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ver a 33-year career representing Virginia’s 10th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, Frank R. Wolf built a stellar repu-

tation for hard work, accessibility and bi-partisanship.

With a week left in his active political life, Leesburg Today looks back on his multifaceted service.

A key to his extraordinary longevity as a politician has been the broad support he gained from voters across the political

it’s work on behalf of the disabled.

When Wolf was first elected to the U.S. Congress, at age 41 in November 1980, he had two priorities: to be always accessible to his constituents and to work on transportation problems. (See Sidebar) From comments made by those whom he has helped, Wolf can consider he has met those goals and has been, as he likes to think of himself, a servant of the people he represents.

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“I think the most rewarding thing has been to be able to help people, whether it be with a lost passport or a major problem,” he said in a recent interview with

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t was a need to improve the region’s transportation infrastructure that prompted a lawyer from Vienna to run for public

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f the 58 freshmen in the 114th Congress, Representative-elect Barbara Comstock is one of the few who knows her way around Capitol Hill.

She’s navigated the system of tunnels connecting the congressional office buildings. She knows the protocol at the myriad metal detectors.

She’s caught the rickety underground subway to the Capitol. Comstock worked from 1991 to 1995 for Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA-10), who retires this month after representing the 10th Congressional District for 33 years.

In the weeks leading up to her Jan. 6 swearing-in, Comstock is not only getting reacquainted with her old stomping grounds but spending time with her soon-to-be constituents to help breathe life into the promises made on the campaign trail.

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Then-newly elected Rep. Frank Wolf, right, takes a tour of the Loudoun Memorial Hospital lab in the early 1980s. He’s accompanied by Dr. William Silberman, hospital board Chairman J. Lynn Cornwell and Wolf’s field representative Jim Burroughs.

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It was 1978, and the 10th Congressional District was home to a shiny new Metro Rail system that dead-ended in Arlington and a sleepy airport in the middle of a Loudoun County cornfield.

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Shortly after he was sworn in in 1981, Wolf attended a black-tie event, put on by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, in the main terminal of Dulles International Airport.

“That’s how small the airport was then, that they could just close down half of it for an event like that,” Wolf said. “It was the white elephant of airports— people laughed at it.”

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Republican, Democrat or Independent, voters rewarded him for what they saw as a willingness to listen to their problems and for his dedication to humanitarian service.

Karen Russell, executive director of ECHOWorks in Leesburg, recalled her family’s first encounter with Wolf in 1980 in Purcellville during his first successful campaign. “My husband shook hands with him at the local McDonald’s and told him that he was a Democrat, but he would vote for him if he visited ECHO just down the street. He did, and our family has voted for him ever since,” Russell said, noting Wolf’s longtime support of the nonprof-

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A Loudoun County jury Dec. 12 found Rauda Marquez, 20, guilty of abduction with intent to extort money, robbery, conspiracy to

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Four days later, on Dec. 16, Rivas entered Alford pleas and was found guilty of charges of abduction with intent to extort money, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, subsequent offense. Rivas will be sentenced March 30.

“It’s our hope that these two guilty findings will aid us in determining the identity of the third suspect and bring that individual to justice and hold him accountable for his role,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman said in a statement encouraging anyone with information about the suspects to come forward.

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MacDonald in September pleaded guilty to a charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and on Monday was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison.

Murphy’s case went to trial, and last week a jury found her guilty of distribution of marijuana, recommending a nine-year prison term. Circuit Court Judge Jeanette A. Irby will set the sentence March 13.

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• Keith Johnson and Matthew Tobia this month joined the Loudoun County Combined Fire-Rescue System as assistant chiefs, filling new positions approved by the Board of Supervisors as part of the FY15 budget. Johnson is primarily responsible for department operations and Tobia largely responsible for support services and volunteer administration. With the positions filled, the department will begin to realign the organization and integrate the assistant chiefs into its daily operations. Johnson is a fourth-generation firefighter who began his career in 1982 as a volunteer with the North Merrick Volunteer Fire Department in New York and had a 30-year career in Fairfax County, where he most recently served as deputy chief for the Business Services Bureau, Support Services Division. Tobia served as a firefighter, paramedic, company officer and command officer in the Anne Arundel County Fire Department over a 25-year career. He most recently served as a battalion chief in the FireRescue Operations Bureau and as a public information officer.

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But those rules, which would follow a state law that went into effect July 1, aren’t likely to be approved until next month.

So after Old 690 opened in August, county staff members found it to be in violation of Loudoun’s zoning ordinance and asked its owners to close the doors. The rationale was that other entrepreneurs were waiting for the local regulations to be enacted before opening their farm breweries and that the Ashbury Church Road outfit should have, as well.

But co-owner Mark Powell and his partners kept operating the brewery on weekends and appealed the violation notices to the BZA. That body agreed with the zoning inspectors, however, voting unanimously after a public hearing Dec. 18 to uphold the original ruling.

That means that if Powell and his partners open for business again before the supervisors approve the farm brewery requirements, they could face a first fine of $600 ($200 for each of three violations) and subsequent fines of

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Old 690 attorney Andrew Painter argued before the BZA during the Dec. 18 public hearing that state law allows the brewery to operate now in the absence of local regulations, but board member E. Page Moffett said that a locality shouldn’t have to institute associated rules “within five minutes” of the legislature passing a law.

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“I’m testifying only for myself,” he said. “I love beer.”

Moffett was addressing comments from 11 brewery supporters who spoke at the public hearing. They said that farm breweries look to be sparking the next big industry in Loudoun and that Powell and his supporters are longtime county residents who have been involved in civic affairs.

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A private heliport in western Loudoun got a thumbs-up from the county Planning Commission last week.

With little discussion after a lengthy Dec. 16 public hearing, commissioners voted 8-1 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a plan by businessman Charles Kuhn to make a spot for his helicopter on his 540-acre Egypt Farm, north of Snickersville Turnpike between Shelburne Glebe and Watermill roads.

Commissioner J. Kevin Ruedisueli (At Large), who earlier in the Dec. 16 meeting sought to discuss the matter further in a work session, was the sole dissenter. But he said that he and his colleagues were “hard-pressed to really deny” the application considering the rules by which Kuhn agreed to abide.

The commission’s vote came after 27 speakers voiced their opinions during a public hearing. They were almost equally divided between support for, and opposition to, Kuhn’s plan to fashion an existing concrete pad into a helipad and to reconfigure a barn into a hangar. Thirteen people opposed the project, 12 favored it and two offered comments that were essentially neutral.

Kuhn, the president and CEO of JK Moving Services in Sterling, agreed to limit use of the heliport to 10 takeoffs and 10 landings per week, and he said he wanted to be a good neighbor when piloting his helicopter, which was described as being quieter than those flown for medical, military and police uses.

He also said that he would be willing to allow first responders to use the heliport, and that he would even fly others for medical care in the case of an emergency.

In addition, Kuhn offered to contribute about $1,177 to the Philomont Volunteer Fire Department as part of his application.

However, those promises didn’t sway Dorothy Beach or Robyn Harter, who said during the public hearing that Kuhn’s proposal really was a selfish matter.

“This only benefits one person,” Beach said.

And Harter said that Kuhn’s farm was a “personal playground for him,” and that she was shocked to hear his helicopter near her home.

“I just don’t want that over my house,” she said.

A handful of residents who live near Kuhn’s farm, however, turned out to support their neighbor.

Steve Spiewak, who lives across from Egypt Farm’s entrance, disagreed with comments that Kuhn’s helicopter would scare, or has frightened, nearby livestock. The aircraft would be no more of a problem than the Harley-Davidsons that he and others like to ride on public roads, he said.

“It doesn’t disturb the horses,” he said, “It doesn’t disturb the cattle.”

And Robin Giles, who lives on adjacent land, said that Kuhn was to be praised for preserving his property as a farm instead of developing it into a subdivision.

“Our country life will only thrive since another farm has been saved,” she said.

The county’s planning and zoning staff recommended approval of the application, finding it in conformance with Loudoun’s development policies and regulations.

The application next will go to the Board of Supervisors for a public hearing.

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The low-interest loan and associated $1.3 billion loan to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will help MWAA hold Dulles Toll Road rates at current levels through 2018 and limit future toll increases, officials said.

Earlier this year, the U.S. secretary of transportation approved Loudoun’s application for credit assistance. The county applied for a loan through the federal Transportation Department’s Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. The move was made with the locality’s partners on the Silver Line project, Fairfax County and MWAA. The TIFIA loan offers not only a good interest rate, but also a delayed repayment schedule, which should allow the Metrorail Service Districts around the Loudoun stations to accrue revenue. The service districts were created to pay Loudoun’s share of the Silver Line construction and for the ongoing costs of providing rail service. A real estate surtax of up to 20 cents per $100 of assessed value will be levied on property in the districts.

The federal loan will help finance the Metro project with the least cost to the taxpayers in the special taxing districts and will help keep rates down on the Dulles Toll Road, Ben Mays, Loudoun’s chief financial officer, noted in the closing announcement.

Loudoun County Administrator Tim Hemstreet also praised the locality’s staff for its work on the TIFIA financing.

“The signing of the loan documents is the culmination of an immense team effort over a lengthy process,” Hemstreet said in a prepared statement.

For more about the Silver Line project, see loudoun.gov/dullesrail.

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Commissioners voted 8-0-1 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the rezoning of 10 acres from industrial to residential for the Ashburn Overlook project, led by developer Scott Plein. Commissioner Jack Ryan (Broad Run) was absent when the vote was held.

Commissioner Robert Klancher (Ashburn) noted that it’s not always wise to rezone commercial land to residential, but he pointed out that the proposed development would be “sidled” up to other subdivisions and could be viewed as just an infill project.

“So I think this is a good idea,” he said.

The county planning and zoning staff recommended that the application be sent to a commission work session for discussion of outstanding concerns that included the costs and benefits of converting the industrial land to residential uses, the developers proposed transportation proffer contributions and the design of townhouses planned to be built within a reduced setback area along Belmont Ridge Road.

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Since she received her committee assignments earlier this month, Comstock has replayed tape and read through minutes from past committee meetings to get caught up on the issues on which she’ll soon get an official say. She is assigned to the committees on Transportation and Infrastructure; Science, Space, and Technology; and House Administration.

On the docket for the transportation committee is the reauthorization of the highway bill that funds road and bridge repairs; legislation to extend the Federal Aviation Administration; and continued work on the Keystone XL Pipeline, a project Comstock supports as a job-creator and a source of revenue for transportation needs nationwide.

“I’m glad we’ll get a piece of the action,” she said of the pipeline legislation, which will also be considered in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “That’s one I’m looking forward to and one of the first bills we’ll deal with.”

Among other priorities in her first 100 days, Comstock listed voting to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, making the now temporary research and development tax credits permanent to help boost the nation’s tech sector and addressing hurdles in the medical industry.

She recently met with the parents of Gabriella Miller, the Leesburg 10-year-old who lost her battle with cancer in October 2013. The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, championed by Virginia’s congressional delegation, was signed into law in April and directs $126 million over 10 years to childhood cancer research.

Comstock said she wants to work with the Millers and their Smashing Walnuts Foundation to help eliminate barriers in the way of medical cures and treatments. She plans to sign on as a sponsor of 21st Century Cures legislation, aimed at accelerating the pace of medical breakthroughs, as well as patient access to new drugs and treatments.

She gave the example of medication to treat multiple sclerosis that is approved for use in New Zealand but not the U.S. “We want families to be able to have more choice and speed up this process,” she said. “If we can pave the way for breakthrough cures for some of these diseases, you’re talking about saving lives first and foremost but also saving billions of dollars by curing just one disease and that gives us resources and funding to go cure other diseases that are further behind.”

Comstock has spent much of the seven weeks between Election Day and Christmas visiting with community leaders in the district and those she calls “her experts in the field,” including Bobbie Kilberg, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich.

“He’s one of my constituents now,” she said with a laugh. “And he’s a one-man orientation.”

The visits demonstrate a precedent Comstock wants to set in her first term on the Hill. As of the first week of January, people are welcome to visit her Washington, DC, office — 226 Cannon House Building, across the street from the Capitol—but she said she wants to do her best to bring her offices’ services to the constituents.

Next week she’ll open her flagship district office in Sterling—21430 Cedar Drive, Suite 218, just off Rt. 7—as well as a second office in Winchester. She plans to hold mobile office hours, where she or members of her staff can set up a table in a public library for a morning or an afternoon. She also wants to hold periodic tele-town halls where she can update constituents and get their feedback through phone conference-style conversations.

“This is a community full of busy families.

The best way I can connect with them is to go to where they are,” Comstock said. “The more time I can spend in the district the more we can get engaged and involved with constituents, and that will help me represent their needs in Congress.”

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After cracks were discovered in February, VDOT imposed new truck weight limits on the bridge and initiated an engineering study.

Gary A. Runco, Northern Virginia District structure and bridge engineer, was among a delegation of engineers and consultants who visited the Waterford-area bridge site Dec. 17 to meet with David Nelson, a Taylorstown-area resident who is spearheading the local movement to save the bridge. Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition representative Bob Shuey was also present.

Some hairline cracks were visible, and Runco said the concern is that “those small cracks can become big cracks” and cause failure of the bridge. There are 11 known cracks so far he said.

Engineers are studying several options to address the safety concerns, Runco said. They include demolishing and replacing the bridge, strengthening the existing structure and building a replica structure.

Also on the table is a proposal championed by the Taylorstown Community Association to preserve the bridge as a pedestrian span and build a new, parallel, crossing for vehicles on the north side of the creek. That plan is one of the top options if all considerations pan out, Runco said last Wednesday. If the bridge is included in the VDOT system as a pedestrian span, it would be maintained on a normal two-year cycle, he said.

The public hearing on the options will be held Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Waterford Old

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with the bridge and explain details of the six options, renderings of which will be available during the meeting.

The bridge was constructed by the Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, OH, to move Rt. 7 traffic across Goose Creek east of Leesburg. The 159-foot wrought iron structure was moved to the north fork of Catoctin Creek in 1932. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places June 25, 1974. The bridge is one of seven made by the same manufacturer listed on the register. Only two, including the Featherbed Lane span, are still carrying vehicular traffic.

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The hearing on One Loudoun’s motion to have the judge toss out Virginia Investment Partnership’s lawsuit was the latest episode in the long-running effort to build a stadium for minor league baseball teams and professional soccer in Ashburn.

One Loudoun in September filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare that VIP defaulted on its lease for the 11-acre stadium site at the southwest quadrant of the Rt. 7/Loudoun County Parkway interchange. The developer claimed the baseball investors failed to move forward with construction as required and showed little ability to do so anytime soon. One Loudoun representatives say that having the court uphold the lease termination is one step in their effort to seek other investors to make the stadium a reality. One Loudoun’s lawsuit also seeks $500,000 in damages.

In October, VIP filed the countersuit alleging One Loudoun failed to comply with the lease provisions, refused to approve the stadium plans and disparaged the capabilities of the investment group in talks with prospective lenders and government leaders. That petition seeks $30 million in damages from One Loudoun, an amount the judge was told represents two years of anticipated stadium revenue.

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He praised members of his staff for their diligence in responding to constituents’ needs: “I feel indebted to my staff.” He also said that being able to commute from home to Capitol Hill on a daily basis has helped him keep a pulse on the day-to-day needs of his district.

Former Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro said of Wolf, “He was always willing to take a phone call.” That readiness to listen to local government leaders, to understand the impact of federal and state mandates on their operations, was rare, Lazaro said.

Wolf has been a strong supporter of human rights and religious freedom worldwide. Harry Wu, who was freed from a Chinese prison in 1995 after the intervention of Wolf and others, credits the congressman with substantial progress made for human rights.

He visited a prison camp in China and investigated organ transplants from prisoners, forced abortions and sterilizations and violations of religious freedom.

“Frank Wolf is an honest guy,” Wu said. “He cares very much about religious freedom.”

Wolf has been active in combating gang activity, responding to a call for help from Herndon Police Chief Toussaint E. Summers Jr., by launching the Northern Virginia Regional Task Force in 2003 as a regional coordination resource. He then helped extend its focus to prevention efforts, including a resource hotline and a prisoner re-entry job-training program.

The backyard issues on which Wolf has focused, from raising awareness of Lyme disease and stinkbugs to breaking down barriers for schools to donate unused food, could be argued that they were politically safe.

But Ray Colgan, director of the gang task force, said it was never about that for the congressman.

“For him it was about helping people. Every time I talked to him it was ‘what do you need, how can I open doors to help you guys?’”

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Wolf’s support of nonprofit human services organizations is often cited.

Roxanne Rice, executive director of Merrifield-based Food for Others, noted Wolf’s support of area food banks and food pantries.

“He successfully sponsored legislation through the Good Samaritan Act to cover schools and allow them to donate leftover food from school meals to food pantries,” Rice said.

“We will sorely miss his leadership and assistance in helping the hungry in Northern Virginia.”

Linda Watkins, operations manager of the Tree of Life in Purcellville, said the clause in Wolf’s bill that protects grocery stores from liability claims enabled her food pantry to offer fresh food and vegetables for the first time.

“We get some really great stuff from them,” she said. Wolf has given equally strong supporter to Loudoun Interfaith Relief and the LINK food assistance programs.

“Wolf raises the bar for all men and women who seek to lift the human spirit within their respective communities,” said longtime LINK leader Mark Gunderman.

The homeless also received help. Good Shepherd Alliance, which operates shelters for women and children in Loudoun, received a federal appropriation of $250,000 a decade ago that it put toward the establishment of the Center of Hope in Ashburn.

Similarly, Loudoun Cares, a community resource center, received a $100,000 appropriation. Former Executive Director Andy Johnston said the HUD grant helped launch the initiative to build a central resource and referral center in Leesburg.

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Wolf well understood the power of tourism as an economic engine and was “an unyielding” supporter of the industry in Loudoun, according to Visit Loudoun President and CEO Beth Erickson. Among many efforts, he helped secure funding for the restoration for The Marshall House in Leesburg and spearheaded legislation to connect that former home of Gen. George C. Marshall to the National Park Service in 2009.

In 2004, Wolf was instrumental in securing a Small Business Administration grant to support a new regional tourism initiative, with Visit Loudoun (then named the Loudoun Convention and Visitors Association) as the lead partner with the Northern Virginia Visitors Consortium.

A big regional tourism player is the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, which found Wolf a reliable supporter. President Cate Magennis Wyatt said, “Way before Journey, he understood the value of investing in tourism.”

Journey’s focus is on educating people about the region’s historic assets through tourism, centered on the 80-mile Rt. 15 corridor between Gettysburg, PA, and Monticello near

Wolf loves history and he has supported several preservation projects and organizations over his career.

He helped the Waterford Foundation by securing $1 million in federal funding toward the purchase of the 144-acre Phillips Farm that was under threat of development. It was then placed under conservation easement.

He has also played a strong role in battlefield protection, notably his action in stepping in to create legislation to permit a “legislative taking” of the Manassas National Battlefield Park almost 30 years ago. In 1988, the battle to save the land from development appeared over, but Wolf’s bill won the day. “If this land is so important, then the government should have it,” Wolf was quoted as saying in introducing HR 4691.

Although the political chapter of Wolf’s career will end Dec. 31, he plans to continue his fight for the issues that matter most to him: religious freedom and human rights. He is expected to announce more details about his next venture in January.

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The disabled found a strong supporter in Wolf, according to ECHOWorks’s Russell. “He truly believes in helping people with disabilities and has been our advocate since that day,” she said.

Wolf helped the nonprofit get a $122,785 grant to help build out space at the facility to serve ECHOWork’s more severely disabled workers. He also helped secure a $238,755 marketing grant to aid in finding worksites for people with disabilities.

Charlottesville. Wyatt cited Wolf’s persistence in getting legislation passed in 2008 to designate the Journey corridor as a National Heritage Area.

He did not sponsor the bill on its first goround. The Republican-sponsored bill faced a rough passage as some members of the House considered it a property grab. But Wolf thought it was important and agreed to sponsor the legislation on its second attempt, knowing it would be at some cost to his reputation among those in his own party, Wyatt said.

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wice a year, public school teachers across the county are asked by the Loudoun Education Foundation to describe their dream classroom lesson, the one they would love to teach if they only had the cash to make it happen.

Since its inception in 1991, the foundation has funneled more than $1.5 million into Loudoun public school classrooms to give teachers the funding to make some of their most out-of-the-box lessons possible. Just last week, the foundation awarded 34 grants—most of them about $500—to teachers in 24 schools. The recipients were chosen from a record 130 applications.

Teachers often spend their own money on materials to create special activities that engage students in a way that results in long-lasting learning, according to LEF Executive Director Dawn Meyer, a former second-grade teacher.

Teachers “spend hundreds of dollars of their own money to buy the materials they need to do something that they think is going to excite their students and make them more interested in the subject matter,” she said.

But the education foundation wants to provide more teachers with money to take classroom lessons to the next level.

Among this year’s grant recipients was William Stremple, a math teacher at Seneca Ridge Middle School.

He is using the $500 grant he received to give his students a mini-construction project. Just like architects-in-training, the students will draw blueprints and build three-dimensional structures using foam boards to design a model community in Honduras.

Stremple, who began planning for the hands-on lesson over the summer, hopes the project will help students make a personal connection and demonstrate how far math can take them.

“The majority of my students are Hispanic,” Stremple said. “Some of them either grew up in, or came from, Third World countries. Giving them something that they can connect to real life…will hopefully make them realize that they can be successful in math and that it can get them somewhere.”

A group of teachers from Algonkian Elementary’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Committee hopes to spur innovation among students with its $470 grant.

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Algonkian Elementary School teacher Marann Bonorchis encourages her third-grade students to come up with inventions to help solve everyday problems. Bonorchis received one of 34 grants awarded by the Loudoun Education Foundation.

Committee member Patty Peterson, who teaches gifted education, said that more stringent state-mandated standards for schools have meant fewer opportunities for creative classroom lessons.

“We wanted to come up with some activities that would challenge our students creatively, to have them try something even though there’s no guarantee that they’re going to be successful,” she said.

In collaboration with second- and third-grade teachers Deanna Storm and Marann Bonorchis and librarian Chrissie Devinney, the STEAM committee held a school-wide event last week called “What

Bugs Me.” Students were asked to identify and solve a real-world problem. They will share their solutions at an Invention Expo on Feb. 26.

The expo also will serve as a venue for Alongkian students to take part in experiments and other STEAM activities that will be possible thanks to the grant.

“Without some extra funds, you can’t implement those really great activities and ideas,” Peterson said.

Meyer credited donations from Apple Federal Credit Union Education Foundation and Orbital Sciences Corp. for helping LEF give $15,000 this month.

Their donations were paired with money

raised from the education foundation’s annual golf tournament, held each September.

And more money will make its way to Loudoun classrooms in 2015, as the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has agreed to match the $10,000 made from its annual golf tournament with an equivalent donation. Meyer expects that will double the amount of each grant.

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t took a signature from the state’s top educator, but Middleburg Community Charter School’s principal is on her way to receiving a conditional administration license from the Virginia Department of Education.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Steven R. Staples told the charter school’s board of directors last week that Principal Barbara Smith could earn the state license required to serve as a school administrator upon passing the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. She took the exam Friday and expects to get the results within the next month.

The license also would be conditional upon Smith’s completing a graduate-level course in U.S. education law.

The Education Department initially denied Smith an administration license and stated that she was eligible to receive only a three-year nonrenewable provisional license to teach health and physical education.

In a Dec. 5 letter, VDOE said she fell short of the requirements because her education at

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the Ontario College of Teachers qualifying her as a principal in Canada is not approved as an equivalent endorsement in Virginia.

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school’s board of directors, sent Staples a letter Dec. 11 requesting that the licensure regulations be modified for Smith.

“The MCCS Board is extremely pleased

with the knowledge, resourcefulness and level of effort that Dr. Smith brings to her leadership position at MCCS,” he wrote.

In a letter to Quanbeck last week, Staples stated in response: “Based on Dr. Smith’s educational background, experiences, and the Board’s strong recommendation, I will approve a modification to issue to Dr. Smith a license with a restricted endorsement in administration and supervision upon her submission of SLLA scores that meet or exceed Virginia’s passing scores for this assessment.”

He cited State Statute 8 VAC 20-22-20 that allows the state superintendent to waive a person’s license requirements.

Quanbeck said that, aside from his letter, he’s not sure what prompted Staples to open the door for Smith to continue serving as the charter school’s principal.

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The open house will give students and their families a chance to tour the campus, attend classes and eat lunch with students and faculty.

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The Loudoun County School Board will elect its chair and vice chair for 2015 during a reorganization meeting Jan. 6.

The board has unanimously elected Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) to serve as board chairman since the start of his term in 2012, and Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) to serve as vice chairwoman since the start of her term the same year.

The nine-person board also will vote on committee assignments. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the school administration building.

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more than 60 coats, pairs of shoes and gloves to Lucketts Elementary School last week.

The 40-member volunteer organization donates more than $30,000 a year to Lucketts charities, youth groups and schools. It raises money for Lucketts Elementary’s PTO to use where needed.

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month after Gov. Terry McAuliffe visited Lucketts to announce plans to establish the region’s first commercial-scale hops production and processing facility, Shadow Farm, the Frederick, MDbased craft brewer Flying Dog last week unveiled its own venture on the 53-acre property.

In a Dec. 18 statement, the brewery said it is in the final stage of forming a partnership to create a separate, farm brewery destination called Farmworks Brewery. If all goes to plan, it will open next summer.

The brewery will occupy 5 acres of the property and will include a 15-barrel brewhouse, cellar, coolship, and tasting room and hospitality area, along with a large barrel-aging and sour beer facility.

“At Farmworks Brewery, we plan to bring the same brewing energy, passion and talent that our fans have grown to love from Flying Dog,” Brewmaster Matt Brophy stated. “Agriculture is such an important part of brewing, and having access to the resources at Shadow Farm will allow us the freedom to experiment and innovate with a whole new collection of

beer styles. It’s a unique setting, and we plan on brewing some pretty unique beers.”

The setting will provide brewmasters with the opportunity to explore “highly experimental” beers, using robust barrel aging, wild fermentation and sour beer programs.

The Flying Dog announcement builds on the vision of Jonathan Staples, who launched James River Distillery in Richmond earlier this year and purchased Shadow Farm with the hopes of growing hops and other ingredients necessary for brewing and distilling.

The hops facility, called Lucketts Mill Hopworks, will be operated by Cumberland, MD-based Organarchy Hops and will supply Farmworks and other regional breweries with annual crops of Virginia-grown hops. It will also provide a central location where hops growers will be able to bring their crops for processing and packaging.

“Creating this facility opens up the door for all growers to focus on their crop and expanding their yards instead of shelling out thousands of dollars for their own equipment.

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dedicated to making Goodstone an unparalleled experience for guests.”

• Leesburg-based K2M Group Holdings Inc. this week announced the completion of the first surgical case using the company’s CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System, an expandable vertebral body replacement device that provides structural stability following a corpectomy or vertebrectomy. The first surgical case was performed by Dr. Stefano Boriani at Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna, Italy. The system is intended for use in the thoracolumbar spine (T1 to L5) to replace collapsed, damaged or unstable vertebral bodies caused by tumors or trauma

and to provide anterior spinal column support even in the absence of fusion for a prolonged period. The cages are made with titanium and cobalt chrome. “We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the first surgical case using CAPRI,” K2M President and CEO Eric Major stated. “This milestone reinforces K2M’s commitment to establishing ourselves as the global leader in providing solutions for complex spinal pathologies.”

• Pie Five Pizza opened its first Loudoun location Friday in the Sugarland Plaza Shopping Center. The shop provides personalized pizzas

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Northern Virginia Media Services, which publishes Leesburg Today and Ashburn Today, held its second annual High-Heeled Holiday Party in December at Bungalow Lakehouse in Sterling. More than 120 attendees enjoyed networking, showing off their shoes and shopping, with more than a dozen vendors represented. The event raised money for the Salvation Army and Loudoun Interfaith Relief. The next High-Heeled Happy Hour will be Jan. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Clyde’s restaurant in Ashburn. For more information, go to www.highheeledhappyhour.com.

Business In Brief • Those who got their holiday shopping out of the way early likely missed the newest retail attraction at the Dulles Town Center mall.

Forever 21 on Friday opened a 14,000-squarefoot store on the upper level outside Nordstrom. The specialty retailer of women’s and men’s clothing and accessories is known for offering the hottest fashion trends.

“Forever 21 is at the top of our most desired list by our millennial shopper base and we are pleased to welcome them to our collection of destination stores at Dulles Town

Center,” William J. Winterburn, vice president of retail leasing for Lerner, stated. The store joins Pink-Victoria’s Secret and Regal Cinemas as recent additions to the mall’s selection.

• Condé Nast Traveler has named Goodstone Inn & Restaurant near Middleburg as one the best hotels in the south as part of its 27th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards. In the poll, more than 76,600 readers cast votes for 7,721 hotels, 642 cities, 453 cruise ships and 148 islands. “This is a great honor for Goodstone Inn & Restaurant,” Inn Manager Jenna Ware stated. “From our elegant accommodations to our romantic French restaurant, we are truly

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ansdowne, VA – The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce today announced the finalists for the 2015 Loudoun Community Leadership Awards, which honor the businesses and community leaders that have shown true leadership and commitment to support the Loudoun community and its citizens.

Finalists were chosen in four categories: Large and Small Businesses, Executive Leaders and Young Professionals.

These finalists were chosen by a panel of Loudoun’s top business and non-profit leaders. The top honorees will be announced at the Chamber’s 2015 Annual Meeting and Community Leadership Awards Ceremony on January 29, 2015 at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne.

“Loudoun County is truly privileged to have so many outstanding leaders and organizations that are willing to invest their time, talent and treasure to serve their community. The Loudoun County Chamber is privileged to honor these great Community Leaders for the hard work and valuable contributions they have made to make Loudoun a world-class community to live, work, raise a family and grow a business,” said Chamber President & CEO Tony Howard.

Community Leadership awards finaLists in the young

professionaLs Category are: • Kevin Arborgast of Toth Financial Advisory Corporation • Browning Herbert of Middleburg Bank • Dr. Rishita Jaju of Pediatric and Laser Dentistry • Melanie Schmidt of NOVA Medical & Urgent Care Center, Inc. Community Leadership awards finaLists in the exeCutive Leader award Category are: • Kristina Bouweiri of Reston Limousine & Travel Service, Inc. • Cindy Chambers of The Tell Me Town Foundation • Tina Johnson of JP Events & Consulting • Tom Toth of Toth Financial Advisory Corporation Community Leadership awards finaLists in the Large organization (100 empLoyees or more) Category are: • Falcons Landing’s • NOVA Medical & Urgent Care Center, Inc. Community Leadership awards finaLists in the smaLL organization (Less than 100 empLoyees) Category are: • Mary Ann Glueckert of Freedom Chicks • Susan McCormick of The Wellness Connection • Daphne McQuarter of Girls in Technology – Loudoun

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for one price and provided in five minutes or less. As part of the grand-opening activities, the owners provided a check to Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, funds raised from in-store training events last week. The New York-based nonprofit organization encourages people to register as bone marrow donors. For more information, visit DeleteBloodCancer.org. Pie Five Pizza was named among Fast Casual’s 2014 Top 15 “Movers & Shakers,” a 2012 Hot Concepts winner by Nation’s Restaurant News and one of “10 Hot New Restaurant Chains from Established Brands” by Forbes.com. With the Sterling opening, the company now has 31 locations in nine states. Hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. A complete menu and more information are available at PieFivePizza.com/.

• Brew LoCo in Lansdowne is offering growler service. The first beer available on tap is No Veto Brown Ale from Charlottesville’s Three Notch’d Brewery. New glass growlers are available, as are fills of clean, customer-owned growlers. In addition to beer, the shop’s signature cold-brew coffee on nitro, which pours, cascades and develops a head like a Guinness, but is composed entirely of coffee, also is on tap.

Business Women of Loudoun and The Health & Wellness Initiative present: A Healthy YOU in 2015!

January 27th; 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

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The National Conference Center Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Phone: 571.209.9026 PO Box 1298 Leesburg, VA 20177 www.loudounchamber.org

lease join the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce for the debut event in the Chamber’s 2015 PolicyMaker Series, when the Chairmen of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and its standing committees detail their priorities for 2015 and how these plans will impact the business climate and quality of life here in our community.

The 2015 Board of Supervisors Breakfast will be held on January 23, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Belmont Country Club in Ashburn.

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“Loudoun County is one of fastest growing and economically dynamic counties in the Commonwealth,” said Brian Fauls, the Government Affairs Manager at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. “As we move into a critical election year, it’s important that the business community understand the Board of Supervisors’ plans to continue our county’s economic success and, more importantly, prepare for future; particularly how the County plans to develop the areas around our future Silver Line stations.”

Milestones in Chamber Membership

ongratulations and many thanks to those Loudoun County businesses that have been Chamber of Commerce members for 5-30 or more years. Your belief and continued membership is what makes us a success!

5-7 YEARS Giant Food - Leesburg Giant Food - Ashburn Economic Development Authority of Loudoun County Virginia Creative Financial Group The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Ashburn Volunteer Fire & Rescue Nova HomeWorks One Loudoun/Miller and Smith Basics First Chiropractic Pony & Pooch Therapeutic Massage, LLC Proshred of Northern Virginia SNOW Swimming Cooley LLP First Class Financial LLC 8-10 YEARS Red Fox Inn First Citizens Bank Presidential Bank Vantage Negotiations Security Public Storage Loudoun First Responders Foundation Lloyd’s Transfer & Storage Cardinal Bank Capital Caring Hospice Ashby Ponds Janelia Research Campus 11-20 YEARS Aesthetica Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Center

Hampton Inn & Suites Sold By Sue, The Sue Smith Team, Remax Premier Ken Shall - First Financial Group The Arc of Loudoun Versar, Inc. Loudoun Ballet Company Hampton Inn - Dulles/Cascades D & D Siding & Roofing Spec.

Abbey Design Center Information Services Associates, Inc. Manas Insurance Services 21-32 YEARS Middleburg Bank Morningside House of Leesburg Loudoun Education Association Blue Ridge Speech & Hearing Center Frenzelit North America Lansdowne Resort Mitchell & Co., P.C. | CPAs Morven Park Andrews Community Investment Corp.

Loudoun County Dept. of Economic Development Dominion Dewberry Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White, P.C. ECHOworks Business Services Moore, Clemens & Co., Inc. Northern Virginia Comm. College, Loudoun Campus Oatlands Historic House and Gardens Washington Fine Properties Hampton Inn & Suites Sold By Sue, The Sue Smith Team, Remax Premier Ken Shall - First Financial Group

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“Loudoun Chamber members enjoy mixing and mingling at the annual Holiday Open House, donating over 100 coats, scarves and gloves to Mobile Hope Loudoun. Food was provided by Magnolias at the Mill, Ford’s Fish Shack, Buffalo Wing Factory, Savoir Fare Catering, Grandale Restaurant/868 Vineyard, The Zone, Wine’ing Butcher, The Greene Turtle Leesburg, and Tailgater Toby as well as wine from Notaviva Vineyard and Bluemont Vineyard.”

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The Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia/Loudoun Chapter got into the Christmas spirit by raising funds during its Dec. 19 meeting to provide holiday dinners for families and individuals residing at the Loudoun Emergency Homeless Shelter.

CBN purchased the meals from Mama Lucci’s, which was to deliver the prepared meals to the Leesburg-area shelter Tuesday.

“We are truly thankful for the support of our community and organizations like The Catholic Business Network; during this time of year partnerships like this help us make Christmas possible for the families we serve in Loudoun,” Shelter Program Director Elizabeth Hodge said.

The Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia was established in 1991 and works to establish an association of businesses and professionals of all faiths to support each other in integrating faith and work. The Loudoun Chapter meets the third Friday of each month.

For more information about CBN, go to www. cbnnova.org.

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DryHome Roofing and Siding of Sterling has selected Cornerstones (formerly Reston Interfaith) as the recipient of a new roof through its annual Free Roof for the Holidays program. The nonprofit works to rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families and promotes self-sufficiency by providing support for those in need of food, shelter, child care and other human services. The new roof will replace one on a Cornerstones property in Herndon, ensuring the house is ready to become a home for a single mother and her 8-year-old child.

Throughout November, DryHome accepted nominations from customers and the community to identify a Northern Virginia individual, family or nonprofit in need. DryHome selected Cornerstones as the recipient based on its needs, the condition of the roof of one of its transitional housing properties and the impact the organization has on the community.

Last year, DryHome gave a roof to Janice Coe, a Leesburg resident and social worker who opens her doors to people who are homeless.

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Odds are, this shouldn’t be happening.

Becoming the president of the United States is a onein-10-million long shot. The chances of producing identical quadruplets are one in 15 million. Even getting struck by lightning is a one-in-a-million probability.

So what are the prospects of two sets of brothers of the same age making the same high school basketball team, twice over?

Well, those freakish odds—whatever they are—have now been defied at Tuscarora High School.

“In terms of how often this happens, I can say that I have never been a part of this type of situation,” Steve McNamara, the HusBill Kamenjar/InsideNoVaSports kies’ JV basketball coach, said. “I have played From left to right, same-aged brothers Mahari Jackson (#10) and Troy Jackson (#12) team up with on many teams in which one set of brothers twins Brandyn Crittenton (#32) and Baryn Crittenton (#20) on Tuscarora’s junior varsity basketball squad. have played, but never multiple.”

The scenario to which the coach is refer- Mahari’s mom got his age changed in the through the spring and made an exceptional ring involves the twin-brother tandem of courts and he skipped two grades. Despite AAU team and participated in the Nationals Brandyn and Baryn Crittenton and another all of these adjustments, he takes all honors this past summer.” two-brother pair in Troy and Mahari Jackson. classes and does very well academically.

But the hard work and perseverance All four same-aged boys play for his cur“So while he was adopted to be two years didn’t stop there. They are now true-blue rent Tuscarora squad. With basketball rosters younger than Troy, it ended up that Mahari is Huskies hoopsters. being so limited and the competition fierce to two months older, which puts the boys in the “Life requires you to be tenacious, dismake those squads, this phenomenon is just same grade and on the same teams if they are ciplined and committed,” Crittenton said. “It that—a real-world phenomenon. both fortunate enough to make them,” Jack- is amazing to see that at such a young age The story behind the sons of single mom son said. they demonstrate such integrity and fortitude.

Kim Jackson, an Algebra 1/Functions teacher There has never been any doubt as to the They are really good, fun-loving kids and I at Broad Run High School, has long-distance closeness of the Crittenton twosome. They are wouldn’t trade them for anything. They make roots. identical twins—rare “mirror” twins at that. being a dad very easy.”

“I was married to Troy’s dad but got Brandyn is left-handed or right-brained and The Jackson boys, meanwhile, have been divorced shortly after he was born,” Jackson Baryn is right-handed or left-brained. They participating on the same sports teams for said. “I adopted Mahari [originally from Ethi- are separated in age by a matter of minutes. roughly five years. opia] on my own when he was supposedly five In basketball, Troy is more of a point “I think that for even one boy to make years old and Troy was seven. Mahari weighed the team in a family is incredibly difficult,” guard and Mahari, who was a soccer player 36 pounds at the time so he looked five. He Jackson observed. growing up and still plays travel soccer at began growing and growing and it became Tuscarora’s Crittenton twins are the sons the highest level, has evolved into more of a obvious that he might not be five.” of Bryan and Andrea Crittenton who live in shooting guard.

Jackson was able to track down Mahari’s Leesburg, just down the road from the Jack“One might think there would be a lot aunt in a remote village and she confessed sons. They have two brothers, Bryan II and of competition between the two [brothers], to subtracting two years off of his birth cer- Brayden, and a sister, Andrianna. They have a lot of rivalry, but for my two they are very tificate birth date, thinking he wouldn’t be been playing basketball on the same team supportive of each other,” Jackson said. “They adopted if she listed him as old as seven. since they were eight years old. They also practice together, they coach each other and A real birth certificate was secured. enjoy skateboarding, snowboarding and video they are truly happy for each other’s successes.

I’m just thankful they both made the team.” games.

So is the coach … twice over.

“I coached their team “I think that having the two brothers last year in [the Central Loudoun Basketball on the team helps build the chemistry of the League] after they did not team a lot quicker than it would in a regular make Tuscarora’s fresh- situation because there is already that family man team,” Bryan Crit- dynamic outside of the sport that has been tenton, president and building for years,” McNamara said.

Although he admits that such a script CEO of 6K Systems, Inc. in Reston, said. “That could qualify for a reality television series, it was a huge blow to them, goes beyond that.

“The most important thing to me is that so I was privileged as a dad to work with them we have four hard-working, high-character directly to hone their skills kids who individually earned their way onto and expand their game this team that happen to be brothers,” McNaexperience. From there, mara said. “And that’s what makes the story Bill Kamenjar/InsideNoVaSports they worked really hard even better.” n Kim Jackson has not one but two sons to watch during Tuscarora junior varsity basketball games.

Quick Hits • Loudoun players dominated the 5A VHSL volleyball all-state first team roster and Briar Wood’s Marsha Hermes was named the division’s Coach of the Year.

Named first-team all-state were: Briar Woods junior Lauren Twitty, Stone Bridge senior Shannon Williams, Potomac Falls junior Holly Carlton, Briar Woods junior Jasmine Ellison, Stone Bridge senior Amy Gottschling and Briar Woods senior Josie Lucerino.

• Jump Basketball is running a basketball skills camp Saturday at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville. The 9 a.m.-3 p.m. event is hosted by clinicians Derek Irelan and Onzy Elam. For more information, go to jumpballbasketball.yolasite.com.

• BlackBench Fit, a gym in Ashburn, is teaming up with Inova Loudoun Hospital to put on a concussion clinic Saturday, Jan. 3.

Athletes can register for a half-hour clinic anytime from 9 a.m. to noon that day. The clinic will give athletes access to baseline testing, which helps in the concussion diagnoses and ensure when athletes can return to the sport.

“If you don’t have a baseline, recovery becomes subjective,” Trish Drennan, BlackBench Fit co-owner and trainer, said.

Trainers at BlackBench Fit first started working with Anne Blackstone, clinical coordinator at Inova Loudoun Concussion Clinic, this fall to help prepare athletes who have had head trauma to return to the sport.

“The No. 1 goal of our program is to make athletes resilient to the stress of their sport,” Drennan said. “Following a concussion, if they stop physical work all together they don’t progress. We work with their doctor to make sure they can regain their strength and health.”

The clinic is $35. To register for the clinic, go to blackbenchfit.com/concussion-clinic.

BlackBench Fit is at 21720 Red Rum Drive, Suites 167-172, in Ashburn.

• After losing 60 pounds over the past three years, Leesburg resident Anthony (A.J.) Perez continued his transformation by completing the “World’s Toughest Mudder,” a 24-hour military-like endurance race held Nov. 15-16 in Las Vegas. Perez completed 10 laps on the course for a total of 50 miles in 24 hours, 30 minutes and 58 seconds. Those 10 laps were good for a 227th place finish out of 1,100-plus competitors and 42nd in Perez’s 35-39 age group.

The challenging course at Lake Las Vegas consisted of 23 obstacles, many of which involved fire, water, electricity and heights.

Due to a sandstorm with winds of 50 miles per hour and freezing temperatures, Photo courtesy of Tough Mudder almost half the Anthony (A.J.) Perez competitors completed the “World’s was forced to Toughest Mudder,” a drop out.

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WITH THE KIDS: MARKET BURGER AND FRANKLIN PARK ARTS CENTER

Looking for a quiet evening with the family? Purcellville’s blossoming restaurant and arts scene is a perfect fit. Start out with a fun family dinner at Main Street’s Market Burger, the cozy burger joint launched by the owners of Lovettsville’s beloved fine dining restaurant Market Table Bistro.

Market Burger is known for delicious locally sourced burgers and fries and mouthwatering handcrafted milkshakes with special flavors (like the seasonal favorite chocolate/ peppermint) for the whole family. As a bonus, they’re now serving a selection of craft beers and hard cider for mom and dad. Market Burger is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, so get in on the early side and head over to Franklin Park Arts Center for an evening of fun and laughter.

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its inaugural New Year’s Eve celebration from 7 to 9 p.m.

The evening starts with some classic cartoons, followed

by G-rated improv comedy (with audience participation!) from Loudoun Valley High School’s Comedy Cult troupe. After an intermission for refreshments, a photo booth and a craft in the lobby, comedian/ acrobat Paul Hadfield, known as the “Funny Guy,” performs, followed by a countdown just before 9 p.m. The evening features party favors “and a few surprises. I can’t give everything away,” Bracey said.

Franklin Park’s New Year’s celebration fills a gap in family-oriented New Year’s Eve fare left with the demise of First Night Leesburg in 2012, and the goal is to provide a reasonably priced evening of fun for the whole family, allowing parents to get home in time to put the kids to bed and pop a bottle of bubbly. Tickets are $10 per person or $35 per family.

“It’s meant to be an early evening and give people a chance to get home and enjoy the craziness in Times Square from the comfort of

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babysitter or are looking to impress that special someone, this is the perfect night to splurge with a festive and fun evening in downtown Leesburg. Start with an elegant dinner on the early side and move on to a countdown celebration with some great live music.

The Wine Kitchen in Leesburg is taking reservations for a special prix fixe Wines of the World New Year’s Eve dinner starting at 5:45 p.m. The swanky five-course dinner features a fresh twist on classic French dishes like cassoulet with rabbit boudin and sole meuniere paired with wines from Italy, Argentina, South Africa, California and France. The $120 cost includes Continued on Page 25

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urcellville native Kyle Schutte is on the rise as a Hollywood chef. He’s set to open his own restaurant in Beverly Hills next spring and will make his first TV appearance this week.

Schutte is slated to appear on the Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen” Sunday, Dec. 28 at 10 p.m.

Unlike some other cooking competition shows, “Cutthroat Kitchen” wraps up the contest in a single episode. The show challenges four chefs to create great dishes, and its special twist is that contestants are given $25,000 to buy opportunities to sabotage each other or benefit themselves, and the winner gets to keep any money he or she hasn’t spent.

The 32-year-old Loudoun Valley High School grad got his start working for Executive Chef Patrick Dinh at Leesburg’s Tuscarora Mill restaurant in 2004. After studying psychology in college for three years, Schutte was looking to find a way

“That’s the beauty of this show. It’s about having fun and thinking on your feet.”

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to express his creative side, and applied at Tuskie’s with an interest in food but with no prior culinary experience. Dinh and his staff taught Schutte the basics of cooking from the ground up, including how to hold a knife, and Schutte still has high praise for the professionalism of Tuskie’s staff.

“They do a lot of things really well and to this day, I brag about that place,” he said.

Schutte went on to attend culinary school in Atlanta where he worked for several well-known restaurants. In 2010, he made the move to Los Angeles, where he worked as executive chef at the acclaimed Vu restaurant in Marina Del Rey, 54Twenty and Roadhouse LA. Starting next spring he’ll be jumping out on his own at The Flats in Beverly Hills. The restaurant will

serve flatbread pizzas and small plates featuring house-made cheeses, charcuterie and other fresh ingredients.

Schutte was initially approached by “Cutthroat Kitchen” producers several years ago and declined their offer to appear. But as he became more established, and producers renewed their pitch, he decided to give it a shot. He’s not taking things too seriously, though.

“That’s the beauty of this show. It’s about having fun and thinking on your feet,” he said.

For more information on “Cutthroat Kitchen,” go to www.foodnetwork.com/ shows/cutthroat-kitchen. Read more about Kyle Schutte at www.kyleschutte.com.

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10 a.m.-1 p.m., Heritage Farm Museum, Sterling. Contact: www.heritagefarmmuseum.org Celebrate the winter break with fun for the entire family. Enjoy seasonal crafts, oldfashioned games and cozy stories about home and hearth. Bring a cookbook to swap while creating an old-fashioned recipe book with the kids. Event is free with paid museum admission ($5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children 2-12).

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8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville.

Contact: www.franklinparkartscenter.org A group of talented performers take suggestions from the audience to create wacky scenes and funny improv games. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and $8 for children.

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8:30 p.m., Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com The first of its two-night extravaganza features Zeppelin’s first three albums. Advance tickets are $15 for one show or $25 for both. Day of show tickets are $20 for one night.

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Central Loudoun Christmas Bird Count All day, various locations. Contact: www. loudounwildlife.org The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s an-

Holiday Basketball Skills Clinic

9 a.m.-3 p.m., Patrick Henry College, 10 Patrick Henry Circle, Purcellville. Contact: jumpballbasketball.yolasite.com Jump Ball Basketball’s Derek Irelan and Onzy Elam lead a skills clinic. Cost is $100 per participant with a $10 discount for siblings. A percentage of proceeds will be donated to Tree of Life food pantry.

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8:30 p.m., Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg.

Contact: tallyholeesburg.com The second night of this two-night Zeppelin extravaganza features Album 4, “Physical Graffiti,” Presence and Houses of the Holy. Advance tickets are $15 for one show or $25 for both. Day of show tickets are $20 for one night.

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Oatlands Holiday Tea 1 p.m., See Dec. 26 listing.

Morven Park Holiday Mansion Tours 1-5 p.m., See Dec. 26 listing.

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Noon-5 p.m., See Dec. 26 listing.

8 p.m.-midnight, King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 S. King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-7775005 Sit in with great local musicians at this low-key but fun evening. No cover charge.

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Live Music: The Arcadians

7:30-10 p.m., King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 S. King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-777-5005 Keep the holiday spirit going with Dixieland jazz from a local favorite. No cover charge.

Wednesday, Dec. 31 Ringing in Hope Race

8 a.m., race day registration, 9 a.m., fun run, 10 a.m. races begin, Brambleton Town Center, Brambleton Town Center Plaza, 42395 Ryan Road, Brambleton. Contact: www.ringinginhope.com Branbleton’s fifth annual Ringing in Hope race features 10K and 5 K races along with a 1K fun run. The race benefits a number of local charities including Loudoun Habitat for Humanity and Volunteers of America. Registration fee for the 10K is $40 through Dec. 26 and $45 through race day. 5K is $35 until Dec. 26 and $40 through race day. Fun run registration is $14.

Monkey Joe’s “Noon Year’s Eve” Countdown

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monkey Joe’s Dulles, 23521 Overland Drive #120 Sterling. Contact: www.monkeyjoes.com/locations/dulles Bounce in the New Year with your little ones.

Get $3 off regular admission along with bubble wrap and noisemakers to countdown to noon.

Franklin Park Family New Years Eve

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t’s been called the best way to get your New Year off to an energetic, healthy start, and for the past 17 years thousands have gotten up early Jan. 1 to run through the rolling hills of Ida Lee Park and Morven Park for the REHAU Rotary Resolution Race.

The Rotary Club of Leesburg event includes both a 10K and a 5K race, along with a 4K fun run or walk during which participants can take their own pace to reach the finish line.

It is the longest-running New Year’s Day running tradition in Northern Virginia and it is powered by a core group of volunteers, many of whom have been involved since its beginning.

Chuck Maloney, the founding race director who still oversees the event along with his wife Carole, said the idea for the race was generated by retired Loudoun Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne. A longtime dedicated runner, Horne was club president in 1998 and convinced Maloney it would be a good idea. While many— including Maloney—thought it was crazy, Horne maintained New Year’s Eve revelers needed a brisk start to open the next year.

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Horne, 71, has run in the race each year, but even he is a generation behind the 90-yearold Carl Siebentritt, who has matched that feat.

Most club members work the race every New Year’s and many are race sponsors, but there are a few Leesburg residents and business owners whose participation in the race has been especially important.

Chuck Reavis, the former head of the FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center in Leesburg, organizes and mans the expansive post-race refreshment spread. Blue Ridge Hospice CEO Ernie Carnevale leads the awards ceremony.

He also teams up with past president Stanley Caulkins to run the coffee/hot chocolate station. Caulkins also donates $3,000 worth of gift certificates to Caulkins Jewelers for race winners.

District Court Judge Dean Worcester and CPA Jeff Mitchell have parked the cars at the race in all kinds of weather for each of the 17 years—and will be there again Jan. 1.

Musician Dave Berry also is part of the event’s foundation, having provided the live entertainment in the gym since 2003. Berry has since moved to Charleston, SC, but returns to Leesburg for the event each year. “It’s my favorite

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per person or $35 per family.

Lightfoot Restaurant Countdown Party

9 p.m.-1 a.m., Lightfoot Restaurant, 11 N. King St., Leesburg. Contact: www.lightfootrestaurant.com Enjoy a dessert buffet, live music from the Groove and cash bar at this festive New Year’s Eve celebration. Tickets are $30. Advance payment is required.

9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., The Cajun Experience, 14 E. Loudoun St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: www. cajunxp.com Ring in the New Year New Orleans style with live music from Voodoo Blues and a buffet.

Tickets are $75 per couple or $45 per person.

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Contact: resolutionrace.com A certified 10K course, 5K race and 4K fun run. A challenging course through picturesque Morven Park. A post race celebration with great food and live music. Registration for the 5K and 10K is $35 through Dec. 30 and $40 on race day. Fun run registration is $25 in advance, $30 on race day.

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Another faithful is club member Warren Nunnally, an executive with Vie de France, which delights everyone with hundreds of delicious, freshly baked Vie de France cookies to be served at the post-race celebration. And Ida Lee gym personal trainer Lynne Stevenson each year leads participants in an energetic warm-up at the starting line.

A special touch of elegance is added after the race, when runners get a congratulatory glass of sparkling cider, served by tuxedo-clad Rotarians, to welcome the New Year.

The race is not just about getting a fresh start for the New Year. It’s also the Rotary Club of Leesburg’s major fundraiser.

Mo r e than $280,000 has been donated over the years.

This year’s beneficiaries will be: ARC of Loudoun, Backpack Buddies Foundation of Loudoun, ECHO Works, Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter and the Rotary Club of Leesburg’s Perry Winston Scholarship Fund.

The course is run through the rolling scenery of Morven Park, on mostly paved or gravel roads, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 1.

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While the projects Wolf championed in the eastern end of the district have received more attention, those in the commonwealth’s smallest towns have also had the congressman’s ear over the years.

Hillsboro Mayor Roger Vance called Wolf a friend of and advocate for the small town, which sits less than 10 miles from the West Virginia border. In the mid-2000s, he secured $2.5 million to pay for a study and design traffic-calming alternates for Rt. 9 that cuts through Hillsboro. The now shovel-ready project calls for two roundabouts on either end of the town and a variety of measures designed to slow in-town traffic.

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Locals are buzzing about the brand new Okada Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar, featuring fresh sushi and sashimi, hibachi and a wide selection of sakes and beers, as well as a full bar.

Okada is open until 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve, and the streamlined interior offers plenty of space for a group—just be sure to reserve in advance.

After dinner, it’s a short walk to Bar Louie, a hotspot for Loudoun’s young professionals, known for its signature cocktails. Bar Louie’s New Year’s Eve party is sure to draw a fun crowd.

The $75 ticket price includes six drink tickets, breakfast buffet, champagne toast and danceable covers from the Alexandria-based band Shirkaday, known for rocking tunes with a 90s bent (think Green Day and the Red Hot Chili Peppers). The fun starts at 8 p.m., and advance reservations are required. Be sure to designate a driver or set up a ride home.

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aimed at transferring the control of National and Dulles airports from the federal government to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. It took another six years of legislative prodding, but in 1986 President Reagan signed legislation to form the authority.

“The transfer had been tried a number of different times, and Frank, along with Gov. (Linwood) Holton and Secretary (of Transportation Elizabeth) Dole, really saw that the way to make these two airports take off and support this region was to make them private,” said Keith Merlin, manger of Dulles International Airport at the time and now president of Washington Airports Task Force.

That cleared the way for the authority to issue bonds to rebuild much of National Airport and expand Dulles Airport.

“I thought if you could make that airport viable, it would be the economic engine that

the region needed to attract business,” Wolf said of Dulles. “And it has. Now you can fly from Dulles to every major capital in the world.”

It’s not unlike politicians to start a project and then walk away from it once a little progress has been made, Merlin said, but not Wolf.

“If Dulles had a godfather on The Hill, it was Frank Wolf. This was his baby and he understood very clearly that if he could do all he could to support Dulles it would then support Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Prince William County and the entire region.”

Other transportation milestones the congressman pushed for were the completion of the Dulles Access extension to I-66; improved safety on the roads by conducting periodic truck safety examinations and prohibiting extended length and tandem tractor trailers on area roads such as Rt. 50 and Rt. 15; and securing $900 million in federal funding for Metro’s Silver Line that will connect Washington, DC, to Dulles Airport in 2018.

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“It’s a great way to get the evening started and then move on to your holiday party,” Assistant Manager Payson Van Orden said.

That party will be just a block or two away if you follow dinner with a party at the nearby Lightfoot restaurant or the Cajun Experience. Lightfoot’s celebration takes place 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The $30 tickets include a dessert buffet, a midnight toast and live music from Northern Virginia four-piece band Groove, known for its eclectic and danceable mix of everything from big band, jazz and R&B to top 40 hits. A cash bar will be open for drinks, and the restaurant is offering a free shuttle to Leesburg’s Comfort Suites along with discount rates at the hotel.

The evening is a new twist for the restaurant, which has offered New Year’s dinner in past years, but decided to set up a separate after-party in response to patrons looking for a place to hang out after dinner. The restaurant also has limited dinner reservations still available.

“The restaurant is decked out for the holidays—it’ll be a very festive occasion,” co-owner Carrie Gustavson said. Advance reservations and payment are required.

The Cajun Experience will be hosting a New Orleans-style countdown party featuring The Voodoo Blues playing Crescent City-style blues and funk. The party, which includes a buffet, champagne toast and a ride home takes place from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Tickets are $75 per couple or $45 per individual. Reservations are recommended.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Loudoun County has applied for a modification to its permit to allow excavating waste from unlined portions of the landfill, and depositing it in the lined cells, in order to reclaim space and address potential groundwater contamination. In addition, the proposed permit modification includes reconfiguration of the waste management area, consolidating disposal units, incorporating maintenance and access roads, updating groundwater monitoring network, and revising the liner system and phasing, landfill gas collection and control system, leachate collection system, final cover design, stormwater management, and groundwater corrective action plan.

HOW TO COMMENT AND/OR REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING: DEQ accepts comments and requests for public hearing by e-mail, fax or postal mail. All comments and requests must be in writing and be received by DEQ within the comment period. Submittals must include the names, mailing addresses, and telephone numbers of the person commenting, or requesting the hearing, and of all persons represented by the commenter, or requester. A request for public hearing should also include: 1) the reason why a public hearing is requested, 2) a brief, informal statement regarding the nature and extent of the interest of the requester, or of those represented by the requester, including how and to what extent such interest would be directly and adversely affected by the permit, and 3) specific references, where possible, to terms and conditions of the permit with suggested revisions. DEQ may hold a public hearing, including another comment period, if public response is significant and there are substantial, disputed issues relevant to the permit. The public may review the permit application and the draft permit at the DEQ office specified below. Copies of the permit documents are also available at the Loudoun County Library, Rust Branch, located at 380 Old Waterford Road NW, in Leesburg, VA 20176.

CONTACT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Yurek Aurelson, Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193; Phone; 703-583-3844; E-mail: yurek.aurelson@deq.virginia.gov; Fax: (703) 583-3821.

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Town of Leesburg King Street at Market Street Intersection Night Closure The intersection of King Street at Market Street will be closed at night from Sunday, January 4, 2015 through Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Work hours for this closure will be from 9pm to 6am.

For questions or concerns regarding this project or the road closure, please contact Tom Brandon, Deputy Director, Office of Capital Projects, at tbrandon@leesburgva.gov or at 703-737-6067.

General information is also available on the Town´s website at www.leesburgva.gov.

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ATTENTION TOWN OF LEESBURG RESIDENTS CSI will collect Holiday Trees on the following days: • SE/SW (includes S. King St. & West Market St.) – Thursday, January 8th & 15th • NE/NW (includes N. King St.) – Friday, January 9th and 16th • Town crews will collect trees before and after the above date during brush collection. You must place tree at the curb by Monday evening for this service.

Please prepare your trees in the following manner: • Remove all decorations. Please check carefully for items hidden behind thicker branches or limbs • Remove tinsel, fake snow, angle hair, garland, etc. • Remove all lighting • Remove all twine, metal or plastic ties and string • Remove stands and bases • Do not place trees in plastic Tree Disposal Bags Ad #147835

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ATTENTION TOWN OF LEESBURG RESIDENTS Town Offices will be closed at Noon on Wednesday, December 24th, on Thursday, December 25th and Friday, December 26th

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Your trash, recycling & yard waste will be collected on Friday, December 26th.

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Your trash, recycling & yard waste will be collected on Friday, January 2nd, 2015.

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Residents in the SW & SE quadrants (this includes South King Street & West Market Street) There will be NO trash, recycling or yard waste collection on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1st, 2015. Your trash, recycling and yard waste will be collected on Saturday, January 3rd, 2015.

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ATTENTION TOWN OF LEESBURG CURBSIDE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS There will be NO trash or recycling collection on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25th, or on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1st, 2015.

Trash and recycling will be collected on Friday, December 26th and on Friday, January 2nd, 2015.

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Leesburg is the seat of one of the fastest growing counties in the nation with a current population of 47,000+. The Town of Leesburg offers an excellent benefits package to all full-time regular employees including employer paid pension program, medical insurance including vision and dental. Life insurance, long-term disability insurance, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, vacation and sick leave, 12½ paid holidays per year, recreation benefits, credit union membership and deferred compensation program.

Programs and Fitness Manager – Parks and Recreation................................................................................$58,911-$98,978 DOQ...........................................................................................Closing Date: January 13, 2015 REQUIRED: Bachelor’s Degree in recreation management, recreation and leisure, physical education, or related area; three to five years of progressively responsible work experience in recreation program management or equivalent combination of education and experience; CPR and Standard First Aid certifications PREFERRED: Master’s Degree in recreation management or related field; min. of five years of experience in recreational field, and specific experience with camps and fitness; bilingual in English/Spanish

Library Associate – Thomas Balch Library....................................................................................................$16.10 - $27.02/hr. DOQ.......................................................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: B.A. and M.A. in a related area (history, library science, genealogy, archives); min. of 2 years of library and reference experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience NOTE: Week night hours required: Tuesday evening, 4:00pm-8:00pm and Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm PREFERRED: M.A. Degree in Library Science or Archival Administration; min. of five years of library and reference experience with 2 in special collections; bilingual in English/Spanish

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The Town of Leesburg is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and disability in employment or the provision of services.

The Town of Leesburg also supports the Americans with Disabilities Act by making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, so that they may participate in job interviewing, services or employment offered by the Town. Please call (703) 777-2420 or Virginia Relay Center (TDD 1-800-828-1120/Voice 1-800-828-1140).

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Interment will be held privately at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Edgehill Recovery Center, 315 E. Cork St., Winchester, VA 22601, Attn: Jared Lytell Scholarship Fund.

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Jared Andrew Lytell, 23 of Purcellville, Virginia died on Friday, December 12, 2014.

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83, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at his home surrounded by family. He leaves to cherish his memory, Vadah, his wife of 63 years, his Online condolences may be made to the children, Mary Jane Barney-Butler, Jamie Barney (Faith) and Hooper McCann (Lee), family at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com his grandchildren, Dorothy Landes (Kirk), Taryn Barney, Sean Barney, Cadie McCann, Quinn McCann and his great grandchildren, Gabriel, Abby and Richard. The family held a private celebration of his life. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Izaak Melinda rose JaCkson Walton League of America, 707 Conservation Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. “aunt lynn�

Melinda Rose Jackson “Aunt Lynn�, 80 passed away on December 18, 2014 at her residence, in Would you like to place a Reston, VA. Viewing is Tuesday December 23, 2014 10am-11am. Funeral Service immediately Tribute, Obituary or following at New Zion Baptist Church, 22282 Sam Fred Road, Middleburg, VA 20117. She is Death Notice for your loved one? survived by: 2 sisters, 5 step-children and a host Call us today of other relatives and friends. Interment: Mt. for more information at Zion Memorial Park Cemetery, Middleburg, VA. Arrangements by: Lyles Funeral Service 703-771-8831. of Purcellville, VA.

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Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., on Saturday, December 20, 2014, in the St. Johns Catholic Church, 118 East Second Street, Frederick. Rev. Hector Mateus-Ariza, will be the celebrant. Interment will be in the St. Johns Cemetery, Frederick.

Arrangements are with the Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick.The pall bearers are: Michael Alavanja, William McFadden, Maria Alavanja, Christopher McFadden, Matthew McFadden, Daniel Ridge and David Godlewski.

Celebration of Life services will begin at 4:00 PM on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Grace Community Church located at 2333 Roosevelt Blvd. Winchester, Virginia 22601 with Pastor Bradley Hill officiating.

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Joan R. Earley passed away in Leesburg, Virginia on December 19, 2014 following a sudden illness. A viewing will be held at Parr Funeral Home located at 3515 Robs Drive, Suffolk, Virginia from 7-9 pm on December 26, 2014.

A graveside service will be held at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA on December 27, 2014 at 11 am. Condolences may be registered at www.parrfuneralhome.com.

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Surviving are her daughters, Rosemarie A. Alavanja and husband Michael, of Frederick and Kathleen A. McFadden and husband William, of Leesburg, five grandchildren, A. Christianne Ridge and Daniel, Maria A. Alavanja, Lisa R. Godlewski and David, Christopher V. McFadden and Anne and Matthew A. McFadden and Patrice, eight great grandchildren, Michael, Maria, Madeleine, Peter, Cooper, Tucker, Quincy and Beatrice, nephew, Richard Aspromonte and niece, Annette McCutchan.

He leaves his family to cherish his memory including his parents Jay and Melissa Lytell of Purcellville, VA; his brothers, Adam Lytell of Ranson, WV and Corey Lytell of Ashburn, VA.

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he state committee appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to identify changes that would put teeth into Virginia’s ineffective ethics rules presented its most important recommendation this week—and it doesn’t deal with whether a senator can accept a Rolex from a lobbyist.

The governor’s bipartisan Commission to Ensure Integrity and Public Confidence is calling for an overhaul of the commonwealth’s redistricting process by putting the task into the hands of an independent panel. Not only would the proposal insulate efforts to redraw voting district lines from the wishes of gerrymandering legislators, it would prohibit those involved from even considering election results in their decisions.

It also would follow a path already pursued by 13 other states in some fashion.

As expected, the suggestion has come under heavy fire from Republican leaders firmly in control of the House and state Senate.

They’ve made a science out of drawing the lines in a way that benefits their party and their party’s incumbents—just as Democrats did before them when in the majority.

Some have argued that empowering the majority party to inflict its will in this process was a prize awarded by the Founding Fathers and one that cannot be tampered with. That claim, however, runs contrary to the purpose of redistricting: To ensure the vote of each citizen is given equal weight as the nation grows.

With today’s sophisticated computer modeling, election outcomes in many cases can be effectively predetermined by shifting lines in ways that give one party an overwhelming majority. Or, put another way, the current system is designed to ensure some votes don’t really count.

Inevitably, there will be districts with lopsided party representation in any redistricting process—even one controlled by nonpartisans. However, it should not be the goal of the exercise.

Elections should be won or lost based on the merits of the candidates and the ideas they champion—not determined by which political party was in the majority in the year following the tally of the nation’s decennial census.

Any recommendation of the ethics panel is likely to find a chilly reception in Capitol Square, where the General Assembly regularly exempts itself from rules it imposes on others. Although residents might expect state leaders to be held to the highest standards of conduct, that’s rarely been a view shared by legislators.

Given that tendency, there is little reason to believe a nonpartisan redistricting system will advance far beyond the commission’s report. That said, we’d welcome the surprise of politicians from both parties acting in the long-term public interest, rather than worrying about how their community service careers will fare in the next decade.

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Dear Editor: am writing to correct some misinformation in a letter to the editor regarding the Loudoun County government’s funding of nonprofit organizations. Contrary to the assertion of the letter writer, the review of nonprofit funding requests is based on boardadopted policy and funding allocations are determined by the Board of Supervisors.

Funding opportunities are available to organizations that provide services to Loudoun County residents. To be eligible for funding, organizations must be a tax-exempt private, nonprofit 501(c)3 or public sector organization and provide services in an “area of need” as approved by the Board of Supervisors. In FY15,

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the board established five areas of need—Health and Related Services, Hunger and Homelessness Mitigation, Emergency Services, Administrative Services and Recreation and Culture.

Funding levels for each area of need are determined by the Board during the annual budget process. Applications are submitted by interested organizations in March and the applications are reviewed in April and May by subject matter experts. The review methodology includes a detailed financial analysis of each organization, ranking using criteria such as goals for the fiscal year, service level trends, etc. Specific funding recommendations are sent to and approved by the Board in late May or early June.

Any organization interested in submitting a request for funds must complete an FY16 Nonprofit Organization Grant Application form, which will be available in March. More information about the Loudoun County budget process is online at www.loudoun.gov/budget.

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“It usually takes us two years to pull this type of money together,” Strickland told Rust with tears of joy filling his eyes during her surprise visit to the clinic. “This will help so many families prolong the important relationship with their pets.”

Rust won the money at a global company meeting Dec. 4 through a community service award from her employer, Aol. Rust has helped organize the Aol 5K for the past five years, raising between $10,000 and $15,000 each year, and helped raise $300,000 as the chairwoman of the Eastern Loudoun Relay for Life for three years.

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“We help a lot of folks that are in need and don’t have enough money to save their animals from surgeries or illnesses,” Strickland said. “This (donation) makes such a difference in prolonging the human-animal bond that is so important in our lives. We know animals are like best friends to everybody that’s out there, and we want to keep that going as long as we can.”

It was especially a treat for Rust to hand over the giant check to the doctor for whom she has so much respect, and she’s happy it will have a big impact on other Leesburg families.

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