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Town Tragedy: Purcellville Officer Fatally Shoots Teen Erika Jacobson Moore
e loved music and art. Hacky sack was his “thing.” He was fun loving—a “goofball.” He loved skateboard-
ing. He was a high school wrestler, who wanted to learn about the world. He was kind. This week, those who knew Christian Sierra best are remembering the important things about the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a Purcellville police officer Saturday—
Loudoun’s second officer-involved fatal shooting in just under a year. “Christian was not someone who would want people talking about how he died or what happened,” Blake Larson, Sierra’s best friend of six years, said Tuesday. “He would want his legacy to be how he lived and what he
believed.” While the search for answers to myriad questions spurred by the case continues, Larson set up a Facebook page—www.facebook.com/watislyfeeven—to give Sierra’s friends and family an opportunity to do just that. Another Facebook page, www.face-
book.com/lovechristiansierra, also has been set up to let people share memories and mourn the loss of the Loudoun Valley High School junior. “You were so loved by my family and our community. Rest easy,” one commenter wrote.
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Jonathan Krichbaum spent ton Aquatics Center with a big crowd. After a slow opening Saturday and Sunday, the pool filled to its capacity of 500 people with a line out the gate by 1 p.m. Monday as temperatures climbed into the high 80s. Ashburn Today/Danielle Nadler
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ith the Loudoun Board of Supervisors set to take public input on controversial Dulles Access Road plans Monday, the wrangling over which alignment should be pursued has only intensified with residents, developers and state and local leaders lining up on either side. At issue is whether the road, formally known as the Dulles Air Cargo, Passenger, and Metro Access Highway, should run in the median of Rt. 50 or in a new corridor south of Brambleton. The road is intended to improve access to Dulles Airport from the south. The route that would build a new fourlane limited access highway from Northstar Boulevard north of Rt. 50 following the Broad Run floodplain to the intersection of Arcola Road and Rt. 606—known as Alternative 2—was one of the original three proposed by VDOT. But last summer, some members
of Loudoun’s board objected, saying they wanted to see something that followed more closely the Countywide Transportation Plan and melded with development in the area. The new route—known as Alternative 3C—would make Rt. 50 limited access, with six lanes for general traffic and two median lanes—one eastbound and one westbound—reserved for vehicles going to and from Dulles Airport. In addition, access to the airport lanes would be provided at the Rt. 50/Rt. 606 interchange and at the Rt. 50 interchanges planned at Northstar Boulevard, Gum Springs Road and Loudoun County Parkway. The plan also includes the widening of Old Ox Road between Rt. 50 and Loudoun County Parkway to six lanes. In early April, VDOT announced the Rt. 50 alignment was its preferred option. Now it is the Board of Supervisors’ turn to weigh in. A decision from the board originally was expected sometime before the end of next month, but as public discussion—and disagreement—grew, the board decided to
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