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Budget Gap Narrows As School Board Targets Efficiencies Danielle Nadler
but also of those who oversee instruction, transportation and food services. Williams said weeks before he unveiled his spending blueprint that he asked members of his leadership team to find efficiencies within their departments’ budgets, and, if they have a line item they want to see increased, to find a way to pay for it by cutting somewhere else in their operations. “We want to look at ways that we can improve efficiency while also improving service,” he said.
These savings include small changes, like fewer snacks at staff meetings, less overtime, nixing some longevity and good attendance bonuses, printing and binding employee handbooks in-house and asking C.S. Monroe Technology Center students to design teacher recruitment materials. They also include big changes, such as the elimination of more than 120 positions—some that are vacant and some that would be reduced
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liams guided the School Board, line item by line item, through his proposed $980.1 million budget for next fiscal year. And among board members, there’s less head holding and more smiles. “We clearly are doing business differently. Thank you,” School Board member Kevin Kuesters (Broad Run) said to Williams during the Jan. 22 work session. The school system’s leadership has a lot of new faces this year. Not only the superintendent’s,
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School officials are going to their main customers to help improve cafeteria food: kids. Harper Park Middle School students Friday offered their critiques on eight types of burritos, 11 hamburgers and one beef hot dog as part of the school system’s new “tasting parties.”
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host of farm breweries are expected to open in Loudoun now that county supervisors have approved regulations for the industry. After a lengthy discussion, the Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 last week to adopt of a package of rules for the small operations, which are allowed in agricultural areas under state law, provided they use crops
grown on site in the brewing process. Loudoun is the first county in Virginia to approve such a local ordinance. The breweries, considered similar to farm wineries, will have to be on at least 10 acres of land and operators will have to provide a “sketch plan” of the premises to obtain a zoning permit. That plan would show general facts about the business such as the location of structures, entrances and exits to the property, parking areas and the location and height of outdoor
lighting. If a brewery tract shares a private access easement with another parcel, the brewery owner will have to get permission to operate from the sharing landowners, as well, unless the easement already allows a commercial venture such as a brewery. Although they were ultimately approved, that easement condition and the sketch plan requirement seemed to be points of division among supervisors as they discussed regulations.
All nine supervisors said they supported the notion of farm breweries, which economic development officials believe will complement Loudoun’s booming wine industry. Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg), for example, said, “God bless you” at least four times to brewery supporters and beer entrepreneurs in the crowd during the Jan. 21 meeting. And, he joked, “If you wanted to get the votes tonight, why didn’t Continued on Page 16
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The bill, HB 2344, intends to “better define current law in Virginia as it relates to the Greenway in order to correct current inequities that have resulted in unbearably high tolls,” according to an announcement of its filing by the lawmakers, who all represent part of Loudoun County. It aims to assist the State Corporation Commission in its duty to regulate the operators of the Dulles Greenway, Toll Road Investors Partnership II, the legislators said. “We have the Code of Virginia on our side, and we will do our duty to seek relief for our constituents,” they said in a prepared statement. Friday’s move was expected. Ramadan (R-87), of South Riding, said earlier this month that he planned to submit legislation that would lower Greenway tolls, limit or stop annual toll increases and require the owners to implement distance pricing on the highway. Distance pricing would mean tolls wouldn’t be based on a flat fee but rather on how far a motorist drove on the Greenway. The lawmakers were boosted in their efforts by representatives at the federal and local levels. “The ever-increasing tolls on the Greenway make it harder and harder for moms and dads
onto already congested local roads, worsening the intolerable level of traffic in Loudoun County, damaging our quality of life and harming the economic competitiveness of our businesses and their employees.” Howard’s statement says that his organization supports the right of TRIP II to “earn a reasonable rate of return on the investment they have made in this public-private facility.” But it also says that the chamber believes “that the lack of distance-based pricing and other factors ensures that the Greenway does not provide its users a value commensurate with the costs of the tolls.” “We urge Loudoun County’s General Assembly delegation to support the bill and to push the SCC to replace the toll structure currently used on the Dulles Greenway with a fairer, more competitive rate structure that incorporates graduated or distance-based tolls,” Howard said. This latest legislation is among a handful of bills aimed at Greenway tolls that Loudoun lawmakers have filed this year. Del. J. Randall Minchew (R-10), of Leesburg, also submitted Jan. 16 an amendment to this year’s House of Delegates’ budget bill that would authorize the state to issue revenue bonds to purchase the Greenway. The legislation comes as TRIP II seeks a 10-cent increase in the non-peak toll on the 14-mile highway and an even larger hike, 15 cents, at rush hour. That would make off-peak tolls $4.30 and rush-hour levies $5.25. n
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and others who are trying to get to and from work every day to justify using the road—that means more congestion on Route 7 and other local roads,” Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) said in a statement. “I applaud my former colleagues in the General Assembly for taking on this issue, and I will continue to work with them and others to keep the Greenway affordable.” Friday’s announcement also noted that Loudoun’s Board of Supervisors voted last Wednesday to endorse the bill and urge all members of the county’s General Assembly delegation to support it. “The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is committed to doing anything and everything possible to bring relief to residents from outrageous Greenway tolls,” Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said. “The Board has devoted County legal resources to Delegate Ramadan’s SCC case and will be actively supporting this legislation introduced by members of our delegation. We appreciate their efforts.” Letourneau’s statement referred to Ramadan and Loudoun County being involved with an SCC investigation of what they feel are the Greenway’s excessive toll rates. The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Monday followed those comments with support of its own. “As the Chamber indicated in its letter to the SCC in June of 2013, the Greenway’s high tolls clearly ‘discourage use of the roadway by the public,’” Chamber President and CEO Tony Howard said in a prepared statement. “Consequently, daily thousands of extra drivers crowd
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he Cooley Gallery, owned and operated by former Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, is moving to a larger space a block away on Leesburg’s King Street, making room for an oyster-themed seafood restaurant. Don Devine, owner of the building at 12 S. King St., signed a new tenant in Rick Allison, former owner of The Dock in Lansdowne and current owner of Pittsburgh Rick’s nearby on
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ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FILED IN LANSDOWNE SHOOTING
A Monday night shooting in Lansdowne has two men behind bars facing attempted murder charges. Loudoun County deputies were called to the area of Coton Hall Street and Riverpoint Drive shortly after 11:30 p.m. Jan. 26 to investigate a report of gunfire. While searching the area, a deputy was approached by a man and a woman who said they were meeting an acquaintance in the area. As they pulled up next to the vehicle, a passenger displayed a firearm and fired multiple rounds into their vehicle. One round passed through the vehicle and damaged a passenger side window. The victims drove away and were not injured. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday, a deputy on patrol found the suspect vehicle in the Broadlands area and arrested two suspects without incident. Javier K. Todd, 19, of Leesburg, and Timothy R. Vaughn, 20, of Ashburn, both were charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and shooting into a vehicle. They are being held without bond at the Adult Detention Center.
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A Sterling man faces the possibility of spending one to five years in prison after he allegedly hit a deputy Friday morning.
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A Sterling man is in jail facing a DUI charge after wreaking havoc on Sterling streets last Tuesday night. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the Algonkian Boulevard/CountrySide Boulevard intersection around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 to investigate a hitand-run crash. In that case, witnesses reported seeing a man driving recklessly in the area. The car rear-ended another vehicle stopped at the traffic light at the intersection. The driver then drove across the grass and headed south on CountrySide Boulevard. While deputies were investigating that incident, a second hit-and-run crash was reported on North Sterling Boulevard. In that case, the driver fled the scene on foot. Deputies established a perimeter and found the suspect at a Palmer Court home. Andrew W. Stringer, 33, was charged with DUI, driving on a revoked license, unauthorized use of a vehicle, misdemeanor hit and run and felony hit and run. His trial is scheduled for Feb. 10.
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oudoun County’s Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 21 to defer discussion of the proposed Tuscarora Crossing development outside Leesburg. The supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee recommended approval of the mixed-use project, but it didn’t appear that the full board was ready to take that action, so Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) sought a delay until Feb. 4. His proposal passed 5-4 with board Vice Chairman Shawn M. Williams (R-Broad Run) and Supervisors Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) and Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) dissenting. The Tuscarora Crossing project calls for converting 250 acres of undeveloped industrial land into a community with 576 homes and about 1.5 million square feet of commercial space. In exchange for approval of the rezoning, the developer has agreed to complete several tasks, including building sections of Crosstrail Boulevard and providing a 15-acre site that the county could use for a school or another public need. Overall, developer Hunter Lee Center LLC promises $43 million worth of projects and monetary contributions to the county. The rezoning application has garnered the endorsement of some residents in Leesburg’s Kincaid Forest neighborhood who prefer having nearby land occupied by houses instead of by industrial buildings, and a handful of supporters urged approval Jan. 21. Higgins, who represents the area where Tuscarora Crossing would be, also has said that the project would be positive for Loudoun. But other supervisors are concerned about
converting commercial land to residential use because homes cost more in government services than they generate in tax revenue. Businesses, on the other hand, bring in more tax dollars than they cost in services. So the thinking is that it would be better to try to get a company to build on the Tuscarora Crossing land than to allow houses to go there. Also, some supervisors said Jan. 21 that a new subdivision could mean more children in the county who would be going to Loudoun schools, which would mean a need for increased education spending. Buona noted that the Tuscarora Crossing developer has promised to do a lot of good for the county if the rezoning is approved. But he said homes just shouldn’t be put on the parcel long planned for commercial development. One can gussy up the deal with lipstick and a dress, Buona said. “But, in the end, it’s still going to be a pig,” he said.
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Loudoun County will solicit owners of buildings that could house a new governmentrun animal shelter under a plan the Board of Supervisors approved Jan. 21. Supervisors voted 5-4 in favor of a proposal by Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg), who was concerned about plans to build a shelter on the county’s Government Support Center site south of Leesburg. The supervisors’ finance committee voted unanimously last month to urge the full board to approve moving the animal shelter from its current location near Waterford to the Government Support Center tract off Sycolin Road.
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VOLPE KICKS OFF RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Suzanne M. Volpe, who represents the Algonkian District on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, kicked off her re-election campaign last week. Jan. 22, the Republican announced her intention to seek a second term as more than 200 supporters gathered at the Cascades Fire Station. “When I ran for Algonkian in 2011, it wasn’t for accolades, it was because this district had suffered from 20 years of inattention,” Volpe said, according to a campaign statement released Monday. “However, four years of work cannot undo twenty long years of neglect. Which is why, here tonight, I am officially announcing my candidacy for reelection as Loudoun County supervisor for the Algonkian District.” On November’s ballot, Volpe is expected to face Andrew D. Resnick, who seeks the Democratic nomination for the Algonkian District seat. The incumbent chairs the supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee and represents Loudoun on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Human Services and Public Safety Committee and on the Route 28 Transportation Improvement District Commission. Volpe also is the board’s representative on the Loudoun County Disability Services Board and on the Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory Board. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10), who spoke at Volpe’s event, said the supervisor has done excellent work with the county and has been dedicated to her neighbors, Suzanne M. Volpe according to Monday’s statement. In a brief interview Monday evening, Volpe said she expects to highlight constituent services in her campaign, “basic issues,” such as fighting to get roads repaved. She said she’s proud of several accomplishments while in office. They range from neighborhood projects such as installing a four-way stop at the intersection of Sugarland Run Drive and Cottage Road, which had been the scene of car wrecks, to making progress on cleaning up the Hidden Lane Landfill, designated a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency. Volpe and her husband, Glenn Jones, live in Cascades with their daughter, Faith. Continued on Next Page
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he Friends of Ball’s Bluff is working to raise funds to replace a 1928 Department of Historic Resources historical marker about Ball’s Bluff that was stolen late last year. The sign was located near the Battlefield Parkway/Leesburg Bypass intersection. The cost of a replacement sign will be $1,630, according to organization president Jim Morgan. That price is a far cry from the 1928 cost of $50. The loss is particularly significant because the marker was one of the earliest to be erected in the state highway marker program that began in 1927, according to Department of Historic Resources’ Jennifer Loux. At that time, the cost of the markers was borne by
the State Commission on Conservation and Development. Craig Swain, a Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable member and an editor of the Historical Markers Database, first reported a problem with the sign. He noticed the sign had fallen off its post last November. Swain propped it up against the pole and contacted Morgan. The two discovered the sign’s mounts had rusted away. Morgan tried to get the heavy sign into his truck to take it to NOVA Park’s Temple Hall Farm for safekeeping until he could notify state the authorities, but he was unable to lift it. Later, Swain discovered the sign was gone. It was Swain who put Morgan in touch with Loux, who helped Morgan with the proposed text for a replacement sign. A Department of Historic Resources committee will vote on the proposed sign design March 19.
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Morgan said he plans to circulate the appeal for funds to the Friends of Ball’s Bluff, the Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable and “any other Civil War or historical preservation groups we can think of.” Once the funds are raised, and DHR has approved the sign, a new one will be made and installed. Checks should be made out to Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, noting the money is for the Friends of Ball’s Bluff sign project, and sent to: Friends of Ball’s Bluff, c/o Temple Hall Farm Regional Park, 15789 Temple Hall Lane, Leesburg, VA 020176. Morgan’s proposed text reads as follows: “Just to the east, 1,700 Union troops crossed the Potomac River and clashed with 1,700 Confederates on 21 Oct. 1861. The previous evening, a Union reconnaissance patrol had mistaken a row of trees for a small group of Confederate tents. Brig. Gen. Charles Stone ordered an early-morning raid on this ‘camp.’ Confederates under Col. Nathan Evans confronted the Federals, who were then reinforced. Col. and Sen. Edward D. Baker took command and became the only U.S. senator ever killed in combat. The Federals were routed as they retreated across the river. Congress created the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War to investigate the defeat.” The Friends of Ball’s Bluff also is planning its Ball’s Bluff Remembrance Day Dinner Feb. 22 at The Woodlands at Algonkian Regional Park in Sterling. Morgan said the annual fundraising dinner—formerly known as the Edward Baker Day Dinner—has been renamed in response to concerns that the reference to President Lincoln’s close friend and Union commander who was killed at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff seemed to restrict the commemoration to honoring only one side of those involved in the conflict. Morgan invites the public to enjoy what he calls “a rather delectable menu” and to hear renowned Civil War author Frank O’Reilly tell the story of the soldiers who fought at Ball’s Bluff and Fredericksburg. The 6 p.m. social hour is followed with dinner at 6:30 p.m., during which Reilly will speak. Dinner is $45 per person and reservations should be made to Dale Hook at NOVA Parks at 703352-5900. Payment is required at the time of reservation. REHAU is the sponsor for the dinner. n
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Preschool Specializes In The Arts teacher has extensive teaching mstancik@leesburgtoday.com from Liberty University.” Hoag attended the Jan. he large yellow 21 ribbon-cutting ceremony manor house on celebrating the successes of the historic Gre- school’s first year. The school enway Farm in opened in mid-February 2014 southern Lees- after the building underwent a burg has become home to a $1.5 million renovation. 100-student preschool that Hoag noted that the preemphasizes all-things art. school’s music program has At the Destiny School of sparked an interest in singing the Arts, a private Christian in his daughter. school, specialized teachers in “That is something I specific subjects each have a dreamed about, to get to see classroom for themselves and it is just amazing to me,” Greg students rotate as if they were Wigfield, pastor of Destiny in middle and high school. Church who owns the prop“One of the great things erty, said.“ To be able to offer the teachers have is they are this to these children in our just so diverse,” said Leesburg community is exciting.” resident Andy Hoag, whose Family is a big part of the 4-year-old daughter Cathryn Destiny School, as Wigfield’s attends the school. “Their daughter Jennifer is the direcability to do music and art tor. She came to the school and dance is amazing. The after having taught fifth grade woman who does art has for three years and English Ashburn Today/Mike Stancik studied all over the world, the Language Learners for five dance teacher is a ballerina in years. The school started with Students of the Destiny School of the Arts gather around for an art lesson with teacher Lia Johnson. The Christian-based preschool her spare time and the music Continued on Next Page opened a year ago in the renovated 1740s Greenway Farm manor. Mike Stancik
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he Destiny School of the Arts is housed in the 275-year-old manor of historic Greenway Farm, recognized as the impressive yellow structure on the west side of Rt. 15 near Leesburg’s southern boundary. Businessman, pastor and the preschool’s benefactor Greg Wigfield purchased the five-
acre property 12 years ago with the hope of turning it into a gift to the community. “It took us several years to get it rezoned, and that gave us time to study the history,” Wigfield said. “The Greenway property was actually founded by a Quaker family, the Meades. William Meade came to America with William Penn and the Meades settled here. These folks came to bring the message of Christ to America, and we kind of feel like in our way we want to bless others with the message of hope and joy and Christ.” Wigfield made headlines in 2013 when he offered to build a 26,000-square-foot school building on the south end of the property for Providence Academy, then known as Dominion Academy, where his three children once attended. The school was in search of a new loca-
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he talents of Ashburn teens will be on display at the third annual Thunderstruck event Saturday. The Jan. 31 talent show showcases the top 16 dance and music acts from four of the area’s high schools, Stone Bridge, Briar Woods, Broad Run and Rock Ridge. The students will compete for two
$1,000 first place prizes, one for musical talents and a second for non-musical. Similar to TV talent shows, the audience can cast votes for their favorite performers via text message. The panel of judges will include Grammy Award winner Jon Mitchell, 2010 Grand Finale American Idol winner Victor Lopez and Virginia Performing Arts Academy founder and director Gina McCort. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show, held at Stone Bridge High School, 43100 Hay Road in Ashburn. Tickets are $10 and will be
tion after the governing body at Leesburg Community Church, with which it shares a campus, told school leaders they would need to close because of declining enrollment. School leaders have since mended its relationship with Leesburg Community Church, so Providence Academy continues in space leased from the church for now. The 26,000-square-foot building initially planned on Wigfield’s property would likely not provide enough space for Providence Academy’s growing enrollment, which is at 183 kindergarten through eighth grade students, up from the 113 quoted two years ago. “Right now, we don’t know if that move will happen or not,” said Wigfield, who serves on the school’s board of directors. “I think [the option of moving the school] served its purpose. It gave everybody a vision that we
sold at the door. Patrons are asked to bring cash or a check. For more information, go to http://thunderstrucktalent.com or email stonebridgeptso@gmail.com.
PATRIOT’S PEN RECOGNIZES ESSAY WRITERS Six Loudoun middle school students have been honored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay Contest for their essays on “Why I Appreciate America’s Veterans.” Each year, more than 100,000 middle
had an opportunity. They’ve done so well I’m thinking they may need to wait and consider purchasing other property to be at the size they want to be.” Providence’s Head of School Marie Miller noted, “We are in the process of deciding if we stay or move.” Regardless of where Providence Academy ends up, Wigfield will always have a strong connection with both Christian private schools, Providence Academy and Destiny School of the Arts, and hopes the historic Greenway Farm will be a venue that benefits the community for a long time to come. “I love just watching what’s happening,” Wigfield said. “We wanted to integrate ourselves into the community, and I’m hoping we can continue to do that.” n — Mike Stancik
school students enter this contest. The first place winner from each state will compete to win one of 46 national awards totaling $46,000. Essays from local students were submitted to VFW Post 1177 in Leesburg. The winning essay writers from Loudoun include: Harper Park Middle School student Sahar Choudhury (first place), Sterling Middle School student Victoria B. Lopez (second place) and Sterling Middle School student Ali Muhammad Shah (third place). Three Loudoun students received honorable mentions: River Bend Middle School’s Elizabeth Bernice Baucom, Harper Park Middle School’s Lindsay B. Bowman and Sterling Middle School’s Luis Diaz. n
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to learn,” Jennifer Wigfield said. “It captures their attention. Like people do for a foreign language and math, if you expose kids to arts and music early, it increases their potential later on with the arts.” The school is open 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays. Tuition varies, depending on the program, and runs from $250 per month for the two-day program (9 a.m.-11:45 a.m.) to $450 per month for the five-day. An Afternoon Creative Play program varies from $200 for two days per week (11:45 a.m.-4 p.m.) to $300 for five days. The Wigfields are looking into grants and scholarships for low-income families. “We see this program makes such a difference in the kids lives,” Jennifer Wigfield said. “It would be great to see that impact in some other children that maybe would never have that opportunity.” n
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65 students ages 2-5 but has grown to more than 100. “It was a really good opportunity that I was presented with to grow as a professional,” Jennifer Wigfield said. “The biggest blessing has been the work environment. People here are here because they want to be. It’s just so friendly and warm.” The kindergarten program has the students rotate among three teachers on a given academic day: art, music and dance. They might hear a foreign language lesson while painting with the art teacher, learn music history while singing and the importance of physical activity during dance. Younger children still get the same types of lessons, but have one or two instructors. “Learning through the arts is the best way
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David Palanzi, a teacher at Stone Bridge High School, told the board the proposed raises are not enough to keep up with rising health care expenses and the area’s cost of living. “You cannot put kids first without addressing the economic needs of your employees,” he said. “This budget does not fully address the needs of our employees.” The School Board is scheduled to adopt an amended budget Thursday evening. Follow the budget adoption at leesburgtoday.com. n
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On the other side of the debate, School Board members got an earful last week from more than 70 speakers who argued that Williams’ budget doesn’t do enough to restore what’s been lost during difficult budget seasons in recent years. Most of the speakers who took to the mic during two public hearings—from retired bus drivers to students as young as fourth grade— said they want to see after-school activity buses rolling again, the elimination of student athletic fees and pay raises for employees that will do more than cover an increase in health care costs.
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through attrition—including 60 cafeteria workers, 25 bus drivers, 14 library assistants and 20 English Language Learner teacher assistants. Most department leaders approached the board with proud grins as they unveiled the details of their budgets last week. “This is my favorite slide,” Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services Kimberly Hough said as she pulled up a PowerPoint that displayed a big red zero. “We have zero percent change in our budget. We’re proud of that number, and we’ve done a lot of work to try to get there.” Budgets drafted by Williams’ predecessor Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick, who retired in July after 23 years, included funding requests that showed departments jumping as much as 76 percent in one year, more than 19 times the rate of enrollment growth. His last budget called for a year-over-year increase of $108.7 million, compared with Williams’ recommended increase of $68 million. As the School Board searched for a new superintendent, members said they wanted to hire someone who would get the most out of the school budget that’s been stretched thinner in recent years as enrollment continues to swell by more than 2,500 students annually. School Board Vice Chairman Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) and Bill Fox (Leesburg), two of six board members elected in 2011 on promises of rooting out waste in the 73,500-student school system, thanked Williams, Hough and others for doing that this time around. “I’ve heard that if you want to know where to cut without causing a lot of pain or a reduction in service levels, ask LCPS employees,” Fox said. “You’ve done that and it’s worth commending.” “I think it’s a prime example that just because we’re reducing costs doesn’t mean that we’re destroying the education of our students or reducing the level of service,” Turgeon said
of the idea to have students design recruiting materials. Williams’ budget does include some big ticket items: $17.4 million for pay raises, $3.5 million to offer a full-day program to 1,860 of the county’s 5,000 kindergartners, $1 million for a school bus GPS system, $2.9 million in technology upgrades to help lay the groundwork for a bring-your-own-technology program, among others. But already, county supervisors have noticed the change in tone in this year’s budget season. Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) noted in public comments last week that the county government and Loudoun school leaders are probably at least $17 million apart on how much funding might be devoted to schools in the next fiscal year. That is, if supervisors maintain the current real estate tax rate of $1.155 per $100 of assessed value, the county would be looking at a difference of $17 million between how much money in the locality’s general fund would go to school spending and how much of an allocation Williams would like to see. Although even $17 million may sound like a large difference, Buona, chairman of the supervisors’ finance committee, said that the two sides are closer on the matter than a year ago. “Last year at this time we had a 60-plusmillion-dollar problem,” he said at a Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce breakfast Friday. “So, we’re heading in the right direction.” And, after that meeting, Buona mentioned another question mark. “What we don’t know with certainty is the revenue side,” he said. Those updated figures on tax money coming in could mean the education-spending gap ends up even smaller. That picture will be much clearer Wednesday when County Administrator Tim Hemstreet is scheduled to present his proposed budget to supervisors.
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oudoun leaders continue to look to foreign businesses and executives to boost economic development in the county. The locality recently completed a study on international business development, the results of which will be presented Feb. 2, and the Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development Committee is planning a new strategy on the subject. “We need to diversify where we are,” Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who chairs the committee, said Friday morning at the Belmont Country Club in Ashburn. Letourneau and four of his colleagues spoke at a Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce breakfast laying out the Board of Supervisors’ priorities for this year. Also appearing were County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) and Supervisors Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) and Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian).
The Dulles District supervisor, whose fulltime job is with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, gave a preview of the foreign strategy, which he said would include measures ranging from analyzing data on the best international markets in which to invest to perhaps preparing economic development literature in foreign languages. “If there’s a lot of interest, for instance, from China, then you have marketing materials that can be read in China,” Letourneau said. “That might sound simple, but we’re not doing it now.” The county government also can gather input from international businesses already present in Loudoun and work with international trade groups, he said, especially considering that foreign flights use Dulles Airport and that the locality is near Washington, DC, the “diplomatic capital of the world.” “So let’s take advantage of it,” Letourneau said. “Let’s figure out when there are opportunities to get in front of them to tell them about Loudoun County and the investment opportu-
nities that we have here.” Anyone angling for a plum county economic development job based overseas may be out of luck, though. “We’re not going to open up seven or eight offices around the globe,” Letourneau said, acknowledging that spending on foreign initiatives would be limited and only a piece of the county’s economic-development outreach. The efforts probably will take a while to bear fruit, as well. A panel of speakers who have experience with foreign markets told Letourneau’s committee in September that the upsides of foreign investment are the creation of high-paying jobs and diversifying the economy. The downside? The benefits could take years, or decades, to gain significant traction. Buona, chairman of the supervisors’ finance committee, noted in his comments to the Chamber another major issue: education. Every year, there’s a long debate about how much funding the public schools will receive in the county budget, and Buona said that talks
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CHOworks is in the hunt for more winter and summer work for its disabled workers. While the nonprofit provides work for medically frail disabled individuals in a secure location at its Leesburg facility, Marketing Manager Karen Russell says she has workers available to help out at work sites around the county “They are available for all types of things— yard work, trimming bushes and trees, raking leaves, cleaning out garages,” according to Russell. ECHO workers take on jobs big and small. Since 1976, the nonprofit has had a contract to support the Federal Aviation Administration. Under another recent contract, ECHO crews assembled 35,000 wiring harnesses for an area tech company. “Our guys are very productive,” Russell said. If companies have outside work projects
Business In Brief • The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center offers monthly opportunities for area adults with disabilities to meet representatives from the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. DARS representatives will handle inquiries from individuals with disabilities who would like to work and are ready to prepare for, find and keep a job. Upcoming dates and times for the meetings at the Workforce Resource Center are Wednesday, February 18 and Wednesday, March 18. The sessions are offered from 9 a.m. to noon. No appointment is necessary. The Loudoun County Workforce Resource Center is located in the Shenandoah Building, 102 Heritage Way NE, in Leesburg.
now or a bit later in the winter, Russell would love a call. The crews are provided transportation to and from the work sites and are accompanied by a supervisor who remains with them for the duration. A special task for which ECHO is well equipped is document shredding. “One of the things for this time of year is getting rid of old account records, or companies who are moving to new locations. We come and take them to our secure shredding operations in the mail room—where 20 people do the shredding,” Russell said. ECHO also has document scanners that allow crews to digitize paperwork and provide the records on disc, Russell noted. Large orders are particularly welcome, Russell said, recalling one job where a crew took records from a storage unit belonging to the Dulles Greenway and brought them back to Leesburg. “We cleaned out the unit and brought all the records back to ECHO to shred. People were
For more information, call the center at 703777-0150 or the DARS office at 703-771-4775. • Leesburg-based K2M Group Holdings has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its MESA 2 Deformity Spinal System. MESA 2 is the Company’s next-generation pedicle screw system designed to address the most complex spinal pathologies. “FDA clearance of MESA 2 is a milestone event for K2M that further enhances our position in the global complex spine surgery market,” Eric Major, K2M’s president and CEO, stated. “The development of MESA 2 reflects K2M’s continued commitment to developing innovative products and providing surgeons with tools that facilitate their management of the most challenging spinal conditions.”
“ECHO is here to provide supportive work programs for those with disabilities; people are waiting to come in and waiting for work—if we have it, we’ll bring them in. But we need to have the work.”
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applauding because it meant work for them,” she said. Also, if a company is planning a big training class, “our guys can pull the materials together, collate the packets, type the address labels and have them sent via FedEx,” she said. The nonprofit has work from Inova Loudoun Hospital, in both Lansdowne and Leesburg, where crews sort and distribute mail as well as help with materials management. But, the economy in general has been rough
For more information, go to www.K2M.com. • Dr. Ruth Duchatellier-Cangé formally celebrated the opening of her new Ashburn dental office Friday, Jan. 23. Dónti Dental is a family-oriented facility where Dr. Cangé offers a variety of specialized care, including not only general and preventative dentistry, but also cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, implant dentistry and full-mouth restoration. A resident of Northern Virginia since 2006, Dr. Cangé earned her DDS degree from Howard University and completed her residency at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, concentrating on cosmetic and implant dentistry. She is an alumnus of the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies and is an active member of the American
for ECHO, and Russell said it has been difficult to find enough job sites to keep her crews busy. “ECHO is here to provide supportive work programs for those with disabilities; people are waiting to come in and waiting for work—if we have it, we’ll bring them in. We need to have the work,” Russell said. Anyone who can offer work for ECHO is asked to contact Russell at 703-779-2100 orß karenr@echoworks.org. For more information, go to www.echoworks.org. n
Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dónti Dental is located at 22621 Amendola Terrace, Suite 110. • The Loudoun Small Business Development Center will offer a Start Your Business seminar Thursday, Feb. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church Street SE in Leesburg. Robin Suomi will lead participants through steps for starting a small business, addressing taxes, licensing, business plan development, sources of financing and marketing. Arthur Thompson from Keyser Thompson Insurance Agency will discuss types of insurance needed. The seminar fee is $10 for registration at LoudounSBDC.eventbrite.com or $15 at the door. n
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Loudoun County Chamber Launches 2015 “Healthy Business Challenge” to Honor Local Businesses That Make Employees’ Wellness a Priority All Loudoun businesses welcome to complete Healthy Business scorecard to record their efforts to support employee wellness; Top performers honored at Loudoun Healthy Business Awards in May LoudounChamber.org
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The Loudoun Chapter of the Virginia Women Attorney’s Association is organizing a clothing drive for Women Giving Back, which will take place during its winter social at Tuscarora’s Wine Cellar Feb. 3 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Women Giving Back is a local HomeAid program that provides free clothing to women and children in Northern Virginia homeless shelters. The chapter began supporting the effort last year. “We are pleased to have contributed hundreds of professional suits, dresses and outfits from our members to help women and children that may not have access to such clothes who are temporarily housed in local homeless shelters,” Liz Pendzich, a past president of VWAA’s Loudoun Chapter, said. “We are looking forward to working with Women Giving Back again this year.”
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Feb. 26; 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
“Last week, Chamber members and guests gathered at Belmont Country Club for the annual Board of Supervisors Breakfast where we had the opportunity to hear firsthand from the Board’s Committee Chairmen their priorities for 2015 and how their plans will impact the business climate and quality of life here in Loudoun County.”
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April 10; 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The National Conference Center
Superhero 5k Race/Walk & Kids Fun Run April 19; 7:00 – 10:00 a.m. Bolen Park
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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 DeSot Business Solutions, LLC Hubert Construction LLC Stoneleigh Golf & Country Club Mesh Omnimedia Notaviva Vineyards, LLC Buchanan Partners, LLC 7Company Weight Loss and Wellness Center ADJ Enterprises Buffalo Wild Wings M & M Print and Design TML, A Xerox Company Omnilert, LLC Acumen Accounting Inc. Madison Wealth Management 8-10 YEARS Clyde’s Willow Creek Farm Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad Four Star Printing
11-20 YEARS The Sterling Playmakers Wallace & Associates CPAs LLC Bridgman Communications, Inc. Champion Title & Settlements, Inc. Loudoun Soccer United Airlines Larry Miller, Inc. Sam’s Club Loudoun Habitat for Humanity Belmont Country Club The Turner Law Firm, PC Town of Leesburg - Economic Development 21-32 YEARS Waterford Foundation, Inc. McCandlish & Lillard, PC Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Olivera Music Entertainment Colonial Funeral Home Loudoun Country Day School Paciulli, Simmons & Associates, Ltd. Best Western Leesburg Hotel & Conference Center AHT Insurance
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• Community involvement • Recognition for initiatives to save energy and water, reduce carbon emissions, reduce waste and improve products and services The GBC is open to every type of business, no matter how small or large, with a physical presence in Loudoun County, VA. To participate, register and fill out a Challenge Scorecard at www. locogreenbiz.org. The Loudoun County Green Business Challenge is a program of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors include Modern Mechanical (Signature Sponsor), Dominion, Loudoun Commuter Service, Northern Virginia Community College and REHAU (Platinum Sponsors), and Earth Day Loudoun (Community Partner). For additional information, please vist our website at www. LoudounChamber.org.
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Monkey Joe’s in Dulles held an Exceptional Kids Night Wednesday, Jan. 28. Children with special needs were invited to play at Monkey Joe’s for free and bring their siblings for $5 each. The service is offered every fourth Wednesday of each month. Monkey Joe’s is a children’s entertainment center with wall-to-wall inflatables providing indoor jumps, slides and obstacle courses. For more information, go to www.monkeyjoes.com/locations/dulles/ or call 703-9968300. n
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Happier, more productive employees Lower healthcare costs & worker’s compensation claims Less sick days Better employee retention rates Businesses that perform well on the Healthy Business Challenge scorecard will be honored at the 2015 Healthy Business Awards event this May. The Loudoun Chamber also has launched the Healthy Business Challenge Learning Series of educational workshops on healthy living, alternative health care options and other initiatives, which have been combined with the Chamber’s After Hours Mixers. For more information on the Healthy Business Challenge, visit the Loudoun County Chamber web site at www.LoudounChamber.org The Healthy Business Series Signature Sponsor of the 2015 Healthy Business Challenge is the StoneSpring Hospital Center. The Series Platinum Sponsors are Access Point Public Affairs and Nova Medical & Urgent Care.
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school leaders are $17 million to $28 million apart on how much funding will go to schools in the next fiscal year, he said, the gap being between what Superintendent Eric Williams would like to see allocated and what supervisors think they can spend. “Last year at this time we had a 60-plusmillion-dollar problem,” Buona said. “So, we’re heading in the right direction.” The other supervisors made comments on a third perennial issue: transportation. Volpe, who chairs the supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee, provided updates on several road projects that supervisors identified as priorities during a 2013 transportation summit. For example, she said, work is under way on a lane expansion on Waxpool Road. York, who serves on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, acknowledged continuing questions about exactly how regional tax revenue earmarked for road and transit projects will benefit Loudoun, and he noted that some projects outside county borders nonetheless would benefit commuters here. One of these is work on Rt. 28 in Fairfax County. “What does ‘regional transportation’ mean?” he jokingly asked in an intentionally deep, foreboding tone. York, who is not running for re-election, also made general comments about county accomplishments at the event, attended by the two candidates who have announced intentions to seek the chairman’s job in November’s election. Those are Democrat Phyllis Randall and Republican Charles King. n
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t’s the dead of winter in downtown Purcellville as snowflakes begin to fall softly on the pavement outside the Veloville USA bicycle and coffee shop. The local cycling scene, for the most part, is far removed from its high-season routine. Business remains brisk inside the store, however, as the coffee operation, percolating feverishly behind the counter, has kicked into high gear. James Hodges—an ardent cyclist—notes this naturally occurring break in the pedaling calendar. So he takes time out of his day to visit Veloville, and revisit an accomplishment and a world far, far away, yet vividly fresh in his memory. That’s because for four and a half months last year (Aug. 1 through Dec. 14), the retired Loudoun County schoolteacher, who now runs his own mobile bike repair business, tackled the Andes Trail expedition. This is a 10,943-kilometer (more than 6,700 miles) mountain bike ride from the equator in the north of South America to the continent’s southern tip. And the Hillsboro resident, who would celebrate his 64th birthday during the odyssey, came back home a conqueror. He did so in more ways than one. Billed as an expedition rather than a competition, the bi-annual Andes Trail event does, in fact, have a race component to it to help satisfy the desires of the die-hards. The actual competition distance covers 5,555 kilometers, while 5,388 kilometers are classified as “neutral.” In the end, Hodges is one of only four riders out of 40 competitors to bike every inch (or centimeter) of the trail. He finished as the fastest overall rider with a 547-hour and 49-minute time. He bested his nearest challenger—Alfred Mahr of Germany— by a relatively small three-hour, seven-minute margin.
Leesburg Nonprofit Offers AAU Basketball Tryouts
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James Hodges, the winner of the 2014 Andes Trail event, poses for the consummate selfie somewhere on a South American salt flat.
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Entering the Andes Trail challenge, Hodges, who grew up near Lynchburg but migrated to Northern Virginia to pursue his teaching career, was no stranger to extremesport endeavors. His bucket-list achievements include cycling solo across the United States; hiking the entire Appalachian Trail; competing in a fat-bike Iditarod race in Alaska; participating in marathons and ultra-distance races; mountain biking from Canada to Mexico; and participating in a Himalayan 100-mile-stage footrace, among others. Wheeling his bike to the starting line in Quito, Ecuador, staged at an elevation of 9,000 feet, he found himself at a loss—not in terms of fitness, but in terms of finances. The airline that transported him from Virginia to South America restricted his luggage to two pieces.
Choosing his bike and one bag to stay with him, he had a friend ship a third bag of camping equipment, costing him an additional $1,000. Then, to add insult to injury, on his first night in Quito, Hodges had his pocket picked. Gone was a brand-new $600 Galaxy 5 phone. Despite these setbacks, he took it all in stride, which seems to be his natural disposition. “No, it wasn’t discouraging; it was education,” he said. “When I thought back on the behavior of who I figured out did it, I should have been more wary of this guy. Now I will be.”
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Hodges’ journey took him through five countries, across towering ridges of the Andes Mountains and through countless towns and villages with varying degrees of obstacles. It
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was as much a mental challenge as it was a physical one. But Hodges was up to the task. He started the journey fully fit, having prepared himself well by logging countless miles along the back roads of Loudoun County. “I went out to South America a few days early to get acclimated,” he said. “I guess I had done a lot of riding beforehand. I got in one 300-mile ride. I was constantly getting in good rides, and I think it paid off. I seemed to be in pretty good condition when I got there.” Benefitting from his preparation, he won several of the early stages of the race. “Because I did pretty well early, I was able to hang in there and maintain a lead, even though it decreased along the way,” he said. “But my main goal was not necessarily to win the thing. I was surprised when I did, but Continued on Next Page
Loudoun’s Ryan Wins National Coach Of The Year “It’s a great honor for sure. It reflects so well on the club and the support they give me,” Ryan said in an interview with Leesburg Today. “Obviously it’s good for me and my family, but most importantly it’s about the players I work with day to day. It’s a great achievement.” The honor was announced during the annual 2015 US Youth Soccer Awards Gala on Jan. 16 in Philadelphia, and came after Ryan won both the 2014 Virginia Youth Soccer Association Boys Competitive Coach of the Year as well as the 2014 U.S. Youth Soccer Loudoun Soccer Loudoun Soccer coach Mark Ryan, second from Region I Boys Competitive Coach of the Year. left, poses with the club’s technical staff after win- The U.S. Youth Soccer board of directors selects the winners on the basis of sportsmanship, ning a national coach of the year award Jan. 16. player development, personal coaching develMike Stancik opment and community development. mstancik@leesburgtoday.com Loudoun 98 Boys Red, the group of 16-year-olds and under who have been coached oudoun Soccer coach Mark Ryan won by Ryan for four years, claimed a National the 2014 U.S. Youth Soccer National League division title, won the Virginia State Boys Competitive Coach of the Year, Cup and advanced to the U.S. Youth Soccer the highest award possible for a youth National Championship semifinals, the best soccer coach in the United States. finish for a boys’ team in club history.
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The Andes Trail expedition wraps up in Ushuaia, the city farthest south on the globe, the entrance gate to Antarctica and known as the “End of the World.” As Hodges stepped down from the podium, he was left with memories that will last a lifetime. “The highest mountains and biggest climbs were in Ecuador and Peru,” he said. “Some were the highest altitudes that I had ever ridden. Especially when I was trying to push, I remember gasping for air.
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I always felt [the lead] would evaporate. I wasn’t that worried about it. I thought, ‘Let’s just enjoy it while I have it.’ That’s the way I looked at it. I never worried about what my lead was, never did. My main objectives were to see as much of the continent as possible and successfully ride the whole thing.” And he more than accomplished his goal, which should serve as motivation for others looking to get into endurance cycling. “This was his race, that’s for sure,” Scott Davison, co-owner of Veloville USA, said. “It’s amazing to me. It’s an adventure, and it’s a tough thing that not everybody can accomplish, period. And not even people who can do it get the chance to do it, and James certainly cleared a lot of hurdles to get that done, which is really impressive.” Davison’s Veloville shop helped defray expenses by supplying the bike Hodges rode to victory. “I think that bringing more cycling to Purcellville should happen for a number of reasons,” Davison said. “Riding out here is a wonder. We have a lot of accomplished cyclists like James. It’s kind of a hub. It’s really amazing cycling.” And after his victory in South America, Hodges is an even bigger part of the atmosphere.
“At least starting out, it was like my body was overloaded and it was going to explode. I remember telling myself, ‘Get under control, get this under control.’ Eventually you could get some kind of a rhythm in your breathing and calm your heart rate down and do what you could do to be comfortable.” Hodges said that, although he got sick four times along the way (not to mention suffering four flat tires), he was determined to stay on the bike. “The sanitary conditions in a lot of places were abysmal,” he said. “It was hard to not have that [sickness] happen. There were also injuries and some crashes—some pretty bad crashes. Some people got hit by cars. There were some pretty crazy drivers down there. Very nice people everywhere, but put them in a car and they took on a different persona.” He said that while riding through some of the more populated areas, he would approach it as a game. “There were all these little taxis and you just had to figure they were going to do something weird,” he said. “They would pull out in front of you. You just had to assume that and be very defensive, even if you wanted to be aggressive. Dogs could also be a problem.” Hodges used a GPS system to guide him along the route and took extra time to tinker with his bike to keep it in tip-top shape. “Being on a bicycle and riding through most of South America allowed me to use all of my senses to really take in the countries,” he said. “Whether it was sight, smell, hearing, touch, or taste in terms of food, yes, every single sense. There was good and bad, but with senses on a bicycle, you are definitely out there. Whether it was the black smoke from the diesel buses or the trucks on the Pan-American Highway when you are trying to climb the steep hills and hold your breath, [the Andes Trail] really had it all.” Follow Hodges’ cycling adventures at http://bikingjames.com. n
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Chef Ingrid Gustavson runs Lightfoot Restaurant in downtown Leesburg with her sister Carrie Gustavson Whitmer.
Ingrid Gustavson, chef and co-owner at Leesburg’s Lightfoot Restaurant, is a regular winner in Leesburg Today’s “Best of Loudoun” poll and one of the county’s few high-profile women chefs. The 45-year-old chef co-owns Lightfoot with her sister Carrie Gustavson Whitmer, who runs the business side of the operation. The pair launched their first restaurant, Lightfoot Café on Market Street more than 20 years ago, before renovating a historic bank around the corner and setting up Lightfoot Restaurant in 1999. The sisters are focused on promoting their elegant eatery as a destination for casual diners and families and moving away from its reputation as a fine dining/special occasion establishment. Jan Mercker
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ngrid Gustavson: We opened in ’92. Carrie had gone to the University of San Francisco and majored in the hospitality industry, and I went to the Culinary Institute of America [in Hyde Park, NY]. I had always wanted to be a chef, since I was 7. Carrie was in Hong Kong and I had graduated, and we both ended up in the area. She was working for the Capital Hilton, and we were living in an apartment in Arlington behind the Iwo Jima memorial. Our mother was working for one of the biggest law firms in DC, and I was looking for a job. So the lawyers in my mom’s law firm started asking me to cater for them, lunches or dinners at their houses. It just kept growing and growing. So I called a restaurant
broker. I wanted to see how much it would cost to buy a restaurant—what did I need to save, what was I getting myself into, because I had always worked in restaurants and that’s what I wanted to do. We found a small restaurant around the corner on Market Street and it was perfect size—50 to 60 seats to start out. It was called the Lightfoot Café.
LT: WHEN DID YOU MOVE INTO THIS BUILDING?
IG: Seven years later. Five years into running the cafe this bank became available and then we spent two years renovating, and then we moved into here in 1999.
LT: HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT THE RESTAURANT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS?
IG: In some aspects I think it was much easier in the beginning before the Internet and all the cooking shows. A lot of people watch a lot of
TV and read a lot of articles. It has its pluses and its minuses. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day—remember in the ’80s there was that show about advertising “Thirtysomething” and then everybody wanted to go into the advertising business because they thought it was cool and groovy to be in advertising. Now people look at the Food Network or the Cooking Channel and they think it’s cool and groovy to be in a chef’s coat and covered in tattoos and cooking and it’s all fun and games. They don’t realize half your work is cleaning and making people happy and always giving, giving, giving.
LT: YOU’RE A REALLY ESTABLISHED RESTAURANT IN LOUDOUN WITH A LOYAL FOLLOWING. HOW DO YOU KEEP IT FRESH FOR YOURSELF AS A CHEF AND FOR YOUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS?
IG: Carrie and I both read a lot. We’re on the Internet a lot. Last week we went to Tyson’s to try salads because Carrie had salads there that
she liked. We go to different places—we try new things. People want to be super healthful now so I try to be on top of that and offer people something that’s healthful. People tend to gravitate towards things that are super comforting. So we’re just trying to stay updated, stay with the times, offer new things. It’s hard because there are a lot of things on the menu that I feel like I can’t take off. I have to try to navigate between having the mainstays but having something new. Carrie will find something somewhere and she’ll send me a picture. My produce guy will say, I’ve got new kale sprouts— do you want to try some? You just have to try to stay on top of it.
LT: WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CLASSIC DISHES THAT PEOPLE GET UPSET OVER IF YOU TRY TO TAKE OFF THE MENU?
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10 a.m.-6 p.m., Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Drive, Chantilly. Contact: www.sugarloafcrafts.com Features one-of-a-kind gifts and fine art from top artisans. The festival also includes live music, children’s entertainment and food vendors. Tickets are $8 online, $10 at the door, free for children 12 and under.
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Village at Leesburg Mega Block Ice Carving Competition 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Village at Leesburg, 1602 Village Market Blvd SE, Leesburg. Contact: www.villageatleesburg.com Watch skilled ice sculptors compete for the top prize. Free hot chocolate, cider and s’mores will be provided after 1 p.m. while supplies last.
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival 10 a.m.-6 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.
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1:30-3 p.m., Round Hill Arts Center, 35246 Harry Byrd Highway, Round Hill. Contact: www.roundhillartscenter.org Noted Loudoun ceramicist Amy Oliver teaches students how to make a handmade serving dish. Fee is $20. Advance registration is required.
Lucketts Bluegrass: Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers
6 p.m. doors open, 7 p.m. music begins, Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.luckettsbluegrass.com The five-time IBMA award winner and his talented band present a mix of bluegrass and gospel with inventive instrumentals and vocal arrangements and down home humor. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Woodgrove Theatre: ‘Almost, Maine’ 7 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.
Live Music: Blue Oyster Cult
7:30 p.m. doors open, 8:30 p.m. music begins, Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com Heavy metal pioneers, known for hit singles like “The Reaper” and “Burnin’ For You” will get the Tally Ho rocking. Tickets are $59 in advance, $69 day of show.
LSO All Mozart Concert
7:30 p.m., The Community Church, 19790 Ashburn Road, Ashburn. Contact: www.loudounsymphony.org Chase away the winter blues with Loudoun Symphony’s All Mozart Concert featuring oboist Fatma Daglar. Advance tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $10 for students and free for children 12 and under.
Danny Knicely Winter Concert 8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blu-
Sunday, Feb. 1
Ham Radio License Training and Exams
8 a.m.-5 p.m., See Jan. 31 listing.
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival 10 a.m.-5 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.
Morven Park Open House
1-5 p.m., Morven Park, 17263 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg. Contact: www.morvenpark.org Enjoy a free sneak peek of the first floor of the Davis Mansion and the Winmill Carriage Museum and visit presidentially pardoned turkeys Caramel, Mac and Cheese.
Save the Tails Dog and Puppy Adoptions
1-4 p.m., Petco, 200-250 Fort Evans Road NE, Leesburg. Contact: savethetails.org Dog and puppy adoptions every Sunday afternoon.
Loudoun County Public Library Black History Talk
2 p.m., Purcellville Library, 220 E. Main St., Purcellville. Contact: www.library.loudoun. gov LCPL kicks off its Black History Month programming with a talk from historian Richard Gillespie entitled “1865: The War Is Over and the Slaves Are Free.” Event is free and open to the public.
Woodgrove Theater: ‘Almost, Maine’ 2 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.
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8 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW Post 1177, 401 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg. Contact: www. k4lrg.org The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group conducts a free, two-day Ham Radio technical class, license training and examinations. Training takes place Saturday. Review and testing are Sunday. Advance registration is required.
10:30-11:30 A.M., Morven Park Carriage Museum, Leesburg. Contact: loudounwildlife.org Learn about the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and volunteer opportunities. Advance registration is recommended.
eridge View Lane, Purcellville. Contact: www. franklinparkartscenter.org Internationally acclaimed traditional musician Danny Knicely presents his ninth annual winter concert “The Meaning of Buckdance” featuring musical partners including Urban Artistry, Good Foot Dance Company and Baakari Wilder. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door.
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iddleburg’s Salamander Resort has re-scheduled its exclusive Burgundy wine and sushi dinner featuring celebrity chef Daisuke Utagawa (covered in the Jan. 22 issue of Leesburg Today) to Monday, April 13. Organizers have also announced a charitable component to the $2,500 per person dinner: Sushiko restau-
rant, where Utagawa is creative director, will donate its portion of proceeds to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children and their families. Salamander also will be making a charitable contribution, with the recipient to be announced. For information and reservations, contact Salamander Food and Beverage Director Jason Cotton at jcotton@salamanderresort.com. n
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Dharma” Roeser and tours steadily in its current iteration. The band, which is frequently cited as a major influence on heavy metal and psychedelic jam bands from the ’80s and ’90s, released a 17-disc box set in 2012. Blue Oyster Cult plays Leesburg’s Tally Ho Theatre Saturday, Jan. 31 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $59 in advance, $69 day of show. For information and tickets, go to tallyholeesburg.com. n
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King’s Tavern Jam Session
8 p.m.-midnight, King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 South King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-7775005 Sit in with great local musicians at this low-key jam. No cover.
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research. The event also features a 50/50 raffle with prizes, including Washington Capitals tickets. Ladies of Loudoun was launched this month by a group of area women looking to give back to their community. This is the group’s first fundraiser. For more information on the Smashing Walnuts Foundation, go to www.smashingwalnuts.org. n
South King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-7775005 Dixieland jazz from a local favorite. No cover charge.
MacDowell Trivia Night
8-10 p.m., MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202-B Harrison St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: www. macdowellbrewkitchen.com This free weekly trivia contest features prizes for the top three teams.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
Alzheimer’s Association Talk
3-5 p.m., Loudoun County Adult Day Center, 16501 Meadowview Court, Leesburg. Contact: 703-771-5334 Bob Bell, programs and services manager with the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter, discusses behaviors and communication and how to respond when dementia causes erratic behaviors. Free respite care is available.
Leesburg Skip Sugar Day
5:30 p.m. farmers market, 6:30 p.m. film screening, Ida Lee Recreation Center, Leesburg. Contact: www.facebook.com/FoodForThoughtInitiativeCommunityOutreach Join the Leesburg-based Food for Thought Initiative and Dr. Martha Calihan for a farmers market and screening of Katie Couric’s documentary “Fed Up” in honor of Leesburg’s inaugural Skip Sugar Day. Admission is free but advance tickets are strongly recommended. Tickets are available at fedupscreeningidalee. eventbrite.com
Thursday, Feb. 5
Thomas Balch Talk: Strategies for Historical Research
10 a.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195 Laura Christiansen, curator of manuscripts and archives, will help participants learn techniques for developing and implementing effective search techniques. Toastmasters International Speech Contest 7:30 p.m., 202 Church St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: rob.d.lin@gmail.com Attendees can listen to speeches from seven contestants, one of whom will be chosen to represent Loudoun Toastmasters at the next level of the competition. Event is free and open to the public. n
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LT: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR TRAINING AT CIA.
LT: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE OF COOKING?
IG: We have two totally different jobs. We really don’t spend that much time together because she’s up in the office and I’m in the kitchen. I don’t have to worry about her doing her job and she doesn’t have to worry about me doing my job. I guess that is where blood is thicker than water comes into play because the other one’s doing what they’re supposed to be doing.
IG: My biggest nightmare is people coming into this restaurant and saying, “It’s not as good as it used to be.” That’s the hardest part of my job. I’m constantly thinking and stressed out about keeping the quality up. That’s why people always see me back there in the kitchen and cleaning rims and tasting stuff. I want them to know they can always come here and it’s always going to be good…I feel like the second a chef feels like they know everything or they think they’re smarter than their customers, it’s time for them to retire. I’m just trying to stay on top of it so people know they can get a good meal. n
LT: DO YOU SOCIALIZE OUTSIDE OF WORK? IG: Yes—family’s family…We just had Christmas together. Carrie cooked, and I brought dessert… Carrie has two kids—they know where every single thing is in this restaurant.
LT: WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO COOK AT HOME?
IG: When I’m at home I make soup a lot. I really like making soup—I don’t know why but I do. Maybe because I like eating it so much. It makes the whole house smell good.
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IG: My staff has been there for a long time. About 80 percent of them been there forever, and I have a small amount that just comes and goes—it’s part of the restaurant business. Most of the people who are in my kitchen started at the bottom and worked their way up, and they’re very loyal and have stuck with it for a long time. I have people that have been with me for 12 years…Jose Texca has been with me forever. He started at the bottom and has worked his way to the top. He’s a cross between a sous-chef and a kitchen manager. He’s kind of a jack-of-all-trades. He does everything from food running to cooking on the line to helping me fix things. He helps me keep things going.
LT: WHAT’S IT LIKE RUNNING A RESTAURANT WITH YOUR SISTER?
IG: I have a couple of different friends that are big restaurant people and they like trying different things. The last time I tried going to Rose’s Luxury [in DC] and stood in line for two hours and got to the door and they told us it would be another three hours. It was voted the best new restaurant in American by Bon Appetit. I’ll try going back on a really cold day when nobody wants to stand in line…I like to go into the District.
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LT: IF YOU HAVE A NIGHT OFF, ARE THERE ANY PLACES YOU LIKE TO GO IF YOU’RE EATING OUT?
IG: A sharp knife, nice cookware. People seem to always not think about the fundamental basics. My best cooking tip is to put salt in at the beginning and let it dissipate and meld into what you’re cooking so you don’t have to add a bunch of salt at the end.
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IG: We’re in Virginia—I try to emphasize things that are available to us and what’s regional to us. We do get a lot of tourists. I think I do make one of the best crab cakes—I would never take that off the menu. It’s just so Virginia and Maryland to have crab. When I order things like that and source it out locally, it’s affordable and I don’t have to charge an arm and a leg for it, and it’s fresh and it’s delicious. We’re seasonal, and I keep trying to change and find new things.
LT: WAS IT TOUGH DURING [CULINARY] SCHOOL?
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IG: It can be, but it’s really the small little things day to day…Sometimes it comes into play but not very often because I never ask [kitchen staff] to do anything that I wouldn’t do myself.
The last time I traveled, Carrie and I took our mother for her 70th birthday to the Netherlands for two weeks…We looked at everything from the salt shakers to the sugar caddies to the plates, the tiles—you always look at everything to look for something different or new, especially when you’re in a different country to be able to bring it back because you don’t see it every day in every single restaurant.
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LT: DO YOU FEEL THAT BEING A WOMAN CHEF IN AN INDUSTRY DOMINATED BY MEN HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE?
IG: I like to travel but I just don’t put enough time aside to do that as much as I wish I could…
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eterias, she has to follow stringent federal rules, which dictate everything from fat to sodium levels. But she also wants to keep her customers happy. “The students’ feedback is very important. If they don’t like it, they won’t eat it,” she said. “This is the first time Loudoun has done anything like this in a very long time, but we want to make it a regular thing.” Standing at the end of a long cafeteria table Friday, Domokos-Bays stressed to the hungry tweens the importance that their critiques carry. “You’re helping to select the menu for over 70,000 other students,” she said. “That’s a big responsibility.” Eight people representing several food vendors and distributors cooked and served the entrées for the taste-testers. At the end of the tasting, each of the representatives did their part to market the menu items from their companies. One talked up a vegetarian burrito. A few were sure to mention that their beef burgers do not contain caramel food coloring or antibiotics. Lisa Pline of J.T.M. Food Group highlighted that her burgers have a touch of mushrooms to add some moisture and flavor. “Did you taste that?” A few heads bobbed. Several dozen food vendors and distributors undergo a competitive bidding process each year to get Loudoun County—Virginia’s third-largest school system—to dish their product onto kids’ trays. One vendor said if the school system chooses her company’s beef burger over competing patties, it’s $500,000 worth of business. That’s a hefty chunk of cash considering their bids are, in part, in the hands of a group of 12-year-olds. But seventh-grader Will Carlin said he took his role seriously as he sampled each item, even as he was almost too full to get down another bite. “The best thing by far was that beef hot dog. It had more flavor than all the burgers,” he announced after the meal. “I also liked the taco stick. It didn’t have too much beans or too little. It was just right.” n
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oudoun students likely will be asking their parents for less lunch money starting this fall. As part of the superintendent’s budget proposal for next fiscal year, the new supervisor of School Nutrition Services wants to drop meal prices by 10 cents across the board. Loudoun public schools’ breakfasts and lunches are higher than at any other school system in the commonwealth, starting at $2.10 for an elementary school breakfast and $3.20 for a high school lunch. School leaders generally hike meal prices every year, except in 2009 and in the last two years when they’ve held prices flat. The biggest jump came in 2011 when the School Board raised prices by 30 cents a meal. “As I visited schools and talked to parents and students, I’ve gotten some moderately strong evidence that says our meals are just too expensive,” Becky Domokos-Bays, who was hired in October to oversee the school system’s food program, said. Domokos-Bays, who’s supervised food programs in Alexandria and Fairfax, said typically a price hike results in a temporary decline in participation, but, over time, it bounces back. “But unfortunately, because we were raising prices here every year there was no time to recover participation,” she said.
As the prices have ticked up, the number of students buying their meals from school has dropped. In the 2012-2013 school year, an average of 24,009 students ate school meals, compared with 23,617 during the 2013-2014 school year. That’s a decline of participation of 1.67 percent, while enrollment grew by 3.8 percent. Along with expecting more students to line up for school lunch, Domokos-Bays also is looking for efficiencies to help get the most out each meal ticket, especially as the cost of food is on the rise. If one school has more ground beef or plums or yogurt than its students can eat, cafeteria workers now transfer the products to a school that can use it. She’s also tweaked the menu to use every bit of meat, dairy, produce and other perishable foods before it has to be tossed out. “The menu is the driver for everything,” she said. “So you want to make sure when you put something on the menu you order the right amount, and you don’t take that item off the menu before it’s all gone.” Setting meal prices is a careful balancing act. The school system’s food services departments are designed to be financially self-sustaining, ending each fiscal year with a balance as close to zero as possible. The meal prices should be set low enough to keep hungry kids lining up but high enough to cover the cost of food, operations and maintenance and the department’s 400
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IDA LEE MEMBRANE ROOF REPLACEMENT IFB No. 310414-FY15-14 SEALED BIDS to construct the above project WILL BE RECEIVED by Ms. RenĂŠe LaFollette, Director, Office of Capital Projects for the Town of Leesburg, either by mail or hand delivered to 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, UNTIL BUT NO LATER THAN 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 19, 2015. Bids shall be marked “Sealed Bid for the Ida Lee Membrane Roof Replacement, Bid Date–Thursday, February 19, 2015 – 3:30 P.M.â€? Bids will be opened and read aloud at 25 West Market Street, Lower Level Conference Room 2, at that date and time. All questions regarding this bid must be received in writing by email at CapitalBidQuestions@leesburgva.gov or by fax at 703-737-7065 until but no later than 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. The project includes removal of the existing EPDM membrane and ballast stone roofing and replacement with a Single Ply TPO membrane roofing at the Ida Lee Recreation Center, including all incidentals related thereto.
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Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider the following amendments to the Zoning Ordinance:
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1. Sec. 3.1.3.A.5. Application Completeness, to include proof of all taxes and other liens are paid prior to acceptance of an application. 2. Sec. 3.1.9.C.3 Time of Newspaper Notice, revise to match Code of Virginia time requirements. 3. Sec. 3.1.9.C.2 Contents of Newspaper Notice – Added requirement that ad must reference place where copies of the ordinance/amendment/etc., can be examined. 4. Sec. 3.1.9.A Written Notice – Revisions to the written notice to reflect current Virginia Code requirements. 5. Sec. 3.1.9.F. Additional Notice Required, eliminating this paragraph as it is inconsistent with State Code 6. Sec. 3.1.9.D.3. Notice Requirements for Particular Hearings eliminating Ordinance Sections not required by the Code of Virginia. 7. Sec. 3.7.1. Zoning Permits to include change of non-residential tenant to list of items requiring a Zoning Permit. 8 Sec. 3.10.2. Required Contents of Applications (for COA) adding/specifying the minimum required application materials. 9. Sec. 3.11.16. Lapse of Approval adding a lapse of approval to COAs in the H-2 Overlay 10. Sec. 6.3.3 Density/Intensity & Dimensional Standards insert language from Sec. 9.3.15. to clarify the Ordinance. 11. Sec. 6.5.3 Density/Intensity and Dimensional Standards amend to eliminate FAR in the B-3 District 12. Sec 8.4.8. Open Space Requirements for “Infill� PRN to eliminate reference to Infill Map in Town Plan. 13. Sec. 8.3.2. Lot Size eliminate or reduce minimum lot size and lot averaging in Planned Districts. 14. Establishing Sec. 9.4.5 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to provide EV charging stations regulations. 15. Sec. 9.3 26.B. Antennas establishing subsection 6. establishing structures are not part of antennas when considering expansions of facilities per 1996 Telecom Act revision. 16. 10.4.5.E.5 Increased Setbacks, to clarify where this applies. 17. Secs. 9.3.11.A. Area Limitation, 9.4.1.A. Maximum Floor Area, 10.4.5.C.1. Accessory Structures, 18.1.3 Accessory Building, and 18.1.5 Accessory Dwelling to establish standard size for accessory structures. 18. Sec. 10.4.5.C.5 Decks & Patios to simplify setback requirements for decks. 19. Sec. 10.4.4.F. Structure Built on Two Lots to recognize recent State Code amendment. 20. Sec. 11.4.5.A. Shared Parking (Mixed Use) to eliminate residential from the mixed use calculations. 21. Sec.11.6.1.D. Pavement Requirements for Residential and Commercial Travel Ways and Spaces amending the requirement for residential parking on a driveway. 22. Sec. 11.6.2. Dimensions of Parking Spaces and Aisles specifying the maximum number of contiguous parking spaces, allowing gutter pans in width calculation of aisles and revising a note to clarify width review by fire marshal for fire access. 23. Sec. 11.12.3.C Bonds revising language in subsection C 24. Sec. 11.8 Stacking Spaces clarifying how to calculate the number of stacking spaces in a drive-through lane 25. Sec. 12.3.1.E. Twenty-Year Tree Canopy Requirements eliminating the requirement that every individual platted lot be required to provide minimum canopy coverage. 26. Sec. 12.2.1. Landscape Plan Required correcting references to latest SLDR Section numbers. 27. Secs. 13.2.1.B. Permitted Uses and 14.3 Effect of Buffer to allow paved trails in a floodplain and/or Creek Valley Buffer. 28. Secs. 18.1.36. Condominium, 18.1.172 Single-Family Attached (Stacked Townhouse) Dwelling and 18.1.110. Multi-Family Dwelling revising definitions for clarity. 29. Secs. 18.1.164. School, Special Instruction, 6.3.2. Use Regulations, and 6.6.2 Use Regulations revising the definition for clarity and establishing the use by in the B-1 and B-4 Zoning Districts. 30. Sec. 18.1.172. Single-Family Attached (Townhouse) Dwelling revising definition to codify a Zoning interpretation. 31. Secs. 9.3 Use Standards, 9.4.5.6 Display of Merchandise, 18.1.126.1 Outdoor Sales (Accessory to Retail) and 18.1.127 Outdoor Storage to establish seasonal outdoor display of merchandise regulations. 32. Secs. 15.4.19. Artwork and 18.1.110.1 Mural to clarify limitations on installing murals. Copies and additional information regarding each of these proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling 703-771-2765 and asking for Christopher Murphy, Zoning Administrator. This zoning ordinance amendment application is identified as case number TLOA-2014-0006. At this hearing all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. Ad #149554
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Helen Christina Grove, 92, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2015 at Meadow Glen Assisted Living in Leesburg, VA. Helen was born September 4, 1922 in Gate City, VAthe daughter of Jerry and Annis Williams. She graduated from Lovettsville High School. She married her high school sweetheart Paul Grove in 1940. Lovettsville was her home for most of her life.
egie, PA, and spent his youth in Sperryville, in the Arlington County Juvenile Court System. She was a resident of Round Hill, VirVirginia. ginia since 1983. She was active in the comAfter serving in the Air Force and Navy he munity, helping with the restoration of Ford’s went to school at the University of Virginia Store into the current Round Hill Town where he received a bachelor’s and later a Office, where she served on the Round Hill master’s degree in business. His passions Planning Commission. Mary Ruth married were teaching business courses for 27 years Kimball Taylor Peele on July 4th 1983 at their at Loudoun Valley High School, farming his home, the Copeland House, in Round Hill. 86 acre farm in Lovettsville VA, and spending Most notably, Mary Ruth was the owner time with his family. and proprietor of the much-loved Copeland Husband to Betty T. Wayland; father to Linda House Antiques shop, known for its Garden M. Pote, Mary K. Gordon, Julian E. Wayland Thyme spring event and annual Christmas 3rd, David B. Wayland, Rebecca E. Williams; open house. Mary Ruth was a strong supgrandfather to Karen L. Belshee, Craig M. porter of local artists and frequently promotGordon, the late Hannah M. Pote, Jennifer A. ed folk art and pottery from the mid-Atlantic Pote, Samuel W. Pote, Jacquelyn C. Williams, region in her shop, which was located in an Rachel E. Cornett, Emily A. Carson, Bradley historic storefront in Round Hill. She was S. Carson, Lauren P. Cornett, Chad W. Wil- also a long-standing member and friend of liams, the late Lydia Wayland Pote; great- the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, and grandfather to eight great-grandchildren; an avid cook, gardener and pet-owner. brother to Katherine Hall, the late James Wayland, the late Lawrence Wayland, Rich- Mary Ruth is survived by her beloved husard Wayland and the late Charles Wayland; band Kimball Taylor Peele, her mother Martha Van Sant Hayes of Bluemont, brother John friend to many and will be missed by all. Van Sant Hayes and his wife Vicki Lee Simons The family receive friends from 1 to 2 pm of Charlottesville, sister Suzanne Hayes and at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, Leesburg, VA on her husband Michael Willard Chellman, and Friday, January 23, 2015. Funeral services be- her nephew John Hayes Chellman of Arlinggan at 2pm on Friday. A reception followed ton. Mary Ruth also held dear her cousin Meat 3: 30 at Mount Olivet United Methodist lissa Hayes Converse and her husband Mark Church in Lovettsville, VA. Interment will be Converse and their children Hayes and Mary Shea Converse, of Tall Timbers, Maryland. held privately at a later date.
Pilar Vayas Galvan, 97, died on 31 December 2014. Formerly of Washington DC and She spent most of her life caring for others. McLean VA, she was living with a daughter in Lovettsville VA. Her beloved husband of Her love of family, friends, flowers, gardening 42 years, diplomat/editor/linguist Luis Gal- and sewing. She enjoyed playing cards, especially with her senior groups, her children van, predeceased her in 1991. and grandchildren. Helen touched everyone Born in Llanes (Prov. Asturias), Spain, Mrs. with her kindness and caring ways. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made Galvan was the daughter of Tomas Vayas and to Mt. Olivet UMC 11791 Mountain Road, She is survived by her children Joyce Beck Carmen Cuadra de Vayas. She grew up in Lovettsville, VA 20180. Torrelavega, Spain, and received her nursing of Round Hill, VA; Carolyn Minneci (John) degree in 1945 from Casa de Salud Valdecilla of Manassas, VA; Linda Settle of Chesapeake, in Santander, Spain. She continued working VA; Paul Michael Grove of Smyrna, GA, Her Please share condolences with the family at Valdecilla until she went to nurse at Cli- “adopted� daughter Terri Greer of Leesburg, www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com nica Ruber in Madrid. A private duty nurs- VA; 8 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, ing -ssignment brought her to Washington and many nieces and nephews. DC in 1947. Wanting to remain in the U.S., she later took another private nursing posi- Funeral services were held at 11 am, on Frition to care for Luis Galvan’s mother (who day, January 23, 2015 at the Loudoun Funeral was also from Spain). She became Mrs. Luis Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, Galvan in 1949, and their long and happy VA 20175. The family received guests prior to marriage produced seven children. the funeral from 10 to 11 am. Mrs. Galvan is survived by her children Maria Pilar Winters (Dermot) of Lovettsville VA, Isabel M. Nelson (John) of Cape Coral FL, Luis X. Galvan (Paula) of Leesburg VA, Maria-Teresa Hanson (Joseph) of Haymarket VA, Carlos R. Galvan (Carol) of Leesburg VA, Manuel Galvan (Elizabeth) of Sterling VA, Gabriel F. Galvan (Kathleen) of Leesburg VA; seventeen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; a sister in Spain, Maria Luisa Vayas de Gomez; and numerous nieces and nephews. Each and every person marrying into the family, as well as those born into it, was very beloved and prayed for by Mrs. Galvan. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Leesburg. Interment followed at Quantico National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Salesian Missions, 2 Lefevre Lane, New Rochelle NY 10801 and/or Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leeds Road, Irondale AL 35210.
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Interment followed in Lovettsville Union Cemetery, Lovettsville, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Capital Caring 24419 Millstream Drive, Aldie, VA 20105; or to Lovettsville Volunteer Fire & Rescue P.O. Box 123, Lovettsville, VA 20180.
The placard beside the door to Mary Ruth’s home reads “Peele House: Our feet may leave, but not our hearts.� This was the feeling that all who entered Mary Ruth’s home enjoyed. Mary Ruth was the organizer of family celebrations and hosted countless joyous and unforgettable family events. She opened her home and her life to children and animals with love and support, and will be remembered most fondly for the generous heart she held beneath her quick wit and keen mind. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 pm on Saturday January 31st 2015 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 711 West Main St., Purcellville VA. Memorial contributions in Mary Ruth’s name can be made to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst St., Winchester VA 22601 or www.themsv.org/support. Please visit www.hallfh.com to express online condolences to the family. Arrangements made by Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA.
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Mary Ruth Hayes Peele died on January 20th 2015 at Potomac Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sterling, Virginia. Mary Ruth was born on December 1st 1952 in Washington DC to Martha Van Sant Hayes and John Keller Hayes. She was the first of three children and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. She attended Washington-Lee High School and was the first female member of the high school crew team, as coxswain. She attended the University of Virginia where she earned a BA in English Language & Literature in 1975 and a Masters in Education from the Curry School of Education in 1976. She continued her participation with the crew team at UVA. Mary Ruth was a member of the second class of female students admitted to the Julian Earl Wayland, Jr. University of Virginia, and she remained a Julian Earl Wayland, Jr., 87, of Lovettsville, proud alum of The University. Virginia, passed away on January 20, 2015. He was born on February, 11, 1927 in Carn- Mary Ruth began her career as a counselor
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A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with visitation from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m at St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Purcellville, VA. Burial will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at Lakeview Cemetery, Hamilton, VA.
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Dear Editor: uying the Dulles Greenway is a bad idea. The $1 billion cost would not add one square foot of asphalt, remove a single traffic light or do anything to relieve the traffic problems in Loudoun County. Instead it would merely shift part of the cost of using the Greenway from those who drive on it to those who don’t. I have a neighbor who regularly complains about the price of tolls. This gentleman drives a high-end BMW. If the $2,550 annual commuting fee of the Greenway is such a burden, perhaps he should have purchased a cheaper American car to offset toll fees. Instead, he and countless others would rather that all of us taxpayers share his costs of driving to work. At what point do we stop with this nonsense? I don’t like the cost of groceries at the store around the corner. Do I demand that the state purchase the corner grocery so
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I don’t have to drive five miles to the cheaper grocer? That is preposterous; however, it is exactly what some of our neighbors are advocating about the Greenway. The Greenway does indeed “work well.” The high cost of tolls keeps many drivers off the road. That means there are rarely any traffic jams on the Greenway. It’s a five-minute drive from Ashburn to Dulles, a trip that can take 25 minutes during rush hour using alternative routes. Here’s a lesson in basic economics—is your time worth the cost of the toll? There’s another thing, too. Loudoun County has a gross receipts tax. I don’t know if the Greenway is subject to that tax but if they are, the county is going to lose big bucks if the Greenway is purchased by the state. I’m tired of paying taxes for goods and services I don’t use. This isn’t even a case of taxing the rich to help the poor. It’s a case of taxing all of us so the guy with the BMW can save up for a Rolls Royce. Forget it. George Boras, Ashburn
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“I would be thrilled to have a brewer y across the street from me instead of the 28 houses that the county approved as par t of a ‘hamlet’ development—all jammed together within a few hundred feet of my driveway.” — Mar ty, Super visor s OK Rules For Farm Breweries
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Dear Editor: Today, we’re spending more on public education than ever before, but American students are falling behind in core subjects such as math and science. This is especially true among at-risk and special needs children in underperforming and failing schools. The solution to this is two-fold. First, we must continue to reform our public education system to provide better education at a lower cost to taxpayers. And second, we must create more opportunities and choice for students and parents. Del. Dave LaRock (R-33) has introduced HB 2238 that addresses this issue directly. Modeled after Arizona’s Education Savings Account, Virginia’s Parental Choice ESA’s would have 90 percent of the commonwealth’s education funding for a student deposited to a state managed savings account. The funds could then be used for educational purposes for eligible students. What’s left over can be saved for college. The remaining 10 percent and the local funding would remain with the local school. Specifically, this proposal would be targeted to children with special needs, foster children, and children of active-duty military personnel. These students would benefit most from the opportunity to create a custom-tailored education plan. This concept would save our local schools money, improve educational, access and opportunities for at-risk students and give parents and students greater control and more flexibility over their education. Matt Leeds, Berryville
checks for daycare employees from every three years to every year. I was pleased to see this bill reported to the full committee, and will update you on its status, and that of other daycare bills, in a later column. Within the Transportation Committee, I serve on a subcommittee that considered competing bills to regulate Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), like Uber and Lyft. Last week, we considered legislation that would create a new set of rules to allow these companies to operate in Virginia. Given the limited public transportation options in Loudoun County, I appreciate the convenience and innovation that TNCs provide. However, most consumers do not know that TNC drivers were not subjected to any regulation: Their drivers had no criminal or traffic background checks, the insurance policies that covered their personal vehicles did not cover their passengers if an accident were to take place during a TNC trip, and the TNCs could discriminate against the blind, elderly, minorities, or any individual or group without penalty. Last summer, relations between the TNCs and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) could not have been worse. Attempts by the DMV to impose basic consumer protections on the TNCs were essentially ignored, eventually prompting the DMV to order TNCs to stop operating in Virginia. Ultimately, the TNCs agreed to come to the table to negotiate. What followed is an example of how our political and legislative process could and should work. The DMV, TNCs, and representatives of dozens of interested groups—including police, insurance, local governments, advocates for the disabled and many more—all came together and created a new regulatory system that will protect consumers and still allow this innovative and convenient technology to thrive in Virginia. Among other requirements, drivers will have to complete background screenings, carry insurance that will cover their passengers if an accident occurs, and ensure that their vehicles are safe. The legislation implementing this negotiated solution passed out of our Transportation subcommittee last week and will be heading to the full Senate shortly. If it passes both houses of the General Assembly and is signed into law by Governor McAuliffe, Virginia will be only the third state (plus DC) to enact TNC legislation, and we will surely be a model for other states in the future. n
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Dear Editor: Thank you for choosing Dr. Strickland for the best veterinarian in Loudoun County. He is a great leader and somebody who can get the job done. I was a Cub Scout Webelo when I first met him, and he had a son who was also in my group. He would work all day at the veterinary office and then go straight to Cub Scouts. He even invited the scouts to his office and showed us all the cool gadgets he uses to save animals’ lives. He even let us visit the patients he was saving. Today, he has three sons in Boy Scouts. He also helps every other young man in Troop 711. He has been a merit badge counselor for numerous merit badges. Dr. Strickland continues to encourage many scouts in Troop 711. He is a humble man, who puts others before himself. You made the right choice in choosing Dr. Strickland. It is an honor to be in the same Boy Scout troop with him. Reagan Hall, Purcellville
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Dear Editor: I appreciate the Leesburg Today’s decision to run an article highlighting legislation I introduced last week to make Education Savings Accounts available for at-risk students in Virginia. Without a doubt, we need to throw an educational lifeline to students who need it most, especially those with special needs. Virginia is facing a crisis in that rapidly growing demand for special education services is stretching the abilities of our school system to the limit. While the Leesburg Today characterized Education Savings Accounts as “vouchers,” the fact is that they are very different—and much better. Vouchers are essentially an IOU—a written commitment from the government to pay for private school tuition. ESA’s are actual savings accounts with real dollars in them to be used by the parent on behalf of the student, and can be spent on a wide variety of educational expenses, including private school tuition but also including therapy, curriculum, tutoring, distance learning, and other educational tools. School choice options, including ESAs, are receiving strong support from Americans from all across the political spectrum. Just last week, Democratic polling firm Beck Research announced that 69 percent of Americans support school choice. School choice is popular for a simple reason: it works. Parents want options. They want to be trusted with the opportunity to make decisions about what’s best for their child’s education, and they should be. Education savings accounts will be a complement to our existing educational toolbox. It will help special needs children, foster children, and active duty military families. It will do this while saving taxpayer dollars, and it will result in higher per-pupil funding for kids that remain in public school as local district funding remains untouched while some children choose different options. ESAs are already showing great results in other states. Parents who use ESAs express an almost unheard-of 100 percent satisfaction rate, after many of them spent years struggling with their local districts. I have parents in my district who have shared with me just a little of the challenges they face helping their children. They’ve shared the anguish of watching their child cry, day after day, as they go to school at an environment that just isn’t working for them. They’ve had to watch their child suffer physically from health problems that schools can’t guard against, and they’ve told of the endless, costly struggles over the implementation of individual education plans. Our teachers are doing the best they can, but they are often overwhelmed. These kids need desperately need help, and this is a rare opportunity to help them. But the final test of any education program is not money spent, teachers employed, or parents satisfied; for education reforms to be
effective, they must result in academic improvement. And the results are in for school choice methods like ESAs—study after study shows positive results not just for the kids who participate, but also for the kids who remain behind in public school. Del. Dave LaRock (R-33), Hamilton
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e appreciated that advice Supervisor Williams gave Old 690 and other Limited Farm Breweries at the Jan. 21 board meeting, and supervisors’ requests for breweries to be respectful of their neighbors. We sincerely thank Supervisors York and Clarke for taking the time to visit our road to better understand our con-cerns. Chairman York’s comment that the board needed to be mindful of not only the brewery operators, but also neighbors saying, “you wouldn’t want parties next door every Friday and Saturday until 2 a.m.” was exactly right. We took a wait-and-see attitude after receiving the surprise information that a brewery was being built in the neighborhood. We were given the impression by the Old 690 owners that they would be making beer and selling it to local restaurants, not hav-ing large events, fundraisers and crowds every weekend, radically changing the whole environment of our neighborhood. We were not expecting the owners to allow cars be parked all the way out to the road, have big parties with neighbors’ homes less than 50 yards away from outdoor sound systems, and the noise of generators running large food trucks. We weren’t ex-pecting lighting that shines in a neighbor’s children’s bedroom keeping them awake at night. We want neighbors to be successful in their business en-deavors, but not at the detriment, safety, and well-being of our neighborhood. We moved onto our rural road for the peace and tranquility, which when Old 690 reopens, will no longer exist. We hope before Old 690 reopens that the owners and patrons better understand our concerns, instead of mocking them. Ashbury Church Road is a walking road, included in Rich Gil-lespie’s book, “Loudoun By Foot, ” and has families with young, homeschooled children who walk on the road daily. We ask pa-trons of Old 690 to vigilantly watch for pedestrians walking along our road. The road has seven blind turns, and over 60 percent is less than 1½ car widths. Depending on the weather and vehicle size, backing up is necessary to allow someone through. At times the road suffers from significant mud, deep rutting and wash-outs. Having had two head-on collisions at the Old 690 property location because of the narrow width and no line of sight, we fear for the safety of our families, new teen drivers, and also visitors. Patrons not familiar with the road seemed unware of the 35 mph speed limit. Patrons speeding in both directions, limo buses, and large delivery trucks going to Old 690 occupying the entire road forced drivers to pull over onto hazardous road space. We ask you to please drive more carefully. A neighbor followed two vehicles leaving Old 690 the day af-ter Thanksgiving. It was terrifying watching the SUV with children inside cross
the double yellow line on Hillsboro Road and repeat-edly almost go in the ditch before turning onto Ashleigh Road in Purcellville. A deadly accident is waiting to happen by speeders or those intoxicated on our road or exiting onto Hillsboro Road. We asked the board for the same zoning protections provid-ed to residences near B&Bs, inns, banquet/event facilities, tour-ism farms and commercial wineries, that must adhere to standards for road access, landscaping, parking, noise, lighting, and proper water and waste disposal. Although the board did not provide zoning parity, we hope the owners of Old 690 will continue to investigate alternate ac-cess. We hope they will provide screening like our closest winery, North Gate Vineyards, who have excellent entry points, natural screens and parking. Buffering is needed at the edge of the road, and between the portable toilet placed 75 feet from a home. And please ask patrons not to relieve themselves in the woods, as they can be seen. We ask owners to monitor their patrons’ quantity consumed, to avoid more trucks doing wheelies on a landowner’s farm, and discourage employees or patrons from shouting obscenities at neighbors while their children are present. We ask that business hours be set well after school buses are off our road, so children do not have to weave between cars going to Old 690. Social media posts about Old 690’s re-opening say “Epic crowds” and “A day of drinking is in order!” Please warn us before you have more weekend-long fundraisers, events with hundreds of visitors, or plans to block the road, so we can plan our week-ends, too. Our road has a rich history; former resident Valentine Purcell proposed a new road from “Purcell’s Store to Hillsborough” that became Rt. 690. Our road was made Rt. 718 in 1932. It was nev-er “Old 690,” and we would appreciate the owners not falsifying the road’s history in articles or blogs. We’ve received comments from friends and strangers saying it was insulting for a beer to be named “Angry Neighbor.” We hope Old 690, in the interest of “Being Good Neighbors,” considers changing the name. Finally, we’d like to thank the county staff for its support, and express relief hearing the sheriff’s office and Virginia ABC plan to keep close watch on Old 690 and brewery operations as they open. Our issues were never about restricting economic develop-ment, or being for or against breweries. They were always about ensuring the health, safety and welfare of our families—and yours. n Submitted as a compilation of excerpts from letters and public comments to the Board of Supervisors by Maura Walsh-Copeland, Charlie and Pam Altman, Anna and Hector Atkinson, Nancy East-man, Gloria and Brad Johnson, Jeff and Terri Pittinger, Kirby and Dyane Rice, Ann and Rick Sciambi, Joel Stonberg, and Darcy Swope.
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