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o pay for increased school costs in the next fiscal year, Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors might have to raise the real estate tax rate by as much as 6.5 cents, according to preliminary

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figures. After hearing that public school costs could go up by as much as $67.1 million in the budget year that begins July 1, some supervisors asked the county staff to run the numbers to see what an uptick of that magnitude would mean in terms of the real estate tax, the main generator of local revenue. Supervisors would have to raise the current tax rate by 5 cents, which would mean it would go from $1.155 per $100 of assessed value to $1.205 per $100. The Loudoun School Board also voted last month to ask the supervisors to refund $12.5 million that reverted to the county coffers in fiscal 2010. That money was taken to address a forecast county revenue shortfall that didn’t end up occurring. So now the School Board would like it back to help fill a deficit in its health care fund and postpone hikes in employees’ coverage costs until 2016. If the supervisors agree to that move and to cover the $67.1 million, the real estate tax rate would be in for a 6.5-cent increase, to $1.22 per $100 of valuation. That scenario seems unlikely, but supervisors said this week that they know they’re in for a rough budget season, with number-crunching and negotiating going on for the next five months or so. The projected equalized tax rate that has been targeted by county supervisors hoping to keep tax bills level for the election-year budget is $1.13. Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said last week it was too early to tell exactly what

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t the conclusion of the first two games of its Group 5A state championship match Saturday against Princess Anne, the Briar Woods volleyball team found itself trailing two

games to none and on the verge of losing in its first trip to the state finals. But the Falcons had been in this situation before—just a week earlier—when they trailed neighborhood rival Stone Bridge 2-0 in the 5A North Region final. As it did then, Briar Woods rallied and came all the way back to defeat Princess

Anne to claim their first Virginia state title at the Stuart C. Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. The Falcons (25-3) defeated the Cavaliers (30-3) by scores of 18-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-19 and 16-14.

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Other brewers are waiting for regulations to be in place before opening, but Old 690 began serving in August. Co-owner Mark Powell said last week that the county took so long to create regulations that he and his partners couldn’t afford to wait any longer for the brewery to generate revenue. But being in business also means that Old 690 is in violation of Loudoun zoning. The county issued a citation and Old 690 appealed that decision. The dispute is scheduled to come before the Board of Zoning Appeals Dec. 18. But because that hearing would be held before the full Board of Supervisors votes on brewery regulations, it was unclear last week what will happen to Old 690 if the BZA denies the appeal. At the same time the Transportation and Land Use Committee was meeting Friday, Gov. Terry McAuliffe was in Loudoun to announce plans for a $1 million hops processing plant on a 15-acre farm north of Lucketts. Black Hops Farm LLC’s operation would include the largest hops yard in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region’s first commercialscale hops production and processing facility. The facility will allow area farmers to begin growing hops—which must enter the drying process within hours of being harvested— on a larger scale. It likely would provide at least some hops for farm breweries in the county. n

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cials and the fire marshal’s office for guidance on the safety of buildings, but the entrepreneurs would not be required to do so. County staff members discussed imposing even more rules on farm breweries, but supervisors on the committee ended up not following those recommendations. Supervisor Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian), who chairs the panel, noted that allowing breweries in rural areas is a way to continue to promote agriculture in Loudoun. “We’re trying to give people viable ways to keep their land,” she said. Volpe also said more than once during Friday’s meeting that it’s only fair that farm wineries and farm breweries be treated similarly. “My question becomes: What is the difference between growing barley and growing grapes?” she said. Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) noted after the meeting that farm breweries would face scrutiny beyond that which comes from government regulators. For example, the operations would need insurance, Higgins said, and coverage won’t be extended if insurance companies aren’t pleased with brewery conditions. So, he said, that will be another safeguard for Loudoun residents if they’re concerned about the enterprises being good neighbors. One farm brewery is up and running in the county despite the fact that zoning rules haven’t been established. That’s Old 690 Brewing Co. in Hillsboro.

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oudoun County’s Board of Supervisors is slated to take up regulations allowing the operation of farm breweries again Jan. 21. The board’s Transportation and Land Use Committee voted 3-0-2 Friday to recommend zoning 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. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) and Supervisor Janet S. Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) were absent for the vote. Farm breweries are viewed as the next big thing in Loudoun agricultural circles following the success of farm wineries. The county’s Economic Development Department sees them as good for commerce, and Visit Loudoun figures they’ll draw tourists. But before the industry really gets going, county supervisors must approve rules for the businesses. Friday, they discussed a host of matters, including how much water the breweries might use, the businesses’ impact on wastewater systems, how to ensure safety at the sites and how the enterprises coexist with homes in rural areas. The supervisors decided that the breweries should be regulated like farm wineries, and that they should be on parcels of at least 10 acres. The county also would recommend that brewers contact code enforcement offi-

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by Loudoun County economic development grant funds. Jonathan Staples is the man behind Black Hops Farm. The Fredrick, MD, investor last year teamed up with Flying Dog brewmaster Matt Brophy to purchase the former Cirrus Vodka distillery in Richmond at auction. Reborn as the James River Ashburn Today/Norman K. Styer Distillery, the operation now Gov.Terry McAuliffe discusses the economic impact to be made the planned hops processing center by Jonathan Staples, right, makes Commonwealth Gin, which debuted in ABC stores 15-acre farm north of Lucketts. this summer. Norman K. Styer The operation will include the largest Speaking at Friday’s announcement, nstyer@leesburgtoday.com hops yard in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic Brophy said that as a brewmaster and distiller ov. Terry McAuliffe was in Lou- region’s first commercial-scale hops produc- he first looks to locally sourced ingredients for doun on Friday morning to tion and processing facility. his creations. James River uses organic VirThe Governor’s Agriculture and For- ginia corn for its gin, but the state—even the announce plans by Black Hops Farm LLC to establish a $1 mil- estry Industries Development Fund provided region—lacks a source for local hops. lion hops processing plant on a a $40,000 grant, an amount to be matched Continued on Page 17

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he Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding the driver of a dark-colored Honda Civic who is suspected of causing a serious crash on Rt. 7 Wednesday, Nov. 19. According to the report, a green or black two-door Honda Civic Si was being driven recklessly on Rt. 7 between Loudoun County Parkway and Sully Road at about 9:30 p.m. and caused another car to veer off the highway and roll over. Three occupants were injured and transported to hospitals for treatment of injuries described as non-life-threatening. The Honda also had neon green wheels and

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During the statewide campaign in 2013, police issued 1,134 safety belt citations, 225 child safety seat citations, 8,858 speeding tickets and 2,242 reckless driving citations. Also, 323 suspected DUI drivers were arrested and 22 juveniles were cited for underage drinking.

the home. The residents safely got out of the house before crews arrived. Investigators found materials from the nest ignited and the fire extended from the vent, setting a wooden deck above it on fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000. With a cold snap hitting the area, county firerescue leaders offer these safety tips: • Gas fireplaces should be serviced annually or based on manufacturer’s instructions. Not only can this reduce the likelihood of a fire but it can also improve efficiency. • Install outdoor vent covers to reduce the likelihood that a bird or other small animal will make a nest in venting systems. • Install carbon monoxide alarms in your home. • Never use a cooking appliance to heat the home. For more fire safety tips and safety information go to www.loudoun.gov/fire or call Public Information Manager Lisa Braun, at 571-2583222.

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fter helping secure another win for the Republicans in the competitive 10th Congressional District race three weeks ago, John Whitbeck is turning his attention to drumming up support for the party at the state level. Whitbeck, who’s served as chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republican Committee since 2012, has announced plans to run for chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. In an interview with Leesburg Today, Whitbeck said his hope is to bring the party together at the state level, something he said he and other Republican leaders have been able to do in the 10th District. He pointed to Barbara Comstock’s 16-point win over Democrat John Foust in the Nov. 4 run-off to replace longtime Republican Congressman Frank Wolf. “I think part of the reason that occurred, other than the fact that we had a great candidate, is the party was totally united behind her,” he said. After Comstock was tapped as the Republican nominee from a pool of six, most of the candidates turned around and volunteered for her campaign. “Uniting the party at the state level is one of the things I want to do,” Whitbeck added. “We haven’t had that for the last few years, and I think that will make us win again.” Last year, Democrats swept the commonwealth’s top three posts: governor, lieutenant

governor and attorney general. Whitbeck had an arguably easy job leading the party committee in a district that has been represented by Wolf—who became a practical shoo-in in the past several years—for three decades. But, in a letter posted to his website, johnwhitbeck.com, he touted his leadership as the majority of voters in the district supported Mitt Romney for president in 2012, Ken Cuccinelli for governor in 2013 and Ed Gillespie for U.S. Senate three weeks ago—even as Democrats in those races won the state. In the letter, Whitbeck said his priorities are to bring in new voters from groups that traditionally back Democrats and revamp fundraising efforts to make the party “an independent force in Virginia politics, no longer dependent on elected officials.” Whitbeck, an attorney who lives in Lansdowne, has made two bids for state offices. In the 2013 special election to succeed Democrat Mark Herring in the 33rd District Virginia Senate, he lost to Democrat Jennifer Wexton. In 2011, he ran for the 10th District House of Delegates seat, and lost in a GOP primary to current incumbent Del. Randy Minchew. Whitbeck is expected to face a challenge for the top RPV seat from Eric Herr, chairman of the Virginia’s 1st Congressional District Republican Committee and former U.S. Air Force colonel. Herr ran unsuccessfully for the Stafford County School Board in 2013. The Republican state central committee will select a chairman Jan. 31. n

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“There are licensure issues and we are concerned, so we want to bring this to the full board immediately,” Jeff Morse (Dulles), committee of the Loudoun who chairs the School Board’s Charter ComSchool Board is recommending mittee, said following the vote. that the Middleburg CommuSchool Board Vice Chairman Jill Turgeon nity Charter School be placed (Blue Ridge) and Brenda Sheridan (Sterling) on probation after it’s come to also sit on the committee. light that its principal does Asked in an interview not have a license to teach or Nov. 13 about why she was serve as an administrator in not licensed in Virginia, Virginia. Smith told Leesburg Today Principal Barbara Smith that she filed the paperwork was hired in May to lead the with VDOE shortly after she public elementary charter was hired in May and the school, the first of its kind status was still pending. in Northern Virginia. She is “Now, we’re just waitnot an employee of Louding. But there shouldn’t be a oun County Public Schools; problem,” she said. she serves under the charter Smith and David Quanschool’s board of directors. beck, chairman of the charPrincipal Barbara Smith But the contract between the ter’s board of directors, said School Board and charter they told School Board school states that the princimembers months ago that pal, as well as all teachers, guidance counselors her license status was pending. and librarians, must hold valid licenses from Smith most recently served as principal the Virginia Department of Education. of The William E. Doar Public Charter School The recommendation unanimously for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, adopted by the Charter Committee Monday for one year. She gained most of her teachnight advises the School Board to direct the ing and school administration experience in charter school to submit a written remedial plan. Canada. She holds a PhD. in curriculum, It also leaves the door open to suspend according to her Linkdin profile. payments to the school—Loudoun County The School Board is expected to take Public Schools gives the charter $11,700 per action on the matter at its Dec. 2 meeting. n student—and completely retract the contract.

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claimed Chapman is out of touch with his staff. Most troubling, Noble said, is a decline in selfinitiated arrests by deputies, meaning less is being done to get drunken drivers off the road and catch those violating drug and alcohol laws. He said arrests per capita are running flat in Loudoun, while other Northern Virginia jurisdictions are showing higher—and growing—arrest rates. “A foundation of public safety is keeping our families and our children safe; I don’t think we’re doing that right now,” Noble said. In addition to refocusing Sheriff’s Office operations on core law enforcement services to increase arrest rates, Noble said he wants to develop an agency framework that holds every decision to the highest legal, moral and ethical standards and to improve the department’s fiscal responsibility. Noble was critical of Chapman’s handling of the agency budget, which came under fire from

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irst-term Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman will face a challenge from within his own party—and from within his own agency—next year. Eric Noble announced Monday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the office. Noble retired Nov. 1 after a 27-year career with the Sheriff’s Office. In making his campaign announcement during the Loudoun County Republican Committee meeting, Noble said he has serious concerns about the current direction of the department. Noble was promoted to major after Chapman took office in January 2012 and served as the commander of the Administrative and Technical Services Division before being transferred to command of the Corrections and Court Services Division last year. Over the past three years, Noble said the agency has lost focus of its core missions, and he

they worked for an opponent’s campaign. The issue is an important one to agency workers who are not protected by the same employment policies governing other county workers. In effect, every job is open to reconsideration when a sheriff takes office. “I would never take the food off the table of an employee’s family,” Noble said, while acknowledging that some management restructuring could occur if he wins. Noble is a 1985 graduate of the University of Virginia and lives in Round Hill. He joined the Sheriff’s Office in 1987 and has held command positions in four of the agency’s five divisions. He also is a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy and a four-time Valor Award recipient. Chapman kicked off his re-election campaign in October with a fundraising event in Leesburg featuring Oliver North. n

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county supervisors in 2013 when it reported $3 million in cost overruns. Efforts to stay within budget since then have resulted in “egregious” staffing shortages in the field and at the county jail, he said. Noble also raised concerns that the agency’s top finance position went unfilled for nine months following the resignation of longtime budget officer Michelle Draper last year. Noble said his is seeking to challenge Chapman for the GOP nod because his philosophies are more closely aligned with the Republican Party. In 2011, Chapman won the nomination over Ron Speakman during a party convention. In that race, the four-term Republican incumbent, Stephen O. Simpson, opted to run as an independent. Chapman won by almost 10,000 votes. Noble also said that, if elected, no Sheriff’s Office employees would lose their jobs, even if

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oudoun resident Mark Levin used his nationally syndicated radio talk show to blast county Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg) last week on the air. Levin objected to Reid’s questioning whether his Lansdowne-based Landmark Legal Foundation should be included among a list of 21 community nonprofits proposed for real estate and personal property tax exemptions. The board held a public hearing on the exemption list Nov. 12 and agreed to continue discussion of the issue to its next meeting, Dec. 3. During the hearing, Reid asked whether the organization and other nonprofits that have sought tax exemption actually benefited Loudoun residents or were just based in the county. That set off Levin, who said on his Nov. 12 show that Reid “pretends to befriend me” and then had the audacity to question the foundation’s benefit to Loudoun. “Well, I’m going to announce here on the air,” Levin said, “they can stick their eightthousand dollar property tax bill because I’m not going to answer Mr. Reid or anybody else beyond what we have told them.” The Landmark Legal Foundation has since withdrawn its application for exemption, Reid confirmed Wednesday night. He also provided a written statement about the matter that said Loudoun Commissioner of Revenue Robert Wertz emailed all 21 nonprofits seeking exemptions to “better ascertain their ‘Loudoun focus.’” Reid wrote that he also had concerns about two other nonprofits on the list, “but their

application referenced specifically what they do for Loudoun.” So, he wrote that that means Landmark was not “singled out.” Reid noted that he called a lawyer at Landmark’s Kansas City, MO, office, and “had a good conversation. “I conveyed my steadfast appreciation for the work Landmark does and my appreciation for Mark Levin and his books and radio show. I gave my number and email to Mark in case he wished to get in touch with me.” News of Levin’s outrage was first reported on the right-leaning website The Bull Elephant by Brian Reynolds, who is active in Loudoun politics. Levin is president of the foundation, a 501(c)(3) with five employees in Loudoun. The organization sought a tax exemption for the office condo it owns, valued at $714,710, as well as for its personal property. The organization paid $8,979.85 in real estate and personal property taxes in 2013, and $8,607.11 in 2014. The county’s tax-exemption request form requires applicants to describe the services provided to Loudoun residents, as well as the extent to which those services directly benefit Loudoun residents and businesses. In response to the first question LLF Vice President Richard P. Hutchison wrote, “Landmark engages in public interest litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court as well as other federal and state courts and administrative agencies. In addition, Landmark educates the public about the appropriate roles of the government branches established by the Constitution.” In describing the direct benefits to Loudoun residents and businesses, the application stated: “While Landmark’s work is national in scope, the Constitutional principles and issues

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we defend benefit Loudoun County citizens directly.” The Board of Supervisors earlier this year lifted a longstanding moratorium on granting local tax exemptions to any organization. Supervisors agreed to consider applications for tax breaks up to a total 2014 limit of $5.25 million. There are 11 previously approved exempt nonprofits, with exemptions totaling $4.4 million. The largest of those are the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institutes ($2.8 million) and the Air Force Retired Officers Community/Falcon’s Landing ($1 million). Approving the 20 new requests aside from the Landmark Legal Foundation would add $230,181 in foregone tax revenue. Supervisors’ questions about an applicant’s benefit to local taxpayers already resulted in one application being denied. In September, the board denied the Wikimedia Foundation’s request for an exemption for the tax it pays on the servers at its Ashburn data center, totaling $76,000. In denying that request, supervisors said the Wikipedia parent did not provide services specifically to Loudoun residents as other applicants did. With the withdrawal of the Landmark appliction, the nonprofits proposed for tax-

exempt status are: • The Arc of Loudoun, • The Archaeological Conservancy, • Between The Hills Community Association Inc., • Birthright of Loudoun County, • Boulder Crest Retreat Foundation, • Christian Service Charities Inc., • Endependence Center of Northern Virginia Inc., • Equine Rescue League Foundation, • Home School Foundation, • Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute, • The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, • Loudoun Cares, • Loudoun Community Health Center, • Loudoun Habitat for Humanity, • Loudoun Therapeutic Riding Foundation Inc., • Margaret Paxton Memorial for Convalescent Children, • Northern Virginia Dental Clinic Inc., • The Sterling Playmakers, • The Unison Preservation Society Inc., and • Virginia Rides. n

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Loudoun County supervisors are slated to discuss the proposed Tuscarora Crossing project outside Leesburg again in January. Representatives of the developer gave the supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee an update on changes to their plans Friday, and committee members voted 2-1-2 to take up the matter again during a special meeting Jan. 14. The full Board of Supervisors could vote on the project a week later. Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) cast the sole dissenting vote, saying the meeting schedule didn’t provide enough time to properly consider the issue. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) and Supervisor Janet S. Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) were absent from the meeting. The rezoning application seeks to convert 250 acres of undeveloped industrial land into a mixed-use center with 576 homes and up to 1.5

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t least two Loudoun residents want county supervisors to reconsider the Nov. 5 decision to allow Loudoun Water to build a water tank on the south side of Red Hill Road and Stone School Lane. Ashley Ziviello and Rae Anderson Haselden said Friday they understand public water storage is necessary even though their homes are served by private wells. They just don’t want a 189-foot-tall, 1-million-gallon tank to be built across from where they live on Stone School Road. “We’re not a bunch of NIMBYs,” said Haselden, using the acronym for the phrase “Not In My Backyard.” She said the tank ought to be built at ground level, or even buried. “Underground is clearly the best solution,” she said. And Supervisor Janet S. Clarke (R-Blue Ridge), who represents the area, said Friday that she encouraged Loudoun Water to erect the towers at “tree height or below.” But the utility decided on the taller option, and asked the supervisors for approval to build two tanks. That plan was scrapped. But County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) proposed limiting the water storage to one tower, and his motion was approved. Now, Ziviello and Haselden want the supervisors to revisit the matter Dec. 3.

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million square feet of commercial space. In exchange for the rezoning, the developer has agreed to complete a laundry list of tasks, including building key sections of Crosstrail Boulevard and providing a 15-acre site that the county could use for a school or another public need. And Friday, the company’s representatives said the Crosstrail work would be done quicker than previously promised: Four lanes would be built before permits were issued for more than 289 of the 576 homes instead of before the permit for the 489th dwelling. Lawyer Colleen Gillis also told supervisors that the developer would donate $50,000 to build a playground at Frederick Douglass Elementary School. In addition to appearing before the committee, the developers’ representatives were expected to speak at Monday’s Leesburg Town Council meeting.

HILLSBORO AREA CONSERVATION EASEMENT FINDS SUPPORT

A Loudoun County supervisors’ committee agreed Friday to recommend accepting a conservation easement on more than 197 acres northwest of Hillsboro. Members of the Transportation and Land Use Committee voted 2-1-2 in favor of the easement, which would mandate that the land stay undeveloped in perpetuity. Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) was the sole dissenter. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) and Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) were absent from the vote. Delgaudio said he doesn’t believe that it’s the local government’s role to accept and monitor open-space easements. That should be left to groups that specialize in this task, such as the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a public organization created by the General Assembly. However, Supervisor Janet S. Clarke (R-Blue Ridge), who represents the area where the easement would be, said that preventing development of the tract makes financial sense for the county. More than 30 homes could be built there, she said, and those dwellings would require government services funded by taxes. Committee members also agreed to discuss the issue of conservation easements in general when the panel meets Jan. 16. More than 65,000 acres in Loudoun are

protected by conservation easements. The county holds some of the easements, and others are overseen by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation or private land trusts.

FIVE NEW STAFFERS NEEDED FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

A Loudoun Board of Supervisors’ committee last week recommended hiring five county staffers to handle an increase in work related to transportation projects. The board’s finance panel voted 4-0-1 to add three full-time jobs in the Department of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure and voted 3-1-1 in favor of two full-time positions in the Department of Management and Financial Services. Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg) voted against the Management and Financial Services slots, and County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) was absent from the committee meeting. The supervisors also discussed adding a lawyer in the county attorney’s office, but that measure failed in a deadlocked 2-2-1 vote. Board Vice Chairman Shawn M. Williams (R-Broad Run) and Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) were in favor, and Reid and Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) were opposed. Letourneau said that recently hired County Attorney Leo P. Rogers should be given time to evaluate his staffing needs before the board decides to hire another lawyer. Rogers’ first day was Monday.

COMMITTEE URGES FEE WAIVER FOR DISABLED VETERAN’S HOME

The Board of Supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee Friday recommended that fees associated with the construction of a house for a disabled Iraq veteran be waived. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation requested the waiver. The Staten Island, NY-based nonprofit is building the home for Marine Cpl. Ronny Porta, who was severely injured while serving in 2007. The house is on Quarter Branch Road outside Lovettsville, and the fees for the construction permits total $5,540. Committee members voted 3-0-2 for the waiver. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) and Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) were absent for the vote. n

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he Northern Virginia Transportation Authority has received ratings from the three major bond-rating houses as it prepares for its first sale of bonds. The agency’s credit-worthiness received ratings of “AA+” from Fitch, “Aa1” from Moody’s and “AA+” from Standard & Poor’s, with a “stable outlook” from each rating agency. The ratings came as the authority planned to issue revenue bonds totaling $69 million. “We are pleased,” said Marty Nohe, a Prince William County supervisor and chairman of the regional transportation authority. “These ratings pave the way for the authority to continue to advance regional projects as quickly as possible, at low interest rates, achieving real

congestion relief in Northern Virginia.” The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority was created by the General Assembly in 2002, but remained a planning body until enactment of provisions of the state government’s 2013 transportation-funding overhaul. Member jurisdictions include Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. In its analysis of the authority’s creditworthiness, Moody’s analyst said there was “the expectation that the authority’s economic base will remain strong.” Fitch’s analyst noted the “strong financial and debt-management practices demonstrated by the state and local governments represented on the NVTA board.”

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also served as Virginia’s deputy secretary of transportation during Gov. Tim Kaine’s administration. An avid conservationist and environmental impact advocate, he serves on a number of boards, including the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Land Trust of Virginia and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters. Previous winners of the Heritage Hero Award included Sen. John Warner, Karen Hughes White, Janet Whitehouse, Hope Porter, Linda Newton, Robert H. Smith, Su Webb, Lori Kimball, Bob Sinclair, Robert Lee, Walter Nicklin, John Fishback, Mary Fishback and Mitch Diamond. Blake and Kasprowicz will be honored during an awards ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 9 at the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.mosbyheritagearea.org. n

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he Mosby Heritage Area Association has selected two individuals to receive the organization’s annual Heritage Hero Award. This year’s honorees are David Blake and Scott Kasprowicz. The Heritage Hero award is given to individuals or groups who aid in the preservation and conservation of the Mosby Heritage Area. Blake is the owner of 550-acre Buckland Farm. He has been active with the Buckland Preservation Society for 15 years, serving as president and now as chairman. He was the 2007 recipient of the Stewardship Story award from the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a national organization promoting stewardship through preservation. Kasprowicz serves as chairman and CEO of ADR Software, LLC, is a co-founder of NuRide Inc. and serves as executive vice chairman of AVX Aircraft Company. He

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o aid organizations wrestling to keep pace with increasing community need, the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Friday made a special round of grants to help out during the holiday season—and in hopes that others would dig deeper to make donations as well. “We hope this gift will encourage others to step up and give to these worthy organizations during this holiday season and throughout the year,” Foundation Executive Director J. Hamilton Lambert said. “The foundation believes it’s important to support Loudoun’s neediest residents, particularly when times are tough.” The foundation stepped outside its normal grant funding cycle to provide Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter and Loudoun Free Clinic with $70,000 in unexpected year-end funding. Loudoun Interfaith Relief received $30,000. LAWS and the Loudoun Free Clinic each received $20,000. Foundation trustees decided to make the special grants after learning of the increased commu-

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and music will be provided by the Loudoun County High School Chamber Choir. The names of those honored are recorded in the Book of Remembrance that is kept in the hospital atrium. The project raises funds for nursing scholarships for those who live and/or work in Loudoun. In May 2014, the Ladies Board awarded 65 nursing scholarships totaling $112,000. Donation forms also may be found in the atrium next to the Book of Remembrance, the emergency departments at both the Lansdowne and the Cornwall campus, the Twice is Nice thrift shop in Leesburg and online at www. LadiesBoard.org. n

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he Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital has opened its 2014 Lights of Love nursing scholarship campaign. Through the program, individuals can commemorate their loved ones by purchasing a light for the Christmas tree at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne. Donors are invited to purchase a light in honor of a living person or in memory of a family member or friend who has died during this past year. The tree will be lighted during a community ceremony Sunday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. in the atrium at the hospital. During the ceremony, the names of those honored or memorialized will be read aloud

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ore than a year after former Leesburg Restaurant owner Michael O’Connor closed up shop for renovations, he’s ready to welcome customers back to the town landmark. “If you’re going to do things right, it takes time. We knew going into this there were going to be a lot of changes and a lot of work to do,” O’Connor said. “You can’t just take a 200-year-old building and spray-paint it. We’ve done this the right way, and we’ve done it without changing too much of it while keeping the Leesburg feel.” O’Connor wasn’t ready to announce an opening date last week—he still needs to secure a few permits—but service could begin as early as this weekend. Work at the restaurant, located at 9 S. King St., included fundamentally doubling the dining space, overhauling three bathrooms, modernizing equipment and upgrading the electric, lighting and ventilation systems. While bringing the building up to modern standards, O’Connor wanted to keep a few traditions alive. The same booths, tables and chairs have been refinished, the “booth graffiti” from past visitors is still visible in the wood furniture and the well-known “power table” that hosted the daily powwow of the town’s business and political leaders hasn’t changed—except for a leather chair specifically designated for longtime friend Stanley Caulkins. “This place has had a tradition of being a neighborhood place, and I’ve tried to keep that,” O’Connor said in an interview last week, during which several passers-by popped in to get a preview of the new space. “You try to keep the heri-

tage but move forward a bit, because you don’t want to be stale…I really like Leesburg, and as a family we’ve made a big commitment to Leesburg. And if we were going to do this, we were going to do it right. There’s no other way to do it.” The home-style menu will change little, and O’Connor quipped that the famed peanut soup will return to “keep the entire population of Virginia at bay.” He said the first thing he’ll try is a milkshake, another favorite of Leesburg Restaurant faithful. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served Ashburn Today/Mike Stancik every day, and cus- After a yearlong renovation, Leesburg businessman Michael O’Connor plans to open the doors of King Street’s iconic Leesburg tomers can expect Diner as early as this week. to see familiar faces from O’Connor’s integral part of what happens in Leesburg on First in the country, and there’s a lot of excitement Palio’s Ristorante Italiano, where several original Fridays.” regarding the new ventures. There’s been a little staff members worked during renovations. It’s been a longer journey than expected, but struggle with that change, but the Town Council An additional seating area, which used to O’Connor is glad to bring the business back to life and county board have been very supportive of be kitchen space, includes an electric fireplace, downtown. O’Connor believes Leesburg is “on the the proposed changes that have (taken place) and artwork and a space for live entertainment. cusp of really morphing rather than changing” will take place. All boats rise when a tide comes in, “You can’t be an Irishman and not play in terms of bringing more business into the ever- and as far as I’m concerned, the more business you music every once in a while,” said O’Connor, a growing town. That sentiment has been a focus in bring into town, the better it is for everyone.” Chicago native. “I’m not sure as to how often, recent town elections. More information can be found at www. but there will be some. We’ll hopefully be an “We’re recognized as one of the top towns facebook.com/TheLeesburgDiner. n

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to become a newspaper cartoonist, leading to his later success as an author and comic artist. Jeff Kinney said his passion started with his father’s love of comics in the 1950s. “I loved newspaper comics, so I created a character myself in college,” he said. “Igdoof” was a baldheaded cartoon character that stemmed from the earliest newspaper cartoon, The Yellow Kid, created in 1893. In his efforts to become a newspaper cartoonist, Kinney wrote to Lincoln Pierce, creator of “Big Nate,” only to get comments on what he was doing wrong. After completing his studies at the University of Maryland, Kinney spent three years sending submission packages to everyone he could think of, without success. “I had to give up my dream of being a newspaper cartoonist—for one, I couldn’t draw well enough … I couldn’t get there,” he said. In a big sketchbook he wrote down all the ideas and cartoons he’d had as a kid and many of those recollections eventually made their way into the “Wimpy Kid” books. “It took me four years to fill out that sketchbook, and four more years to write my first book,” he told the students. He printed out the first 12 pages and took them to New York, where publishers issued more rejections— except one who agreed to look at the first page. This time the reaction was, “This is exactly what we’re looking for.” And that was that. “Diary of A Wimpy Kid” first ran online, then in print in 2006. Today, Kinney’s books are read by millions around the globe and movies have been made from the books. During the past 11 years, he created a

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hard choices he and his colleagues will need to make. But, he said, “I think we’re going to have a tough year.” And Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) noted that while some possible expenditures are coming into focus, the revenue picture isn’t clear yet. However, he said that negotiations for the next fiscal year’s budget could be the most agonizing that the seven first-term supervisors have seen in their time in office. “There’s no doubt that it’s going to be a challenge,” Buona said. And Board Vice Chairman Shawn M. Williams (R-Broad Run) said that while it’s good to get an early look at budget figures, the downside is that those are only projections. “So it’s hard to say how real they are,” he said Thursday.

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Ellison also combined with senior Lauren Mooney for a pair of blocks that got the Falcons back on track. Ellison finished the match with a team-high eight blocks, while Mooney added six. “We always try to put up a double block and our middles [Mooney and junior Riley Garrison, who had seven blocks] did an amazing job of closing and reading what the setter was going to do,” Hermes said. “Teams always tell us [Mooney] touches everything. She’s done a really good job all season doing that and it really paid off tonight.” Briar Woods moved out to a 7-3 lead in the deciding fifth game and held a 13-11 lead before Toben had three straight kills to give the Cavaliers a 14-13 lead and reach match point. But Twitty responded by recording three consecutive kills to give the Falcons the match and the state title. “When it was 11-7, I thought we had it,” Twitty said of the final game. “Then when they tied it at 13, I knew they were a great team and never going to quit. But I had confidence in my teammates.” The only losses all season for Briar Woods came to Loudoun County, James Wood and Stone Bridge. Loudoun County won its seventh state championship in the past eight seasons by defeating James Wood in the Group 4A final Saturday, and Stone Bridge has reached the 5A state semifinals in five consecutive seasons (twice falling in the finals).

The success by all of the Loudoun teams— Broad Run reached the 5A semifinals last season—is not lost on Hermes. “Having such a competitive area, you’re always getting better because you’re playing competitive teams,” Hermes said. “You can never overlook somebody, because every single match is important. It helps us in the long run having those tough [opponents] game after game after game.” For Twitty, van der Biezen and Hermes, the victory was a fitting culmination to the season. “Loudoun County and Stone Bridge had set the standard,” Twitty said. “We wanted that to be us this year. It gave us a goal at the beginning of the season to work for.” “Every sport goes in cycles,” van der Biezen said. “We figured this is our year to shine, the year to go to states. We wanted to make history at our school.” “When we came in after making cuts and watched our first practice [in August], we knew we could do this,” Hermes said. “They came on the court ready to go. We made adjustments all season long to make sure we weren’t peaking. We wanted to peak tonight and I think that’s exactly what happened. Sets 3, 4 and 5, you saw the best team we could be. The dedication and mental toughness the girls showed tonight, we cannot be more excited and proud of them. They definitely earned this and deserved it.” n

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ounty supervisors may give the School Board more control to purchase land, a change intended to save time and money when building new schools. The recommendation to return control of appropriations for land purchases to the school system is one of a package of policy changes suggested by the Joint Board of Supervisors/ School Board Committee. The recommendations are the result of the panel’s yearlong study on how to consolidate operations and build efficiencies between the two governing bodies. Right now, the School Board must first go to the Board of Supervisors to request money to purchase property. That step was added to the land acquisition process about 10 years

ago, according to School Board member Jeff Morse (Dulles), who helped lead the study as co-chairman of the Joint Board of Supervisors/ School Board Committee. “This returns the authority for purchasing land to us, as opposed to now going over to the supervisors and asking permission to acquire land,” Morse said. Checks and balances would remain in the land acquisition process, he added. For example, the Board of Supervisors could refuse to issue a commission permit if it did not agree with the School Board’s decision to buy a particular property. “They have not given up any of their authorities,” Morse said. “What they’re doing is streamlining the process.” The School Board unanimously endorsed the change and two other joint committee recommendations during its Nov. 11 meeting.

Another change would encourage the county government and school system to work together to allow more schools and general government facilities to be developed “by-right, with performance standards,” as opposed to undergoing a full special exception review process. Special exception requires construction applications to undergo reviews and public hearings by both the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. “The special exception process costs a significant amount of time, staff time and therefore funding,” Morse said. The final recommended change encourages the county and school system to “maintain current process and resources, but further facilitate improved communication and understanding between staffs, school board members and county supervisors on potential and proposed sites.”

The Board of Supervisors adopted two of the three recommended changes, but sent the change regarding appropriations for land purchases to its finance committee for further review. Supervisor Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn), chairman of that committee and co-chairman of the Joint Board of Supervisors/School Board Committee, said he and several supervisors support the idea of returning that control to the School Board but wanted to provide a chance for more discussion. “I think it’s an act of good faith between the two boards,” he said. “I think schools need to be able to deal with land on their own.” And, he noted, in an extreme circumstance supervisors have the ability to choose to not issue a commission permit. “Although, I don’t see that happening.” n

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obots, roller coasters and remote control cars rolled through the hallways and classrooms of J. Michael Lunsford Middle School Friday as part of the school’s second annual STEM Day. Students heard from professionals in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, including representatives from NASA, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Fairfax County Urban Search & Rescue and Sprout Therapeutic Riding Center. Eighth-grader Shreya Kurdukar and seventh-grader Jai Kumar teamed up to offer a presentation of their own

that inspired their peers to come up with the next big invention. “Think about an everyday problem that you have, and then think about how to solve it,” Shreya told a classroom of students. “No idea is a bad idea,” Jai added. The two hailed STEM Day as a chance to show students how what they’re learning in the classroom can help shape the world in the future. “It’s fun to see all the different careers that science can lead to and all the cool stuff you can do,” Jai said. The school’s STEM Day correlated with American Education Week, which was celebrated in various ways last week throughout Loudoun County’s schools. This year’s theme was “Raise Your Hand for Student Success.” n

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Nicolas Rossamo, left, and Lucas Munsell got a lesson in aerodynamics under the leadership of Boeing engineers during J. Michael Lunsford Middle School’s STEM Day on Friday.

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permanent tribute to Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III will hang in the foyer of Loudoun County High School, his alma mater. A large plaque was unveiled during a short ceremony in the school’s foyer last Wednesday to honor Hatrick, who retired in June after leading Loudoun County Public Schools for 23 years. When a heavy felt blanket was lifted to reveal the plaque, Hatrick was speechless for several seconds until he finally whispered, “Oh my goodness… Wow.” Then he quoted his former teacher Fritz

Scholz, who served on the committee that made the honor possible: “I don’t know many people who get their tombstone before they die,” he said with a laugh. “Well, my tombstone won’t be as good as this.” Engraved on the plaque is Hatrick’s tenure at Loudoun County High School, starting from when he was a student (1958-1963), and continuing to when he was a teacher (1967-1970), principal (1975-1978) and later superintendent (1991-2014). The committee that oversaw and paid for the plaque’s creation was made up of Hatrick’s former classmates, former teachers and former colleagues. “Planning for this started about a year ago,” said Rhod Wood, retired Loudoun County

teacher. “We wanted something permanent to recognize someone who has dedicated his entire career to public education in Loudoun County.” Hatrick said that, over the past six months, he’s felt like he was getting credit for the accomplishments of so many others, including those on the committee and those gathered at the ceremony. “Because the fact of the matter is, who I became, what I was able to do, was a direct result of the experience I had in this school.” n Edgar B. Hatrick III, who served as superintendent of Loudoun County’s schools for 23 years before retiring in June, thanks those who made a plaque honoring his work in the county possible. Ashburn Today/Danielle Nadler

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from osteoporosis and cannot play physical, contact sports. “But instead of being upset or depressed, she discovered music—the trumpet,” Kinney said, as he invited Butterfield to perform a rendition of “Old McDonald Had a Farm.” Incidentally, Katie is the great-great granddaughter of Billy Butterfield, who played trumpet with Louis Armstrong. Kinney then called up Spencer Tarbet and Spencer Bergman, students at Harmony Middle School. The boys’ story made national news this summer after their Round Hill lemonade stand was robbed by a man who asked them for change for a $20 dollar bill, then scooped all the money out of their till. “It was not a good day for us … a man came up and took our money; we were really

upset,” said Tarbet, who was trying to raise money for Scout camp. Bergman was trying to raise $500 to buy a Highland Westie named Coconut. Although they never got their original takings back, the incident turned out well anyway. When Kinney heard about the theft from Tarbet, a student at Shamrock, he contributed money to get them going again and allowed them to set up shop outside Shamrock. As evidence of a happy ending, Coconut appeared on stage, held in Bergman’s arms and surveying the crowd of kids with a dubious eye. Before Jeff Kinney left the building, on his way for a repeat performance at Harmony, he said one unexpected benefit of his work is that “I like to hear kids are turned on to reading, and that because of my books they’ve taken a step to becoming lifelong readers.” n

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High school students talented in the disciplines of guitar, theater, visual arts and voice are invited to apply for PAVAN Governor’s School for the Arts. The governor’s school is a free but rigorous, two-week summer education program. Acceptance is merit-based, and all students must audition Feb. 28. Students currently in eighth through 11th grade—including homeschooled and private school students—who live in Loudoun or Frederick counties are eligible to apply. The application can be found at www.pavanw.org and must be submitted by Jan. 16. For more information, contact PAVAN Director AJ Rudnick at pavangsa@gmail.com, or at 703-879-8379. n

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George Washington University’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus, Northern Virginia Community College and Virginia Tech’s Research Center. Tosin Adetoro, Loudoun’s STEM Education Coordinator for SySTEMic Solutions at NVCC, shared that the college received the 2014 Governor’s Award for Science Innovation. This school year, the college is sponsoring and providing robotics equipment to 15 Loudoun schools. More than two dozen Ashby Ponds residents are part of the STEM group. Most members have spent their careers working in one or more STEM-related occupations and volunteer to talk about aspects of their work at the group’s monthly meetings.

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The layout of the store has hardly changed in anyone’s memory—Ken still sits perched hile Loudin his cubbyhole in the rear— oun County is the paint is still mixed in the steeped in hissame place at the back and shoptory, most busipers can browse the inventory nesses are relaat leisure—snow shovels, tools, tively new. Some may go back to the household supplies, fishing first growth spurt in 1960, but more gear, sleds, gardening supplies, likely they’ve formed in the past window screens, kitchen ware quarter century. Few are heritage and cutlery, the list goes on. businesses that go back generations. For its many fans, Nichols One of those will celebrate a Hardware is the perfect hardcentury of work next month. Nichware store. Its contributions ols Hardware in Purcellville made are well depicted in the movie its first deposit in early Decemmade by Huntington, her husber, 1914 and owner Ken Nichols band—writer and editor Drew plans to commemorate the birthday Babb—and videographer Peter Dec. 14. And some downtown merBuck: “Nichols: The Last Hardchants are planning a special tribute ware Store,” produced by The in honor of their North 21st Street Lincoln Studios. Huntington has neighbor. photographed Nichols and its The family-owned business employees over a 20-year period, and its employees—most longtime and “we felt we had to make the staffers at the iconic North 21st movie,” she said before the DVD Street building—will be honored Sarah Huntington debuted in 2011 to wide acclaim. with a float in Purcellville’s Dec. 13 Nichols trademark drawers line the back wall from floor to ceiling, with contents of each box affixed to the front. Copies of the movie will be for Christmas parade. The float will be sale at Nichols Dec. 13. decorated with photographs of the Children, now grown, recall their first Dec. 13. Former Secretary of State Madeline The closing segment of store’s floor-to-ceiling wooden drawers behind Albright and former Washington Redskins tight trips to Nichols with their parents and as each the film includes the comment by its makers a long counter that will be familiar to customers, end Chris Cooley are among the store’s celebrity generation succeeds the earlier one, new fans back in 2011: “We do hope that Ken makes it to as well as the desk where Yvonne Lickey makes regulars. of Nichols and its particular style of shopping 100”—a wish that Huntington is happy to see out the business’ hand-written bills. “Nichols Hardware—to be in the same come forward. realized. Business patriarch Ken Nichols will ride family and location for 100 years—that’s a rarity, Oaks says he routinely sends visitors to his The store will remain open during the in the parade separately with Mr. Print owner and needs to be celebrated,” Oaks said last week. consignment store over the street to the store, parade, although some off-duty employees may Nolan Barzee in his horse-drawn carriage. The Nichols family has been a leading which is almost like a living museum to them. ride on the float. Many on the staff have worked Plans also call for a 4-foot high birthday force in the town’s business community from “They love it; they come back and tell me ‘I’ve at the store for decades. Along with Nichols card to be circulated so supporters can sign it. the inception of the store. The business has never been in a hardware store like that,’” Oaks himself—who has worked in the family busiAfter the parade, a cake-powered celebra- survived fires, recession and personal tragedy said. ness since he was a teenager—long-term staff tion is planned in the Nichols parking lot, with in the Nichols family, but it has survived triA new visitor to the store, Fred Kerby, of members are headed by Yvonne Lickey, folformer state senator Charles L. Waddell leading umphantly. Generations of Loudouners have Fredericksburg, thought he’d died and gone to lowed by Hugh Edmonds and Jerry Lickey, all the crowd in singing Happy Birthday. Mayor shopped there, happily treading the wooden heaven two weeks ago when he accompanied a with 40 years or more; Rick Barton, Lee Jacobs Kwasi Fraser will be on hand, as will Supervisor floors and wandering the crowded aisles. The friend to Nichols to pick up some supplies with and Frank Myers, 25 years, and Glen Harwood, Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge), along with Town late Ted Nichols, store co-owner and nephew which to make a table out of a large section of 20 years. Other employees include John Janney, Council members, Town Manager Robert W. of Ken Nichols, once claimed the inventory an old pecan tree. Landon Warner, Terry Hesket, Chris Jacobs Lohr Jr. and other town staff. Now retired, Kerby loves being a plumber, (Lee Jacob’s grandson), Mark Corrigan, Larry contained 20,000 items. The ringleaders of the tribute group are At Nichols, you won’t find items neatly carpenter and electrician around the home. Ballard and John Fried, who joined the business photographer Sarah Huntington, ReLove It sorted by department or classification as in a Fredericksburg once had a hardware store simi- a couple of months ago. Longtime employee Pat Consignment co-store owners Michael Oaks chain store. And that’s its charm. Instead, you lar to Nichols—so Kerby was delighted to find Smale left the company two years ago. and Kim Patterson and Barzee, along with may find the rat poison or weed killer close by Nichols. Discovering its treasures, he apologetiFor more information on the Dec. 13 float designer Lori Connelly-DeFranco. They’ve the fertilizer. Or, one year this writer noted a cally left his friend in the car, while he spent 45 event, email Sarah@sarahhuntington.com or received widespread support for the project, feather duster next to the cans of paint. It’s like minutes with Ken Nichols looking for all the reloveit@aol.com. n and they’re still working to contact longtime going on your own personal treasure hunt— various supplies he would need. “That was Nichols fans to make sure they can be on hand and the rewards are just as exciting. wonderful, I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

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Business In Brief • The catering division of Cookology at the Dulles Town Center in Sterling has partnered with other chefs, caterers and restaurants in the Washington metro area to roll out farm-fresh catering menus. The partnerships include deals with former White House Chef Patrick Gassion, The Blues BBQ Co., Bluewater Kitchen and Yummers Kitchen. The new menus include choices ranging from Indian cuisine and barbecue to meatless and/or vegan options. Gassion will work with Cookology on using fresh and organic ingredients to roll out

a Thanksgiving meal menu as well as gourmet breakfasts and lunches over the holidays. A native of France, he has served in several U.S. embassies, five-star hotels and restaurants from London to Washington, DC, for more than 15 years. • The Compounding Center in Leesburg— the largest compounding pharmacy in Northern Virginia and in the Washington, DC, area and the only compounding pharmacy in the area to be accredited by the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board for sterile and non-sterile compounding—is featured in the November issue of Pharmacy Today. The

profile explains the dynamics of compounding and how the community institution has evolved since it first opened as the Leesburg Pharmacy in 1976. It also showcases Cheri Garvin, who serves as the company’s president and CEO and sits on the advisory board for the Professional Compounding Centers of America. Pharmacy Today is the monthly patient-care services magazine of the American Pharmacists Association, the oldest and largest national group of pharmacists. • An Orbital Sciences Corp. team was recognized by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey with an award for its work building

the U.S.’ most advanced land surface mapping satellite, Landsat 8. The 2014 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing was presented Nov. 18 in Denver during the 19th William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium. Orbital designed, built and tested Landsat 8 under a contract from NASA’s Goddard Center at the company’s Gilbert, AZ, manufacturing facility. Landsat 8, known as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission when launched in February 2013, provides frequent global medium-resolution data for science and applications. The Pecora Award was established Continued on Next Page

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• The Loudoun County Small Business Development Center will offer a Start Your Business seminar Thursday, Dec. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church St. SE in Leesburg. Ruth Cope 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 by small businesses. The seminar fee is $10 for registration at LoudounSBDC.eventbrite.com, or $15 at the door.

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• LearningRx Leesburg owners Don and Lian Hollenbeck are offering a discount for military families and a $111 donation to SemperMax when customers graduate from one of their brain-training courses. The discount is offered through Sunday. The Hollenbecks both grew up in military families. They say their customized cognitive skills training is appropriate for wounded soldiers with TBI or dependents who are students and struggling at any grade. For more information, call 571-465-2277 or go to learningrx.com/leesburg/.

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Annual Meeting January 29th, 8 - 10 a.m. The National Conference Center

lease join the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce for the debut event in the Chamber’s 2015 PolicyMaker Series, when the Chairmen of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and its standing committees detail their priorities for 2015 and how these plans will impact the business climate and quality of life here in our community. The 2015 Board of Supervisors Breakfast will be held on January 23, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Belmont Country Club in Ashburn.

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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!

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

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• Tetra Partnerships is the broker for the sale of 20 acres of vacant commercial land along Hirst Road in Purcellville. Formerly owned by the late Branco Stupar, the land is being sold by Stupar’s daughter Marlys Rixie, who previously planned to sell it to The Franklin Johnston Group for its proposed Catoctin Creek Towne Center apartments and entertainment complex. That project was withdrawn earlier this year in the face of neighborhood opposition, and the property is back on the market. The densely wooded tract has frontage on both Hirst Road and Maple Avenue. The property is zoned CM1, allowing light industrial and mixed commercial uses. Call 703-796-1800.

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• Eric Byrd, of Pitch for Success, is offering a full-day Find Your Perfect Client workshop Dec. 4 at the George Mason Enterprise Center in Leesburg. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will focus on ways to identify the perfect client profile for business owners and create core value messages to improve marketing and sales. Business owners can register online at pitchforsuccess.com or by calling 571-207-7079.

he Loudoun County Chamber announced the winners of the Entrepreneur and Small Business of the Year, as well as the seven industry categories at the 20th Annual Small Business Awards, which was held Friday, November 7th at the National Conference Center. “I salute all of our 2014 Loudoun County Small Business Award honorees. Just to be selected as a finalist is a tremendous honor, as these companies were judged by their peers to be among the ‘best of the best’ small businesses and entrepreneurs in our community. For those that took home top honors, I congratulate you for your achievement and for your commitment to business excellence, superior customer service and commitment to our Loudoun County community,” said Tony Howard, President & CEO. * Indicate winners

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• The Washington Airports Task Force on Nov. 17 honored John Pistole, the Transportation Security Administration’s longest serving administrator, with the 2014 Williams Trophy for transforming TSA into a riskbased, intelligence-driven counterterrorism agency. Pistole oversees a workforce of 60,000, the screening and other security operations at more than 450 airports throughout the country, the federal air marshal service, and, in cooperation with state and local partners, the security of the nation’s highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems, and pipelines. He was credited from shifting the agency away from a one-size-fits-all aviation-security approach to a risk-based paradigm, allowing the TSA to reduce its budget by $500 million in three years, to reduce the number of security officers by 7 percent, and to trim the number of airport security directors from 120 to 81. The Williams Trophy is awarded annually to recognize those whose leadership, vision and dedication in the application of aviation or space has enriched the quality of life on earth.

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in 1974 to honor the memory of a former USGS director and Interior undersecretary, William T. Pecora, who was influential in the establishment of the Landsat satellite program, which created the longest continuous record of Earth’s land areas, spanning a period of more than 40 years. This is the second time in the past 15 years that an Orbital-built remote-sensing satellite has been recognized with the Pecora Award. The OrbView-2/SeaStar spacecraft received the award in 1999.

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Broad Run lineman Jack Hawkins celebrates his defense’s final stand to keep Briar Woods from converting a two-point conversion to tie the game with less than 20 seconds remaining in the game Friday.

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hen the Broad Run football team plays a neighborhood rival in the second round of the Virginia High School League playoffs, do not bet against the Spartans. For the second straight year, fourthseeded Broad Run defeated an Ashburn team in the playoffs as the host Spartans broke up a two-point conversion pass with less than a minute to play and held on for a 17-15 victory over visiting No. 5 Briar Woods in a Group 5A North Region quarterfinal contest Friday in Ashburn.

“I’m excited for our kids,” Broad Run head coach Matt Griffis said. “I told our coaches and I told my wife, I just wanted it so bad for these kids. They’re a hard-working group of young men. They’ve really persevered and stepped up and they did what it took to win. I’m really proud of them.” Broad Run (9-3) advanced to meet topseeded Tuscarora (12-0), a 42-14 winner over No. 8 Wakefield Friday, in the region semifinals. That contest will be Friday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m. at Tuscarora. The Huskies defeated the Spartans, 35-28, Oct. 10 in Leesburg. Senior quarterback Brady Reitzel completed 9-of-18 passes for 205 yards with a touchdown and an interception to lead the Spartans. Junior Clyde Bryson led the rushing

attack with 34 yards and a touchdown on three carries and added a 73-yard reception. Senior Jake Maffe completed 8-of-12 passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns with an interception to lead Briar Woods (8-4), which had won 20 of its last 21 playoff games, including a 37-34 double overtime victory against Broad Run in the region semifinals last November. Sophomore Ben Maffe had 81 yards rushing on 16 carries to pace the Falcon ground game, while senior Dillon Blevins added 62 yards. Last season, Broad Run scored in the final minute to defeat Stone Bridge, 23-21, in the second round of the 5A North Region playoffs on the road. This time, playing at home, the Spartans scored all of their points in the second

quarter to hold a 17-9 lead that was not challenged until the final minute. “They definitely came through for us,” Reitzel said of the Spartan defense. “They stopped them when we needed them to stop them.” Neither team scored in the second half until Briar Woods started its final drive at its own 48-yard line with 8 minutes, 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Falcons ran the ball on 11 consecutive plays—with Ben Maffe and Blevins each converting fourth-down plays—to move the ball to the Broad Run 25 with 1:48 to go. Jake Maffe had been replaced at quarterback by his younger brother for much of the Continued on Page 24

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tone Bridge (10-2) amassed 280 yards rushing as it rolled to a 44-29 win over visiting North Stafford (6-6) in the 5A North Region quarterfinals on a frigid Friday night. Senior tailback Collin Buckley carried most of the rushing load for the Bulldogs and ended the game with 208 yards on the ground to go along with two rushing touchdowns. “On a cold night like tonight, you have to

be able to run the football, control the clock and keep their offense off the field,” Stone Bridge head coach Mickey Thompson said. With the win, Stone Bridge travels Friday to meet Massaponax (12-0) in a 5A North Region semifinal at 7 p.m. Thompson utilized his reliable single-wing offense to monopolize the game’s flow early. His team’s first drive would serve as a statement. A 13-play drive—10 running plays—that covered 80 yards and ended with the first of two touchdown passes in the game by junior quarterback

Joe Thompson gave the home team an early 8-0 lead after a successful two-point conversion run. The Bulldogs put together another massive drive on their first possession of the second half that mirrored their opening drive. Again, in 13 plays, the home team was able to punish the visitors with 11 runs, the last of which was a 4-yard touchdown by Buckley. With another successful two-point conversion, Stone Bridge held a commanding 38-15 lead in the early stages of the fourth quarter.

With all the success the Bulldogs’ offense was able to achieve, it was the inspired effort by Boston College-commit Tanner Karafa that impacted the game most. “[Karafa] is definitely our leader and you could tell that,” Thompson said. “He’s a tremendous player and a coach’s dream. He wants to succeed, so we get him on the field as much as we can.” The senior linebacker was recently named the 2014 Conference 14 Defensive Player of the Year and proved worthy of that honor last Continued on Next Page

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ully Warner threw four touchdown passes as Loudoun Valley defeated York (7-5) 37-13 in a 3A East Region second-round game Saturday afternoon. Warner connected twice in the first quarter with Trey McDyre to put the

Vikings up 14-0. Loudoun Valley led 21-7 at halftime. The Vikings (9-3) host James Monroe (10-2) Saturday in a regional semifinal game at 2 p.m.

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Albert Wright scored the Knights’ only touchdown on a 9-yard run in the fourth

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In a 4A North second-round regional game Friday, the visiting Wolverines led 20-7 at halftime, powered by quarterback Billy Sheehan’s touchdown runs of 54 and two

yards, before the Spartans rallied for the victory. Sheehan finished the game with three rushes for 75 yards. He also was 15 for 26 through the air with 157 yards, two interceptions and one touchdown. Dylan Mellor led Woodgrove (8-4) with eight catches for 69 yards and one touchdown.

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Friday night. He didn’t blow up the stat sheet, but when his team needed him, Karafa delivered. After watching his team forfeit possession on the opening kickoff of the game, Karafa and the Bulldogs defense were able to defend a short field and force a turnover on downs as Karafa wrapped up the North Stafford ball carrier in

the backfield on a 4th-and-two. Karafa added a couple more tackles for loss throughout the game and snagged a late interception in the fourth quarter after North Stafford had closed the gap to 38-23 and was threatening to score again with more than 8 minutes left in the game. As if those contributions weren’t enough, the Bulldogs’ leader also produced on the offensive side of the ball as he rushed for two touchdowns and a two-point conversion. n

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• Briar Woods junior tight end Mark Birmingham committed to Duke Nov. 15. Birmingham was in Durham to watch the Blue Devils’ loss to Virginia Tech. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound Birmingham had 15 offers, including opportunities from Florida State, Wisconsin, Virginia and Virginia Tech. He’s Duke’s third commitment for the Class of 2016. Birmingham was a member of the Falcons’ 2012 state champion team and last year’s 2013 state runner-up. He’s rated No. 127 on ESPN.com’s top 300 players for the class of 2016. • John Skinner, a senior at Loudoun Valley High School, committed to play lacrosse at High Point University in North Carolina starting in the 2016 season and Valley’s Nick Steen has committed to play for the Virginia Military Institute. The two standouts held a joint signing ceremony Nov. 13. • Woodgrove High School is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School award. The award recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student-athletes and reinforce the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention and treatment. “Woodgrove High School is honored to receive this 1st Team recognition from NATA, and we remain committed to keeping our student-athletes safe during physical education classes, team practices and games so they can accomplish their own goals of great competition, competitive records, fair sportsmanship and good health. Our goal is to lead our athletics program to the highest safety standards for our players,” Principal Sam Shipp said. For more information about the NATA program, go to: www.athletictrainers.org. • Potomac Falls High School junior Holly Carlton has committed to the University of North Carolina for volleyball. Carlton chose the Tar Heels over her other finalist, Arizona, after visiting Chapel Hill once her high school season was over. Potomac Falls (final record of 17-11) lost to Briar Woods Nov. 13 in the regional semifinals. The 6-foot-5 Carlton was named the Conference 14 Player of the Year. A left-handed setter/ hitter, Carlton led Potomac Falls in kills, assists, aces and passing. This past summer, Carlton made the USA Volleyball High Performance 2

team and trained and competed in Colorado. She was selected first-team all-conference and voted as her team’s MVP the past two years. North Carolina is ranked No. 7 in this week’s AVCA Coaches Poll. It’s the highest ranking ever for the Tar Heels. • Morven Park invites youth and adults to take a break from Black Friday shopping Nov. 28 to compete in a flag football tournament 9 a.m.-1 p.m., followed by a fun Family Melting Pot Game in which players, spectators, armchair QBs and kids are welcome to play together. The cost is $200 per team or $30 per player for the tournament; and a $5 donation or two canned goods (for Loudoun Interfaith Relief) for the Family Melting Pot. Register at morvenparksports.org; for more information contact Melissa Ryburn, mryburn@morvenpark.org or 703-777-2890 x6622. Morven Park is located at 41793 Tutt Lane, north of Leesburg. • Five Loudoun County High School athletes signed collegiate letters of intent this week. Sam Rexroad will play baseball at the Air Force Academy, while softball player Delany Turner will play at UVA-Wise. Three volleyball athletes also committed: Olivia Aycock signed on to play at Rider University, Hannah Vandegrift will play at Temple University and Ciara Kain will join the team at UVA-Wise. • Two local Virginia Xtreme Teams won in the NFL Redskins Regional Flag Football Tournament and will play for the NFL National Championship at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 26. The 14U Purple team went undefeated in the Nov. 8 tournament at Evergreen SportsPlex near Leesburg, outscoring their opponents by a combined 147-18, to earn a spot as one of only eight teams from the age group to reach the national championship. The Virginia Xtreme 12U Purple Team was also victorious in their division and will be playing in the championship. Virginia Xtreme Sports is a 501(c)3 nonprofit volunteer organization whose mission is to provide competitive regional travel sports (flag football, basketball, etc.) programs. The league is asking for donations and sponsorship to help with travel expenses so all 20 players will be fully funded for the trip. To help, go to www.gofundme.com/h1brk. n

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second half as Briar Woods went to its singlewing package. But as the Falcons faced another fourth down, he returned and completed a pass to senior Tristan Carter (5 catches, 91 yards) for a first down at the Spartan 4. The offense went nowhere on consecutive plays until Maffe rolled out of the pocket under pressure on third down and found junior Mark Birmingham open in the end zone for a 4-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds remaining. The Falcons lined up to go for the two-point conversion and the tie, and Maffe hit Blevins in the left corner of the end zone. Briar Woods, however, was penalized for illegal motion to bring the play back, and the subsequent pass to Birmingham in the right corner was broken up by Spartan senior defenders Chuck Davis and Marcel Mingo. With the “hands team” in for the kickoff, Reitzel secured the victory by recovering the ensuing on-side kick. “We sputtered on offense early and didn’t capitalize on some big plays we had, but our defense stepped up and made plays when it had to,” Griffis said. “This was our sixth game that came down to a last drive. It’s nice when you’re blowing everybody out, but what do you really learn about yourself? Our kids keep fighting, keep digging. This is nothing new and they came through when they needed to.” The game opened with the Spartans having a bad snap on a third-and-one situation that resulted in Briar Woods recovering the loose ball at the Broad Run 30. On the Falcons’ first offensive play, Jake Maffe hit Carter in the left corner of the endzone for a touchdown, but the extra point was blocked to leave Briar Woods with a 6-0 lead. The Falcons expanded the margin to 9-0 on a 32-yard field goal by senior Jackson Funke late in the first quarter before Broad Run got going on offense. Reitzel opened the second quarter with an 8-yard completion to senior Tyriek King and four plays later, Bryson burst through a hole for a 17-yard touchdown to close the gap to 9-7.

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Broad Run got solid field position late in the half as junior Chris Moore returned a punt to the Falcon 41 with 2:44 to play. On fourthand-four, Reitzel hit Mingo for enough yardage to gain the first down, and Mingo turned the corner and sprinted down the left sideline for a 35-yard touchdown and a 14-9 lead with 38 seconds left in the half. Briar Woods tried to go deep on its first play thereafter, but Maffe was intercepted by Davis at the Broad Run 40. Reitzel connected with senior Andre Chinnery for a 38-yard gain to the Falcon 22 and, as time expired, senior Sammy Sergi came on to hit a 39-yard field goal—his 10th of the season—for a 17-9 advantage at intermission. “There’s always time to come back,” Reitzel said. “It was the first quarter when they scored first, so there’s the whole rest of the game to score. We’ve had no problems with that the whole year. We’ve come back before, so if we’ve done it once, we can do it again. There was no panic. I’m calm and my vibe goes throughout the team.” Griffis said the Spartans gained confidence from a stretch of six games where they faced Stone Bridge, Liberty, Tuscarora, Briar Woods, Potomac Falls and Woodgrove—all playoff teams in Group 5A or 4A—in successive weeks, going 3-3. That type of competition got Broad Run ready for the postseason. “We went though a stretch that was essentially our practice run for the five weeks that you have to play in the playoffs,” Griffis said. “We learned from it, we grew from it and now we get the real thing. We move on to Week 3.” Reitzel relishes the fact that the Spartans are ready to practice through Thanksgiving for the second straight year. “It’s something to look forward to each year,” Reitzel said. “If you’re practicing on Thanksgiving, you should be proud of where you are. We lost that week last year against Briar Woods, but we knocked them off this year. Tuscarora will be a tough one. We were one play away last time, and that could be the play we get this time to win the game.” n

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well Daze is a band on the verge. After some impressive successes in the past two years, the four member alt-rock band, launched in Loudoun in 2011, is working toward its next big break. The band, now based in Harrisonburg where its members are in college, regularly returns to play gigs in Loudoun and Northern Virginia as members continue building name recognition in the DC market. The band’s three founding members— lead guitarist Addison Smith, drummer Titus Barton and singer McCoy Douglasson—are all from western Loudoun. Bassist Mitch Weissman, a Connecticut native who headed south to attend James Madison University, came on board in 2012. The band has chalked up some exciting accomplishments in just a few years. A self-produced extended play (EP) recording included the song “Hooked,” which reached 167 on the college radio charts in 2012. The catchy, high-energy song with its infectious, old-school background vocals, has been licensed to several TV channels, including Tony Hawk’s RIDE Channel, MTV and the Discovery Channel, and has been played on shows including Discovery’s “Sainted Hoods” and Oxygen’s “Best Ink” reality show. This summer, Swell Daze recorded its first full-length album, “Simple Fix,” with wellknown Northern Virginia music producer Jim Ebert. Ebert, known in Loudoun for his Cancer Can Rock nonprofit and benefit concerts, has worked with top rock and R&B performers including Madonna and Toni Braxton over his long career and now works with emerging artists. The band spent 12 days in the studio with Ebert and engineer Sean Russell, and the result is a polished album that highlights its dynamic style and strong songwriting. “It was really an incredible experience,” Weissman said. “We learned a lot about the recording process, and we definitely grew as songwriters. [Ebert] really helped us take these very raw, bare bones rock songs and he produced them and made a really full sounding record.” Barton added that the band’s decision, in cooperation with the production team, to record one song each day made the experience particularly powerful for the young musicians. “Because we divided it up that way, it made it very inspirational. We were able to see the finished product by the end of the day,” Barton said. “Our time in the studio really helped us grow as musicians, and we actually wrote one of our songs in the studio, which is atypical for our writing style.” The television airplay for “Hooked” has been a mixed bag, members said. While the national exposure hasn’t necessarily translated to record sales, royalties have brought in an income stream to help fund their musical projects.

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Swell Daze is made up of lead guitarist Addison Smith, drummer Titus Barton and singer McCoy Douglasson, all of western Loudoun, and bassist Mitch Weissman, a Connecticut native.

“It’s interesting because we don’t necessarily get name recognition for our songs on television, but we get paid when the song airs,” Smith said. “It’s not necessarily advancing our career as much as being functional as a band.” With its new record completed, members are looking toward their next big step: finding a label to allow them to take things to the next level. Meanwhile, they continue to focus on playing and writing music. “Our plan in the near future is to continue gigging, get polished and continue writing so that if labels are interested we have new material to offer,” Barton said. They play regularly in the Harrisonburg area and are developing a following in the college markets in Richmond and Charlottesville. But Northern Virginia remains a key market: they play at least one gig a month in this area and love returning to Loudoun, where they have family and committed fans. Swell Daze has upcoming gigs in Arlington, where they’re booked at the popular Iota Club and Café Dec. 13, and Monk’s BBQ in Purcellville, which is building a reputation as a music venue, in January. On a certain level, Loudoun is still home for band members. Smith and Barton grew up together in Purcellville; they’ve been friends and neighbors since third grade and attended a small private high school together. Smith took up the trumpet in middle school and moved

on to guitar in high school, and when Barton, a self-described musical late bloomer, took up the drums in high school, the two developed a musical collaboration that’s still going strong. “We started playing together and it was like a wildfire from there,” Barton said. Smith met Douglasson through a church band when both attended Purcellville Baptist. Douglasson, who spent his high school years in Lovettsville, where his parents still live, graduated from Woodgrove High School. The talented vocalist comes from a musical family: mother Sheila sang professionally on a local scale when he was growing up and was known for her Patsy Cline tribute. Douglasson’s father David volunteers his time as Swell Daze’s manager, and band members credit him with helping achieve many of their successes to date. “We turned him on to the Beatles, and ever since then, he went crazy for rock ‘n’ roll. Something about harmonies and working with vocals,” David Douglasson said of his son’s musical beginnings. “It’s felt really good to see how much better they’ve gotten since they started and how talented they really are.” The band began playing gigs in Loudoun in 2011 and developed a devoted local following. As members graduated from high school, three members moved to Harrisonburg, where Smith and Barton are now juniors at JMU and Douglasson is a sophomore at Blue Ridge Community College. Original bassist Doug Schultz left the band after graduation to go to

college in another area. Smith and Barton met Weissman through a roommate at JMU, and the band’s current incarnation was formed. Band members, who are now in their early 20s, are heavily influenced by classic rock from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin and also by the ’90s grunge rock beloved by their parents’ generation, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. “Our sound is kind of a mix between classic rock roots. All of us are really influenced by lots of older act,” Smith said. “But we also try to incorporate modern pop elements into our music so we focus on vocal melody and making the songs catchy and listenable and lots of backup vocals.” Smith and Douglasson are the band’s primary songwriters, with Smith hammering out the musical bones of new material, while McCoy writes the lyrics. “I get the skeleton of the song written and then I bring it to the band and we flesh it out,” Smith said. “We eventually arrive at a finished product after lots of writing.” And while their influences are old-school, their outreach is entirely 21st Century. The band relies heavily on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for booking, promotions and communicating with fans. But record sales still take place primarily at live shows, members said, from fans looking to take home a little of the band’s high-energy style. Continued on Page 32

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8 p.m.-11p.m., King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 S. King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-777-5005 Unwind after the big meal with great tunes from two local musicians. No cover.

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Ashburn Farm 5 and 10K

8:15 a.m., Crossroads United Methodist Church, 43454 Crossroads Drive, Ashburn. Contact: www.ashburnfarm10k.com This annual event benefits Crossroads’ mission to help needy children in Uganda. Registration fee is $30 through Nov. 23 and $35 on race day (if space is available). Event also includes a 2K fun run. Race day registration starts at 6:45 a.m. if spaces are available.

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10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bluemont Community Center, 33846 Snickersville Turnpike, Bluemont. Contact: 540-554-8643 This juried craft show features locally made, one-of-a-kind gifts. Admission is free for shoppers.

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Christmas Greens Sale

10 a.m.-3 p.m., Church of Our Savior, Oatlands, 39918 Oatlands Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: 540-338-5178 Visit this annual sale that includes fresh, locally made Christmas wreaths and trees, as well as cards by a local artist.

Live Music: The Virginia Hipnecks

7-11 p.m., Blue Ridge Eagles, 120 E. O St., Purcellville. Contact: www.blueridgeeagles.com Classic rock, R&B, blues and some jam band style tunes from Loudoun musicians. Cover is $5 and all are welcome.

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Live Music: The Virginia Hipnecks See listing this page Kings Tavern Open Mic Night

9 p.m.-1 a.m., King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 S. King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-777-5005 All musicians are welcome at this free weekly open mic.

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2-5 p.m., Dry Mill Winery, 18195 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.drymillwine. com Acoustic Americana from a local favorite.

Morven Park Black Friday Bowl

9 a.m.-1 p.m., Morven Park, 41793 Tutt Lane, Leesburg. Contact: morvenparksports.org Take a break from shopping and take your backyard tradition to Morven Park. Youth and adult divisions in flag football tournament play, followed by a Family Melting Pot Game in which players, spectators and kids are welcome to play together. $200/team, $30/ player for tournament; $5 donation or two canned goods (for Loudoun Interfaith Relief) for Family Melting Pot.

Last Ham Standing

8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville. Contact: www.franklinparkartscenter.org A group of talented performers take suggestions from the audience to create wacky scenes and funny improv games for all ages. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and $8 for children.

8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville. Contact: andrewmcknight.net/ franklin-park-2014 The award-winning folk/Americana artist and his talented band give a special hometown performance to be filmed for a video. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors.

Christmas Greens Sale

10 a.m.-3 p.m., See Nov. 28 listing.

Breakfast With Santa Benefit

8 a.m., Mama Lucci’s, 302 H Industrial Court, Leesburg. Contact: 703-771-1789 This annual event, featuring a deluxe hot breakfast, a story and one-on-one time with Santa, benefits Friends of Loudoun Mental Health. Cost is $15 per person and advance reservations are required.

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Tuskegee Airmen Event

6:30-8 p.m., Loudoun Museum, 16 Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg. Contact: www.loudounmusuem.org Martin Cook Jr., son of Tuskegee Airman Martin Cook, will give a talk on his father and the history of the storied servicemen 6:30-8:00pm, with time for questions and conversation. Suggested donation is $5.

7:30 p.m., Silverbrook Farm Bed and Breakfast, 15286 Woodgrove Road, Purcellville. Contact: www.mosbyheritagearea.org The Mosby Heritage Area Association’s Gray Ghost Interpretive Group presents the latest in its Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee series, a dramatic interpretation of the Great Burning Raid of 1864, when Union troopers were dispatched to burn farms and houses in Loudoun in hopes of snuffing out Mosby’s Rangers. Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for students.

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7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, 8549 John Mosby Highway, Upperville. Contact: buchananhall. com Led by musical director bassist Rick Watts, the six-piece ensemble brings exquisite harmonies to recreate Motown classics and develop new musical arrangements. Event benefits Buchanan Hall. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door.

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8 a.m., Lansdowne Potomac Club, 43459 Riverpoint Drive, Lansdowne. Contact: www. lansdownehoa.com Burn off some calories before the big meal and support Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors. Registration is open through Nov. 24, and there will be no race day registration. Registration is $25 for adults and $15 for youth 17 and under.

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season at this free jazz concert. Tally Ho Celebrates ‘Great Celebrate WhitetheChristmas’ Dec 6

Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 1090 Sterling Road, Herndon. Contact: 703-4358377 othing Two bluegrass stars joinsays forcesHappy for Holidays an evening of music and fun.like Ticketsa are $15. healthy dose of

heavy metal ’80s Author Reading: style, right? Colleen Grimes Tally Ho Street Theatre’s 1-3 p.m., Market Coffee, Great 1020 E.White Main St.,Christmas Purcellville. Contact: brings the 540-338-6960 iconic hard rockers Great White Local author Colleen Grimes signs to Leesburg 6. book copies of her newDec. children’s Great White is stillabout rolling “Ricky Robin’s New Family” family Books willthe be availafterdiversity. 30 years under direcable for sale for $10.95. tion of lead guitarist and founding member Mark Kendall. The band is best known for its 1989 hit “Once Bitten, andandwas nominated Live Music:Twice DennisShy” Britton Steve Tjernagel a Grammy for the18195 album which 2-5forp.m., Dry Mill Winery, DryonMill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.drymillwine. it appeared. Great White was in heavy com rotation on MTV in the late ’80s and Relax after the big weekend with mellow tunes continued tourduo. throughout most of the from this jazzto guitar ’90s. The band went through several breakups and reunifications in the folKing’s JamKendall’s Session lowing Tavern decade, and co-founder 8 p.m.-midnight, King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, left the band in 2009 19Jack S. KingRussell St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-777-5005 because of health problems and strugLocal musicians are welcome to sit in at this free jam led by local favorites.

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Solar Energy for Businesses

5:30-7 p.m., Catoctin Creek Distilling Company, 120 W. Main St., Purcellville. Contact: solarizenova.org Representatives of Solarize NOVA and Local Energy Alliance Program discuss solar energy for businesses. Enjoy light fare and a spirits tasting ($10). Advance registration is required.

Alzheimer’s Association Educational Program

4-5 p.m., Loudoun County Adult Day Center, 16501 Meadowview Court, Leesburg. Contact: 703-771-5334 This program provides information on detection, causes and risk factors, stages of the disease, treatment and more. Complimentary

gles with addiction. The band’s drummer and rhythm guitarist also go back to the band’s heyday, while singer Terry llouis joined the latest incarnation in 2010. The Live Music: The Arcadians band mostandrecent album, 7:30-10released p.m., King’its s Tavern Wine Bar, 19 S. “Elation” in 2012Contact: and is703-777-5005 still known for King St., Leesburg. Old time music every week by some of high-energy, hard rocking shows. n Loudoun’s best-loved musicians. No cover.

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Great White plays the Tally Ho Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 Nutcracker Workshop p.m.). bird ticketsCommunity are selling Center, fast at 6-7:30 Early p.m., Middleburg $20. tickets are $25, and day 300 W.Advance Washington St., Middleburg. Contact: 540-687-6375 of show admission is $30. Meet characters from the Nutcracker Suite and participate in some of the famous dances.

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Thursday, Dec. 4

Riders in the Sky Christmas

8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville. Contact: www.franklinparkartscenter.org This all-ages show features holiday classics in the style of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. Tickets are $30 for all seats.

You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

7 p.m., Loudoun County High School, 415 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.raiderdrama.com LCHS drama presents the classic musical based on Charles Schulz’s beloved “Peanuts” characters. Tickets are $10. Performances run through Dec. 7.

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Teen Battle of the Bands Issues Call for Competitors

oudoun’s YouthFest organizers have announced a call for entries for the county’s 10th annual Battle of the Bands. The first round of competition takes place Jan. 16. Middle and high school students residing in Loudoun County are eligible to compete. Winners of three scheduled battles advance to a final competition in April and perform at YouthFest, which takes place May 30 in Ashburn.

The winner of the final competition will be the opening act for the festival’s nationally known headliner. Additional battles are scheduled for Feb. 13 and March 13. The finals take place April 17 at the Tally Ho Theatre in Leesburg. Performers interested in competing should request an application online at www.loudounteens.org by Dec. 1. For more information, contact yac@ loudoun.gov or call 703-737-8335. n

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will receive these boxes, these will be the first and sometimes the only Christmas gift they’ll ever get,” Chris Colsey, Northern Virginia’s collection center coordinator for the effort, said. “It’s incredible that we’re able to participate in something that’s going to share the joy of Christmas and also the story of Christmas all over the word.” For more information on Operation Christmas Child, go to www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child.

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ore than 25,000 shoeboxes stuffed to the brim with Christmas gifts made their way through Leesburg this week on their way to children around the world. For 22 years, Operation Christmas Child has invited people to pack shoeboxes with small items like balls, stuffed animals and socks, and then Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse ships them to children in 150 countries. This year, Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg is an Operation Christmas Child collection site for the first time. Dozens of volunteers were kept busy this week as they prepared 25,795 shoeboxes—brought in from Prince William, Fairfax and Loudoun counties—to be shipped. “For many of the children who

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Children’s Activities Including German Puppet Theatre Face and Hair Painting by the German Language Club of Harmony Middle School Visits by “Belznickle” - Jolly Old St. Nick and his sidekick, “Krampus”, the grouchy Yule Lord Traditional Christmas Market hot food including Bratwurst, Currywurst, Wienerschnitzel, Glühwein, Krapfen (German donuts), Alsatian Sauerkraut, Sauerbraten, German Potato salad, Spätzle, hot pretzels, artisan pastries, cakes, and much more. Three food vendors and over 25 local artists and vendors will be on hand!

Local Artists, Crafters, and Vendors Including The German Gourmet Humbebaa Farm Paul Schweisthal Wood Carvings Babushkin Dom European Crafts Grandma’s Recipe Box Piece by Piece Dominion Tea Company “A” Street Apiary Brenap Jewelry Scentsy Hand Blown and Painted Ornaments Whimsical Moon Pins ‘n Needles Sherriq Boutique Giggle in Pink Beans in the Belfry Gingerbread Houses Holiday Greenery

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10 a.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195 Library Reference Associate Lisa DeZarn will introduce users to visual collections at Thomas Balch Library and discuss types of images available and how they may be accessed. Event is free, but advance registration is recommended.

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8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., George Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church St. SE. Leesburg. Contact: www.pitchforsuccess.com Pitch for Success hosts a full-day workshop to help businesses find their perfect clients. Tickets are $250 for one or $297 for two attendees.

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Court, Leesburg. Contact: naminovaloudoun@aol.com The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers a free family support group in Loudoun County for family members of adults, adolescents and children living with mental health challenges. The group meets the first Tuesday of every month.

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Loudoun 350.org Meeting

7-9 p.m., conference room B, Rust Library, Leesburg. Contact: loudoun350@gmail.com The environmental action committee invites similarminded folk to discuss next steps for the group, including publicity, educational outreach, fossil fuel divestment and other possible actions to address climate issues in Loudoun County. Group meets every first Monday and every third Tuesday.

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7:30-9 p.m., 202 Church St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: 703In-Office 727-1111 or loudoun.toastmastersclubs.org Includes: Routine Cleaning, Examination Practice public speaking skills with others. The club NAMI Family Support Group Tooth Whitening Enjoy a unique and relaxing dental experience in the & 4 Bitewing X-rays. If necessary, meets on the first and third Thursday of each month. 7:30 – 9 p.m., Friendship House, 16480 Meadowview

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Christmas Eve: Wednesday 12/24

MBC LOUDOUN CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES

Christmas Day Thursday 12/25

Family Services at 4 pm and 6 pm (childcare for infant - 36 mo. available)

7:30 AM at the church 9 AM at the church 10:45 AM at the church 12:30 AM at the church 10:30 AM Latin Mass at the chapel on 236 N. King St.

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Communion Service at 8 pm (no childcare)

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November 30th

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First Sunday of Advent (Worship at 10am; Lunch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til noon) The Sight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rose Windowâ&#x20AC;? The Sound: â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Come, O Come, Emmanuelâ&#x20AC;?

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Advent Worship - from 5:00 to 7:30pm Wreath-making, Chilli Cook-off, Carol singing, Decoration of the sanctuary Second Sunday of Advent (Worship at 10am; Lunch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til noon) The Sight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The East Windowâ&#x20AC;? The Sound: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silent Nightâ&#x20AC;?

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December 14th

Third Sunday of Advent (Worship at 10am; Lunch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til noon) The Sight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Light from those Preparing the Wayâ&#x20AC;? The Sound: â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Little Town of Bethlehemâ&#x20AC;?

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The Neighborhood Learning Center Christmas Program Presented by the 105 children who attend the St. Andrew Neighborhood Learning Center. 4:30pm in the church sanctuary. All are welcome!

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Fourth Sunday of Advent (Worship at 10am; Lunch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til noon) The Sight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saints Singing Songsâ&#x20AC;? The Sound: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Service of Lessons and Carolsâ&#x20AC;? featuring the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, Praise of Experience Band; St. Andrew Ringers; St Andrew Choir and all worshippers. Christmas Eve Family Candlelight Service at 5:00pm Special Presentation of the Christmas Story Suitable for Children! Traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Sermon: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Communing with Godâ&#x20AC;? - The Rev. Dr. David Milam

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*Tuesday, November 11, 2014

6:30 PM

Presentation of the Superintendent's Recommended FY 2016 - FY 2020 CIP & CAPP Budgets

Monday, November 17, 2014

6:30 PM

School Board Public Hearing and Work Session on the FY 2016 - FY 2020 CIP & CAPP Budgets

Monday, November 24, 2014

6:30 PM

School Board Public Hearing and Work Session on the FY 2016 - FY 2020 CIP & CAPP Budgets

Monday, December 1, 2014

6:30 PM

School Board Work Session on the FY 2016 - FY 2020 CIP & CAPP Budgets (if needed)

*Tuesday, December 9, 2014

6:30 PM

School Board Adoption of the FY 2016 - FY 2020 CIP & CAPP Budgets

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In the event of inclement weather, please check the LCPS website (www.lcps.org) for notice of meeting cancellation or postponement. All meetings will be held at the LCPS Administration Building, 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, Virginia. If, due to a disability, you need assistance to enable you to participate meaningfully in the CIP/CAPP meetings, please contact the below referenced office at least FIVE WORKING DAYS prior to the meeting dates.

ATTENTION TOWN OF LEESBURG RESIDENTS Town Offices will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th for the Thanksgiving Holiday

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Residents in the SW & SE quadrants (this includes South King Street & West Market Street) There will be NO trash, recycling or yard waste collection on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27th. Your trash, recycling and yard waste will be collected on SATURDAY, November 29th. Residents in the NW & NE quadrants (this includes North King Street) There is NO change in your collection schedule Your trash, recycling & yard waste collection WILL BE collected on Friday, November 28th.

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ATTENTION TOWN OF LEESBURG CURBSIDE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS There will be NO refuse or recycling collection on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27th Refuse and recycling will be collected on Friday, November 28th. Saturday collections will be on the regular schedule. Special Collections (bulk collections) Special collections will be on Friday, November 28th as usual. The list will close on WEDNESDAY, November 26th at noon. All requests must be received before then to be on Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list. -Thank youDepartment of Public Works trash@leesburgva.gov November 2014 Ad #146025

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Notice is hereby given that the Town of Leesburg Office of Capital Projects has requested authorization to cross Sycolin Creek with a 14inch diameter ductile iron sanitary sewer pipe encased in a 36-inch diameter steel pipe, bored and jacked under the creek bed (no open-trenching) near the intersection of Sycolin Road and Shreve Mill Road in Loudoun County. Send comments/inquiries within 15 days to: Marine Resource Commission, Habitat Management Division, 2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newport News, Virginia 23607. Ad# 147405

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PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF LEESBURG BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES The Town of Leesburg has a various citizen boards, commissions and committees that assist the Town Council on a variety of subjects in an advisory capacity. The Town Council is requesting statements of interest and qualifications of Leesburg residents interested in serving on one of these advisory bodies. Additional information concerning the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advisory bodies is available from the Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office during normal business hours at 703-771-2733 or lgreen@leesburgva.gov, or on the Town of Leesburg Website at www.leesburgva.gov . Please submit letters of interest to the Clerk of Council, Town of Leesburg, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 or lgreen@leesburgva.gov, by Thursday, December 18, 2014. Ad #146694

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Community Classifieds The Washington, DC Joint Steamfitting Apprentice Committee (Steamfitters Local 602) will accept applications for the 2015 first year class as follows:

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Applications must be made in person. There will be a $50.00 non-refundable application processing fee at the time of application which is payable in cash or money order only made payable to HPRTF.

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Applicants must apply in person at the UA Mechanical Trade School (8509 Ardwick Ardmore Road, Landover, MD 20785) on the following dates from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Monday, January 5, 2015 Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Friday, January 9, 2015 OR Applicants must apply in person at the UAM Steamfitters Local Union 602 (7552 Accotink Park Road, Springfield, VA 22150) on the following dates from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Monday, January 12, 2015 Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Friday, January 16, 2015

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Northern Virginia Media Services seeks an Accounting Supervisor to manage a fast-paced business office for its group of weekly newspapers, monthly magazines and websites. Experience in all facets of accounting required, including accounts payable, A/R, financial statement preparation, and collections. HR and supervisory experience also beneficial. Accounting degree or equivalent preferred. Position is based out of our Leesburg office. Please apply with resume and salary requirements to: bpotter@leesburgtoday.com by November 28.

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Program Coordinator (Student ServiCeS) BOOKKEEPER (Bluemont, VA) Candidate must have 3+ years of bookkeeping experience. The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of Quickbooks, Accrual Methods and payroll. The ability to learn multiple software systems is required. Superior communication, organization and multitasking skills with close attention to details is a must. The qualified candidate will be able to provide above average customer service both written and verbal. This is a full time position offering full company benefits.

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Excellent administrative opportunity. Supports team by facilitating services and managing budgets for high school scholarship recipients. Should work well independently and with others, be Microsoft Office proficient, demonstrate strong communication skills and have familiarity with basic accounting. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree required; 2+ years experience preferred. Posted at www.jkcf.org. the Foundation is an e-verify employer. no calls please.

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Medical Asst, Billing/Coding Phlebotomy, IV training The Medical Learning Center Ashburn Job placement assistance. Call 703-444-7232 for information. www. medicallearningcenter.net

West End Motors in Lovettsville, VA is seeking a

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To Apply: westendmotors1@aol.com

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Growing office Commercial Today Cleaning Company is looking for the following positions to clean a facility in Ashburn, Va. 5 days per week from 7pm - 10pm. This is a secure facility and all cleaners MUST BE US CITIZENS AND PASS BACKGROUND CHECK!

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REGULAR FULL-TIME POSITIONS

Certified Police Officer (Virginia only)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Police............................................................................................$53,233-$96,835 DOQ......................................................................................... Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: HS/GED; must be 21 years of age at time of appointment with US Citizenship; possess a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and a safe driving record; successful completion of basic law enforcement officers training program prescribed by the Commonwealth of Virginia; must currently hold a Virginia LEO Certification PREFERRED: Criminal Justice Degree; bilingual in English/Spanish

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Flexible Part-time Positionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Parks and Recreation Department

*Most positions will be filled at or near the minimum of the range. *Dependent on Qualifications. TO APPLY: A Town of Leesburg application for employment is required for each position. Please go to www.leesburgva.gov/jobs to apply online. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on the closing date, unless otherwise noted. Resumes may be submitted as supplemental only. The Town of Leesburg is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and disability in employment or the provision of services. The Town of Leesburg also supports the Americans with Disabilities Act by making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, so that they may participate in job interviewing, services or employment offered by the Town. Please call (703) 777-2420 or Virginia Relay Center (TDD 1-800-828-1120/Voice 1-800-828-1140). All Town vacancies may be viewed on Comcast Cable Channel 67 and Verizon FiOS Channel 35.

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Ida Lee (Parks & Recreation) After School Instructor; Must have experience working with children in a group setting. Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday 3:00pm to 5:00pm...........................................................................................................................................................$10.30-$14.42/hr American Heart Association CPR and First Aid Instructor (Aquatic Instructor); must be American Heart Association certified to teach, min. of 17 yrs. old and the ability to develop and execute lesson plans for the course; Flexible schedule, nights and weekends................................................................................................................................................ $16.48-$36.05/hr Child Care Attendantâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Minimum of 16 years of age; First Aid/CPR Certified or ability to obtain within 3 months of employment; prior childcare experience; mornings, evenings, and weekends. This is not a seasonal position.................................................................................................................................................................... $10.30-$12.36/hr Fitness Instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Body Pump, Group Fitness Instructor. Certified Body Pump Instructor and CPR/AED certified; Group Exercise Instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Certified ACE, AFAA, AFPA or equiv. various days and times.......................................................................................................................................................................... $25.75-$39.14/hr Gymnastics Instructor---Knowledge, skills and experience instructing techniques of gymnastics; various days/times..................................................................................................................................... $12.88-$30.90/hr NFL Flag Football Refereeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;For 6-18 year olds; minimum of 16 yrs. of age; high school student or graduate; refereeing experience and knowledge of NFL Flag Football rules preferred; Friday nights, Saturdays & Sundays September-November and March-June.......................................................................................................................................... $12.88-$30.90/hr Volleyball Instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;knowledge, skills, and experience instructing techniques of volleyball; Saturday mornings year-round...................................................................................................................... $12.88-$30.90/hr

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Obituaries Dolores Grail Rodgers, 85, of Lansdowne, VA passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2014. Grail was born on Friday, March 22, 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of the late Earl James Lightner and the late Anne McGrail Lightner.

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A memorial service, to be determined at a later date, will be held at the Brown family gravesite, along with a tree planting at the family home in Lincoln, VA. His family has requested that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Goose Creek Friends Meeting, P. O. Box 35, Lincoln, Virginia Michael graduated with honors from Emer- 20160 or to the Montclair YMCA, 25 Park St., ald High School, Greenwood, SC in 2004 and Montclair, NJ 07042. attended Clemson University College of EnAsk us about our other publications gineering. After joining his family in NorthPlease call 703-771-8831 ern Virginia, he continued his education at NOVA Community College and worked at River Bend Golf & Country Club.

Jack was born on June 4, 1924 in Toledo, Ohio. He was the son of the late Lloyd Roy Wilson and the late Sophia Ethel Ready Wilson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Alice The family received friends from 2:00 PM Wilson (known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the brideâ&#x20AC;?), and his loving until 4:00 PM Sunday, November 23, 2014 at step-parents, who raised Jack from a young Loudoun Funeral Chapel, Leesburg, VA. A funeral mass was held at 10:30 AM Monday, age, Sparky and Nellie Kronsberger. November 24, 2014 at St. Theresa Catholic Following high school, Jack was drafted into Church, Ashburn, VA with Reverend Richthe Air Force in 1944 and retired as a pilot and ard M. Guest officiating. Burial followed at First Lieutenant in 1969. In 2007, he and his Leesburg Union Cemetery.

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Jack R. Wilson, 90, of Lovettsville, VA, passed away from renal failure on Sunday, November 16, 2014 in his home surrounded by family.

Born April 20, 1986 in Winchester, Virginia, he is the son of Kevin Demski and Suzanna Pecsenye Demski. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Matthew Demski; paternal grandfather Bernie Demski; maternal grandparents Andrew and Pearl Pecsenye; aunts and uncles Pearl Peck (Raymond), Susanna White (Ed), Allison Whitener (John), Greg Demski (Becky) and Tom Demski (Roberta); and 8 cousins. Michael is preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Suzanne Demski.

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Michael John Demski, 28, of Ashburn, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014.

Sayers is predeceased by his parents, Ray Brown, MD, and Joan Sayers Brown, and eight generations of the Brown Family of Lincoln, VA, and the Royd R. Sayers family of Washington, DC. He is survived by his son, Joshua Sayers Carveth Brown; his sister, Lindsley Keith Brown Oehlert; Jean Smith Brown, godmother to Joshua and widow of his cousin, William Holmes Brown; his stepmother, Virginia Brown; and Joshuaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, George Anne Brown. He leaves behind a large family of stepbrothers and sisters, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

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In keeping with Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request, no funeral Sayers Brown, 67, of Jupiter, FL, passed away services will be held. peacefully on Wednesday, November 5. Sayers grew up in Washington DC, where he atIn lieu of flowers, memorial donations may tended the Sidwell Friends School. Following be made to Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 his Haverford College graduation, he served AC Skinner Pkwy, Suite 100, Jacksonville, as a Russian linguist and intelligence officer FL 32256. Please share condolences with the of the US Army Reserve. In 1975, Sayers family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com. earned his Harvard MBA. Passion for foreign languages and cultures led him to travel in Southeast Asia where he worked as an English teacher and as a consultant for Datung CO in Taiwan. After returning to the United States, he worked for nine years as a Vice President at Chemical Bank, NY. Sayers loved physical activities and sports, especially basketball and running. This close connection to physical recreation inspired him to serve as a board member and president for the YMCA in Montclair, NJ. Debilitating illness brought an early retirement from his career in the late 1990â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Sayers was always an avid reader and sports fan. He remained focused on his friends and family.

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Corine Day, Age 85, passed away on Nov. 16, 2014 at Potomac Falls Health and Rehab, Sterling, VA. Viewing Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, 4-7pm at The Way Back to Pentecost Church, 945 R Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011. Additional Viewing Friday Nov. 21, 2014, 8:30am till of service 9:45am at Greater Morning Star Apostolic Church Ministries ( GMSAM ) 1700 Ritchie Marlboro Rd. Largo MD. 20774. Interment: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Md. Arrangements: By Lyles Funeral Service.

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Funeral services were held at 12:00 PM on Thursday at St. Theresa Catholic Church located at 21371 St. Theresa Lane Ashburn, Virginia 20147. The family received friends for visitation prior to the services from 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 20, 2014.

Jack was known as a character, and always introduced himself as Grandpa Wilson. Thank you to everyone who touched his life and whose lives were touched by his kindness and humor.

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Robin Frye Hawkins 51, passed on November 15, 2014. She is survived by her daughters Kayla Nicole and Kelsi Ann Hawkins, and granddaughter Alexa Grace Hawkins-Cole, her stepson Chad Maddox,mother Barbara Frye, of Lovettsville, VA; siblings, Sandy Frye (Doug) Nalls and Johnny (Tamara) Frye. Services were held on Nov 20 at 11:00 a.m. at Loudoun Funeral Chapel. Donations be made in Robinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory to the Leesburg Moose Lodge/Hawkins Benefit, 43 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, VA. www. LoudounFuneralChapel.com

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Grail leaves her family to cherish her memory including her husband of 63 years, Richard J. Rodgers, Jr., three daughters, Christina Rodgers Kennedy of Pittsburgh, PA, Ann and Kevin Horgan of Leesburg, VA and Dolores and Marc Doggett of Ashburn, VA. She is also survived by her sister, Shirley Streno of Pittsburgh, PA, eight grandchildren (Kerry Horgan Vary, Joseph Horgan, Merisa Horgan, Richard Doggett, Emilie Doggett, Dylan Doggett, Daniel Doggett and Robert Kennedy) and 1 great grandchild (Robert Kennedy).

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Grail was devoted to church and family. She also loved to play the piano, read poetry and watch classic films. She worked professionally as a credit analyst for JC Penneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Pittsburgh, PA.

wife moved from San Diego, CA to Lovetts- In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may ville, VA to be close to their grandchildren. be made to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington. Please share condolences with the Family was always his joy and priority. family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com. He is survived by his son, Timothy R. Wilson and Timâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Karen, of Hawaii; daughter, Wendy R. Driscoll and her husband, Russ of Lovettsville, Virginia; grandchildren, Melissa Driscoll, Erik Driscoll, Molly Driscoll Wright and her husband Dustin, and Carly Driscoll; as well as two great-granddaughters, Alexis Hilty and Izabell Wright. The family would like to extend their sincere appreciation and love to Karen McCall, Luis, Ali, Vanessa, Dr. Idrees (his family and staff), Tracey and all of Capital Caring for the amazing care and support.

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s we enter the busy holiday season, thoughts properly turn to giving and to family. This year there has been an urgent push to raise awareness of efforts to help neighbors in need. Clubs, offices and congregations have stepped up to collect food and other supplies needed by the county’s nonprofit and volunteer organizations to carry out their missions of compassion. As the region’s economy struggles to regain momentum, stagnant incomes and employer cutbacks have taken a toll. Perhaps that toll is not as readily visible as the impact seen at the height of the recession, but, as the frontline charity workers see it, more families are teetering on the edge of financial stability. The need for donations to help these families won’t end after Thankgiving or after the December holidays; it will grow as the season of giving wanes and the winter chill takes greater hold. Let’s remember the need is year-round. There is another way to help the community during the holidays; it is an initiative summarized in two words: shop local. There can be little dispute about the convenience of shopping with your computer keyboard and waiting for the delivery person to drop your selections at the front door. But in most instances the real impact of clicking that “purchase” button is to export local resources to other, far-off places. This time of year is critical to the bottom line of local businesses—the companies that create jobs and pay taxes that help operate our schools, parks and other services. The more successful these businesses are, the more successful our community will be. Now, more than ever, the difference between success and failure may be a just a few clicks away. In both cases, a little extra effort can have a significant impact on people’s lives, during the holiday season and well beyond it.

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size for elementary schools of any jurisdiction in the metro area. • Fairfax has an International Baccalaureate (IB) program in several high schools, as does Clarke County at its only high school, but Loudoun has none. • We have no full-day kindergarten for all (or even many) of our children, unlike Fairfax County and, as your editorial noted, 126 out of 130 Virginia jurisdictions. We don’t support pre-K programs. Loudoun simply ignores the long-term benefits of kindergarten and pre-K programs that accrue most particularly to those at the lower income levels who cannot afford private school or high-quality day care alternatives. The demographics of Loudoun have been drastically changing since FY09, with a 70 percent increase in kids from economically challenged families, a 36 percent increase in English language learners and the same percentage increase in chilContinued on Page 46

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alone improve our educational quality, we shall lose the competition for new businesses and residents. We cannot prosper by being pennywise and pound-foolish. No politician likes to vote for a tax increase in an election year, but at minimum let’s keep tax rates at current levels. A growing number of Loudoun residents share deep concerns about our schools. Educational improvements require more tax revenue and courage on the part of our supervisors who rested their campaigns on lowering taxes. We need hard-headed pragmatism and real cost-benefit analysis to transcend inflexible ideology. Supervisors need to pursue public explanation and voter education to build on the growing public support for more educational investments. No one wants higher taxes, but neither do we want a poorly educated county in years ahead. Malcolm Baldwin, Lovettsville

dren with special needs. One indicator close to home for our own family: more than 20 percent of the kids at Hillsboro Elementary (serving our grandson) are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches. While our Board of Supervisors often touts its increased budget for Loudoun’s schools, the 3.4 percent increase in both school enrollment and facility needs over FY14 plus inflation mean that our school expenditures will not meet increased needs in real terms. Further, the lower “equalization” tax rate that some have proposed to offset higher property assessments is, in real terms, a tax cut; property owners will pay less tax per dollar of property valuation. We pride ourselves on being among the best-educated counties in the country, but in fact, if we don’t spend adequately to maintain, let

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includes a map to all farm locations, tree care instructions and information on various holiday activities in Loudoun. “Many people don’t realize that seven years of care go into every Loudoun-grown tree,” Economic Development Director Buddy Rizer stated, adding that getting trees locally is a great way to support Loudoun growers while having a fun family outing. Many farms will open for the season Friday, right after the turkey feast is over. For specific information and a copy of the guide, go to loudounfarms.org/christmastrees.

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