception. Free.
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rison St., Leesburg. Contact: rustyfoster@ bowtiestrategies.com Catch-up, take pictures, recall old memories and celebrate with friends old and new. There is no cost to attend. Guests are responsible for his or her own appetizers, dinner and drinks.
Live Music: Julia & the Ready Boys
8 p.m., Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville. Details: www.monksq.com Join Julia & the Ready Boys at Monks for a solid dose of roots, rock and soul. Free.
Live Music: Prescott Engle
7-9 p.m., Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: acousticonthegreen. com Popular local musician Prescott Engle returns to the Acoustic stage. Lawn chairs, blankets and picnics are encouraged. No smoking, alcoholic beverages or pets. Free.
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11 a.m.-6 p.m., Old 690 Brewing Company, 15670 Ashbury Church Road, Purcellville. Details: old690.com A fundraiser and pep rally for Tattoo Tom Mitchell as he heads off to run a 200-mile ultra marathon to raise awareness and money for children with cancer and their families. Live music from 1 to 3 p.m. by Nathaniel Davis. A special Stillbrave brew will be unveiled with a portion of the sales to benefit the foundation. Rito Loco food truck, raffles and games. Free.
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Discovery Grove Exploration
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal’s Gap Road, Sterling. Contact: 571-258-3700 Explore and enjoy the outdoor play space where visitors can dig for worms, build forts, climb over logs and more. Free.
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1-3 p.m., Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal’s Gap Road, Sterling. Contact: 571-258-3700 Explore the nature center’s treasures. Learn about fossils, seashells, birds’ nests and feathers in a hands-on learning experience.
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7:30-9 p.m., 202 Church St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: 703-727-1111 or loudoun.toastmastersclubs.org Practice public speaking skills with others. The club meets on the first and third Thursday of each month.
7:15-8:30 pm., Carver Center, Purcellville. Contact: 571-258-3400 Enjoy a large dance floor and a relaxed atmosphere as participants learn to dance or perfect their skills. Drop-in fee is $2. Group meets every second and fourth Tuesday.
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but finding harmonies to her melodies is definitely one of my favorite things to do.” As far as songwriting, it took some time to find a groove, but the couple is in a good creative place. All of the songs but one on their new recording are originals, and the pair is winning over their winery followers with their own tunes. “We lucked out in the sense that we have opposite strengths. I’m the lyricist and he’s the instrumentalist. It works out because we’re not fighting for the same thing,” Amy said. “He comes up with something cool and I finish it. Or I come up with something cool and he finishes it. It just works out that way—not to say we don’t get into arguments when we’re writing music. But I’d say that for the most part, I love it.” Amy recalls that when they first started writing together in 2009, she’d take the CD Luke had given her out to the car to work on lyrics because she was too shy to write in front
of him. Now the couple puts Jack to bed and heads to their basement studio to compose music together. “When we first started writing as a team, we had to learn how to do it—like anything else,” Luke said. “When you’re working with somebody else, whether it’s the person you know better than anybody else in the world or a stranger, you find out how to work with the other person because when you’re creating music it’s something very personal. … It’s very smooth now but it was six years in the making.” And while the duo generally mixes in more covers, including a range of jazz standards, during their winery shows, they’re starting to get requests from regular winery circuit fans for their own tunes. Their CDs are available at shows and via their website for a donation—with the amount decided on by the purchaser. “We want to bring people in at wineries with songs that they know and at the same time introduce them to a lot of our songs,” Amy said. “Recently, we were playing at the Barns of Ham-
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Northern Virginia Media Services has an immediate opening for a full-time photographer at the Belvoir Eagle, a 16,000-circulation weekly newspaper serving the Fort Belvoir U.S. Army base in Fairfax, Va., just outside the nation’s capital. The person who gets the job will be a talented photographer comfortable working in a military environment. The successful applicant must receive a favorable National Agency Check in order to receive credentials to enter military installations. Northern Virginia Media Services publishes five weekly newspapers in the D.C. suburbs, along with InsideNoVa.com and Washington Family magazine. Applicants should send a cover letter, resume and references to Aleks Dolzenko at: info@staffordcountysun.com
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AmeriCorps Position at Loudoun Literacy Council. 11 month commitment, full time. For more information see our website at: www. loudounliteracy.com or call 703-777-2205.
Medical Asst, Billing/Coding Phlebotomy, IV training The Medical Learning Center Ashburn Job placement assistance. Call 703-444-7232 for information. www. medicallearningcenter.net
FT LPN OR MA The largest family practice in Loudoun County is expanding again and we need your help. FT Nurses and or Medical Assistants are needed immediately. We have locations in Broadlands, Lansdowne, Cornwall, Purcellville and Lovettsville. Minimum one year of family practice and EMR experience preferred. Our comprehensive benefits include competitive pay with direct deposit, health, dental and life insurance. Employees have the opportunity to participate in our 401K savings program. If you are ready to join our family please send your resume to lgray@lmgdoctors.com or fax to 703-726-0804.
Chimney Sweep/Stove Installer Looking for an honest, hardworking, enthusiastic person to fill our open position of Chimney Sweep/Stove Installer. Excellent communication skills are a must. This job is labor intensive, requires strength and the ability to be comfortable on a ladder/roof. If you are looking to learn a new trade and grow within our company, please forward your resume for consideration. caroline@rustysfireplace.com or fax 540-338-2758
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Hiring All Positions - Must have a passion for seafood & great service. Dulles,VA. If you would like to be apart of a diverse team of passionate professionals, apply online at www.redlobster.com Paid training, benefits, opportunity for growth.
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French Hound in Middleburg VA seeks a Line Cook & Host Call for inquires: 540.687.3018 Apply in Person: 101 South Madison Street
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The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm is looking for a Line Cook to work with the talented Chef Tarver King. Experience is mandatory. As the menus change daily, the ideal candidate must be creative and willing to adapt to new dishes every day. Please send resume to: info@patowmackfarm.com
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• Possess a Genuine LOVE for Children • Positive, Enthusiastic Team Player • Motivated, Punctual, Reliable and Trustworthy • Excellent Communication Skills • Willingness to Learn WE HIRE THE CHARACTER AND TRAIN THE SKILLS!
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Controller.....................................................................................................................................$75,454 - $126,644 DOQ....................................................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled Required: Bachelors or Masters degree in accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ten years of increasingly responsible technical experience in accounting, financial statement preparation and auditing and/or related functions, preferably local government. CPA Required. Preferred: Masters degree in accounting or MBA. Local government experience in accounting preferably as a Controller or similar role and experience, especially with Munis ERP, Crystal Reports and fund accounting. Bilingual in English/Spanish.
Outreach Program Coordinator....................................................................................................$19.96 – 33.51/hr DOQ.......................................................................Closing Date: August 24, 2015 Required: HS degree or GED equivalent. One year of supervisory work in serving at-risk youth in a recreation environment; or any equivalent combination of accepted education and experience. Certified in CPR and standard first aid (or ability to obtain within one month of employment). Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in recreation management, recreation and leisure, physical education, social services or related area. Over one year of experience in recreational setting. Bilingual in English/ Spanish.
Please visit www.leesburgva.gov/jobs to review Ida Lee (Parks & Recreation) flexible part-time position openings. *Most positions will be filled at or near the minimum of the range. *Dependent on Qualifications. TO APPLY: A Town of Leesburg application for employment is required for each position. Please go to www.leesburgva.gov/jobs to apply online. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on the closing date, unless otherwise noted. Resumes may be submitted as supplemental only. The Town of Leesburg is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and disability in employment or the provision of services. The Town of Leesburg also supports the Americans with Disabilities Act by making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, so that they may participate in job interviewing, services or employment offered by the Town. Please call (703) 777-2420 or Virginia Relay Center (TDD 1-800-828-1120/Voice 1-800-828-1140). All Town vacancies may be viewed on Comcast Cable Channel 67 and Verizon FiOS Channel 35.
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After School Youth Program Instructor - Must have experience working with children in a group setting; Monday-Friday, 2:30pm-5:30pm starting 8/31/15 thru 6/2016...............................$10.30-$14.42/hr Aquatic Fitness Instructor - Certified Aquatics Fitness Instructor - AEA certified or equivalent and CPR/AED certified; various days/times............................................................................$25.75-$39.14/hr Aquatics Fitness Instructor/Springboard Diving Instructor - Certified Aquatics Fitness Instructor – AEA certified or equivalent and CPR/AED certified. Saturday mornings required..........$16.48-$36.05/hr Child Care Attendant - Minimum of 16 years of age; First Aid/CPR Certified or ability to obtain within 3 months of employment; prior child care exp.; Mornings, evenings and weekends; This is not a seasonal position.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10.30-$12.36/hr Custodian - Minimum of 18 years old; HS diploma/GED; experience in custodial Maintenance, and possession of, or ability to obtain a driver’s license. Various times and days..............................$10.65/hr Fitness Attendant - Minimum age of 16 (high school student, graduate, or equivalent; various days/times; This is not a seasonal position...............................................................................................$9.79/hr Lead Lifeguard - High School Diploma/GED and three years experience as a lifeguard; must hold current certifications in American Red Cross Lifeguarding. CPR for the Professional Rescuer, and Certified Aquatic Facility Operator or equivalent certification; various days/times.......................................................................................................................................$16.48/hr Park Attendant - Minimum 18 years old, prefer grounds maintenance or landscaping Experience. Daytime hours M-F................................................................................................................$8.24-$12.36/hr Recreation Instructor - Gymnasitics Knowledge, skills and experience instructing techniques of gymnastics. Weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings......................................................$12.88-$30.90/hr Recreation Instructor - Skateboard Instructor - knowledge, skills, and exp. instructing techniques of skateboarding; Summer academies from 9:00am-12:00pm and Saturdays year round...$12.88-$30.90/hr Recreation Instructor - Soccer; Min. of 16 yrs. of age; knowledge, skills and experience instructing techniques of soccer; various days/times..........................................................................$12.88-$30.90/hr Rental Coordinator High school diploma/GED, minimum 18 years old, prefer some cusomer service experience; some experience with event planning. Various days and times...............................$17.12/hr Tennis Attendant - At least high school senior, 18 years old with cash handling and customer service experience, computer skills. Clerical customer service and support tasks for tennis programs. Various times and days............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................$11.21/hr
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Houses of Worship Our Saviour, Oatlands Conservative Traditional Anglican Worship
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Leesburg Church of the Nazarene
Waterford Baptist Church 15545 High Street Waterford, VA 20197 540-882-3044 Bible based teachings Small friendly church. Everyone welcome Sunday School 9:45am • Sunday Worship 11:00am
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19619 Evergreen Mills Rd, Leesburg Visitors warmly welcomed
St. Augustine
Mass Schedule: Church 55 Oakcrest Manor Drive, NE Saturday 9:00 am, 5:30 pm Sunday 7:30, 9:00, 10:45, 12:30 2:15 pm (Spanish) Daily 12 noon (M–F) Chapel of the Immaculate Conception Corner of Union and N. King Sts. Daily 8:30 (M–F) Office and Contact: 101 Oakcrest Manor Drive, NE Leesburg, Virginia 20176 703-777-1317 703-771-9016 (fax) saintjohnleesburg.org
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Visitation will be Friday, August 21, at Adams-Green Funeral Home in Herndon from 5 until 8 p.m. A mass will be held Saturday, August 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Ashburn.
A private family celebration of his life was held at the family farm on Saturday, August 15.
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Joan was proud of her family and her Catholic faith. Her greatest enjoyment in life was raising her six children: Edward Fadden of Falls Church; Thomas Fadden and his wife, Elaine, of Richmond; Karen Ferguson and her husband, Mark, of Ashburn; Michael Fadden and his wife, Shirley, of Centreville; Linda Stanton and her husband, Bob, of Vienna; and JoAnn Meyers and her husband, Bruce Potter, of Ashburn. She also loved watching her 11 grandchildren grow up: Katie, Andrew, Emily, Ryan, Ellie, Brandon, Taylor, Carey, Josh, Dylan and Jona. Other survivors include two sisters-in-law, Thelma Donahue of South Bend, IN, and Grace Donahue of Wilkes-Barre, PA, and numerous nieces and nephews, including Bob Orr of Falls Church.
He grew up in western Loudoun County and was a graduate of Loudoun Valley High School. Breeze was a Harley riding, Steeler loving, champion fishermen. He was a little rough around the edges but gooey on the inside. He was always full throttle having fun in each and every way possible. He had a huge heart and giving soul. His smile and spirit will be missed by so many.
Rev. Mary Cynthia Barrino-Smith, age 64, Matthew was born September 22, 1987 in passed away on August 11, 2015 at her resLoudoun County, Virginia. idence in Reston, VA. She is survived by her children; grandchildren; great-grandchildren He was a dearly loved young man with great and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives compassion for his family and friends. He enjoyed playing guitar with his friends and and friends. Viewing: Thurs., Aug. 20, 2015, former worship team. He was a well loved 10am until time of service, 11am at Heritage bartender and waiter. His parents chose to Fellowship Church, 2501 Fox Mill Rd., Reston, VA 20191. Interment: Fairfax Memorial Park, donate his organs so that others could live. Fairfax, VA. Arrangements by Lyles Funeral Matthew is survived by his parents, Ian and Service of Purcellville, VA. 1-800-388-1913. Valerie Sayer; Siblings: Jonathan, Jacob, Jessica Sayer, Michelle Smith, and brother-inPOLA M. SHEPPARD law, Forrest “Woody” Smith; Nephews: Clay- Pola M. Sheppard departed this life peacefully ton and Hunter; Nieces: Faith and Emma; August 12. She leaves to cherish her memory Grandparents: J. Martin and Elisabeth Sayer, her six children, Aretha Veney (Darryl), Jerry Frances Reardon and Michael Reardon (pre- Carter, James Carter, Martina Bullock (Tracy), deceased). Michelle Sheppard and Calvin Sheppard Jr, 7 The family will receive friends August 21, grandchildren and a host of family and friends. 2015, from 6-8pm, at Loudoun Funeral Visitation was 10:00-11:00am on Wednesday, Chapel. The memorial service will be held at August 19, 2015 at Colonial Funeral Home, the same location August 22, 2015, at 10am. 201 Edwards Ferry Road NE, Leesburg, Virginia 20176. Services followed immediately In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to at 11:00am. www.colonialfuneralhome.com. GoFundMe http://gofundme.com/j32f2yz8
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Breeze Makenzie, age 50 passed away unexpectedly on August 8, 2015. He is survived by his daughter, Brittany (Nick) Hicks, Columbia SC; sisters, Tina (Andy) Johnson and Linda (Rob) Boosinger, Palm Harbor FL; parents Warren and Carol Johnson; niece, Jessica Winegar; nephews, Zachary (Devon) Johnson, Nathanial Johnson, Tad Winegar, Michael Johnson and Nicholas Johnson and a multitude of nieces and nephews.
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Mrs. Joan Fadden, 87, of Ashburn, passed away suddenly on August 16, 2015. Joan was born March 16, 1928, in Pittston, PA. She was one of six children of Joseph and Matilda Donahue and graduated from Pittston High School.
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eesburg’s Exeter neighborhood this week provided a reminder of the fragile nature of the geology underlying northern Leesburg and the Rt. 15 corridor north of town.
It took county leaders several years to
agree on special regulations aimed at protecting residents living in the limestone area from the dangers of developing on the karst landscape. From time to time, proposals surface to push back or even eliminate them.
Looking in to the deep hole on Currant Terrace, one can
only be thankful that it was only a street that was swallowed up—not a house foundation or a car. A few miles up the road,
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millions of dollars are being spent to provide clean drinking water to homes in two rural developments after community wells showed signs of contamination, another well-documented problem in areas with limestone soils.
The dangers are not imaginary or exaggerated; they are
unpredictable and costly. Most of all, the risks are known.
In developing the limestone overlay zoning district,
county supervisors in years past worked to balance those concerns with property rights considerations. The resulting legislation may not be perfect, but it should not be recklessly undone by those who will follow.
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Youth. Thirty-four Loudoun County high school students, representing 12 high schools, participated in one of two weeklong training events in July and August. Leadership Loudoun Youth (LLY) is a weeklong leadership program designed to introduce youth to leadership concepts, as well as expose them to local business, government and community leaders. The program is open to all 10th, 11th and 12th grade Loudoun
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County high school students. Youth spend some time learning leadership skills in a classroom-type setting, but spend the majority of the week visiting community leaders throughout the county. This year’s classes met with: Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott York, Virginia State Senator Jennifer Wexton, Leesburg Mayor Kristen Umstattd, Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary M. Clemens and entrepreneurs John Wolff (Capital Fiduciary Advisors), Ara Bagdasarian (Omnilert) and Tina Johnson (JP Events). Their week started with an overnight leadership strategy session at Meadowkirk, and followed with in-depth tours of area farms including Moonfire Orchard, Moutoux Orchard, Butterfly Hill Alpacas and Fields of Athenry. Additionally, students spent
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“Washington, D.C. has height restrictions for buildings. As a result DC will never have NYC-sized skyscrapers. It doesn’t seem that Purcellville has set restrictions as to the size of a building or complex. The citizens of Purcellville want to maintain the small town feel, and to preserve its historic district, but this has to be suppor ted by zoning and legislation. Get involved if you want a change.” — WaterfordVillager s, on Vineyard Square Fight Heads To Cour t
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Dear Editor: Leesburg Today complains about the broken political system and how it’s given rise to the candidacy of Donald Trump (Aug. 13). The paper should take the ancient advice: Physician, heal thyself. Like most of the media, Leesburg Today is part of the problem, not the solution. The media spends its time hyper-
Dear Editor: As the General Assembly meets in special session to redraw the maps for Virginia’s congressional districts, the League of Women Voters of Virginia calls on the General Assembly to ensure that the process is as transparent as possible. We also call on the General Assembly to respect the Virginia Constitution’s requirements for districts that are compact, contiguous and equal in population. (Certainly the 3rd Congressional District, the subject of the litigation that brings us here today, could in no way be judged as compact or contiguous.) We also call on the General Assembly to respect natural geographic boundaries, the boundaries of local jurisdictions and communities of interest. If redistricting is done in a way that is fair and non-partisan, it will ultimately produce a result that permits democratic processes to flourish in our state and reflects the true political power of minorities and other ethnic groups within our increasingly diverse Commonwealth. The League continues to urge the General Assembly to create a politically balanced and independent redistricting commission to prepare all future redistricting maps in the state. Last year, the bipartisan ethics commission chaired by former Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and former U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher also endorsed the creation of such a commission. We were further gratified when the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the consti-
Dear Editor: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, faced with having to give sworn testimony before Congress in October on the events before, during, and after the Benghazi attack, should instead do so publicly, now. The weight of existing public evidence and prepared under-oath questions show she and other government officials were pressured by President Barack Obama to lie about that then. Events now unfolding require the truth. Although this will mean the end of her political aspirations, it could stop Obama who, now unfettered by a recessed Congress, is preparing to spark a Syria-like “I have decided confrontation” with Russia. “Out of the blue ” added sanctions, confirmation of his new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who declared Russia our greatest threat, and added movement of naval and ground-based ABM and conventional assets to the borders of Russia itself, have prompted highest level warnings from Russian government, diplomatic and military officials. This exact type of confluence of events is exactly why after President Eisenhower’s warning of a “Military Industrial Complex,” President Kennedy had his staff read “The Guns of August.” Clinton’s considerations must rise above all others to effect a change whose implications by exposing Obama could sway events with national and global outcomes. Russian Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin gave a lengthy interview on July 30 in which he warned starkly that a third world war would be mankind’s last. Richard W. Burden, Leesburg
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Dear Editor: In response to Jordan Estrada’s “Next Step?” letter I would submit that Leesburg’s Board of Architectural Review is primarily comprised of well-meaning, non-self-interested citizens whose mission is not to cause town citizens hardship, but to protect the integrity of the historic district. In my opinion the BAR has done a much better job of historic preservation than either the Town Council, or in its bullying tactics, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. If Mr. Estrada would like to consider “imbalance” in the historic district he need look no further than the current county office building, the gas station and office building across the street from the county building, the design of the current court system building behind the historic court house, the town-approved Courthouse Square project and the recently approved courthouse expansion. The historic downtown is slowly but surely being engulfed by the massive scale or lack of design features of these projects. Should Mr. Estrada wish to see how other areas protect their historic districts then he should visit places like Camden, ME, or Frederick, MD. As to his suggestion that the town review the BAR’s scope of authority, he should know that it is Virginia law that codifies BARs and Planning Commissions. Additionally, talented, qualified citizens willing to devote hours of personal time sitting on our boards and commissions are hard to come by. Perhaps Mr. Estrada would like to volunteer. Neil Steinberg, Leesburg
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time touring and learning about local businesses K2M, Innovation Health, The Wellness Connection as well as motivation sessions with Sam Olbes (The Wellness Connection), Sharon Wright (Loudoun Clear Marketing) and a civics lesson on creating community from Abby Pfisterer, director of Civics Programs, Moven Park. The week concluded with a celebratory lunch at the National Conference Center, where the students presented their Personal Plan Presentations and received a certificate of completion. On behalf of Loudoun Youth Inc., I would like to congratulate all the students for a job well done, and thank all the local business, government and community leaders in making this year’s sessions so successful. The mission of Loudoun Youth Inc. is to coordinate community resources to assist in the development of youth programs and create leadership opportunities for young adults and this program is a perfect example of a lot of coordination from those community resources. Loudoun Youth supports and develops programs that provide teens with positive out-of-school activities that help them become confident, engaged and contributing members and leaders of the community. We focus on providing supportive interactions and positive experiences in safe, nurturing environments while simultaneously developing leadership skills and providing leadership opportunities through these interactions and experiences. Other programs supported by Loudoun Youth Inc. include the Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition, Battle of the Bands, YouthFest, Youth Advisory Council and the Step Up Your Health Challenge. For more information, visit our website loudounyouth.org, or contact me at swolfson@ loudounyouth.org. Steve Wolfson, Executive Director Loudoun Youth Inc.
Dear Editor: In my recent letter regarding a traffic accident in Hillsboro, I related what I had heard at the scene from law enforcement about the possible cause. While the driver was cited for reckless operation, I have been informed that a medical condition may have precipitated the accident, rather than inattentiveness or speed. I regret that I may have passed on any misinformation. In any event, this accident remains a stark illustration of why safe pedestrian access throughout our town is a critical need. Mayor Roger L. Vance, Hillsboro
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“Considering the buses are not utilized by a lot of students to start with, the schools should be collecting a “drop off ” fee! That would solve the budget issue and help with the traffic issues. Either ride the bus or walk, if in high school and the student drives, they either need to be employed (or have another legitimate reason for driving) or pay double the current parking fee.”
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tutionality of such commissions in a case involving Arizona’s independent commission. Because of the time pressures inherent in responding to the court order involving the boundaries of the 3rd Congressional District, the General Assembly may be tempted to dispense with any effort to keep the public informed about its processes or to seek their input on proposed plans. That is why it is particularly important for it to promote transparency during the special session. A number of potential starting points have been suggested. The League notes that some of these, including the plans developed by the college competition and plans suggested by then-Gov. Bob McDonnell’s bipartisan advisory commission, were developed in the 2010 cycle as independent, bipartisan approaches. Consequently, these may be a reasonable starting point for the current discussion. It is time to end the practice of letting politicians pick their voters and instead let the voters of our state choose the persons who will represent them. The special session affords the General Assembly a chance to take an important first step toward eliminating partisan gerrymandering in our state in the future. The League of Women Voters of Virginia
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ventilating about the latest “speako” from a politician--especially if they are conservative. And many of these statements are taken out of context, or are purposefully set up with gotcha questions (of which there are few for Democrat politicians, but abound for Republicans). What the media spends almost no time on is a discussion of issues, particularly with enough objectivity or depth for people to understand and make intelligent decisions about them. Then at the end of campaign season the media laments the negativity and lack of serious discussion. Who fed and led that problem? The media. Exhibit A comes from page 25 of the very same Aug. 13 issue. A nice big headline and whole article about a comment purposefully taken out of context by the Democrat media. Anyone with a basic understanding of the English language can understand that Ms. Comstock used a metaphor to point out that we have technology that could be used to address the illegal immigration problem. Any honorable, objective, and decent person would repudiate with disgust the twisting of that statement to claim that Ms. Comstock believes any people are the equivalent of packages, without solid evidence about her character to back up such an accusation. We can track a package around the world or remotely land a spaceship, after it travels 4 billion miles over 10 years, on a comet traveling 85,000 mph. Rather than seeking answers to serious questions like why we can’t also control our border, or why we can’t get the number of people who sign in to a polling place to match the number of recorded votes, among many other questions, the media leads the public in assigning made-up motivations to people they don’t like and rallies those easily offended who will never see the real context. And thanks to the media and our government-biased education system, those offended probably wouldn’t care about or take time to understand the context. Objective introspection and selfcorrection, like objective reporting, are huge areas of weakness for the media. Until you deal with those, please, no lectures about our broken political system. Mitch Turner, Hamilton
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told board members. The day after the School Board meeting, Loudoun school system leaders announced that they were reinstating bus service for 58 of the 150 Sycolin Creek Elementary School students living in The Hamlets of Red Cedar after re-evaluating the distance from some of the homes. Increasing walking zones and reining in how much the county spends on transpor-
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nor disgrace, because you know what you are.” Fleming noted the sacrifices made by his parents, recalling he was the first in his extended family to attend college; pride in his children; and the support of his wife of 30 years, who for the past three years has been his law partner, as well. He said the traits he hoped to demonstrate as a judge were Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Douglas L. Fleming Jr. addresses friends and colleagues gathered to celebrate his investiture Aug. 12 in Leesburg.
tation have been top priorities of this School Board. Busing students to school cost the division $55.6 million—$757 per pupil—last year, and School Board members say that reducing that figure would leave more money available for classroom instruction. In 2013, the board began following a “walk zone” policy that had been on the books for years but never enforced fully, prompting bus rides to cease for an additional 2,700 students. The rule requires high school and middle school students who live within one mile of their school, and elementary students who live within 0.8 miles of their school, to either walk or find a ride. Plans are in the works to increase the number of Loudoun students who must either walk or find a ride to school to 17,647 by the end of year with the help of a state Safe Routes to School grant. The projects to be funded through that grant include new asphalt paths, sidewalks, signage, flashing “school zone” signals and signalized crosswalks. n
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wisdom, patience and humility. “I feel so fortunate,” Fleming said. “With your support, I’ll get up and do my best every day.” n
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