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reached an agreement to close the revenue gap in the two-year state budget that took effect July 1. It will mean less money than expected for almost everything except K-12 education. The deal, expected for action by the General Assembly during this week’s special session, reduces state spending by about 3.5 percent and relies mostly on cuts in new spending and money from the state’s Rainy Day Fund. It leaves a $272 million shortfall in the second year that the governor and legislators will need to work through in the session that

begins in January. “This is how we get things done,” said Del. Tag Greason (R-32), a House budget conferee who represents the Ashburn area. “It was a bipartisan approach with the governor, legislators, Republicans and Democrats just sitting down and saying ‘how are we going to solve the problem?” Talks of finding a compromise started among leaders of the two chambers and the governor a month ago, as soon as new state revenue numbers came out last month show-

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wo months after the fight over Medicaid almost threatened to leave Virginia without an approved budget in time for the start of the fiscal year, lawmakers crossed political lines this week to hammer out a deal to address the state’s $2.4 billion revenue shortfall. Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and General Assembly leaders announced Monday that they

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books were given away. Two hundred visitors got haircuts and 400 got flu shots. Everyone left with a load of giveaways, including a bag of groceries—more than 17 tons of groceries in total. The Missouri-based Convoy of Hope was founded in 1994 and has provided services to more than 65 million people, while targeting assistance for to those who are impoverished, hungry and hurting. n

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at the Shenandoah Building on Heritage Way. The army of volunteers was hoping to serve 5,000 residents during this year’s event. Although the wet weather drenched those hopes, the event still served 3,025 guests—up from last year. Those who attended were treated to a free lunch, live music, a wide variety of employment and health services and children’s games. More than 1,400 pairs of shoes and 2,000 children’s

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lthough rain dampened some of the activities planned as part of Saturday’s Convoy of Hope event in Leesburg, a steady stream of residents moved through stations set up by community volunteers offering everything from dental exams to family portraits. It was the second year area businesses, churches, government agencies and nonprofit organizations teamed up to organize the event

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Mountains of groceries—more than 17 tons of groceries in all—were distributed to families as part of Saturday’s Convoy of Hope event in Leesburg.

eanette Irby is expected to be approved as Loudoun County Circuit Court’s newest judge during the General Assembly’s special session this week. Irby, who has served as Leesburg’s town attorney since 2007, was the only candidate on the docket to be interviewed for the position by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice and the House Judicial Panel Wednesday. Both chambers of the assembly are slated to approve her appointment, along with more than 30 others, by Friday. There have been whispers in the law community that Irby was Loudoun Bar’s and Loudoun’s state delegation’s top pick for the bench seat, held by Judge Thomas D. Horne for 31 years before he retired last December. But it was only made public when her name was listed on the schedule for

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rezoning that was designed to get the teams up and running after VIP pulled out of its 2009 stadium deal in the stalled Kincora development. No hearing date has been set for the lawsuit. As recently as April, VIP CEO Bob Farren said stadium construction work was continuing on and off site. At that time he hoped for a change in a county ordinance that would allow his company, and other businesses, to finance taxable bonds through the EDA. Previously, the county only permitted the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. In considering the request, county supervisors this month opted to not permit taxable bonds for businesses, although they did change the law to allow that financing tool for projects in which the county government is involved. While working to obtain construction financing, VIP has been hit with judgments sought by lenders and contractors, including one for $3.25 million in relation to a loan made by EagleBank in 2013. n

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site of a celebratory stadium groundbreaking in June 2013, but little work followed. In April 2014—when the first crowds of fans were supposed to be settling into their seats to witness the Hounds’ first season—the developers declared the investment group to be in default of the lease terms and set a July 25 deadline to terminate the deal. “This action is [the] Landlord’s attempt to revive the public’s dream of bringing professional baseball and soccer to Loudoun County,” the lawsuit states. One Loudoun’s developers are confident that sports teams would be attracted to the Loudoun market and that a stadium would be a successful community venture; however, they’ve been handcuffed in pursuing those options because VIP continues to claim to be advancing with the project. In addition to seeking to a court order terminating the lease agreement, the lawsuit seeks $500,000 in damages. The lawsuit states the developers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to complete last year’s fast-track

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he Loudoun Hounds’ leash continues to shorten as the Loudoun Circuit Court has been petitioned to terminate Virginia Investment Partnership’s ground lease for a long-proposed—and long-delayed—minor league sports stadium. The action comes after the investment group promising to bring Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and North American Soccer League teams to the county shuttered its operational office in Sterling and after the Board of Supervisors rejected VIP’s proposal to allow private companies to float taxable bonds through the county’s Economic Development Authority as a way to lock down financing for construction of the 5,500-seat stadium. One Loudoun Holdings LLC last month filed a civil lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that VIP defaulted on the requirements of its lease for 11 acres of the 358-acre mixeduse development. That land, at the corner of Rt. 7 and Loudoun County Parkway, was the

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he Loudoun Board of Supervisors moved quickly Wednesday to enact a new ordinance designed to hold more county government representatives criminally responsible for misusing county assets. Only Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling), the subject of the grand jury probe that originally identified the need for the legislation, voted against it. The new ordinance makes clear that parttime government employees, officers and agents can be charged with a class one misdemeanor if suspected of using public assets for private or public purposes unrelated to their government duties. Previously, state law allowed only fulltime government employees to face prosecution. The issue came to light after a special grand jury was empaneled to investigate allegations that Delgaudio comingled the operations and personnel in his county-funded constituent support office with those of the national

conservative lobbying organization he leads, the Public Advocate of the United States. After months of investigation, the grand jury did not issue any indictments in the case. However, it did issue a report highlighting several concerns, including that state law did not allow Loudoun supervisors, who are classified as holding parttime positions, to face criminal charges for misusing their office resources. Following the report, a board majority formally censured Delgaudio and took control of his office budget. The board also requested that the General Assembly close the loophole preventing part-time workers from facing prosecution. Del. Randy Minchew (R-10) carried that bill, which ultimately resulted in new authority for localities to voluntarily impose such a safeguard. The law took effect July 1 and the Loudoun board initiated the local ordinance 10 days later. The ordinance was adopted Wednesday following a public hearing, during which there were no speakers. Most supervisors called the action an important step to protect the public trust.

Delgaudio, however, strongly objected. He pointed out that, in addition to the grand jury failing to find criminal wrongdoing, the subsequent Circuit Court recall petition based on claims that he misused his office failed to be supported by evidence and was dismissed. He said the new law would put residents who volunteer their service with the county’s many advisory boards and commissions at unnecessary risk. “All of you have appointed honest people,” he said. Supervisor Matt Letourneau (R-Dulles) said the new law simply puts in place protections most residents already believe to be in force. “This is pretty commonsense stuff,” he said. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) said the action addresses “a flaw in the law.” However, he said even the new law is flawed because it is not being mandated for localities statewide and because state lawmakers included a provision stating it would not be applicable to the General Assembly. n

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ast week’s article “Panda Power Helps Buy Discovery Elementary An Adaptive Playground” should have stated that the Sycolin Creek Elementary installed a similar playground in April of 2012. Leesburg Today regrets the error. In a change to last week’s obituary for Scott Gustavson, the family requests that memorial contributions may be made to Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Attn: Membership Department, 6 Herndon Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403 or online at https://www.cbf.org/make-a-donation/. [Note: Contributions made to the charity fund previously listed will be refunded to donors.]

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A former youth basketball coach was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week after pleading no contest to charges that he had a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old player on a team in Sterling. Marlow Mokassa Afshartous, who also is known as Marlow Talley, was convicted of one count of sodomy and one count of object sexual penetration. Afshartous, 40, formerly coached a number of basketball teams in the region, including a team at the Claude Moore Recreation Center. The charges were filed after the victim disclosed the 2012 relationship to her mother and a close family friend. Afshartous entered the no contest plea June 5. During the sen tencing hearing before Judge J. Howe Brown, Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Gigi Lawless argued that Afshartous was a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and that his behavior was unacceptable in civilized society. Lawless asked the court to impose a sentence that would speak for all the “little voices” in the community, sending a message to those in position to supervise children that they would be punished for violating the trust of parents.

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rant into compliance. As part of that deal, the restaurant will undergo some renovations inside and out. Masonry walls will be built around the sand area to help control noise and to keep sandfrom shifting onto neighbors’ properties. A functioning bathroom will be added and pedestrian pathways will surround the building and several trees will be planted along the perimeter. An agreement for nighttime patrons to park at 203 Royal St. meets the town’s parking requirements. “We’ll start demolishing sometime next week and then we’ll start construction once we get the permits,” MacDowell noted. He hopes the renovations will wrap up by Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, the restaurant’s three-year anniversary. “We’ve grown leaps and bounds, so we’re having to upgrade almost everything. We have enough space outside and inside, so we just need to improve the infrastructure like the bathrooms. We want people to be enjoying the party, not standing in line.” MacDowell also said that the restaurant will be adding 50 more draft lines and a new wood-fired pizza oven to the outdoor area. Five residents spoke at last week’s hearing. Two residents expressed concerns, including the lack of historical preservation, the potential for increased noise and the owners’ history of not following town ordinances. However, Linda Eifert, who lives nearby on Royal Street, said she appreciated the efforts the restaurant has made to address residents’ concerns. Jim Sisley, whose real estate office is nearby on Royal Street, said the brew kitchen is the “best business neighbor I’ve ever known.” Councilman Tom Dunn supported the rezoning, calling it an important step for the town. “We are a part of history today by doing this. This is the natural progression of Leesburg’s history and this is another big step while maintaining our historic integrity.” n

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he Leesburg Airport is teaming up with SAAB Sensis Corporation to test a new remote airtraffic control system that could result in approval for a permanent FAA air traffic control tower at the town’s airport. The Town Council last week approved an agreement allowing the company and the research arm of the Virginia Department of Aviation to test SAAB’s new system at the airport while it seeks FAA safety certification for the new technology. The project is expected to take place starting in June 2015. For the past year, the town’s Airport Commission has supported the development of an air traffic control tower to better handle increasing flight activity. Leesburg Airport is the second-busiest general aviation airport in Virginia with more than 100,000 takeoffs and landings annually. However, considering it took eight years for a tower to be built at Frederick Airport (MD), Leesburg Airport leaders wanted to find a quicker route. Remote air traffic control towers may in the future be a part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Next-Gen campaign to improve flight control nationwide. The remote air traffic control tower system has been certified for use in Europe and tested in Australia but not in the United States. Leesburg will provide that testing ground. “To get a control tower established is pretty tough, especially with federal sequestration—that makes funding hard,” Airport Manager Scott Coffman said. “So the state put us in touch with SAAB— they were looking for a place to test and get certification of their remote control product in the U.S. They selected Leesburg as a site and will have the FAA people come do their safety and risk analysis of the system to make sure that it’s a safe product that can be used in the United States.” The decision to test at Leesburg Airport also made sense from SAAB’s standpoint. “It’s a busy general aviation airport and it doesn’t currently have a air traffic control tower, but it does have a really good mix of different aircraft types flying in and out,” SAAB media relations manager Rob Conrad explained. “They have a flight-training operation and it’s in a complex airspace near Dulles, so it’s a good test situation for the project.” The only cost to the town during the three-month testing period will be two phone lines and electrical power estimated at $2,000. Coffman believes that fee is small considering how much money the town would save using SAAB’s product rather than constructing a traditional traffic tower. “For us, it’s an interesting product,” Coffman said. “Number one, it’s less expensive than a brick and mortar control tower because this is essentially a camera array that’s on an existing building or tower that looks at the airspace around our airport. “It’s much simpler to build a camera array, and the remote part of the tower means that the air

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The Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission has put out the call for nominations for honorees during the 22nd annual Loudoun History Awards program. The deadline is Monday, Oct. 6. The program each year honors individuals deemed to “have made significant contributions to preserving Loudoun’s past through collection of county documents and memorabilia, preservation of historic landmarks, visual arts, writing and long-term involvement in local history organizations.” Last year’s award winners were Elizabeth Frain, for her painstaking work detailing Loudoun cemetery and marriage records; Kevin Dulaney Grigsby, for his research and subsequent book on the Howardsville community and his acceleration of the appreciation of African American history in Loudoun; and husband-and-wife duo Georgia Ravitz and Peter Besser for their meticulous restoration of their 142-year-old house and farm buildings at East Lynn south of Round Hill. Letters of nomination should include a statement elaborating the nominees’ accomplishments. Newspaper articles, program announcements, publications or other supporting information that provides evidence of the nominee’s accomplishments may also be included. Nominations should be sent to Thomas Balch Library Director Alexandra Gressitt, including contact information for the nominee and nominator, at 208 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176.

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Wawa is finding a bumpy road as it prepares its entry into Loudoun’s convenience store market. The Board of Supervisors is reviewing an application by the Pennsylvania-based chain to build a store and gas station on 3 acres at the northwest corner of the Old Ox Road/Oak Grove Road intersection near Loudoun’s eastern boundary. Wawa has developed more than 645 stores in the Mid-Atlantic region, including 67 in Virginia. Company representatives said each store creates 40 to 60 jobs and projected annual tax revenues of more than $170,000 from the Sterling operation. This would be the company’s first Loudoun location. The county’s planning staff is recommending denial of the project, pointing out that the General Plan envisions the development of office and flex-industrial uses in the Rt. 28 and Rt. 606 corridors. The Planning Commission this summer voted 5-3-1 to recommend approval of the project. During the supervisors’ Sept. 10 public hearing several area business owners opposed the application citing concerns about traffic safety and competition with local family owned operations. Questions also were raised about whether the requested use was adequately advertised, because the published notice described the store as an “automobile service station.” While supervisors expressed confidence that local businesses could survive the competition, several asked for more information about whether the operation meets the criteria to be classified as an automobile service station. County staff members said a change in the Zoning Ordinance definition adopted in April allows the Wawa to be viewed as a service station use. Attorney Woodrow W. Turner, who is representing the Foster family that operates businesses nearby, is challenging that position, citing it as a “fatal flaw” for the applications. He said the store is not a service station, which by the county’s definition principally sells gasoline and/or oil, grease, batteries, tires and automobile accessories. Instead, the Wawa would operate as a convenience food store. “A convenience store is a high-intensity Continued on Next Page

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this capacity,” Clarke said. “I am grateful and honored to have been able to serve Loudoun County.” Clarke urged her supporters get behind Tony Buffington in his effort to secure the Republican nomination for the Blue Ridge District seat in next year’s election. Buffington is one of three elected resident representatives on the Brambleton Community Association board of directors and serves as an at-large member of the county’s Heritage Commission. The former U.S. Marine was raised in Clarke County and moved to Brambleton in 2011. He works in law enforcement for the federal government. n

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Friends of the Arcola Community Center is challenging the county’s cost estimates and urging supervisors not to allow the destruction of one of Loudoun’s few New Deal Public Works Administration projects. The group noted the county’s cost estimates have increased from $1.9 million to $13 million over the past decade. To get a more accurate assessment of the options for adaptive reuse of the building, supporters advocate using $25,000 from an Arcola Center proffer to hire an independent consultant to conduct a feasibility study to provide guidance on future capital facility needs and a strategic estimate for rehabilitation including public/private partnerships, grants and rehabilitation tax credits. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) indicated support for that approach during Tuesday’s meeting. Supervisor Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge), whose district includes the property, also supports efforts to preserve the building. They were expected to propose that course Wednesday, following this newspaper’s deadline. Go to leesburgtoday.com for an update. n

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leaders have looked at several location options and are now targeting a 6.5-acre tract south of Red Hill Road and west of Evergreen Mills Road. Residents living near the proposed tank site said their homes are not part of the wave of new development driving the need for the structures and are not served by Loudoun Water’s utility system. Speaker after speaker urged supervisors to deny the tank applications. They want the project moved to a property served by Loudoun Water’s system and pressed for the utility to abandon its plans for elevated tanks in the area. The water tanks would be 189 feet tall and are proposed as waterspheroid designs—with the shape described as a golf ball on top of a tee—rather than the wider Loudoun Water storage tanks seen along Belmont Ridge. Construction of the first tank is scheduled for 2016 and the timing of the second would depend on the pace of development within that pressure zone. Loudoun Water representatives said they considered multiple locations and told supervisors the Red Hill Road location was the only suitable site available to them. Additionally, the use of ground-level or underground water storage tanks would require changes to the overall water system, add costs to customers and reduce service reliability. Supervisor Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) strongly criticized the project, saying the tall tanks at that location did not comply with the county’s comprehensive plan and urged the authority to keep looking for a more suitable site. Last week’s board review was complicated by a statutory deadline that required supervisors to vote on whether to ratify the Planning Commission’s July 15 approval of the commission permit for the project. Under state law, the Board of Supervisors has 60 days to vote to ratify or reject the commission’s action. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) lamented the requirement to act so quickly—“unfortunately, the timing just really sucks”—and even asked state Sen. Dick Black (R-13), who spoke in support of the project’s opponents, to help amend the state law to increase the review time. Clarke’s motion to reject the commission permit—an action that effectively would have killed the applications—failed on a 3-5-1 vote. Supervisors Geary Higgins (R-Catoctin) and Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) also voted for denial and Supervisor Ken Reid (R-Leesburg) was absent for the end of the meeting. York then made a motion to ratify the commission permit and to send the project’s special exception application to the board’s Transportation/Land Use Committee for detailed review. York said the board could still deny the tank project, which is expected to face a final vote in December. The committee is expected to take up the issue at its Oct. 17 meeting. n

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Bar Association’s Law Camp and served as a jurist in his courtroom where he’s known for taking the time to listen to each side of a case. “I don’t think anyone has ever left his courtroom thinking I haven’t been heard, and to me that’s such a great quality of a judge,” she said. “Because that’s what folks want, they want to know they’ve been heard, and he just displays such a good temperament with respect to that quality.” At a time when judges face criticism placing their own personal views over the law, Irby maintains a personal truth: “There is always another side to the story.” Her experience working as a criminal defender taught her “you may not agree with your client yet they may have a valid legal position… I learned it’s not as cut and dried as you think, and it really helped me to develop empathy and to really search for the truth.” The Virginia Women Attorneys Association highly recommended Irby for Loudoun’s vacant judgeship position. In a letter of recommendation to state Sen. Thomas K. Norment, chair of the Senate Courts of Justice Committee, and David T. Albo, chair of the House Courts of Justice Committee, the association lauded her legal career as a pattern of fairness. “She has shown decisiveness, open-mindedness, patience and understanding,” the letter stated. Irby has four children, ages 20 through 30. Her oldest son Steve Huffman, is the cofounder of Reddit and Hipmunk travel website; her daughter Amanda works in education public policy; Creston is a deputy sheriff in Goochland County; and Sterling is a professional ballroom dancer. She and her husband of 25 years Jeff live in Fauquier County and plan to move to Loudoun. n

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The new Beer Joint—a project of the owners of Vintage 50—boasts its specialties as “beer, bourbon, and burgers.”

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hood that this is.” The Greenbriar Town Center in Fairfax houses the first Pizzarella’s location and the Leesburg restaurant will offer the same menu. On top of serving traditional pizza, the menu includes pasta dishes, sandwich wraps and Buffalo wings. The Philly cheesesteak is “loved by customers,” Amireh said. Offering patrons a pleasant sit-down area at his restaurant is something that also is important to the Landsdowne resident. “We are not like Domino’s or any of those other national pizza chains. We have a nice family-themed atmosphere for dine-in, and we have beer and wine on the premises. So you can either enjoy yourself at our establishment or just pick up a pizza on your way home from work.” Pizzarella’s is hiring and more information can be found at www.mealage.com/pizzarellas. n

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youth issues. Kost was honored during Morven Park’s Distinguished Voices in Civics speakers forum, featuring a presentation by former eightterm Republican U.S. Congressman Mickey Edwards from Oklahoma. Since his departure from the national scene 22 years ago, Edwards said he’s gained a special perspective on what is wrong in American politics today as well as an optimistic vision for setting things aright. At the awards ceremony last week, Edwards discussed his latest book, “The Parties Versus the People,” in which he offers possible solutions to today’s hard-line partisan divisions in the political field. After leaving the national arena, Edwards taught for 11 years at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and for five years at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

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he Town of Hillsboro is in full action mode as it seeks to fulfill some ambitious goals as part of its intent to place itself firmly on the map as the destination location for northwest Loudoun. Oct. 18, the town will debut its inaugural Heritage Day, celebrating the town’s history and accomplishments. In addition to continuing to raise funds for the ongoing restoration of its iconic Old Stone School, now the town’s community center, the town has two projects that are crucial to its

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request for the Purcellville Town Council to annex a 50-acre parcel at the northwest corner of the Rt. 287/Rt. 7 Bypass intersection spurred strong objections from area residents last Tuesday night, mostly from the adjacent Wright’s Farm community. Developers Bradford Kline and Bill Tilley are behind the Purcellville Crossroads project, which envisions a mix of commercial and residential uses, including indoor and outdoor recreation facilities at a Tilley Entertainment Center on 25 acres; a commercial center including restaurant, retail and hotel uses, as well as 30 single-family detached homes and 70 townhouses on 21 acres; and a four-acre parkand-ride lot. As proposed, the project would locate the residential lots in the western portion of the land, with the park-and-ride lot to the south with access from Rt. 7 Bypass. The eastern portion would feature the indoor entertainment and outdoor activities mostly on the north, while five locations are slated for restaurant and retail use in the middle and southern portions, including a hotel just off the highway.

An existing barn would be renovated and reused. The presentation by Bowman Consulting stressed annexation advantages for the town, including giving the town leaders control over development of that key location, increased commercial tax revenues, and the facilitation of town and county transportation objectives, including right of way for the planned Northern Collector Road and the park-and-ride facility. However, opponents saw it otherwise. Only one of 19 speakers on the topic supported the project Tuesday night. Those against it included residents of the Wright’s Farm neighborhood. Earlier this year, residents of the Old DominBowman Consulting ion Valley subdivision led a successful campaign to defeat plans by The proposed Purcellville Crossroads project at the Rt. 7 Bypass/Rt. 287 intersection envisions townTilley and the Franklin Johnston Group houses and single-family homes, a park-and-ride lot, a restaurant, retail sites, a hotel and the Tilley

• The Mosby Heritage Area Association alerts Civil War enthusiasts about its upcoming “Annual conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War,” which will be held Oct. 3-5 at the Middleburg Middleburg Community Center. This year’s conference theme is “July 1, 1863, Gettysburg – The First Day.” Speakers will include noted authors and historians Kim Holien, Robert K. Krick, Gary Gallagher, Wayne Motts, Stuart Dempsey, John M. Rudy Christopher S. Stowe and Eric J. Wittenberg. The conference begins at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 with book browsing and registration, followed by two speakers. At 8 a.m. Saturday, the conference resumes, with a break for lunch at noon, followed by the afternoon session and panel discussion. The evening ends with a banquet at the Red Fox Inn. Sunday features a bus tour of Gettysburg, departing at 8 a.m. and returning by 5 p.m. Registration for the three days is $425 or $200 for Friday and Saturday’s talks and lunch only. The conference was named

long-term goals. They include the town’s longplanned traffic-calming project for Rt. 9 as it passes through Hillsboro, estimated at $20.5 million, and its state-mandated water resources plan, for which the town has the necessary $1.7 million funding—a $1.2 million chunk of which came in the form of a much appreciated county grant. The new town well will result in the town having its first truly reliable water source and remove its reliance on Hill Tom Spring, as ordered by the state. To date, the traffic-calming project has funding only for preliminary engineering, estimated at $1.8 million. Plus right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation at $3.3 million and

as Visit Loudoun’s 2010 Event of the Year for 3,000 and under participants. To register, call 540-687-6681 or use the calendar page at www. mosbyheritagearea.org. • The all-breed dog rescue organization Paws for Homes will hold its second annual Bark, Wag and Wine fundraiser 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at Chrysalis Vineyard near Middleburg. The afternoon includes food, entertainment, silent auction bidding and various “doggie events.” The organization has grown rapidly in three years, during which it has managed to place more than 1,400 dogs from high kill shelters in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia in Washington, DC-area homes. It’s a big task as the group says more than 90 percent of dogs do not make it out of those shelters. The group cites an urgent need for experienced volunteers, particularly those with good organizational skills. The many tasks include working with veterinarians, writing up medical advice for those adopting the dogs, keeping medical records, updating databases and organizing transport or heading up individual projects. For more information, go to www.ophrescue.org.

a construction estimate of $15.5 million, the project tops out at $20.5 million, according to VDOT estimates. But the town thinks the ROW costs will be less than those estimated and there’s money left over from the original $2.4 million federal grant that covers the preliminary engineering costs. The major design elements of the Rt. 9 traffic-calming project are approved—including roundabouts at each end of the town and a variety of measures designed to slow in-town traffic—and Mayor Roger Vance hopes that the relocation of utilities and placing of the new water main under Rt. 9 could be done at the same time as the roadwork.

• The second annual “Breast Friends” event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wed., Sept. 24 in the Lovettsville Elementary School cafeteria. Area health care professionals and the breast cancer support Lovettsville group will be on hand to talk with individuals about their risk of getting breast cancer and how to cope with the disease. The event is spearheaded by two Lovettsville mothers who have been impacted by breast cancer and want to help spread the word on how individuals can protect their health and find strength and power. Michelle Batt and Nicole Clark will share their own breast cancer stories. They also will cover the risk factors and do a bit of what they call “myth busting.” The two alert others to the importance of researching their family’s history regarding various cancers and seek information on genetic counseling and testing. Breast cancer professionals will speak on a variety of treatment options, including surgery, plastic surgery/ reconstruction, breast imaging, oncology and physical therapy as well as answering individual questions. Information also will be provided

“The relocation of utilities is a large undertaking—especially in the town itself where the area is so constricted,” Vance said, adding it will be much more cost-efficient and less onerous on commuters if the road and utilities and water line work is done at the same time and if the road is torn up only once, rather than twice. “Where’s the sense in that,” Vance said. But how to pay for the road project is the question, he said, adding it’s been in the six-year road plan since 2004. One possibility is that the road improvement might qualify for funding through the state transportation pot of money available to Continued on Next Page

on useful “how to” self-examination tips and on community support services and events. Children are not permitted in the cafeteria, but child-care will be provided. Refreshments will be provided by Catoctin Coffee, Sugar & Spice Bakery, community/PTO members and area churches. • Former Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro has left Inova Health System to take a new job, as director of Regional Energy Strategies for the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Lazaro, who Purcellville started at NVRC two weeks ago, spoke before the Leesburg Town Council last week regarding a solar energy pilot project in Leesburg which the commission hopes to slowly open up to all Northern Virginia residents. Lazaro spent four and a half years with Inova as community relations executive before taking the job with NVRC. The former mayor made promotion of energy and environmental conservation a hallmark of his tenure in Purcellville and says the shift to that arena in his new position is a natural evolution.

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extension of government, they’re our ambassadors,” he said. Councilwoman Joan Lehr favored closed session interviews, as did Councilman Doug McCollum. She said it would be fairer to the applicants. “If they’re open, all the candidates can listen, and 10 of them could be better prepared—that’s not appropriate,” she said. But Vice Mayor John Nave sided with the open option, echoing Fraser’s comments. Councilman Ben Packard said he preferred to have the interviews done in open session, but said “if respect is not shown” the council could go into closed session discussion. A motion by Lehr to hold all interviews in closed session failed before Packard’s motion for open sessions passed 4-3, with Fraser, Packard, Vice Mayor John Nave and Councilwoman Karen Jimmerson in favor and Lehr and Councilmen Doug McCollum and Patrick McConville opposed. The council unanimously approved a policy of discussing choices for various seats in closed session before taking a public vote to make appointments. The interviews will be conducted Sept. 16 and Sept. 30 at the Town Hall, with appointment announcements made after the interviews Sept. 30.

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he Purcellville Town Council is working to fill a large number of vacancies on its various advisory boards—some 15 in all. Many of those whose term is up are interested in continuing to serve, but there still will be many slots to fill. Seats will be available on the Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Economic Development Advisory Committee and Board of Architectural Review. During its Sept. 9 meeting, the Town Council debated the pros and cons of holding the interviews— either open or closed session—before making appointments. In a narrow 4-3 vote, the council decided to interview candidates in open public session. Town Manager Robert W. Lohr pointed out to the council that in the past the town has used a number of processes to evaluate candidates, including both open and closed session interviews with council members. A survey of eight other jurisdictions found they all favored the closed session approach. In Purcellville, the most recent councils have conducted the interviews in closed session, Lohr said. Mayor Kwasi Fraser was among those favoring open-session interviews. “That’s been my position based on my belief they are an

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counties for projects of regional significance. Another is to break it down into segments, but that has its snags, in that if the roundabouts—at around $5.7 million each—were built separately that would affect the in-town flow. The system is designed as a whole, Vance said. There would be substantial savings in construction time and money by combining the two projects, and Vance noted the state requires the town to get the water project done in a timely fashion. The town is willing to wait to bring the new water source online if the funding could

come through on the road project to allow the underground work to be done in sync with the roadwork. “We need to get people to the table to see how to make this work for everyone and save money,” Vance said this week, adding the town is applying again for federal enhancement money as well as looking at the regional transportation allocations. “We have a vision; we need to share it, make it an imperative. We need to show our economic value to the county and the area,” Vance said at the time of the first concert—a statement that remains a goal for the council. n

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for an in-town mixed-use project of apartments and entertainment center along Hirst Road and Maple Avenue. In the face of stiff public opposition that application was withdrawn before it came before the Town Council for review. Tuesday night, the speakers’ opposition echoed that earlier fight, with residents emphasizing concerns about noise, lights, traffic congestion and the environment, as well as damage to property values, and—for many, most importantly—the loss of the rural serenity and beauty of mountain views that drew them to the area in the first place. The Wright’s Farm homeowners association previously had stated its opposition to having the subdivision annexed into town. Matt Parse said most people in the neighborhood “knew nothing about this,” and cited the impressive turnout Tuesday evening, arranged within 24 hours, of residents objecting to the project. “This is not good for rural Loudoun,” he said. Town resident Margey O’Brien, who had opposed the first Tilley application, said “I don’t see how this is any different from before,” noting the impact on Rt. 7 Bypass. Christopher Perez said if you looked at the surrounding agriculture, there’s nothing resembling the Disney-like impact of the project on the neighborhood. Noting his house sits along the path of the planned Northern Collector Road, “I’d like you to consider the impacts [of this]. I’d like this to not be put in our backyard,” he told the council. The proposed annexation area lies east of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and south of Wright’s Farm. Development plans for another

large parcel west of Wright’s Farm, the Warner property, also are in the works. The land is zoned JLMA-3 and would require a rezoning to accommodate commercial uses. It has often been cited as a likely candidate for annexation, as interest has turned to commercial development of land beyond the town’s northern boundary. For the project to succeed, the road ahead would be lengthy. The county and the town would have to come to agreement that the land should be annexed into town, or admitted through a boundary line adjustment—both of which would have to be approved by a Circuit Court judge, according to the town. Public hearings would be held both on the annexation and any subsequent rezoning application. The council made few comments at this stage on the merits of annexation, although Mayor Kwasi Fraser said the key issue that emerged from the speakers appeared to be “a misalignment between what the developers want and what the residents want.” The developers should sit at the table with [residents] and “get feedback and discuss what can and should be built there,” he said urging the two groups to come together. Councilwoman Karen Jimmerson cited her earlier opposition to the Hirst Road application that led to her run for council. “I’ve been in your shoes,” she said. “We’ll be thoughtful, do due diligence. We did it before and trust me, we’ll do it again.” Councilwoman Joan Lehr cautioned residents, “this [annexation] is an extremely long process.” And she assured the audience, “this is not a done deal.” Lehr said the speakers’ comments had shown the need for the company to meet with residents. n

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he powerful possibilities of collaboration were on display during last Wednesday’s Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce State of Innovation in Education forum. The program at the Embassy Suites Dulles North featured remarks by Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton, Northern Virginia Community College President Robert Templin and Loudoun County School Board Chairman Eric Hornberger (Ashburn). Each highlighted ways school leaders are pulling Leesburg Today/Norman K. Styer away from traditional bureaucratic restraints From left, Northern Virginia Community College President Robert Templin, Loudoun County School Board Chairman Eric Hornberger (Ashburn), and breaking institutional barriers—even if Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton and Mindy Williams, chair the Loudoun Chamber’s Public Policy Committee, spoke at last week’s State of slowly—to better prepare students for the 21st Innovation in Education forum. century workforce. Holton cited work by the General Assem- allowing—and encouraging—teachers and have. business leaders could play an important role bly, led by Del. Tag Greason (R-32), to reform administrators to put their creativity to work, While efforts to move behind the fill- in championing the need for adequate educathe state’s Standards of Learning testing regi- she said. Innovation efforts at the state level in-the-dots assessment tests are advancing, tion funding. men. She said the SOL system does a good include a focus on closing the achievement gap Holton said there are obstacles to continued State leaders must reduce barriers to crejob of identifying failing schools, but doesn’t and working more closely with businesses to progress, including inadequate teacher pay ativity on the local level, encouraging teachers address fixing them. That will come from understand the skills they need employees to and cuts in staffing levels. She said the state’s to experiment with their programs and then

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n 11,847-square-foot addition to Mercer Middle School was informally dedicated with a ribboncutting ceremony Aug. 27. Principal Bob Phillips, School Board member Jeff Morse (Dulles) and Supervisor Matt Letourneau (R-Dulles) held the oversized scissors and cut a red ribbon to celebrate the completion of the $3.5 million, nine-classroom addition. The addition, built by Keller Brothers of Mt. Airy, MD, raises Mercer’s capacity from 1,178 students to 1,350, close to the capacity of the high school it feeds into, John Champe. “Mercer has been the workhorse of the Dulles District for 10 years,” Morse said, according to a school system press release on the new expansion. Morse noted that the middle school has educated as many as 1,500 students at one time. Despite the size of the school’s enrollment, stu-

dents never thought their school was overcrowded, he said. Mercer’s staff made sure students thrived despite their number. “When you think about that and the size of this facility before this addition, it’s a pretty impressive feat.” Morse also pointed out Loudoun County Public Schools that Mercer served as an From left, Supervisor Matt Letourneau (R-Dulles), Mercer Principal Bob Phillips and School Board member Jeff Morse annex for the freshman class at (Dulles) cut the ribbon on the middle school’s new addition. Freedom High School when it was overcrowded before John Letourneau added. “We want our staff to be able it we were able to get it done a little more cheaply, Champe’s opening. “It wasn’t overcrowded (at Mercer); everything was han- to operate in a space that is not cramped. We and get it done faster. That’s why we’re all standdon’t want you to have to use closets (to teach ing here today.” dled well.” Principal Bob Phillips paraphrased a line Letourneau noted that he and Morse have students) and we know that’s been the case.” made expanding the number of school seats Letourneau also thanked Loudoun’s tax- from “Field of Dreams” at the opening of the available in the Dulles District a priority since payers for approving the expansion through a ceremony. “We built this and they’re coming and bond referendum. “We would have found a way they’re coming fast. We’re going to be using all their election in 2011. “Progress is being made slowly, but surely,” to fund it one way or the other, but by voting for the classrooms rather quickly.” n

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Some Loudoun schools recently sent parents a Virginia Department of Health letter regarding the entrovirus known as D68. No cases of D68 have been identified in Virginia, according to the letter. Last month,

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The Woodgrove High School Marching Wolverines host their first annual Western Loudoun Tournament of Bands Saturday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. at Woodgrove Stadium in Purcellville. Thirteen area high school marching bands and the Shepherd University Ram Band will perform. Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Children

LEF GOLF CLASSIC INCLUDES WILLIAMS WELCOME DINNER

Golf, fund-raising for local schools and a welcome dinner for new superintendent Eric Williams will mark the Loudoun Education Foundation’s annual Golf Classic Monday, Sept. 22. The Golf Classic will take place at the 6,600-yard, par-70 1757 Golf Club in Dulles. The fee to play is $2,000 for a foursome and $250 for individuals, which includes range balls, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages on the course, 18 holes of golf, reception and dinner. Longest drive, closest to the pin and hole-in-one contests will also be in play.

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iddle and high school boys are invited to the free Inspire, Connect and Educate Conference Saturday, Sept. 27 at Park View High School in Sterling. The 2014 ICE Conference, put on by Virginia-based Operation Uplift Foundation, is designed to inspire youth—particularly young black men—about “the promise that lies within them, the educational and vocational options that are before them, and the individuals who are ready to support them.” DeMaurice F. Smith, executive director for the National Football League Players’

Association, will be the keynote speaker, and the day’s workshops will focus on high school readiness, higher education readiness and career readiness. Conference registration and check-in is 7:30-8 a.m., and the conference is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, contact Linwood Stokes at 703-618-7300 or treasurer@ opuplift.org.

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cases of the entrovirus were identified in patients in Missouri and Illinois. While EV-D68 infections primarily cause respiratory illness, the full spectrum of the disease remains unclear, according to the state health department.

tion programs, Hornberger said, “if we are not advancing. We are falling behind.” He said the best solution lies in the opportunities to be offered at the Academies of Loudoun, which will be on November’s ballot for funding. That center—providing new homes for the Academy of Science and the C.S. Monroe Technology Center and establishing a new Academy of Engineering and Technology—will serve as a hub to make advance courses available to many more students. In the audience for the forum, Supervisor Ken Reid (R-Leesburg) noted only 10 percent of applicants for the Academy of Science are accepted into the program. He asked if the School Board would seek more funding to expand the program to accommodate even more before the Academies of Loudoun is built. “We will be asking for more money, of course,” Hornberger said. “The question is will Loudoun County want to pay for it?” n

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and it has an 83 percent graduation rate, Templin noted. Another challenge Templin identified is getting students to study in the right fields— proficiency in the scientific method, engineering and big data. Generating that interest should start at the elementary school level and NVCC is doing that with a growing summer camp program. Hornberger also highlighted the importance of the dual enrollment initiative, pointing out that more than 30 college courses are offered in Loudoun high schools this year and that a partnership with James Madison University has helped Loudoun develop the largest high school GIS program in the state. The school system also has invested in computer science programs in high school and introduced a middle school pilot code-writing program at Blue Ridge Middle School. Referring to school leaders’ commitments to expand STEM and career technical educa-

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do a better job of sharing information about successful ventures, she added. Templin, who this week announced plans to retire next year, said there must be a realignment of the education system to meet today’s global demands. “We can’t do it under this current configuration,” he said. “Loudoun County Public Schools can’t solve the problem by itself.” Templin, who managed the Center For Innovative Technology in Herndon before joining NVCC in 2002, said a key focus must be on how to fill the hundreds of thousands of jobs that will be vacated by retiring baby boomers in coming years. “The smartest strategy is: we can grow our own,” he said. While school districts like Loudoun’s take pride in the high percentage of graduates who attend college, Templin said, that path doesn’t

always lead to success. Too often students are pulling out before earning degrees, not studying in the fields needed by employers and ending up under a mountain of debt. NVCC is working to combat those problems by expanding its dual enrollment opportunities. This year, 2,000 high school students— with Loudoun students making up the largest group—are taking college-level courses at their home schools. A goal of promoting advance learning at the high school level is to permit students—as many as 80 percent of graduates—to complete a full year of college coursework while in high school and potentially cutting the cost of their university education by 25 percent. NVCC also is targeting promising 10th and 11th grade students in danger of not going to college for inclusion in a highly structured program leading to guaranteed admission to George Mason University and a debt-free college education. The program has 10,000 students this year, including 2,000 from Loudoun,

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Semifinalists from Loudoun include: Amy Wang of John Champe High School; Sponsor opportunities are available between Shreyas Gatuku, William Gorick and Rachel Yi of Briar Woods High School; Nanki Kaur $350 and $15,000. The event begins with a shotgun start at and Alissa Wang of Broad Run High School; 11 a.m. with an hour for registration, lunch Aditi Narvekar, Braeden Wist and Jack Zeland warm-up, and play starts with a shotgun man of Heritage High School; Karson Howstart at noon. A happy hour at 5 p.m. includes erter, Hana Thurman and Kendrick Umstattd a chance to meet Washington Redskins alumni of Loudoun County High School; Katherine and a welcome dinner for Williams, who start- Armstrong, Rehan Baddeliyanage, Dor Frieded his role as Loudoun County’s superinten- man, Arushi Gupta, Audrey Newman, Samuel Rankin, Ethan Raphael, Katie Shen and Sarah dent of schools July 1, will begin at 6 p.m. The golf tournament is the foundation’s Yang of Dominion High School; Luke Borman largest fundraising event, usually bringing in of Potomac Falls High School; Anna Broshabout $100,000. The money raised will go to- kevitch of Loudoun Valley High School; Barward teacher grants, assistance to families who bara Regan of Woodgrove High School; Grace need help with summer school tuition and col- Chu, Matthew Ribel and Jacob Tyler of Freelege scholarships. For more information about dom High School; and homeschooled students LEF and to register for the Golf Classic, go to Kathryn DuHadway and Emily Peacock. From the roughly 16,000 semifinalists, http://lef-va.com. about 15,000 are expected to advance to the finalist level, and those students will be notified of their designation in February. Merit LCPS COLLEGE FAIR SEPT. 28 The 2014 Loudoun County Public scholar designees are selected on the basis of Schools College Fair next week will feature their skills, accomplishments and potential for representatives from more than 200 colleges, success in rigorous college studies.

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Loudoun County Public Schools will hold four information sessions during the last two weeks of September. The sessions will detail the gifted education services available through the local public school system and the eligibility process for these programs. The same information will be presented at each of these sessions. The times and dates and locations are as follows: • 7-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, Forest Grove Elementary School (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); • 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, Liberty Elementary School (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); • 7-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, Leesburg Elementary School (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); • 8:30-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, Evergreen Mill Elementary School (doors open at 8:15 a.m.).

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ing the earth at 17,000 miles an hour, so that’s happening pretty fast in a 0 gravity environment, and you have to come within 10 meters of the station,” Barron Beneski, Orbital’s vice president of communications, said. “So that has to be a very sophisticated spacecraft because the last thing you want to happen is to impact the station, for obvious reasons. “It’s really hard. There’s a tremendous amount of brain power here because this is a knowledge business—you have to know everything about the spacecraft, about how it operates, and it’s the people here on the Loudoun County campus that do that. It’s pretty highprofile for them because it’s restoring capabilities to the United States in space, and we’ve helped with the cargo aspect.” Mastracchio toured the manufacturing building where all the complex systems and parts are built as well as the mission control center for the Cygnus missions. The third resupply mission is scheduled to launch from Virginia’s Wallops Island spaceport Oct. 18. Orbital Sciences also is in talks to merge with Alliant Techsystems Inc. by the end of 2014, which would create about 10,000 more jobs and $3.1 billion more in revenue for Loudoun’s largest private sector employer.

planning. She is a certified project management professional and a member of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events and holds a bachelor degree in business administration from Morrisville State College and an associate in applied science degree from SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology in Morrisville, NY. • Lori Parsons celebrated the opening of her Anytime Fitness franchise in Purcellville last week. The 24-hour, co-ed fitness center is located at Shoppes At Main & Maple. Parsons said the center will offer a non-intimindating gym experience with staff on hand to help members meet goals such as weight loss, increased strength and improved balance and flexibility. The center will offer more than 14 live instructor classes each week as well as the Fitness on Request system that provides access to 100 video classes so members can experience group exercise whenever it’s most convenient. Membership at one Anytime Fitness club gives members access to 2,500 clubs worldwide as well as access to anytimehealth.com. To schedule a club tour or for membership information, call 540-441-3930 or email purcellvilleva@anytimefitness.com. • Orbital Sciences Corporation has been awarded a contract by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat), the UAE-based satellite operator, to build the Continued on Next Page

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NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, right, at Orbital Sciences’ Dulles campus Monday.

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Passenger Counts Down At National, Dulles Airports

otal passenger counts were down at Northern Virginia’s two main airports in July, compared with the previous year, as carriers continue to sort out their expansion and contraction at Reagan National and Dulles airports. The passenger total of 2.03 million at Dulles was down 2.5 percent, and the total of 1.8 million at Reagan National was down 1.9 percent, according to figures reported Sept. 15 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Figures account for both arriving and departing passengers. At Dulles, the year-over-year decline was precipitated largely by cutbacks in domestic activity from dominant United (down 5.6 percent from a year before) and Delta (down 12.3 percent). International travel was up 4.2 percent from a year before, resulting in part from new Air China service to Beijing, significant increases for TACA and Austrian and a more modest increase for United. United’s total market share of 64.1 percent of passengers at Dulles, including regional affiliates, was down from 69.4 percent a year before. It was followed by the merging American and US Airways (4.9 percent), Delta (3.7 percent) and Southwest (2.6 percent). At Reagan National, the combined American and US Airways retained their dominant position, but saw total passenger counts down 9 percent from a year ago. Those two airlines, which will continue to operate separately for another year, were forced to divest some of their

takeoff and landing slots in order to win regulatory approval for their merger. The decline for American/US Airways at Reagan National largely was offset by increases in passenger totals for Southwest (up 26.8 percent), JetBlue (25.9 percent) and Delta (7.7 percent). American and US Airways controlled 55.2 percent of passenger totals at National in July, down from 59.8 percent a year before, followed by Delta (15.8 percent), United (8.8 percent), JetBlue (7.8 percent) and Southwest/AirTran (6.5 percent). For the year-to-date through July, passenger totals were 12 million at Reagan National, down 0.6 percent from the same period in 2013, and 12.4 million at Dulles, down 2.8 percent. Combined, the passenger count of 24.4 million was off 1.7 percent from a year before. At the region’s third major airport, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall, passenger activity for July of 2.16 million was down 0.2 percent from the previous year. Southwest and AirTran, which have merged but will be flying under separate flags through December, remain the powerhouse at that airport, recording just under 71 percent of passengers in July. Reagan National and Dulles are owned by the federal government and operated by the airports’ authority. BWI is owned and operated by the state of Maryland. Complete passenger data can be found at www.mwaa.com. n

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• The September meeting of the Loudoun Federal Contractors Group will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 at the Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church St., Leesburg. Jane Hoffmann, small business liaison officer for BAE Systems Intelligence & Security, will make a presentation on “Perfect the Pitch: Marketing Your Strengths to Large Prime Contractors.” Neophyte and veteran contractors wanting to move forward on their goals are welcome. The event is free, but registration at LoudounSBDC.eventbrite.com is requested.

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to the region finals and Jackson, entering his first full season as a wide receiver, hoped he could help the team take that next step to state recognition.  Jackson’s dreams ended in the first quarter of Loudoun County’s first game at Fauquier. The speedy receiver was tackled hard and broke his left collarbone, leaving him

inactive for the next seven games. In his absence, the Raiders struggled for consistency and their season ended with a disappointing loss to Woodgrove in the first round of the Group 4A North Region playoffs.   But Jackson’s ability to return from his injury before the end of last season was an inspiration to the Raiders and himself. Despite missing seven games, he finished the year fifth on the Raiders with 20 receptions for 323 yards.  “When [the doctors] told us what happened and he would have surgery the very next day, we thought there was no way [Antonio] would be back,” Loudoun County head coach Todd Hill said. “But he told us, ‘Coach, I will be back before the season is over. I will not let the team down.’ He got through his surgery, hit the weight room and started working out, and by God, he was back by game nine. “It definitely affected the team as a whole, but especially the receivers,” Hill said of Jackson’s absence. “We hit a lull toward the end of the season last year and just weren’t getting anywhere, for various reasons, in the passing game. But his return was a big spark to the offense.” “In my mind, I always knew that I would come back,” Jackson said. “When I first got injured, they told me my season was over. But once I started the rehab process, I started to speed things up and they said I could possibly be back for the last few games. I was just trying to get back as fast as I could to help my team win games. We were struggling in a couple of games and I wanted to help.”   “That is a small example of how dedicated he is and how hard he works,” Hill

Friday, Sept. 12 Briar Woods 52, Loudoun County 14 Broad Run 55, Heritage 6 Tuscarora 42, Loudoun Valley 7 Stone Bridge 42, Langley 14 Dominion 62, Freedom 0 John Champe 21, Potomac Falls 16 OFF – Park View, Woodgrove

THIS WEEK’S GAMES Thursday, Sept. 18 Park View at Loudoun County, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 John Champe at Woodgrove, 7 p.m. Dominion at Heritage, 7 p.m. Briar Woods at North Stafford, 7 p.m. Marshall at Freedom, 7 p.m. Potomac Falls at Loudoun Valley, 7 p.m. Tuscarora at Martinsburg (W. Va.), 7 p.m. Broad Run at Stone Bridge, 7:30 p.m. added. “Stepping on and off the field, he challenges himself and his teammates. He’s always on the field with a smile. He has a great attitude and just wants to be a part of it, any way he can help us. He’s just the type of kid you want on your team.”   Jackson joined the Loudoun County varsity team midway through the 2012 season and got the opportunity to play with his older brother, Isaiah, who was a senior tight end for the Raiders. County advanced to the Group AA Region II playoffs and knocked off cross-town rival Tuscarora before falling to eventual state champion Briar Woods in the region final.   Jackson had five catches and a touchdown in that playoff victory over Tuscarora and looked forward to a huge season in 2013. Now, he understands how everything can be taken away at a moment’s notice and he has a new outlook for his senior campaign.   “I try to just take every game one game at a time,” Jackson said. “I try to play my hardest every game because you never know what is going to happen. It has driven me more this year and I’m more motivated to do well and Continued on Next Page

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help my team to the best of my ability.”   This season, the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Jackson leads Loudoun County (2-1 as it heads into Thursday’s contest versus Park View in Leesburg) with 13 receptions for 258 yards and six touchdowns. He also has returned two punts for scores.   Jackson had eight catches for 82 yards in County’s 52-14 loss to Briar Woods last week. Trailing 17-14 at halftime, the Raiders had an opportunity to take the lead on their first drive of the second half, but they turned the ball over on downs at the Falcons’18-yard line. Briar Woods scored on its ensuing possession and pulled away to the victory. “It really changed momentum,” Jackson said of County not scoring on that first second-half drive. “For our team, we didn’t get down on ourselves, but we knew we missed a big opportunity by not scoring on that drive. It was definitely a lesson learned. When you lose a game, you have more to fix than when you win. We saw things we can improve on and fix.”   Jackson’s relationship with senior quarterback Tae Crews-Naylor is a big key to Loudoun County’s success. The pair have grown up together, playing youth football together since age 6, and Crews-Naylor moved into Jackson’s neighborhood three years ago.   “It helps a lot that we’re so close because it translates onto the field,” Jackson said. “We go practice every weekend that we can, throwing the ball in the street or working on routes. It helps to have that connection on the field.

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lies to the pleasure of live orchestral music. The program features selections from the movies “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Hook” as well as “The Snow White Fantasy” and the “Sleeping Beauty Waltz.” Children (and orchestra members) are invited to attend in costume. “It’s a great way to get everybody acclimated to the symphony “speak” at the beginning of the season and a big bang to start off with. We get the opportunity to introduce the rest of the season for people to start marking their calendars,” said Maestro Mark McCoy, who hopes that parents attending with their children will come back for concerts later in the season including a “Sax and Shostakovich” program in November, a holiday concert in DecemLeesburg Today/File Photo ber and an all-Mozart program in Since the Leesburg Fine Arts Fair launched in 2012, it’s been a hit. This weekend’s event is expected to draw thou- January. McCoy underscored that sands of art lovers to downtown Leesburg. the symphony board has re-evaluated pricing for its family concerts in September and March: children But those concerts serve up just the openfunds for its restoration takes a page from the 12 and under are free, and ticket prices have ing notes for classical music aficionados. Waterford Concert Series, now in its 20th year, been reduced for adults and teens. The Loudoun Symphony launches its known for bringing world class performers to “We’re hoping to continue on the tradition 2014-2015 season with a pair of lighthearted, the village. This fall’s concert series at Waterof great family concerts, ” McCoy said. “We’re family-friendly concerts Sept. 27 in Ashburn ford’s Old School includes J. Reilly Lewis and trying to make it a little more affordable so both and Sept. 28 in Purcellville (loudounsymphony. the Washington Bach Consort Oct. 19 and the parents can attend and bring their children and org). The afternoon concerts, with a pirates and Daedalus Quartet Nov. 9 (www.waterfordfountheir teenagers and get as many people exposed princesses theme, are designed to expose famidation.org).

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to the symphony as possible.” The Loudoun-based Master Singers of Virginia officially starts its 2014-2015 season with a series of holiday concerts in early December (www.msva.org). But music lovers can get a taste of the upcoming season at the group’s fall fundraiser Oct. 26 at Stone Tower Winery southwest of Leesburg, featuring selections from its upcoming season. The 28-member group, directed by Erik Jones, is a select, auditioned ensemble focusing on 20th and 21st centuries’ choral works. The group celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and the upcoming season features favorite pieces from past seasons. “While we put some lighter stuff in there, we tend more toward the esoteric stuff you’re not normally going to hear on the radio,” said Don Young, the group’s president and a singer in the ensemble for 11 years. “It’s unique material.” The Leesburg-based Loudoun Chorale also starts its season Dec. 6 with a pair of holiday concerts (loudounchorale.org). That group does not require auditions and is currently looking for music lovers to join its ranks. The Loudoun Ballet Company celebrates a milestone anniversary this year. The company opens its 25th season with its fall production, “Evening in White” Oct. 4 and 5 at Broad Run High School in Ashburn (www.loudounballet. org). The production features original choreography from LBC staff and collaborators. The centerpiece of the performance will be the LBC premiere of Act II of the classic ballet Giselle. The pre-professional, production-oriented Continued on Page 46

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Thursday, Sept. 18 7:30 p.m., doors open, 8:30 p.m., music begins, Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com ’80s hit-maker Dave Wakeling and his current band blend ska, pop and punk elements for a high energy show. Tickets are $30 at the door.

5:30-7:30 p.m., George Washington University, Ashburn Campus School of Nursing, Local fiber artist Lauren Kingsland will be on hand for the opening of her show “Healing Journey — Personal Transformation in the Presence of Cancer” made up of quilts inspired by her time as a visiting artist at Lombardi Cancer Center.

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7:30 p.m. doors open, 8:30 p.m. music begins. Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com Eclectic funk from this Chicago-based quintet. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 7:30 p.m. doors open, 8 p.m. music begins. Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville. Contact: www.barnsofrosehill.org The legendary blues and rock guitarist brings his powerhouse band for an evening of great music. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

Electronics Recycling Rally

7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Verizon Campus, 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn. Contact: www.loudoun.gov/electronics Recycling staff from the Loudoun County Department of General Services will be on hand to collect and recycle electronics. Hazardous waste (batteries, inks/toners, mercury bulbs); units containing fluid (such as motors and pumps containing fluid); refrigerators and freezers; medical waste; and radioactive material such as X-ray equipment will not be accepted.

“Fall for the Book” Reading: Charles Todd

7 p.n., Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls. Contact: http://Library. Loudoun.gov Todd will discuss his historical mystery, “An Unwilling Accomplice” about a World War I battlefield nurse whose career is in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watch.

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Senior Center of Leesburg Hoedown

11 a.m.-2 p.m., Senior Center of Leesburg, 102 North St. NW, Leesburg. Contact: 703-7715156 Dress in western duds and get ready for a great time with music provided by Dan Chute. Cost is $3 for members, $6 for non-members.

Healing Conference

6-10 p.m., Best Western Hotel and Conference Center, 726 E. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: http://beckdvorak.eventbrite.com Becky Dvorak presents a two-day training on faith-inspired healing. Conference continues 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 20. Tickets are $75 and

Live Music: Jim Counter

5-8 p.m., Dry Mill Winery, 18195 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.drymillwine. com Counter has opened for a long list of big names in the country music scene with his blend of pop, rock and R&B covers and originals.

Saturday, Sept. 20 Bluemont Fair

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Bluemont. Contact: bluemontfair.org Food, music, children’s activities, crafts and more at one of western Loudoun’s most popular annual events. Admission is $5. Children 10 and under are free.

Tree of Life Community Cruise-In

4-7 p.m., Bank of Clarke County, 203 Hirst Ave., Purcellville. Contact: tolministries.org Come out and vote for your favorite classic car or hot rod. Each vote is $1, and the car that raises the most money wins a prize. Proceeds benefit Tree of Life.

Leesburg Fine Art Festival

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7:30 p.m. doors open, 8 p.m. music begins. Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Contact: oldstoneschool. org A founding member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention, Matthews recently released his 20th album. Concert tickets are $25. A bistro dinner catered by It’s a Peace of Cake will be available at 6:30 p.m. for $10. Advance reservations are required for dinner. Concert benefits efforts to restore Hillsboro’s Old Stone School.

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This annual event sponsored by the Lovettsville-Waterford Ruritans features music from Janet Emma and Seven West, silent auction, table games and a cash bar. Tickets include a barbecue dinner from Big Mike’s. Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Proceeds benefit Loudoun Therapeutic Riding and other nonprofits.

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Sew Magarbo Open House

3-6 p.m., 44933 George Washington Blvd., Suite 110, Ashburn. Contact: www.ashburnsewing.com The popular Ashburn sewing studio celebrates a new season and a new location. Check out the space and offerings including classes, workshops and after school programs.

Dulles Day Festival and Plane Pull

11 a.m.-4 p.m., Dulles International Airport. Contact: www.planepull.com Event features 70 teams competing to pull an Airbus plane to benefit Special Olympics, along with a children’s truck pull, live music, a car show, military and civilian aircraft exhibits and more. Parking and admission are free.

Rotary Pig Roast

5-9 p.m., Loudoun County Fairgrounds, 17558 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.leesburgdaybreak.org Leesburg Daybreak Rotary hosts its eighth annual pig roast. A $100 ticket includes two dinners, raffle ticket, live music, beer and wine, children’s games and entertainment. $30 mealonly tickets are also available. Proceeds go to scholarships and a range of local charities.

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rganizers are working to make next weekend’s Oktoberfest in Lovettsville bigger and better. The annual celebration of the town’s Germany heritage kicks off Friday evening with the communal dinner at the Lovettsville Community Center, followed by the opening of competition for the royalty competition. The main tent’s beer garden starts the fun at 7 p.m. with plenty of beer and food, music from local favorite Ghost Pepper, more royalty competition and then, the main event, the attempt to set a record for a group singing of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Lovettsville Pizza & Subs also will have live music, featuring Chris Bowen, The Bone Show. Saturday is packed with activities, starting at 7 a.m. with the traditional pancake breakfast at Lovettsville Elementary. It’s a day full of celebration of German beer and music at the main tent, including a stein-hoisting contest and plenty of music and dance— from the traditional Bavarian music of Alte Kameraden to the artistry of the Alpine Dancers to performances by The Vigilantes and Donegal X-Press. And the activities continue elsewhere in town, including games for toddlers through teens on North Church Street, the popular used book sale and live music at the Lovettsville Library and organ grinder Lola and Master Bob can be seen in various locations. Mad Horse Brewpub will feature an expanded Oktoberfest food and beer menu, live music by Jake and the Burtones and Chris Bowen’s The Bone Show. Lovettsville Pizza & Subs will also field an expanded food and beer menu, as well as a pizza-eating contest and music by Loudoun Music Instruction and Cheap Date. The festival closes on a calmer note Sunday with a church service at Catoctin Bible Church and music recitals by Loudoun Music Instruction students. Hoping for good weather—the prayer of every festival organizer—event chairman Jim McIntyre said the committee’s focus this year was not so much to introduce new features as to “make sure everything we’re doing we’re doing better.” A huge plus this year is having additional space next to the Town Hall, land recently purchased by the town. The main tent will now be located in that space and features including the popular Wiener dog ashburn races will be run there.

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tact: www.loudounwildlife.org The 500-acre transitional shrub habitat is great for watching woodcocks and other uncommon bird species. The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy looks at various areas of the farm and discusses practices used to maintain the habitat.

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Leesburg Fine Art Festival 11 a.m.-5 p.m. See Sept. 20 listing.

Film Screening and Discussion: “Revolution in Egypt”

all is bustling at Loudoun’s libraries, with a range of programs and activities in coming weeks aimed at keeping the community engaged and informed. The annual 1book 1community program is in full swing. This year’s selection is “Out of My Mind” by Sharon Draper, the story of a bright 10-year-old girl who has never spoken. Free copies of the book are now available at all county library branches and the county government center, leading up to a series of discussions at all library branches and a talk from the author Oct. 28 at Smart’s Mill Middle School in Leesburg. Also this fall, LCPL is hosting a fivepart reading and scholar-led discussion series sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association titled “Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys-Connected Histories.” The bi-weekly series will be held through Nov. 4 at Cascades Library.

1-5 p.m., Dry Mill Winery, 18195 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.drymillwine. com Campbell covers music from the ’70s to today on acoustic guitar.

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2 p.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg Contact: 703-737-7195 Richard Hite, state record coordinator for the Rhode Island State Archives, helps family historians avoid traps and separate fact from fiction in family legends. Event is free but advance registration is recommended.

Live Music: Audrey Assad

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6:30-9:30 p.m., The Q Company, 17 Catoctin Circle SE, Leesburg. Contact: www.lennysjukejoint.com. Local musician Lenny Burridge hosts this open mic event at the popular Leesburg barbecue restaurant.

6:30-8 p.m., Lovettsville Elementary School, Lovettsville. Contact: www.facebook.com/ events/689835387766856 Two western Loudoun moms impacted by

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6 p.m. doors open, 7 p.m. music begins. Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: www. audreyassad.com Contemporary Christian music from the Nashville-based artist. Tickets are $15 in advance, available at the artist’s website.

Through facilitated reading and discussion, the series seeks to familiarize public audiences with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world. The scholar for the series is Barbara Petzen, director of Middle East Connections, executive director of Oneblue, and president of the Middle East Outreach Council. Discussions take place at 7 p.m. every other Tuesday at Cascades Library. The next discussion is Sept. 23. Advance registration is required, and books will be available for registered participants. And don’t forget: September is library card month at LCPL, the perfect time to sign up for adults or children who don’t yet have a card. For more information on getting a library card and on upcoming events and programs, stop in at one of Loudoun’s eight library branches or go to http://library.loudoun.gov.

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3 p.m., Mt. Zion Church, 40309 John Mosby Hwy., Aldie. Contact: www.mosbyheritagearea. org Scott Harris, executive director of the James Monroe Museum in Fredericksburg, discusses Monroe’s life and legacy. Tickets are $10 for adults, free for students. Event is sponsored by the Mosby Heritage Area Association and NOVA Parks

7:30 p.m. doors open, 8:30 p.m. music begins. Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com A fun evening of R&B, swing and more from this Charlottesville-based quartet. Tickets are $19 in advance.

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5:30-7:30 p.m., LoCo Joe’s Coffee, 550 E. Main St., Purcellville. Contact: 540-338-0551 The public is invited to this event featuring motivational speaker Geno Stampora.

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he second of Hillsboro’s classic musical series of concerts will coincide with an art show by 15 artists this Sunday at the Old Stone School. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the art show, while the “Autumnal Tones for Baritone” concert will begin at 7 p.m. To complete the celebratory mood, light fare will be sold by Food4Thought Catering and there will be wine available from Doukenie Winery. The program of classical music and classic Broadway songs is the second in a series of four concerts designed to raise funds for the ongoing restoration of the Old Stone School. It features baritone Kevin Frey, special guest soprano Grace Srinivasan and concert director and accompanist Neil Weston. Frey is a senior at George Washington University, where he is a Presidential Scholar of the Arts and president of the GWU Singers and Chamber Choir. A featured soloist, Frey has appeared in many GWU main stage theater and opera productions. Srinivasan, who performed in the earlier July concert at the Old Stone School, is a soprano and actress working in the

Washington, DC, area who will soon complete her master’s in music at Peabody University. She stars in the title role in the docudrama “Enemy of the Reich,” which airs on PBS this month. Weston is a graduate of the University of London and the Royal Academy of Music, and is a recipient of advanced performance diplomas from the Royal College of Music and the Royal College of Organists. He has performed on BBC radio and television, with the United States Army Band and the Washington Bach Consort, among many leading musical troupes. The concert is sponsored by Fieldstone Farm Bed and Breakfast, Hunt Country Jewelers, Middleburg Bank and United Real Estate Purcellville. Sunday’s concert is co-hosted by the town and the Hillsboro Community Association. The art show will run through Dec. 21. Tickets for Sunday cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students and free for ages 12 and under. To reserve tickets, call 540-668-6192 or email contact@HillsboroVa.com. The remaining concerts in this year’s series are scheduled for Nov. 2 and Dec. 21. For more information on those concerts, go to www.OldStoneSchool.org. n

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company holds open auditions for all productions, but is affiliated with the Loudoun School of Ballet, where most of the female dancers train. More and more, said company chairman Mark Nachajski, the company routinely brings in professional male dancers to partner with its female dancers (who range from eighth grade through high school) for performances. The company will perform its 25th full-length production of “The Nutcracker” Dec. 19-21 in South Riding. “We’ve raised the level of experience [to offer] a quality performance without having to drive into the city,” Nachajski said. If classical music is not your thing, don’t worry. As many have noticed, the contemporary music scene in downtown Leesburg and, increasingly, downtown Purcellville, is thriving. This fall brings a number of big names to the Tally Ho, the former movie theater now closing out its second year as a first-class music venue. Upcoming concerts like 10000 Maniacs (Oct. 3), Pure Prairie League (Oct. 11) and Average White Band (Oct. 24.) are sure to draw crowds from all over the metropolitan DC region. DC-based Chaise Lounge, originally slated to play the Tally Ho this summer, makes its debut Nov. 1. The Tally Ho’s fall schedule also includes a long list of affordably priced shows from emerging artists and high-quality tribute bands www.tallyholeesburg.com. Meanwhile, to the west, the increasingly popular Buncearoo concert series (www.buncearoo.com) brings seasoned performers to Purcellville’s Catoctin Creek Distilling Company and Adroit Theory Brewing. Fall shows at Catoctin Creek include singer/songwriters Luke Brindley and Christ Ayer (Sept. 26) and rock artist Pat McGee (Nov. 14), while singer/songwriter Tony Lucca plays the recently opened Adroit Theory Brewing Nov. 15. Also on the horizon, Leesburg’s Spanky’s Shenanigans hosts a second Cancer Can Rock benefit concert Saturday, Sept. 27, featuring local favorites including Todd Wright, Michael Sheppard, Cal Everett, Tommy Gann, Prescott Engle, Johnny Kasun and Stilson Greene. Loudoun visual artists Jill Evans-Kavaldjian, president of the Loudoun Arts Council (www. loudounarts.org), whose mission is to promote the development of all disciplines of the arts in the county, and manager of the Round Hill Arts Center, said that while Loudoun has always had a solid arts community, artists and arts organizations are getting better about reaching the community at large (www.roundhillartscenter.org). “We’re all getting better about marketing ourselves and getting the word out,” she said. “[LAC is] assembling a new board with a lot of energy and trying to fit into the community in new ways.” Along with the council’s Arts in the Village co-op gallery (www.artsinthevillage.com), which celebrates its second anniversary this month and features an artists’ reception Sept. 20, the LAC recently launched its Artists in Schools initiative, bringing visiting artists to local public school classrooms and is actively involved in Lees-

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IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of and all other interested in the estate do show cause, if any they can, on the 3rd day of October, 2014, at 10:00 AM before this Court at its courtroom, against the payment and delivery of the Estate of William P. Lowe, deceased, to the distributes and creditors as set forth in the proposed Final accounting with or without refunding bonds as the court prescribes. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be published once per week for two successive weeks. ENTERED this 5th day of September, 2014 Joanne S. Alper, Judge WE ASK FOR THIS: Robert E. Sevila, VSB No. 9189 Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White, P.C. P.O. Box 678 Leesburg, Virginia 20178-0678 (703) 777-5700 (703) 771-4161 Fax Counsel for Michael J. Lowe, Administrator 9/11 & 9/18/14

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of Trust in the original principal amount of $527,850.00, dated November 3, 2005, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Loudoun County on November 7, 2005, as Instrument Number 20051107-0125626, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, 18 E Market St, Leesburg, VA on October 10, 2014 at 11:30 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: Lot 18, Section 55, Stone Ridge - South, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded as Instrument No. 200408050081076 and plat recorded as Instrument No. 200408050081077, among the Land Records of Loudoun County, Virginia.. Tax ID: 205-26-2680-000.

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Copies and additional information regarding this Rezoning Concept Plan Amendment application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 during normal business hours (Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) or by contacting Michael Watkins, Senior Planner, at 703-737-7920.

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The Property encompasses 57.85 acres, is depicted on the Rezoning Plan, and is identified by the following Loudoun County Property Identification Numbers (PIN) 149-28-0023 and 149-28-0225 (inclusive of 149-28-0225001 through 023). The property is zoned B-4 (Mixed-Use Business) and PRC (Planned Residential Center) and identified as Regional Office on the Town Planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land Use Policy Map. The Town Plan recommends a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0 for non-residential uses and up to 25% of the property may be developed with residential uses at up to 24 dwelling units per acre. This application will retain the same densities approved with TLZM 2010-0003; a commercial FAR of 0.32 and a residential density of 6 dwelling units per acre.

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John B. Murphy, Jr. 77, of Leesburg, VA,passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2014. After leaving the United States Air Force, Mr. Murphy worked for the Federal Aviation Administration for 33 years as an Air Traffic controller, before retiring in 1987. While living and working in Leesburg, Va., John was the consummate volunteer always willing to lend help where required. He was the broadcaster for LCHS for Friday Night Football for over 25 years. He was a Member of the Jaycees. Possibly his biggest impact on Leesburg, Loudoun, and the State of VA was his cocreation of Central Loudoun Little League in 1967. Mr. Murphy served as President, Secretary, Umpire Consultant, and Manager/Coach and as a Board member at various times while affiliated with the League from 1967 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2011. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication to the youth of Leesburg, northern Virginia and the Little League community is obvious from his over 40 years of volunteering. He helped Central Loudoun Little League prosper as the community grew and helped plan the development of new field complexes and identifying location where the players could compete currently known as Founders Fields. He spent countless hours behind the scenes traveling throughout Virginia training other volunteers. Creating great learning and training environments that produced many exceptional adults involved today. He also instilled the sense of volunteerism and â&#x20AC;&#x153;giving backâ&#x20AC;? to the community, which is seen in his children, and grandchildren who are participating in Little League and youth sports around the country currently. His successes as an administrator and umpire have left their mark on many that have worked beside and with him. This can been seen in his selection to umpire in several State, Southeastern Region and World Series tournaments. He is an Honored member of the Va. Little League Hall of Fame, Dulles Little League and Central Loudoun Little League Hall of Fame. Along with many of his colleagues, is also an honoree in the Virginia Little League Museum. He leaves his family to cherish his memory including his wife Mary Suzanne Murphy, four children, John III â&#x20AC;?Bunkyâ&#x20AC;? and his wife Heide of Ashburn, Brian Keith and his wife Dina of Cheasapeake, VA, Mary Elizabeth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bethâ&#x20AC;? and her husband Doug Curry of St. Augustine, FL, Susan Patricia Murphy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patâ&#x20AC;?of Leesburg, VA; his sister, Kathleen Lundquist of CA, 12 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

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and brothers/sisters and their families, magical times for the entire Proko family. After a debilitating work-related accident dating back to the early 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Dan retired in 1985 to face a string of medical challenges.

A Funeral Mass was held on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 1:30 pm at St. John the Apostle Growing up in the city, Dan loved the outCatholic Leesburg, VA. doors and country livingâ&#x20AC;Śfishing, hunting, weekends at their mountain log cabin, quiet Interment followed in Leesburg Union times at the lake, cooking, and shopping for Cemetery, Leesburg, VA, with military hon- good deals. Dan knew his way around the ors. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations tools, and he would often putter around fixmay be made to Loudoun Interfaith Relief or ing small engines as a hobby, after retiring. to Catholic Charities of Loudoun. Dan supported Christ the Redeemer Church in Sterling, VA during their annual fundraisPlease share condolences with the family at er carnival, running the chicken BBQ stand www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com with his special sauce, using help from his coworkers and family. He would negotiate special discounts for the supplies from vendors Daniel Alphonse Proko, SR. to keep the profits higher, with proceeds goDaniel Alphonse Proko, Sr. of Leesburg, Vir- ing to the church. Normally, the BBQ stand ginia passed away on September 6, 2014 at had the highest profit margin, of which Dan was always proud. He cooked many batches the age of 82, due to natural causes. of his Carolina and Redneck BBQ sauces On June 13, 1932, Dan was born in Worces- over the years, and his distribution network ter, MA, to Anna (Blazko) and Julius Pro- consisted of his supportive friends, family, kopowich, both ethnic Poles who had im- and doctors and nurses. migrated to the US during the early 1900â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Dan had 8 siblings and was eighth in the Pro- One of his favorite pastimes was spending kopowich line-up: Alphonse, Stacia, Vitella, time with his work buddies at reunion lunchJulius, Jane, Joseph, Lucien, (Daniel), and es and picnics, or hunting and fishing at the Annie. He is survived by his sister, Jane (87), cabin, where the â&#x20AC;&#x153;war storiesâ&#x20AC;? would start to flow. His â&#x20AC;&#x153;work hard/play hardâ&#x20AC;? at the cabin who still lives in Worcester. and lake passed his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work ethic to his The Prokopowichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were a traditional Cath- children, surrounding them with a life experience bolstered with his most trusted and olic family. Julius worked for US Steel, and best of friends. Until the end, these â&#x20AC;&#x153;silent Anna raised the children. Danâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents were heroesâ&#x20AC;? supported Dan with visits to boost hardworking and instilled this ethic into their his morale during his lengthy hospital recuchildren, to be responsible and fiercely selfperation periods. reliant. Danâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother used to tell him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No money, no funny!â&#x20AC;? in her broken English. The 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrived with many challenges. In All of the children were successful in and 1990, Dan and Shirley lost their daughter contributed to a diverse set of communities. Rosalie due to complications from Leukemia, All of the sons proudly served in various ac- which had a great impact on the entire famtive or guard military roles, including combat ily. Further, in 1991, while gardening at their tours during WWII and Vietnam. retirement lake home, Shirley suffered an aneurysm, which hampered her mobility and After a short stint in the Air Guard, Dan dramatically altered her personality, as well joined the US Air Force in 1950 and served as her near-term memory. After saving her at Nouasseur, Morocco, where Strategic Air life, for over the next two decades, Dan was Command had a forward deployment base by her side at every waking moment to help with the B-47/Stratojet and the huge B-36/ her every step of the way, along with the dePeacemaker. After achieving the rank of Staff votion of her children, to ensure Shirley had Sergeant, Dan returned stateside to change adult companionship for her comfort and careers, seeking training and job opportuni- safety. This allowed Shirley and her grandchildren to know each other, even to get reties in the emerging field of â&#x20AC;&#x153;computersâ&#x20AC;?. acquainted in some ways, and giving 20 more This led to Dan taking a job with the Central years to travel and experience her family in Intelligence Agency as a communications/ retirement. Both Shirley and Dan loved to crypto technician, where his initial involve- dote on their grandchildren. Shirley passed ment was with the early U-2 AQUATONE recently in January, 2013, a huge loss for Dan program. Supporting this program meant and his family. deployments to Nevada, Alaska, and bases in the Far East. It was during this time one of Dan is survived by his three children and his best friends, and later his best man, intro- their spouses: Eugene (Corinna), Danny duced him to Shirley Prendergast, whom he (Renee Remick), and Rita (Wes) Driskill; six later married in 1956, after a two-year court- grandchildren (Jake, David, Daniel, Natalie, Nicholas, and Michael Trent); and three ship. She remained the love of his life. great-grandchildren (Ryan, Abigail, and By 1957, they started a family with four Emma). children (Eugene, Danny, Rosalie, and Rita). Now, Dan loved to travel and see the world; however, it was clear Dan going overseas for U-2 deployments, alone, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Shirlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea of raising a family. By 1960, Dan began a series of overseas Cold War support assignments, taking the family to England, Germany, and Australia. Living overseas provided the family with outstanding and unique opportunities for cultural interactions and making new friends during the 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Between overseas assignments, Dan would take his family every year to summer reunions in Worcester and Cape Cod, to visit his mom

deep appreciation to the staff at the Inova Loudoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, VA for their dedication to Dan and Shirley.

David Richard Dinterman Sr.

David Richard Dinterman Sr., born October 18, 1931, of Lovettsville, VA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at his residence. He is survived by his wife, June Rollins Dinterman; children, Peggy Lee Dinterman, David Richard Dinterman Jr. (Christine), John Rollins Dinterman (Tammy), Robert Michael Dinterman (Tricia); grandchildren, Jonathan (Tricia), Adam (Ashli), J.W. (Robin) and Kylee; great-grandson, Jacob; brother, Ronald Miller (Gale) and aunt, Ruby Anderson. David will be remembered by special friends, Roger (Cindy) Thompson, Randy (Dottie) Coates, John & Gina Mann, along with their children, Jonathan, Jordan (Lauren), Dominic and Lily. Following Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes, no funeral services will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Capital Caring Hospice, 24419 Millstream Drive Aldie, VA 20105 or Lovettsville Fire and Rescue, P.O. Box 123 Lovettsville, VA 20180.Please share condolences with the family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com.

Dan Alan McCord

Dan Alan McCord, 66, of Sterling, VA, passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at his residence after an extended illness. Born on February 15, 1948 in Norton, Kansas he was the son of the late Francis Elery McCord and the late Janice Adele Brown McCord.

Dan graduated from Yorktown High school in Arlington County in 1966 then went on to attend Fort Hays State College in Kansas. He retired from the Department of Interior, US Geological Survey in 2004 with more than 30 years of service. Dan was a life member and former president of the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad and a member of Common Ground The family received guests from 5 to 8 Church in Leesburg. He was an avid athlete and p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014 at Adgymnast and enjoyed skiing and volleyball. ams-Green Funeral Home, 721 Elden Street, Herndon, VA. A graveside service was held He is survived by his loving wife, Judy of at noon on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 40 years; daughters, Jennifer Breeden and her Mount Comfort Cemetery, 6600 State Route husband, Michael of Leesburg and Valerie In663 Alexandria, VA. man and her husband, Matthew of Herndon; In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (www.lls.org) in the name of his late daughter, Rosalie Proko Cessna. Arrangements have been made by Adams-Green Funeral Home. The family would like to extend

grandchildren, Brooke, Brent, Troy, Calla, Drake and Haley; sisters, April Phillips and Misa â&#x20AC;&#x153;Debâ&#x20AC;? Mulroney; brother Patrick McCord; along with numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

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A celebration of Carolineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life will be held from 1:00-4:00 pm on Sunday, September 21 at the Osborne family farm in Taylorstown, VA (please enquire at the email listed below for the address). As this is an outdoor celebration, the family asks that you refrain from wearing mourning, and instead wear comfortable and seasonally appropriate attire. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets to the event. Please bring photographs of Caroline or other memorabilia, as there will be a memory wall for colEster E. Watson lecting stories. There will be cards available Passed away On Aug. 31, 2014 at Reston Hoson which to share your memories of Caroline pital. She leaves to cherish her memory 12 with friends and family. siblings, one adopted brother two aunts, one great aunt, two granddaughters and a host of In lieu of flowers, the family asks that con- nieces and nephews cousins and a very larger tributions be made towards the Caroline extended family who love and cherished her. Osborne Memorial Scholarship at VTC Car- Funeral Service was held on Sunday Sept. 7, illion Medical School in remembrance Caro- 2014 time of service 3:00 p.m. at: Mt. Pleaslineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable journey through life. If you ant Baptist Church, Herndon, Va.Interment require further information about the event, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, inquiries can be directed to: Herndon, Va. Arrangements By: Lyles Fujessevanswall+celebration@gmail.com. neral Service of Purcellville, Virginia

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March 17, 1922 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September 9, 2014 Phillip â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philâ&#x20AC;? Harry Weston, 92, of Edinburg VA, died September 9, 2014 at Loudoun Hospital Center. Services were held on Friday September 12th at 11:00 am at Hall Funeral Home in Purcellville, VA. Burial followed in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA. Memorial contributions can be sent to the Wounded Warrior Projects, Boulder Crest Retreat, PO Box 117, Bluemont, VA 20135. Please visit www.hallfh.com to express online condolences to the family.

Dr. John Francis Herbert Keighley

Dr. John Francis Herbert Keighley died on September 12, 2014. As a physician and compassionate man, he helped many. Survived by his wife of 62 years Anita; sons John D.D. and David F. Keighley; daughters Elizabeth K. Smith and Joanne M. Evans; host of relatives and friends. Mass to be held at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, 231 N. King Street, Leesburg, VA Thursday, September 18, 1:30 p.m. Burial private. Memorial donations to Oxfam International; www.oxfam. org. www.colonialfuneralhome.com

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Passed away On Aug. 22, 2014. She leaves to cherish her memory one son Travis Sewell of Jamaica and one daughter Lavern Lane (Gary) of Ashburn, VA and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing was held on Friday Sept. 12, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. till time of service 3:00 p.m. at: Lyles Funeral Chapel, Purcellville, Va. Interment Sept 21, 2014 in Jamaica. Arrangements By: Lyles Funeral Service of Purcellville, Virginia

Nancy Jean Wine Marouf, co-owner of Shear Scapes, Inc, passed away at on September 13, 2014, surrounded by family and friends. Survived by husband, Sam, son, Cameron, father, Francis, as well as many close family and friends. Nancy is pre-deceased by her mother, Eda Mae Wine, and her step-mother, Janet Wine. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg--visitation at 10 a.m., service at noon, graveside to follow. www.colonialfuneralhome.com

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The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17th, 2014, at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, SE. Leesburg, Virginia 20175. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at Loudoun Funeral Chapel. Interment to follow at Union Cemetery in Leesburg.

Passed away On Aug. 25, 2014. He leaves to mourn his Wife- Deitra Young, children Joseph and Jasmine Young; Mother Gwendolyn Young, (late father Lester Young) mother-inlaw Beatrice Perry; and siblings Tony (Carolyn) Lawrence, of Kingston ,Jamaica; Ray( Coretha) of Baltimore; Rose Odenton Md. Elizabeth of Reston. VA. Funeral Services was held on Saturday Sept. 6, 2014. time of service 12:00 p.m. at: Heritage Fellowship Church Caroline Osborne A true Renaissance woman, Caroline passed Reston , VA 20191. Interment at Fairfax Meaway on September 4, 2014 at the age of 29. morial Park Fairfax, Va. Arrangements By: Caroline left this world pursuing a medical Lyles Funeral Service of Purcellville, Virginia degree after living a spectacularly accomplished, joyful, and full life.

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Jason leaves to cherish his memory his son Brayden, fiance Brianna Bourassa, parents Edward and Nenya Laytham of Leesburg, VA., sister Erika Potter and brother-in-law Rob Potter, brother Tyler Laytham, niece and nephews Lauryn, Trenton, Gavin and Collin, many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Friends as well as his beloved dog Trip.

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he residents living along Red Hill Road make a strong case against erecting two onemillion gallon water storage towers in their long-established rural neighborhood. The tanks are needed to provide improved utility service to the encroaching suburban development and logically should be built in these new subdivisions as just one more piece of infrastructure needed to meet the needs of residents moving in. That’s the way it works in other areas of the county and the incorporated towns. In an area planned for large-scale by-right development, facility planning seldom works out quite so smoothly. The rezoning applications that come with plans for school sites, wider roads and other supporting amenities aren’t in play. The fact that the by-right subdivisions in this Transition Area initially weren’t intended to be hooked up to the central utility system provides additional complications. It also should be noted that the merits of residents’ opposition in this case are different than the more typical fight against, say, cell phone towers. Chances are those living around a cell tower will benefit from the improved service, even if their bay window view is eclipsed for that convenience. The Red Hill Road residents won’t be hooking into the public water system, so there is no chance they’ll benefit from their presence. It could be argued that they’ll be subsidizing their new neighbors’ water bills if the currently proposed location is simply a cheaper alternative than buying suitable land within the service area. There are several paths to a better solution. For example, better proposals could turn up during consideration of engineering alternatives by Loudoun Water’s team. Or talks with Transition Area developers could result in a more creative deal to put the tanks in a neighborhood they will serve. There are options worth exploring, but it will be the Board of Supervisors that must lead the way.

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two organizations are creatively combining forces to help Loudoun Cares during this transition. Amy Owen, executive director of the community foundation and a well-respected nonprofit professional will be on loan for a portion of her work time to assist Loudoun Cares during this transition. As a result, I have no doubt that you will hear more exciting news from Loudoun Cares in the weeks and months ahead.

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Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors’ decision to allow 90 homes on 33 acres to be built on land zoned commercial and crossed by the Dulles Airport’s high-noise zone. This is one of those decisions the all-Republican board made that defies common sense and has serious repercussions in several areas both now and in the future. To build homes inside the buffer zone will guarantee complaints from new homeowners (and forget that they were told of the noise situation) from the very start and all future owners. Eventually this may cause the airport to curtail flights after certain hours and impose other restrictions in its operations. Dulles Airport is a major economic engine for our county and the region and as planes get larger and noisier this buffer zone will be even more important. Your article went on to say, “Converting industrial land to residential use will drive up service demands, such as adding $650,000 in annual school costs, according to the staff report. Planning Director Julie Pastor said permitting houses south of Shreveport Drive, which was designated as a barrier between residential and commercial

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Dear Editor: Civil War memorials abound in Loudoun County yet many other war memorials have been left behind. The people behind these efforts are well intentioned; however, I would like to move to memorialize recent wars that would be more robust tourist attractions. A group of us are proposing a new memorial venture which has been designated The American Military Remembrance Park, dedicated to all killed in combat and buried overseas as well as to all veterans past and present. Our theme is that families and friends in these more recent conflicts would gather for events in Loudoun County if we successfully presented a national memorial. An influx of visitors adds to economic development. Grassroots support is what we seek to make our plans noticed. Our attempt is to honor all religions and ethnic Americans who fought for freedom in a solemn, quiet and respectful park location. We are planning a Patio of Remembrance, as well as an amphitheater that can hold special events with a stage to accommodate the U.S. Army Band or the Loudoun Symphony. As you can visualize we are making this effort to de-

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velop a monument of substance that will have a bearing on the county commerce and to be part of the growth currently being experienced as well as an attraction for visitors when the Silver Line is completed. To those who have seen our proposal we have had extremely positive comments. Much support from all quarters and approval from the Board of Supervisors will hasten this memorial as a patriotic development in light of current events. Norman Duncan, Ashburn Organizer, World War II veteran

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With my tenure as executive director at Loudoun Cares winding down, a new role will emerge for me. Like so many others in the community, I will be an ardent volunteer supporter. I will continue to advise and assist the organization in a variety of ways. I have made a multiyear financial pledge to the organization and I trust that others in the community will do the same. It has been a wonderful and incredibly rewarding journey with Loudoun Cares. Thanks again to all of you who have made it possible. Andy Johnston, Leesburg

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The state budget agreement, if approved as is, does not impact state dollars for K-12 education, but it requires state colleges and universities to find $45 million in each year of the budget. That translates to $4.7 million in reductions for Fairfax-based George Mason University each year and $8.22 million for the state’s community college system each year. The agreement requires schools that have more in-state students—and thus rely more on state aid—to trim their budgets by a smaller percentage than schools that take more out-ofstate students, something the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia advocated. The cuts range from as low as 0.9 percent at Univer-

sity of Virginia at Wise to roughly 6 percent for University of Virginia on the high end. “While it’s hard for these institutions to face cuts at all, we’re grateful for the way the General Assembly decided to do it—very mindfully,” Kirsten Nelson, spokeswoman for SCHEV, said. “Rather than demanding across the board cuts, they took a careful look at it and decided which institutions could sustain higher cuts.” Each school will decide how it will fill that funding gap, whether it can roll back spending or rely on tuition increases. Nelson said SCHEV hopes the schools would not hike tuitions mid-year. “We’re hoping, since the General Assembly has been so cautious and careful, that perhaps the institutions will try not to do mid-year tuition increases. Because those increases are very tough on families.”

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Part of the budget agreement includes delaying filling Virginia’s 36 vacant judgeships until Dec. 1 to save $3.2 million. Loudoun Circuit Court’s third judgeship has been vacant

since last December, following the retirement of Judge Thomas D. Horne. Del. Randy Minchew (R-10) said relief for the county’s court system already is months overdue. He sits on the House Courts of Justice Judicial Panel, which interviews and vets candidates for the judgeships, and has advocated in recent years funding for a fourth Loudoun judge to help support a growing court docket. Minchew said the state must “trim our fiscal sails to account for” the revenue shortfall, but holding off on judgeship appointments for “relatively meager savings” isn’t the way to do it. “Our Loudoun Circuit Court docket is badly back-logged with our two resident circuit court judges working overtime. Plus, we have a gifted new circuit court judge whom we will elect this week who is ready, willing and able to start hearing cases immediately thereafter.” Leesburg town attorney Jeanette Irby is expected to be approved as Loudoun Circuit Court’s newest judge by the General Assembly this week. (See story, Page 1.)

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Speaking to the $272 million in savings lawmakers will need to find in the budget next year, Greason sounded hopeful the two chambers and the governor would continue to meet in the middle. “While I’m nervous about the cuts, I’m very encouraged by what just happened this week,” Greason said, adding that he will fight to protect K-12 education funding. “We’ve got to continue to do what we can to drive the best K-12 education system that we can, and obviously funding is a big component of that.” Even with the budget deal all but locked up, state lawmakers still have their work cut out for them this special session as they consider whether to expand Medicaid coverage to thousands of uninsured Virginians. After that issue spurred a political battle that threatened to leave Virginia without an approved budget July 1, this week they will again take up the matter. In a sign that an across-the-aisle deal could be reached even on this divisive issue, Gov. McAuliffe touted a “conservative compromise” by Del. Tom Rust (R-86) called the Virginia Health Care Independence Act. The legislation would extend health care coverage to about 260,000 people and provide a road map for comprehensive reform of the commonwealth’s Medicaid system. “This special session is an opportunity to continue to prove to Virginians that Republicans and Democrats can work together on common sense solutions to make their lives better,” the governor stated. “I am ready to negotiate and sign any proposal that brings our taxpayer dollars home to expand access to care, and I invite my friends in both parties to join me at the table.” n

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he Leesburg-based Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes last week awarded a $7,500 grant to the EOD Warrior Foundation for the Home for a Hero Community Campaign to build a home for Aaron Causey. Causey is a combat-wounded, 12-year military veteran and Bronze Star recipient who lives with his wife Kathleen “Kat” and their 8-month old girl in Birmingham, AL. “Aaron and Kat Causey have overcome tremendous challenges as a result of his service to our nation and their resilience, courage and strength is truly remarkable,” David Walker, president and CEO of the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, stated in announcing the award. “We are honored to award this grant to provide this needed financial support for the Causeys and we hope others in the community will donate to help them build their home.” The EOD Warrior Foundation is helping to raise funds for the Home for a Hero Community Campaign that has a fundraising goal of $350,000 to build a safe and accessible modified home to meet Causey’s extensive needs. Causey sustained catastrophic injuries while serving as an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician in Afghanistan in September 2011. An improvised explosive device cost him both of his legs and caused significant soft tissue damage. After more than 40 surgeries and two and a half years of recovery and rehabilitation as a patient of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Causey and his family are finally ready to return home. The challenges and changes the Causeys face is chronicled in the award-winning documentary film “The Next Part.” For more information or to make a donation to the Home for a Hero Community Campaign, go to http://weblink.donorperfect.com/ home4ahero. n

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Dear Editor: This is in response to the letter by Ms. Biberaj concerning the Judicial Selection process. I do thank Ms. Biberaj for her response. I do however disagree with portions of the letter. I also want to add that Delegate Minchew has been incredibly helpful in the increasing of my understanding of the selection process. Despite the assertion made that the public can voice their opinion, it seems that the voice is miniscule and hampered. There is no public announcement, that I am aware of, when the Bar forwards its approved applicants to the 20th Circuit legislators or the Assembly. I am not aware of any public invitation to the questioning of the candidates by the 20th Circuit legislators. It is my understanding that the notes of the interview are not available through the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The public is not allowed to see the report from the local Bar or the applications of the candidates. This meets the criteria for a very secretive selection process. I recently spoke with a state senator’s aide and was informed that occasionally a candidate will drop by the senator’s office to introduce themselves. I found this rather odd in that on the surface this seems like an attempt to win a legislator’s vote; this indicates that the judicial selection process has become a contest as to who is the most politically connected not the most qualified. A judge wields enormous power during a trial and in all legal matters; this includes what evidence to admit and what discovery to grant. If the judge has a bias and cannot control that bias it will impact the final outcome. Judicial selection is critical and should be transparent. The current system could result in favoritism shown by a judge to the attorneys who approved their application. The entire process of judicial selection should be open to the public and scrutinized. The latest issue with Senator Phillip Puckett illustrates that the selection process is flawed and can be manipulated. He allegedly stepped down to allow his daughter to be appointed as a Juvenile Court judge, but an investigation discovered that he was awarded a position on the State Tobacco Commission prior to stepping down. The public is left to wonder if he was promised by certain members of the Courts of Justice that if he stepped down his daughter would be appointed as well. If it were not for the media covering the story, the deal would have been completed. The intent of my letter was not to cast aspersions upon the Bar but to bring attention to the flaws with the selection process— mainly its lack of transparency. In closing, I have learned from Ms. Mary Felch that Jeanette Irby will be interviewed at 3 p.m. Sept. 17 by the Senate and House Courts of Justice for the vacancy in the 20th Circuit. It would be beneficial if the citizens knew the time of this interview and that Ms. Irby is the candidate being interviewed. Gentry Nalley, Ashburn

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