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A Stormy Budget Season Danielle Nadler

isn’t as painful as initially feared. The level of service will be noticeably lower, board members stressed. The $38 million in cuts from its initial spending plan halts after-school activity buses, eliminates summer school and the elementary and middle school foreign language programs known as FLES and SAMS, increases athletic participation fees from $100 to $150 and cuts enough educational programming that more than 100 employees likely will lose their jobs.

But some of the most controversial reductions under consideration that drew vocal crowds to public hearings in the past month—the closing of

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t was the evening of April 1 when Loudoun County School Board members took turns listing programs, positions and schools for potential budget cuts, and in the three weeks that followed that list became a strong symbol of what might be lost in one of the nation’s most widely respected school systems.

“This is insane. This is absolutely insane,” School Board member Jennifer Bergel (Catoctin) said with a sigh during that meeting, as board members tacked on the elimination of freshman sports, buses to Thomas

Jefferson High School and the closing of the county’s smallest schools for considered cuts.

“I’m up here physically ill,” Vice Chairman Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) said at that same meeting.

“This is amazingly frustrating,” Jeff Morse (Dulles) added. “We’ve gone through and swept out all of the additions we had hoped to make up.”

The so-called cut list was broad enough that the school system two weeks ago sent out Reduction in Force notifications to more than 5,800 school system employees.

But ultimately, the reconciled $912 million FY15 operating budget, adopted well past midnight April 23,

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was in the White House. In December, 75-year-old Wolf announced he would not seek re-election for an 18th term, and within weeks a cast of Republicans had lined up as prospective replacements.

When Purcellville resident Philip Calvi went to cast his vote Saturday he said he was looking for a candidate who would pick up where Wolf left off. “I’ve been a Wolf supporter since 1986,” who Calvi described as a Republican congressman who’s been willing to work with Democrats and

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ished with 3,829 votes, followed by Howie Lind (1,108 votes), Stephen Hollingshead (816 votes), Rob Wasinger (301 votes) and Marc Savitt (218 votes).

Comstock currently represents the 34th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, and previously worked for Wolf. Foust is the Dranesville District representative on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.

Wolf, a Philadelphia native who has long lived in Vienna, has held the seat for 17 terms, beating out challengers since Ronald Reagan

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Comstock was victorious in a field of six Republicans seeking the nomination in a party canvass held at locations across the sprawling 10th District. The 54-year-old mother of three tallied 7,337 votes out of 13,609 votes cast.

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every major business within the state, including the conservative Virginia Business Council, all the major hospitals and health care providers have endured [without] Medicaid expansion,” Favola said. “They’re asking us to be smart, to be fiscally conservative and to do the right thing.”

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“Without a budget, starting July 1, 2014, we can’t pay judges.

They don’t work for free...Without a budget we really don’t have a judiciary.”

decided rather than bring down all the judge candidates who will interview and then be asked when they can start, we would wait until the budget issue is resolved,” Minchew said last week. He said if a budget is not adopted, appointing a judge does nothing to help Loudoun.

“Without a budget, starting July 1, 2014, we can’t pay judges. They don’t work for free...

Without a budget we really don’t have a judiciary,” Minchew said.

Minchew said that once a budget is agreed upon by the conferees from the House of Delegates and the Senate, he believes the compromise will quickly pass both chambers, allowing the judge candidates to be appointed within a short period of time.

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two Circuit Court judges handle the county’s criminal and civil docket until his replacement is named.

The Loudoun caucus in the General Assembly has decided on whom they will nominate to take Horne’s place. Although the name has not been formally released, sources say the attorney’s appointment is expected to meet no resistance from Richmond lawmakers.

But without an adopted state budget— and the threat of not being able to fund state and local governments beyond July 1—the General Assembly decided not to vote on appointments during the reconvened session, according to Del. Randy Minchew (R-10), who has led the charge to expand Loudoun’s judiciary.

“Because of this uncertainty, it was

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he battle to get a new judgeship authorized for Loudoun County Circuit Court may be over, but filling the bench seat is still a far off vision—as is naming a replacement for retired Judge Thomas D. Horne.

With the General Assembly convened last week for its veto session, when legislators vote on amendments made by Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) to approved bills, the cloud of the state budget stalemate continued to loom over all the work in Richmond.

House and Senate Republicans continue to maintain that the budget should be decoupled from the debate over whether to expand Medicaid, while Senate Democrats have said the inclusion of Marketplace Virginia, a private option for Medicaid expansion, is crucial to the state funding plan.

Even with the budget at an impasse, it was expected that, at the very least, the reconvened session would be used to appoint judges to vacant, already approved seats.

Horne retired in December and has been working part time to help Loudoun’s other

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Affordable Care Act funds Virginia could experience if no policy is adopted.

Favola offered several statistics of her own and called the counter argument “Republican bogus excuses.” The state is losing about $2.7 billion a year in lost productivity, she said, because uninsured individuals who don’t have sufficient health care are unable to work.

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Republican Dels. Randy Minchew (R-10), Tag Greason (R-32), and Dave LaRock (R-33), who oppose Medicaid expansion, took heat from supporters of the expansion during an intense debate Monday at the Ashburn Library.

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tate representatives on both sides of the health care debate came face-toface with Loudoun County residents Monday night at the Ashburn Library to discuss the inclusion of Medicaid expansion as part of the state’s budget.

A town hall meeting hosted by national conservative political group Americans for Prosperity, which opposes Medicaid expansion as proposed by the governor, was met with a strong counter message from a group that gathered for a rally just minutes before.

Advocates of the expansion, which would provide Medicaid eligibility to about 400,000 uninsured Virginians, rallied in a conference room in the library with state Sens. Jennifer Wexton (D-33) and Barbara Favola (D- 31).

Wexton, who has been an outspoken proponent of Medicaid expansion, called Virginia’s current health care system broken. “People are not getting necessary health care and they’re only getting treatment when they go to the emergency room. Well, guess who’s paying for that? Everyone,” she said.

The crowd gave Wexton a round of applause as she talked about putting the $118 million in federal funds used to subsidize emergency room treatment toward money for teachers, schools, firefighters and first responders.

“We’re not asking anyone to pony up or pay because we’re already paying for it,” Wexton said referring to the $5 million daily loss in federal

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Yaoliang Gao, 22, an employee at Moca Asian Bistro in the Eastern Marketplace Plaza, was confronted by a customer April 8 after Yaoliang Gao the man saw Gao do “something suspicious” with his credit card.

The owner of the restaurant helped the customer keep Gao on scene while deputies responded to the restaurant. There is no indication the owner or any other employees were aware of the activity.

A “skimmer” was located at the scene and determined to have the information of more than 1,000 credit and debit cards stored in the device. The suspect was recently hired at the restaurant and the sheriff’s office determined the credit card information was collected be-

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Gao was charged with seven counts of credit card fraud and one count of identity theft.

Residents who used their credit cards or debit cards at Moca Asian Bistro between March 11 and April 8 should check their credit card or bank statements for fraudulent charges.

Anyone who discovers a fraudulent charge on your credit or bank statement, should contact Detective T. Sheffer at 703-737-8203.

The sheriff’s office is reviewing the information on the skimmer and reaching out to potential victims.

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A Sterling man was killed in an Algonkian Parkway crash early Sunday morning.

According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Craig H. McKee, 81, was driving a 2005 Toyota Prius eastbound on Algonkian Parkway just east of Quarterpath Trace Circle around 3:15 a.m. when he apparently lost control of the car. The vehicle crossed the median, struck a highway sign, crossed the two westbound lanes, ran off the other side of the road, struck a light pole, continued down an embankment, and struck several trees before stopping.

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There is no limit to how much currency travelers can import or export; however, federal law requires travelers to report to CBP amounts exceeding $10,000.

“Travelers who refuse to comply with federal currency reporting requirements run the risk of having their currency seized, and may potentially face criminal charges,” Frances B. Garcia, acting CBP Port Director for the Port of Washington, said in announcing the action.

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minor injuries. Details about the incident are not being released because of the victim’s age.

The case was initially handled by Loudoun County Child Protective Services before the sheriff’s office’s Criminal Investigations Division was notified.

Cabrales was released by a Loudoun County magistrate on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

He is on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation, according to the school system’s Public Information Office. He has been employed with Loudoun County Public Schools since September 2012.

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Sheriff Mike Chapman cuts the ribbon on the new Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office headquarters with the help of County Vice Chairman Shawn Williams (R-Broad Run), center, and, from left, County Administrator Tim Hemstreet, Commissioner of the Revenue Bob Wertz, Supervisor Suzanne Volpe (R-Algonkian), Supervisor Ken Reid (R-Leesburg) and State Del. Randy Minchew (R-10).

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“The healing that is going on out there is amazing,” Falke said.

Chapman, father to four children in the military, said it was important for him to have the sheriff’s office recognize Falke’s work on behalf of veterans, and that he is proud of his agency’s efforts to hire veterans. Since he took office in 2012, the sheriff’s office has hired 13 veterans.

Karen Theobold Conlin, Virginia’s Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army, presented the award to Falke.

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Ken Falke, founder of the Boulder Crest Retreat for wounded veterans in Bluemont, was given the first Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Leadership Award, which was created to honor people who have made a difference in the lives of community residents.

“My wife and I are honored not only to live in this great community, but to be able to provide the land and resources to build [Boulder Crest],” Falke said after the presentation. He noted it was not only a charitable effort, but also a part of the county’s rural economy, bringing more than 500

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level of service or their branch of service, are taken care of.”

The new location for the sheriff’s office at 803 Sycolin Road represents the end of a long journey for the agency. The date of the dedication ceremony aligns with the week in April 1757 when Loudoun County was created out of part of Fairfax County.

Since the county’s founding, the sheriff’s office has had a number of homes, Chapman noted, from the location at the former jail on Church Street, where it was for 200 years, to a variety of satellite locations throughout Leesburg.

The sheriff’s office moved into the Sycolin Road facility last summer.

Chapman thanked the Board of Supervisors and county staff, his command staff and deputies for their help in getting the project completed, especially noting those who continued to provide service to residents “when the dust was still flying around.”

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of Sterling. Osinski was charged with indecent exposure and was released on a $2,500 bond.

• Peeping Tom: 24900 block of Bannockburn Terrace, Chantilly; around 8:30 p.m. a resident reported seeing a man looking into the home through a window. The woman screamed and the suspect ran from the area.

Sunday, April 27 • Brandishing: 300 block of Derby Court, Sterling Park; around 2:30 a.m. two friends were driving when they saw a car that appeared to be following them. They turned onto Derby Court and exited the vehicle. A short verbal confrontation ensued and the complainants reported that they believed one of the occupants of the second car brandished a firearm.

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County Administrator Tim Hemstreet said the project is the culmination of a goal to get the sheriff’s office higher quality quarters than they had previously, adding that he “believe in the work that all of you do.”

“We now have a place for the sheriff and the deputies where the roof doesn’t leak,” he said, and where the agency can use and have access to the modern technology needed for public safety.

“I am thankful for the law enforcement leadership we have in Loudoun County,” County Vice Chairman Shawn Williams (R-Broad Run) said. “We have a safe community here in Loudoun County and that is because of the work these men and women do.”

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oudoun County High School students could lose a popular parking spot if the Town of Leesburg creates a new residential permit parking zone on one of the nearby streets.

Last September residents living on the small section of Belmont Drive west of Catoctin Circle petitioned Town Manger John Wells to restrict non-resident parking on their cul-desac. The residents say high school students routinely take up all the on-street parking.

Complaints were also made about trash and improperly parked vehicles.

The town’s Department of Public Works conducted site surveys in September and again in March to determine whether the street meets the town’s requirements for creating restricted parking zones. Calvin Grow, the town’s transportation engineer, said the surveys confirmed the road met the criteria, with more than 75 percent of the parking spaces taken up by at least 30 percent of vehicles that did not belong to residents.

“There’s not enough available parking according to our survey,” Grow said. “We noticed of the 14 spaces out there 12 were taken up on one day and 11 the other day and of that only four were residents and eight were non-residents.”

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Oblas, Deputy Town Manger Kaj Dentler and Leesburg Police Chief Joseph Price. During the meeting residents urged Oblas to talk with the students about being better civic neighbors, Dentler said.

“It was also an education from the police chief’s perspective of what the laws are,” Dentler said. “The main thrust of the meeting was to confirm if they wanted to go forward with the permit parking and that’s where we are at this time.”

During last Tuesday night’s Town Council public hearing on the proposal, four residents spoke but they were not all on the same page.

Lauren Schierer said students monopolize the street almost daily, leaving virtually no parking for residents or their guests. “I’m a stayat-home mother and it makes it difficult to have friends or family members visit during the day, especially as I only have a one-lane driveway,” she said. “Being an overflow parking lot for the high school does not at all preserve the residential character of our small cul-de-sac.”

Because the parking problem only arises during school days, Shierer asked that the parking restrictions be limited to those hours to prevent the need to use guests passes during evenings, weekends and summer.

Andy Johnston thanked Burk, Price and Dentler for their efforts in organizing the school meeting. And, while he said it was productive, Johnston believes the problem will be ongoing.

“It’s a cul-de-sac. It’s a circle. It’s not conducive to parking. It wasn’t designed for student parking,”

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he said. “I know more students drive. I know they need parking. I know we need to find a solution, but I don’t think our little six-home cul-de-sac is the solution.”

“Several years ago we had talked to the school and an arrangement had been made and it worked for several years but it gradually crept back in,” resident Richard Stone said. Stone’s main concern is that the students’ sometimeshaphazard way of parking blocks large trucks or vehicles from entering the circle.

“I’ve watched trash trucks try to get in and get out, and if there’s an emergency we do have a problem. I was hoping this could be resolved without signs but it doesn’t seem as if the school wants to cooperate,” Stone said.

Resident Agnes Hough said she stands alone in speaking up against the permit parking and did not find fault with the students.

“They do not cause us a problem,” she said.

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we also knew there would be parking on the culde-sac because it is listed as a county street and not a private driveway or a playground.”

Hough said she didn’t see a problem with trash or inappropriate behavior by students. She also raised concerns that parking restrictions would impact big events at the school, such as June’s graduation ceremony. “These children have it rough enough in today’s world…let them worry about their final exams and not where they will park the next day,” Hough said.

The town staff will review the comments made during the hearing then send a recommendation to Wells. Dentler expects a decision to be handed down by the end of this week, he said.

If granted, residents would be charged an annual fee of $1 for each vehicle registered to the address. The town manager will provide each household with two visitors passes and additional passes for special events at no charge.

A sign also will be posted on the road alerting drivers to the parking restrictions.

The high school has a shortage of parking spaces, with all available on-campus parking permits selling out early in the school year.

However, some students simply find the school system’s $200 per year parking fee too costly.

Several students arriving at the school Thursday morning shared their thoughts on possibly losing the convenient spaces along Belmont Drive.

Senior Luke Adams said he uses the culde-sac often because there aren’t enough places to park elsewhere, but he also sympathizes with the residents. “I would actually agree with them.

If I lived here I would hate it,” he said.

“It’s their street, if they feel like it’s bothering them they have the right to do that,” senior Eric Oesterblad said, adding that the street provides an easy walk to and from school. “I can get out of school and come here and get out faster to get to work on time.”

Senior Adam Ripa said if the road were closed to students it would be difficult to find parking elsewhere. “You can’t really park on the side of the road.” Ripa said he parks there everyday because, like many of his classmates, he can’t afford to pay for the $200 school parking lot pass.

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or the third meeting in a row, speakers lined up to address the Leesburg Town Council last week wanting to talk about proposed changes to the town’s noise ordinance.

The council is eyeing a proposal to adopt decibel-based noise limits in an effort to promote outdoor dining and music in downtown businesses while protecting the interests of other residents and businesses. Last Monday, the council agreed to postpone any action until June.

Tyrone Burnett spoke during last week’s meeting to support friend Nils Schnibbe, coowner of MacDowell’s Brew Kitchen. A retired naval officer, Burnett urged the town to be consistent in the enforcement of noise limit, saying the “ordinance matters, the laws matter, uniformity matters.”

“If you’re going to affect one business it has to be consistent…I believe you have the means and capacity to make change and affect the lives of everyone, not only in this room but in this county,” Burnett said.

Musician and downtown resident Payson Van Orden, who addressed council during the past three meetings, said he was impressed how much the community encourages arts and entertainment and hopes to see that culture thrive.

“What I’m seeing is families and community members whose needs are being met for exposure to the arts and for recreation and not having to leave town…you’ve invited us as artists to come here and express ourselves. Please don’t clip our wings now that we’re here.”

John Carroll, a Grammy award winning musician and composer who works and lives part time in Leesburg, said the town should be concerned about getting a stigma of being exclusionary and overly cautious.

“I know that change comes slowly and I understand slippery slope arguments…it would be wonderful to be inclusionary and accommodating and be consistent with bringing people to the town with the stigma that we want life and art and happiness to be all around us,” he said, adding he felt resentment that music was being referred to as “noise” in the debate.

“When the marketplace changed, when the dynamics of technology changed we didn’t ask people to change the government regulations,” downtown resident Robert Guerra said in reference to the idea that businesses should be able to alter the town’s noise rules to suit their own needs.

“What we have works OK. I think there’s all kinds of attributes to sound that you can’t just legislate all of those attributes.”

During last week’s work session council members Katie Hammler and Marty Martinez suggested getting a group of businesses and residents together to hammer out the issues. Teri Simonds, a downtown resident, volunteered to participate in that group if council were to establish one.

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groups, is held in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer, recognized May 1. The marathon was organized to inform and empower the community through scripture leading up to the day of prayer, event coordinator Patricia Phillips said.

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Moore, who was born in Leesburg and attended Loudoun County High School his freshman year before transferring to Potomac High School in McLean, has decided to defer the scholarship for three years to enlist in the service and experience the Army life first hand.

“This scholarship will act as a means for me to better serve the Army and the nation. I will do my best to take advantage of this great opportunity,” he said. After completing graduate school Moore looks forward to pursuing a career either in Military Intelligence or Explosive Ordinance Disposal, braches within the Army that focus on tactical and technical systems.

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erected adjacent to the Loudoun County courts complex. Joyce Guthrie, member of Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, read through the Old Testament book of Esther as passing drivers honked their horns and waved while others stopped by to listen for a bit.

Cindy Bloomingdale, for the second year, brought her children Brennan, 11, and Maddie, 8, to read. The family, who attends the Church of Holy Spirit in Leesburg, took turns reading from the book of Job. “I like the word of God being read in our town,” Bloomingdale said. “It’s important for kids to be able to participate in this and see God’s word active in the community.” Maddie agreed, saying she enjoyed reading to people as they walk by.

During the marathon, volunteers take turns reading the Bible from start to finish for periods of 30 minutes or more. Individuals from more than 50 churches, prayer groups and Bible studies read scripture, prayed with passersby and passed out flyers until midnight each full day of the event, for a total of 88 hours. Since Saturday the scripture has been read in Spanish, Hebrew and English, said cocoordinator Annette Scheel.

Scheel said the marathon works to broadcast a positive and biblical message on the main streets of Leesburg. “These days people

are so distracted and busy and involved in everything,” she said. “This [event] gives us the opportunity to pray and worship with people and families.”

Del. Randy Minchew (R-10) and Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary Clemens were among the almost 100 people who signed up to read as of Monday.

Scheel expressed her frustration that, in accordance with the town’s current noise ordinance, the group could only use a PA system from 5-8 p.m. while some nearby businesses are not held to the same restrictions.

The National Day of Prayer event will immediately follow the Bible Reading Marathon at noon Thursday on the Leesburg Town Green. Last week, the Town Council approved a request by Gwen Armstrong, co-coordinator for the Leesburg event, for the group to be able to use its chambers in case of rain.

The National Day of Prayer was established in 1952 under President Harry Truman’s administration and has been held on the first Thursday in May each year since 1988. The observance is celebrated by Americans of many denominations and reflects all demographics of the country, Armstrong said. “It demonstrates that our nation is blessed and that we can work together.”

During Thursday’s prayer service, Ron Doucette, eastern regional director of The Seed Company, a subsidiary of Wycliffe Bible Translators, will give the keynote address.

“We’re hoping it would be an opportunity for clergy, elected officials and community leaders to come together and pray for our country,” Phillips said. “Our desire is to help build that networking and communication between one another.”

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health care for her and her family. Jiminez said she came to the United States to escape domestic abuse, but now does not have quality insurance to cover her medical expenses.

Following the rally, the group, carrying signs that read, “health care is a right not a privilege,” headed to the town hall meeting room in the library to confront Republican Del. Tag Greason (R-32), Randy Minchew (R-10) and Dave LaRock (R-33) about the issue. The Americans for Prosperity forum brought out close to 75 protestors for and against the expansion. Wexton and Favola, the only Democrats who represent Loudoun County in the state legislature, were not formally invited.

The state Senate’s proposal, Marketplace Virginia, which Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has endorsed, would expand Medicaid by using federal funds to help uninsured Virginians buy private insurance. But House Republicans say they’re concerned that the federal government will not keep its promise to pay 100 percent for Medicaid expansion in the first three years and 90 percent every year thereafter. State Republicans are accusing McAuliffe of coupling Medicaid with the state budget to use it as political leverage to push expansion of the program through.

If a state budget is not adopted by July 1, the government will be shut down, which Minchew said would have draconian effects.

“In my opinion we should not cross collateralize the issue of Medicaid expansion, Marketplace Virginia or its various permutations with the budget,” he said. “The greater that we go on without approving the budget the more people think we do things in Richmond like they do in Washington.”

Greason said he was happy to make himself available for the meeting saying, “part of our responsibility is to talk not only to people we agree with but to talk with people that we don’t agree with.”

Guests had the opportunity to pose a question to each representative.

When asked why he opposed the expansion, Greason said he is concerned with the amount of money the state will be responsible for after the 100 percent reimbursement from the federal government expires. “In three years when that drops to 90 percent of reimbursement that’s approximately $250 million. So in our budget, we he have to have $250 million dollars…and that has got to be part of the discussion if you want to fund the expansion.”

Minchew restated his position that decoupling Medicaid from the budget is critical to the survival of many Virginians. And asked if there had been a full and thorough debate on Medicaid expansion and the various alternatives, “the answer is no,” he said.

LaRock refuted claims that Medicaid expansion in the state would create 30,000 new jobs. “The federal government spent over a trillion dollars on a stimulus program and if they created any jobs at all I’d really be surprised. It’s just a failed concept,” he said. “I defy anyone in this room to come up with an example of where increased taxation applied to job growth has really amounted to a net increase in economic activity and truly significant job growth.”

The delegates’ responses were met with cheers and jeers. The situation intensified as supporters and opponents began to shout at the speakers, and then at each other.

“It’s morally and economically the right thing to do,” Sterling resident John LoGalbo said of expanding Medicaid. LoGalbo said he has a petition signed by 150 people who support the expansion that he plans to present to Greason.

“We owe this to all the citizens of Virginia to share equally in the Medicaid we take for granted,” Steven Duggan said. “We want to support that because it’s our duty to give everyone in the state the same rights that we enjoy.”

Sue Reilly described the efforts to expand Medicaid to residents in need as “social justice in action.”

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According to Tom Fahrney, VDOT’s project manager, last Tuesday night’s input session in South Riding brought out about 500 people, and around 2,000 comments have been sent into VDOT. “It is probably the largest comments in terms of numbers I have seen in my 28 years of doing this,” Fahrney said.

At issue is the route of the proposed Dulles connector road. VDOT, some Loudoun supervisors and state delegates have backed an expansion of Rt. 50, with one lane each direction in the existing median of the road dedicated to airport traffic.

Other supervisors and delegates, however, have supported the construction of a new road that

would connect Northstar Boulevard to Rt. 606 following a route that cuts through undeveloped land south of Brambleton.

Fahrney said the comments he heard during last week’s hearing on the project fell along community lines.

“The feeling from people I talked to, they were most residents of South Riding, they were not in favor of any more construction on Rt. 50, so they were not for the VDOT preferred alternative,” he said. “The few Brambleton residents that I talked to were just the reverse…they felt [the new road] would have too much of an impact on their area.”

Those comments mirror the opinions of Loudoun supervisors and delegates who have found themselves on opposite sides of the debate.

As VDOT staff members work through the comments, the next step is for the Board of Supervisors to take a formal position on the route.

County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) said the board had been looking to bring an item to the second business meeting in May, but now, given the high interest from the public, he said he wants to see the board host its own input session first. The input session would likely be held this summer, and probably would push the

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“They asked to be on par with everyone else, and they are going to be much more than that,” Supervisor Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn) said.

While saying he was supportive of the service for Leesburg, Supervisor Matt Letourneau (R-Dulles) said he wanted to make clear to Mayor Kristen Umstattd and members of the council that he did not think the level of service was fair.

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One thing the board is working toward is self-sustaining fare system for its commuter transit operations—one with a price point that would encourage riders to take the bus to a Metro station rather than all the way into Washington, DC. “The goal is to get to revenue neutrality on this, so the operations are fully funded by users of the bus,” County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) said during the board’s April 16 meeting.

Supervisors hope to have the new fares in place by July 1 to coincide with the expected opening of Metro’s Silver Line to Wiehle Avenue in Reston, and to set fares through the expected opening of the second phase of the Silver Line in five years.

The proposed fare schedule, created by a consultant, would make the long-haul service self-sustainable by 2019. As proposed, the fare for long-haul bus service would go up from $7 to $8 for FY15-16, then increase to $9 for FY17-18 and be $10 in FY19.

In two new routes, connection to the new Wiehle Avenue Metro station in Reston would start at $1 in FY15 from Cascades and Loudoun Station, increasing to $2 by FY19. A bus to the Spring Hill Metro station in Tysons Corner would start at $3 for a.m. trips and $1.50 for p.m. trips in FY15, eventually reaching $4 for a.m. trips and $2 for p.m. trips in FY19.

The existing service to the West Falls Church Metro station from Cascades would remain—alleviating concerns from many commuters that the route would be eliminated—but the price would increase from $2 to $3.50 for FY15-16. It would be $4 for FY17-18 and $4.50 in FY19.

The other commuter routes to Tysons Corner also would continue, with the existing fare of $3 remaining through FY16. In FY17 the fare would increase to $3.50 and hit $4 in FY19.

When combined with the cost to ride the Metro after debarking from Loudoun’s buses, the total commuting cost remains $1 to $2 below the cost of taking Loudoun’s buses the entire route into the District.

The consultant’s recommendations are only a starting point for the discussion about future bus fares and Loudoun commuters are encouraged to weigh in. Comments regarding the proposed fare structure will be accepted via email until 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at transitcomments@loudoun.gov. All comments received via email will be forwarded to the full Board of Supervisors.

Additionally, the board will hear public comment during its monthly public hearing beginning at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, in the boardroom of the county government center, located at 1 Harrison St. SE in Leesburg.

The board is expected to vote on the new fare structure at its May 21 meeting.

More information, including a detailed breakdown of the proposed new fares, is posted online at www.loudoun.gov/busfare.

with the town for the routes and their funding.

The town would still be contributing more than $400,000 to town bus service for the Safe-TRide route moving residents across the Leesburg Bypass and for weekend service, although, like the county, there will be some state revenue to offset those costs.

While supervisors said they were happy to support bus service in Leesburg, a couple took note of a December 2013 letter from the town that requested that the service in Leesburg be equal to service in Ashburn, Sterling and Broad Run. A consultant analysis showed the proposed level of service in Leesburg to be much higher—sometimes close to double—than the areas to the east.

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Transit learned the operations would no longer qualify for federal grant funding. Now, supervisors have voted unanimously to assume operational and financial responsibility for routes within the Town of Leesburg.

During its April 16 meeting, the board voted to use $339,639 in gasoline sales tax funds—Loudoun collects a 2 percent tax on every fill up—to cover the Leesburg-based routes. More than $379,000 already was included for the Leesburg routes in the FY15 budget, bringing the total cost to the county for the five Leesburg routes to roughly $719,000.

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supervisors’ decision into the fall, as the board is in recess in August.

“This will give them a full opportunity for residents to present their opinions, as well as for the board to hear from our staff,” York said.

Once the county board has made its decision, the Commonwealth Transportation Board will have to weigh in on whether it wants to select a preferred alternative, Fahrney said.

“If they do, then it would go to the Federal Highway Administration, who ultimately makes the decision on the environmental assessment,” he said. “Without the CTB [selecting a route], the study stops. We can’t go forward without CTB approval.”

VDOT plans to review and provide responses to all the comments it has received on the project, Fahrney said. “As a part of the final environmental assessment, we have to publish all comments and provide a response that is accept to the Federal Highway Administration.”

The public comment period continues through May 7. Comments may be emailed to

meeting_comments@vdot.virginia.gov with the subject line “DACPMAH Improving Access to Dulles” or mailed to Tom Fahrney, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030.

Comment Period On Courts Expansion Open Following last week’s input session on plans for the next phase of expansion for the county courts complex in downtown Leesburg, residents and stakeholders still are encouraged to submit their thoughts on the project.

The county’s Capital Improvement Program includes the Phase III expansion of the courts complex, which would add 85,000 square feet on the Church Street Parking Lot site, renovate the existing buildings on East Market Street, for a total price tag of $53.68 million. In addition, four county-owned buildings on Edwards Ferry Road, some of which have historic designations, are to be demolished, and a parking structure is planned at the Pennington parking lot.

The courts complex will be a total of 244,000

square feet after the expansion.

There was a good turnout for the April 23 input session, Melissa Tello, with the Department of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure, said and the more than 30 people who attended included a number of nearby residents. She said comments were mixed—with both positives and negatives—about each of the four possible configurations, and county planners hope the input continues online.

Tello said the question getting the most attention from surrounding residents is how much [of the expansion] will sit above street level. Because of the slope on the property there is a varying amount of construction that sits “above grade,” depending on the plan.

The county has established an email address at courts-expansion@loudoun.gov so people can submit comments and/or questions through the project’s planning phases. In addition, a webpage at www.loudoun.gov/courts-expansion was created to keep residents up to date on the project.

“We are hoping folks will use the website if they couldn’t attend the presentation,” Tello said, noting that the planning process is on a contin-

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Right now the county is focusing mostly on the size and configuration of the new building, and not on the specific design of the structure. But Tello said that would be a consideration moving forward, giving consideration to the compatibility with surrounding buildings.

“People are definitely interested in knowing and having the opportunity to see what the actual design will be,” she said of the input received so far.

“We will publicly share that information when it is available.”

When the building concept is decided upon, the county’s consultant will be tasked with creating a number of different design options for the community to vet. In addition, the Town of Leesburg Board of Architectural Review and the Town Council will have to sign off on the final project.

“We want input as early as possible so when we get there this is not the first time someone has seen the plans or design,” Tello said. “Each step has a little more detail.”

To view the four possible plans and learn more about the project, go to www.loudoun.gov/ courts-expansion.

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tions and fee collection. A $25 per hour fee GiveChoose.org would be charged for special events requiring support of the county’s maintenance division.

The Department of Economic Development would see the suspension of the international business recruiting program, saving $150,000 and the elimination of the rural marketing manager, saving $88,000. The Department of Building and Development would see the elimination of nine vacant positions and 10 FTEs in code enforcement, bond support and counter staffing.

Regional organizations that traditionally get funding support from the county also will be hit. Allocations would be reduced by 50 percent, to $405,000, in the recommended budget and eliminated altogether if funding is held at FY10 levels.

While the cuts and enhancements pro-

The deadline for property owners to pay the first half of their personal property taxes is Monday, May 5.

Payments postmarked after May 5 will incur a 10 percent late payment penalty. Additional interest at the rate of 10 percent per year will be assessed. Payments not received within 60 days of the due date will incur an additional 15 percent penalty. The due date will not be extended for bills where assessment questions have been filed with the Commissioner of the Revenue.

Payments can be made using an electronic check, VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. There is a convenience fee added to credit card transactions, but there is no fee for an electronic check.

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up closer to the 0 percent increase level, given what assessments will mean for county taxpayers and Burk agreed. “$1.40 is going to be difficult for anyone to swallow,” the Leesburg District supervisor said, noting that her constituents are also facing paying town taxes. “People are being hit twice in Leesburg. That is always a consideration you have to put forward.”

County supervisors and School Board members were scheduled to m eet Wednesday to get a more detailed budget presentation, but that meeting has been postponed until a yet-to-be-determined date because of the snow. A public hearing is planned for Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the County Government Center in Leesburg, with sessions at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. A hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday,

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The county has published three potential alignments for the extension of Riverside Parkway through Potomac Farms. As studies and surveying are ongoing, all plans are preliminary and subject to change.

tant director of the Department of Transportation & Capital Infrastructure warned residents that all plans are extremely preliminary, as lthough the plans for the road survey work on the land is still underway and are far from complete, residents traffic and environmental studies are still to of Potomac Farms made clear come. to county staff and supervisors “We are trying to analyze the different Monday night that they remain options to get a feel for what the impacts would concerned about the extension of Riverside be,” he told the audience of more than 40 Parkway through their subdivision. residents.

The county has $13 million allocated to But for most residents it appeared the complete the extension of Riverside Parkway impacts were quite clear. from Lexington Drive to University Center on At the top of many minds was their water the north side of Rt. 7 in Ashburn. The road, supply. All three alignments would impact the which has been depicted in the Countywide residents’ communal well, which is located on Transportation Plan for two decades, has long property owned by Blue Mount Nursery. been a concern for residents on Smith Circle.

Glassmoyer assured the residents that the Debate over a proposed alignment of the road, county would replace the water service if the which as shown in the 1995 and 2001 transpor- well is disturbed and said preliminary discustation plans would go through existing homes, sions have begun with Loudoun Water about was so strong that it led to the county’s decision providing a water line to those on Smith Circle. to leave an alignment off the plan when updates “By all means…we need to provide you were adopted in 2010. Instead, the 2010 trans- with water,” Glassmoyer said, adding later that if portation plan called for an alignment study of a residence is on a private well it could continue the road, which is now underway. to be served that way. He said a cost for providThreeVALpossible alignments the road Wine Walk AD 2014_04_21.aifor 1 4/21/2014 4:08:22 ing PM the utility service could not be estimated have been created, but Chris Glassmoyer, assisErika Jacobson Moore

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at this time, but said it would be added to the overall cost of the project.

That led to questions from residents about what would happen if $13 million were not enough for the completed project—including construction of the extension, replacement of the water service, and compensation for property owners who will have land taken by the road.

Supervisors Suzanne Volpe (R-Algonkian) and Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn) assured residents that additional funding, should it be needed, could be found from other county sources.

Riverside Parkway is being planned as a four-lane divided roadway with a 10-foot path on one side and a 5-foot sidewalk on the other.

That led to questions about how residents would get out of their community and onto the road. Glassmoyer and other county staff members said they could not predict whether a traffic light would be needed at the intersection with Smith Circle, and said if there were a stop sign it would only be two way.

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their neighborhood without a light. It is nearly impossible now to turn onto Rt. 7 from Lexington Drive—their access point—even when there is a traffic light because commuters block the intersection.

“We’re going to be playing Frogger to get out,” Smith Circle resident Ryan Wright said, referencing a once-popular video game.

Director of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure Joe Kroboth told the audience that there “could very well” be a traffic signal at the intersection, but because the traffic study has not been done, “I can’t say yes or no.” He noted that one of the things that could make a traffic light warranted is the “delay” issue, when drivers on one leg of an intersection are waiting a long time to merge, and that accident history could also play a part.

That comment led some in the audience to comment that without a light they would quickly hit that accident threshold.

There were some questions about why the county continued to pursue a road that would so negatively impact an existing community—one that was built while plans for the road remained only a line on a map. But Buona noted that the road was being constructed for the “greater good” of Loudoun County and that thousands of residents who sit on Rt. 7 every day need better ways to get to and from work.

Residents countered that simply removing the lights on Rt. 7 would accomplish that goal, without the northern parallel road between Sterling and Leesburg.

“If the lights were removed on Rt. 7 it wouldn’t fix it,” Buona said. “It helps…but one of the things you need to do to help a road is to get people off it.”

While residents said they understood the traffic concerns, they said the county needed to protect their neighborhood.

“We’re really concerned with our quality of life,” resident Pravin Gandhi, who also is a member of the Loudoun Water Board of Directors, said, reminding county staff about how long the subdivision had been there. “It has a right to survive.”

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from the planned road for 28 years, said Potomac Farms is filled with people who have grown together over the years alongside young couples who have only recently made the biggest purchase of their lives.

“I ask that you tap into that county care and concern for them,” she said. “It’s their homes. It’s our homes.”

While the two are not linked directly, consideration of the alignment of Riverside Parkway through Potomac Farms comes at the same time that the Board of Supervisors is considering an application to extend the use of neighboring Blue Mount Nursery for another 20 years.

The Blue Mount Nursery was first approved as a special exception use in 1992 on property zoned residential, but which has since been designated for keynote employment development in the county’s Comprehensive Plan. At that time, the nursery was expected to be an “interim” use until the market for commercial development emerged in the corridor.

The original special exception approval lapses in October 2017, and the owner is seeking permission to extend the special exception by 20 years, a request supported by the Planning Commission. In addition, the application seeks to expand the existing sales area, add a 5,000-square-foot farm market building, allow up to four special events and the sale of propane and firewood.

A similar application for expansion was submitted by Blue Mount in 2005, but subsequently withdrawn.

During a recent meeting of the board’s Transportation/Land Use Committee, some supervisors were skeptical about the proposal, and questioned again whether a decision should wait until the Riverside alignment is settled. But owner Frank Maruca said he did not want to wait, pointing out his application had been in the process for two years.

“I am hoping the road is not the reason it is held up,” he said. “We would like to try and get on with what we want to do there at the nursery.”

If the board rejects the proposal from Blue Mount, the nursery could continue to operate, but only as a wholesale nursery. “But we have the public that doesn’t want us to go away,” Maruca said. “We are the last of anything like that in eastern Loudoun. We would stay there most likely as a growing nursery.”

There were comments from supervisors about potentially approving a 12-month extension for the use, but Maruca said he would not agree to that, and questioned whether the county was trying to find a way to shut his operation down. He said he would give a decision extension so it could come back for discussion at the committee’s June meeting, but said after that the board should simply vote.

“If you don’t want that nursery there, vote it down,” he said. “I own that ground. You can’t tell me what to do on my own property. I know you don’t want that nursery there. It is there and I employ a lot of people.”

Volpe countered that the county was not trying to shut down the nursery, noting the wholesale operation could continue, and charged Maruca with misleading the public that the county was trying to close his business.

“Tell me if you would rather see an office building there rather than a nursery,” Maruca argued.

“The plan calls for keynote employment.

There are interim uses because you are not going to turn over overnight and have the office uses appear,” County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) said. “We’re not trying to shut you down. We are trying to make sure things are taken care of and cleaned up.”

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four small schools and the elimination of freshman sports, buses to Thomas Jefferson High School, sex education teachers, middle school deans and assistant athletic directors—were all left intact.

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he aftermath brought relief to many who lobbied against cuts to specific programs, but left others claiming school system leaders painted a worse-than-reality budget picture. The loudest criticism came from County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large), who called the initial list of cuts “a tool of manipulation and emotional blackmail” after every licensed school system employee was warned they might lose their job.

This week, Supervisor Matt Letourneau (Dulles) called those lay-off notices “the poster child for what went wrong in this process.” He said, “We can’t have that anymore.”

While Supervisor Ralph Buona (Ashburn), who chairs the Board of Supervisors’ finance committee, sounded relieved this week that

some of the most impactful reductions were avoided, he said he didn’t care for the School Board’s approach.

School Board Chairman Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) required only two board members to support putting an item on the cut list for consideration, and many of them ultimately did not have the five votes needed to pass.

“In the end, the most draconian cuts never happened, so then you’re kind of using the students and the teachers to make a point,” Buona said. “There’s no reason to rile up the public if you had no intentions of doing this in the first place.”

The largest savings came from delaying the purchase of 66 replacement buses and other vehicles, such as dump trucks and plows, to trim the board’s initial spending plan by more than $7 million. The request for replacement buses has taken the hit the past few budget reconciliation cycles, now pushing the age at which buses are replaced from 12 years to 16 years.

Buona said he would have reversed the process, by first looking at the less painful cuts, like vehicles and operations and maintenance costs,

before going to the others as a last resort.

But Hornberger defended the approach of putting almost every possible reduction up for the public to see, saying it encouraged community involvement and, actually, is what spared some of the most severe cuts.

When the community of Hillsboro Elementary saw its school on the cut list, it suggested the elimination of two positions to save $122,290 a year. When school secretaries saw that a reduction in their position was on the chopping block, they came forward to suggest their work contract be reduced by 10 days.

When the family life education teachers saw their positions on the list, they lined up at public hearings to tell the board how specialized, and important, their role is, and their positions were ultimately saved. “We put it up there, talked to people about it, and started to envision what it would be like if [those positions] weren’t there,” and we didn’t like the result of that cut, Hornberger said.

He also credits the board’s process, of thinking out loud about its budget priorities, for helping him come up with a new staffing

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framework that avoided many of the reductions that would have resulted in layoffs, and still reduced the budget request by $3 million. The new framework assigns the number of library assistants, technology assistants, administrative interns, middle school deans and athletic directors based on the school’s enrollment. As is, small and large schools have a similar number of those positions.

“Some have said we put all that up there to scare people. Well, what’s the point of doing that…the Board of Supervisors had already made up their mind,” Hornberger said. “This process got people to engage in a way no one would have engaged before, and that’s not an effort to scare people. That’s an effort to do the best we can with what we’ve been given.”

And the most repeatedly cited budget priorities of School Board members made it through reconciliation practically unscathed.

The board found enough savings elsewhere to afford the $2.1 million to reduce the average elementary school class size by one student, fix what had become known as a “sag” in the salary schedule and give every employee a step increase on the salary scale.

“From the beginning, we said our critical priorities have got to be our salary scales and elementary class sizes because we are not competitive…and in the end that’s exactly what we did,” Hornberger said.

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ven before they had caught up on sleep from the tumultuous budget season, School Board members and county supervisors have started thinking about how to improve next year’s budget process.

School Board members want to dig into the cost and the benefits of some of those items that graced the cut list but were later saved, such as the four small schools, months before the superintendent drafts his budget proposal. And Hornberger said he wants to spend time researching the rationale for the number of positions that the superintendent’s budget ties to enrollment growth.

This year, 270 newly requested positions were tied to enrollment growth of 2,375 students, an increase supervisors continued to challenge because it equates to an average of $14,147 per new student, almost $2,000 more than the current countywide per student average.

“Something was really wrong there,” Letourneau said.

But both Letourneau and Buona sounded hopeful that next year’s budget season would be better with a new superintendent at the helm of the school system.

Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick retires next month after 23 years as superintendent, and Eric Williams will step in July 1. Williams has been praised for finding efficiencies within York County School Division, where he’s currently serving as superintendent, while avoiding cuts to the classroom.

To get the budget season off to the right start, Buona hopes the new superintendent will follow, or at least take note of, the fiscal guidance the Board of Supervisors offers each fall. “The county administrator does send a letter to the superintendent each year, but unfortunately a lot of times that guidance is ignored completely…

But I have a feeling the new superintendent will want to do it differently.”

Letourneau predicts new leadership might be the key to improving the relationship between the School Board, which is tasked with creating an annual budget as a funding request, and the Board of Supervisors, which holds the county’s purse strings.

“I’m hopeful that the new superintendent is going to be a lot more open to thinking outside the box and less tied to things the way they were,” Letourneau said. “There’s a real opportunity to make some positive changes. Things can only get better.”

The prospect of another divisive budget battle in 2015 will not benefit either board, with every one of the seats up for re-election next fall and even more of the public now engaged in the process. n

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Twenty-two candidates will be vying for either the mayor’s seat or council positions May 6. Below we give an overview of the races in each town, including candidates’ top priorities and brief bios.

he most hotly contested race of all five towns, Purcellville’s election features a contest for both mayoral and council seats. First-term Councilman Keith Melton, who is serving as vice mayor, seeks to replace Mayor Bob Lazaro, who will retire after his fourth term at the head of the town government. Melton is challenged by Locust Grove resident Kwasi Fraser.

In the council race, Old Dominion Valley resident Karen Jimmerson, Planning Commission Chairman Doug McCollum, Planning Commissioner Ben Packard and Lt. Jim Rust of the Purcellville Police Department will face off for three seats.

The calls from some quarters for “a change” in town government will occur naturally, no matter who wins. Of all six candidates, only Melton, now nearing the end of his first term on council, has any experience of town council government. The three longest serving members of council—Lazaro and Town Councilmen Tom Priscilla and Jim ‘Doc’ Wiley—all will step down at the end of June.

The town has either lowered or equalized property taxes for the past six years and this year reduced utility rates by 3 percent for both water and sewer and lowered the town manager’s proposed real estate tax of 22.5 cents per $100 of assessed value to 21 cents per $100. Election issues that have surfaced include calls for more transparency and better communication between town gov-

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• J. Keith Melton, Jr., 43, management. Melton lists his top priorities as: (a) protecting and maintaining Purcellville’s unique character, small town feel and values, using a common sense approach to growth that allows owners economic opportunities with their land while ensuring they fit through proper planning and zoning into a framework that is appropriate for Purcellville; (b) managing town financial resources conservatively to ensure financial stability and continue the town’s strong fiscal position verified by its AAA rating; and (c) supporting the town’s police department in keeping neighborhoods safe, in line with the town’s recent recognition as one of the top three safest towns in Virginia.

Contact: Jkeithmelton.com; votekeithmelton@ gmail.com.

Council Race: • Douglass John McCollum, 68, retired attorney. McCollum’s top priorities are: (a) shortterm and long-term growth management to achieve the financial objective of 70 percent/30 percent tax revenues from residential and commercial properties while preserving the quality and hometown feel of life in Purcellville; (b) establishing strong communication channels through citizen groups and HOAs and town hall meetings so that residents and business representatives feel their views are heard and understood by council; and (c) protecting and conserving the community’s natural resources through recycling, enhancing the town’s parks and recreational opportu-

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ernment and residents, reduced utility rates and taxes, protection of the town’s small-town character and reducing the town debt.

The race for mayor has turned divisive in recent weeks, over signs that some called offensive that were erected and then hastily removed. Reminiscent of previous election signs calling for “Vote for Micky Mouse” for mayor, one sign erected while the owner was away urged a vote for Fraser, stating: “Politicians and Diapers need to be changed often…for the same reason.” Fraser was quick to repudiate the signs or any “dirty tricks” during the campaign and said the actions were neither affiliated with nor authorized by his campaign.

• Kwasi A Fraser, 43, senior consultant. Fraser’s top three priorities are to: (a) engage residents in the governing process through surveys and obtaining continuous input and performance feedback to provide transparency and open government that is readily available, keeps residents informed and removes potential conflicts of interest; (b) grow the town’s revenues, retain existing and attract new businesses by lowering the meals tax and water and sewer costs and making it easy to do business with the town; and (c) reduce taxes and utility enterprise fees, by identifying areas in government and the utility enterprise to drive operational efficiencies and implement projects focused on measurable improvements.

Contact: www.fraserformayor.com; 540-751-8338 Kwasi A. Fraser J. Keith Melton, Jr.

nities and improving community connectivity and safety through sidewalks, bike paths and additional crosswalks.

Contact: http://democracy.com/ Doug-McCollum • Benjamin Packard, 34, patent examiner at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Packard’s top priorities are: (a) to find new channels to more effectively communicate with town residents and ensure a reliable flow of information, through such measures as a FAQ page on the town website linked to topics before council and more informative press releases; (b) finish updating the town’s comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance with a focus on the town’s growth and ensuring the by-right uses for land designations are consistent with the

town’s vision for the future; and (c) continuing to explore means by which the town can pay down its debt burden, limiting discretionary expenditures that do not provide direct financial benefits to the town in favor of debt reduction.

Contact: Facebook – Packard for Town Council • Karen H. Jimmerson, 43, stay-at-home mom, previously a top producing store manager for a national brand. Jimmerson seeks overall to balance the interests of tourism, businesses and their growth that can provide solid employment opportunities while preserving Purcellville’s rural and small town heritage. Her top priorities are: (a) maintaining a strong ethics code on council; (b) increased transparency to foster more openness on the

council and to gain trust by residents; and (c) a priority-driven budget that focuses on doing important things well, spending within the town’s means and demanding accountability.

Contact: Jimmerson.org; Karen.jimmerson@ gmail.com • James Smith Rust, 64, police lieutenant with Purcellville Police Department. Rust’s priorities are: (a) overwhelmingly, public safety as the top concern, to constantly look for ways of improvement, such as lighted inground crosswalks with a push of a button and more sidewalks; (b) lowering the town’s debt by minimizing and prioritizing future capital improvements so as to prevent future tax and rate increases; and (c) following a path of sensible and reasonable growth both in future residential and in business projects.

Contact: www.JimRust.com

POLLING STATIONS ARE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: • Hamilton: Hamilton Baptist Church on East Colonial Highway; • Lovettsville: Lovettsville Community Center on Broad Way; • Middleburg: Town Office on West Marshall Street;

• Purcellville: Emerick Elementary School on South Nursery Avenue; and • Round Hill: Round Hill Center on High Street.

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Tiffaney Dawn Carder, 38, office manager.

Carder is the MayFest Committee chairwoman and serves on the We’re In Committee and the Parks Committee. Her top three priorities are to: (a) support and promote local businesses by making Lovettsville a tourism destination, developing a brand for the Town of Lovettsville and solidifying the Potomac Partnership between Lovettsville and Brunswick, MD; (b) continue to make MayFest, which she helped create, bigger and better each year; and (c) the further development of Quarter Branch Park, including a fitness trail.

Kimberly Allar, stay-at-home mother of three, formerly small business owner. She developed the annual Light Up Lovettsville holiday lights contest. Allar’s top priorities are to: (a) preserve the town’s small community characteristics while also promoting

Jason Robert Bickmore, 42, juvenile probation officer with Loudoun County. A 13-year resident of the town, Bickmore has watched its revitalization in recent years. He has volunteered for many community activities, but said it was time to give back and help guide the town to meet future needs. His main priorities are: (a) the sidewalks project, the community center and town parks; (b) developing opportunities for adolescents in town and getting them involved; and (c) achieving better communication between the old and new areas of town as well as between longtime residents and those newer to town.

Contact: Jason.Bickmore@gmail.com

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he town features an uncontested race for both mayoral and council seats. Scott Ramsey seeks his third term as mayor and three incumbents are seeking re-election— Janet Heston, Christopher Prack and Fred Lyne, the latter two running as write-in candidates. Ramsey has endorsed all three.

Mayor’s Race: Scott T. Ramsey, 43, engineer. Ramsey’s top priorities for his third term are: (a) a focus on sidewalk and storm water improvements; (b) sound fiscal management; and (c) preserving Round Hill’s character.

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• Janet L. Heston, 60. Heston’s main priorities as she seeks a third term are to: (a) follow through on completion of the longplanned Franklin Park Trail that will connect the county park facility to Round Hill and the simultaneous tie-in with the Main Street drainage and storm water project; and (b) the need for council to be good stewards of the town’s budget and spending.

• Christopher John Prack, 45, automotive service test development. Prack’s top priorities are to: (a) maintain a responsible town budget; (b) build necessary town infrastructure, including the West Lake treatment plant, town parks, Main Street enhancement and the Franklin Park Trail; and (c) manage growth in and around town to keep the small town feel.

Contact: chrisprack@comcast.net • Frederick Lyne, 52, manager. Lyne will seek his first elected term in office, having been appointed to a vacant seat last year. His priorities are to: (a) keep the family character of Round Hill in place; (b) make sure the Main Street improvements project happens; and (c) improve community awareness of what is going on in town government.

Contact: fjlyne@comcast.net

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Jennifer Jones, after-school activities teacher, member of the LIT Committee, Parks Committee, Environment Board and the Volunteer Fest Committee. Top priorities are to: (a) preserve Lovettsville’s small-town character while achieving the town’s comprehensive plan goals, including those of sidewalks, parking, small businesses, parks and bike trails; (b) encourage residents to become involved in their community and to know their neighbors, businesses and organizations; and (c) promote water conservation and maintain the town’s Tree USA designation.

Contact: http://jej630.wix.com/jenjones; jej630@yahoo.com

• Kevin Hazard, 64, construction and innkeeper. Hazard is seeking his second term on council. His top priorities are to: (a) manage the growth created by Salamander Resort & Spa efficiently and use those additional funds to the town’s budget wisely to keep the cost of government services at a minimum; (b) ensure a healthy business climate in which citizens and businesses combine to keep the downtown healthy and attract and

• Erik Scheps, 47, a retired pharmaceutical sales executive, is also running as a write-in candidate. A four-year resident, Scheps is running for council to keep the small town charm that has been so carefully maintained by those who love Middleburg. He aims to seek balanced solutions that honor the town’s traditions as well as look to the future.

Priorities are to: (a) focus on economic development; (b) traffic patterns; and (c) increased tourism.

Contact: ejscheps@yahoo.com

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Robert J. Zoldos II, 44, firefighter. The mayor says his top priority is to continue to work on the goals he ran on four years ago—economic development, education, civic participation and transportation. The anticipated start of phase two of the Town Center project—the initial commercial building—should spur more opportunities in other areas. Finding better ways to keep residents involved in government is a key priority. Continuing the sidewalk and streetlight project also to improve the town’s overall transportation is a key goal.

Contact: Facebook – Friends Of Lovettsville

small business growth; (b) work to encourage community involvement and greater communication between the Town Council and Lovettsville residents; and (c) using town resources wisely to benefit all town residents.

Contact: Facebook – Kimberly Allar for Lovettsville Town Council; kimberly.allar@ gmail.com

• Vice Mayor Darlene Kirk, 58, retired from the U.S. Department of State, is seeking her fourth full term. She was appointed in 2001 to succeed her mother, Betty S. Kirk, a 22-year-member of council. Kirk has served ever since, and chairs the Personnel and Finance Committee and the Health Center Advisory Boards. Her top priorities are to: (a) keep the town fiscally strong; (b) keep our businesses strong and healthy; and (c) start replacing old water pipes in town.

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• Thomas Dionne, 52, retired. Dionne was asked to run by several people in town because of his involvement with the arts.

His platform is based on one priority—to keep Middleburg unique. He is neither antigrowth nor anti-change, but thinks Middleburg’s features need to be protected for all the people who choose what he calls “a great place to live.”

Contact: tdionne@middleburgarts.org; 540-687-6411

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• Mark Thomas Snyder, 59, engineer. Snyder is seeking his fifth term on council. His top priorities are to (a) continue working to get the needed capital improvements for the town’s utilities—which when he first started on council were “in terrible shape, and took a lot of work to get them turned around and rates stabilized;” and (b) to keep the town historic, equestrian and friendly, maintaining its small town culture and “not trying to act like a big town.”

Contact: msnyder@townofmiddleburg.org

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ayor Bob Zoldos is running unopposed for his second term of office, having previously served four terms on council.

Four candidates are vying for three council seats. First term incumbents Tiffaney Carder and Kimberly Allar are on the ballot with Planning Commissioner Jennifer Jones and Loudoun Juvenile Probation Officer Jason Bickmore. Councilman Jack Burden is not seeking re-election.

Although contested for council seats, the Lovettsville race is a much calmer affair than in Purcellville. Over the past few years, the Town Council has worked to increase its support for its business community and foster economic development through the We’re In Lovettsville Committee. The town also has boosted its annual family-oriented events, with the MayFest celebration of small town activities, while strengthening its longtime Oktoberfest tradition of honoring the town’s German heritage.

Projects in progress include two county facilities—the new community center and recreational and equestrian opportunities at the 91-acre Lovettsville Park. Also likely to return to the forefront is the long-awaited start of the commercial component of Town Center, for which a new proposal is expected shortly.

Betsy Allen Davis, 61, business owner and office manager. The mayor is setting her sights on finishing some major projects.

Her priorities are to: (a) complete the town’s sidewalks and crosswalks project—three new ones at the east end of town and one between the post office and Middleburg Bank—using funds left over from the Rt. 50 traffic-calming project, grants and county funds; (b) simultaneously in partnership with VDOT while the streets are torn up replace old utility infrastructure and install lighting; and (c) achieve a healthy budget to cover “all the things we need and having the money to do it.”

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Michael Edward Snyder, 65, retired lawyer. The longtime councilman who has served since the late 1980s said his main priorities are: (a) continuing to work on the town’s utilities and infrastructure; (b) improvement of sidewalks and exploring grant money opportunities for such projects; and (c) continuing the town’s fiscally conservative approach to spending and taxes.

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David S. Simpson, 63, retired police chief with 35 years in local law enforcement.

Simpson’s top priorities are to: (a) work on funding to greatly improve the town’s sidewalks to make Hamilton a more walkable community as well as explore the possibility of concerts downtown; (b) continue to make the town’s water/wastewater systems more efficient through grants and technical improvements; and (c) explore annexation of properties considered to be part of town, but not actually within the town boundaries. Contact: drs755@aol.com

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s Election Day approaches there will be an uncontested race for mayor, but a healthy crop of five candidates, including two mounting write-in campaigns, to fill the four seats on the Town Council.

Mayor Betsy Allen Davis will seek her fifth term as mayor after serving a number of years on council, while Vice Mayor Darlene Kirk and Councilmen Mark Snyder and Kevin Hazard all will seek re-election. Councilman David Stewart, whose term also expires June 30, does not plan to run again. Newcomers to the Middleburg political scene, Tom Dionne and Erik Scheps, are running write-in campaigns.

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Councilman Dave Simpson’s seat will be vacant as he is seeking to fill the seat of Mayor Greg Wilmoth, who is not seeking re-election. Longtime councilman Mike Snyder is seeking another term, but Councilman Dimitri Kesari said he is not planning to run again. Several other Hamilton residents are expected to emerge as write-in candidates by Election Day. Two council seats will be determined by write-in votes.

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“I looked at all the people and, frankly, Barbara Comstock is going to be the most flexible,” he said. “Everyone else has this my way or the highway attitude. Well, my mother taught me that half a loaf is better than none.”

At least one voter showed up to the polls Saturday and walked right back out without casting a ballot after hearing he would have to sign a statement of intent, vowing to support the Republican nominee in November.

Betty Bigler, of Leesburg, said she supported Comstock at the polls because the delegate is “the most electable” in the 10th District, which stretches along Virginia’s northern border from Fairfax County to Frederick County in the Shenandoah Valley.

A Leesburg resident, who did not want to share his name, stressed the importance of

party unity for Republicans to hold on to the 10th District. “The party needs to unite behind whatever candidate is elected today,” he said Saturday afternoon. “If the person I wanted for our candidate doesn’t win today, I’ll still support the Republican in November. That’s the only way we’ll win.”

Walton Fehr, of Leesburg, had planned to vote for Comstock. “I was looking forward to supporting her—I like her—but I’m not signing this,” he said, as he exited Harmony Middle School with the unsigned statement of intent in hand. “It’s basically giving up my right to vote for who I want to in November. What if someone I philosophically disagree with wins today?”

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wo Loudoun County educators were honored last week as the top teacher and top principal of the year.

Allison Alison, an advanced placement U.S. history and psychology teacher at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, is this year’s recipient of The Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award for Loudoun County.

The award also serves as Loudoun’s Teacher of the Year award.

Rolling Ridge Elementary Principal Andrew Davis is the recipient of The Washington Post’s 2014 Distinguished Educational Leadership Award for Loudoun County. The award also doubles as Loudoun’s Principal of the Year award.

Both Alison and Davis were recognized with loud standing ovations during last Tues-

day’s School Board meeting. And the two educators took several minutes to offer energetic thanks of their own to their colleagues, students and family members.

Alison, who changed careers to teach 13 years ago after working as an attorney, said she never knew how taxing teaching would be.

She urged those in the packed boardroom to show their appreciation to educators.

“Please thank another teacher because they work so hard,” she said. “This feeling of appreciation. I don’t want it for me. I want it for all teachers. I’m hoping we can create a ripple effect. Not just in Loudoun County, but in the state and the nation when we thank teachers.”

In a video produced by the school system’s educational channel LCPS-TV, several Stone Bridge students, teachers and Principal Jim Person sang Alison’s praises.

“I hear time and time again from parents just how appreciative they are for what she’s

done with their students,” Person said.

Tim Lucas, Stone Bridge’s director of school counseling, said of Alison, “She really engages students and gets them to perform at a level that I don’t think they even knew they could perform at…There’s just a passion there that’s very rare.”

In a similar video highlighting Davis, several commented on his energy and his passion to make every student, and their families, feel like they are a vital part of the school community in Sterling.

Carol Owens, a reading specialist at Rolling Ridge, said, “He works tirelessly to develop a strong community within Rolling Ridge, not just among teachers and students, but also the parents.”

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Stone Bridge’s Allison Alison, Loudoun’s Teacher of the Year, works with students in an advanced placement course.

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he new principals for three high schools, all of whom will replace popular, longtime principals who are retiring, were announced during last week’s Loudoun County School Board meeting.

Matthew Wilburn will move from assistant principal at Stone Bridge to replace Jim Person, the only principal the school has known since its opening. Wilburn started his career in education as a seventh grade teacher in Manassas City Public Schools before coming to Loudoun, where he’s served as a sixth grade teacher at Seneca Ridge Middle School, eighth grade dean at J. Lupton Simpson Middle School, and now as assistant principal at Stone Bridge. He holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and a master’s degree in educational leadership from West Virginia University.

Michelle Luttrell, an assistant principal at Freedom High School, will take the helm at

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Loudoun County High School following the retirement of Principal Bill Oblas. Luttrell has served as a physical education teacher in Rockbridge County Public Schools; as a dance and health teacher in Berkeley County, WV; as a health and physical education teacher at Stone Bridge High School; and as a health and physical education teacher, health and physical education department chair and assistant principal at Free-

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Kirk Dolson will be Park View High School’s new principal, following the retirement of Virginia Minshew. Dolson currently serves as the assistant principal at Potomac Falls High School. He started his career in education as an

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tudents at Cool Spring Elementary School welcomed a new arrival Friday— a good-looking Norway spruce in celebration of Arbor Day. Each year, the Leesburg Tree Commission selects a school to receive a tree. Among the schools that have flourishing trees thanks to the commission are Catoctin Elementary School, Harper Park Middle School and Heritage High School.

“This year, you were the special school,” Tom Seeman, chairman of the Leesburg Tree Commission, told a visibly excited group of fourth-graders.

Before planting the 5-foot-tall evergreen near the school playground, Seeman quizzed the students on the benefits of trees and told them how Arbor Day got its start 142 years ago.

“A man named J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska said, ‘We’re cutting down too many trees… So let’s have a day where we can plant a tree together.”

Davette Everly, a member of the Leesburg Tree Commission, said the goal of the Fourth Grade Foresters program is to revitalize the observation of Arbor Day in United States schools. “We want to send every fourth grader home with a tree of their own to plant and care for, to support employment of workers with

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disabilities who package the saplings for distribution, and to bring schools and other organizations together to have a direct impact on the urban forests of their community.”

Among those who did their part to toss a shovel full of dirt on the Norway spruce were Leesburg Mayor Kristen Umstattd, Vice Mayor Dave Butler, Supervisor Ken Reid (R-Leesburg), Leesburg Parks and Public Space planner William Ference, John Groothuis of the Leesburg Tree Commission, and Cool Spring Principal Christopher Cadwell. n

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he hope for those behind plans to convert Middleburg Elementary School into a public charter school was to offer special programming that would draw more students to the small school, and it seems to be working.

As of the application deadline Wednesday, more than 150 students had applied to Middleburg Community Charter School, three times the current enrollment of Middleburg Elementary School.

“The amount of interest has been outstanding,” Teri Domanski, who sits on the charter school’s committee, said.

The kindergarten through fifth grade public charter school will open in early August as the first public charter school in Northern Virginia, and operate on an extended school year calendar. The school is open to any

Loudoun County elementary student, and it will operate under the umbrella of Loudoun County Public Schools.

Domanski said the school committee will hold a lottery later this week to narrow down the applications down to about 120 students.

The committee is also expected to name the principal of the school later this week.

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Davis addressed the School Board and those in the audience, which included a rowdy bunch of Rolling Ridge staff members and students. “I’m rather overwhelmed…I can’t believe they would choose me when I’m surrounded by such incredible people.”

He continued, “I’ve always seen my position as a platform for service. I think as leaders if we do that we can have, as Ms. Alison put it, a ripple effect…This award is for Rolling Ridge, all the teachers here and all the parents who stepped up to support us.”

Moments after the award announcement, Davis was the subject of another School Board action: he was named the next principal of Round Hill Elementary School. He will replace Nancy McManus, a previous Principal of the Year award winner who is retiring this year.

Davis started his career in education as a third grade teacher at Lowes Island Elementary, before teaching fourth grade at John Kerr Elementary School in Winchester and third grade at Leesburg Elementary School. He also served as assistant principal at Sterling Elementary School before being named principal of Rolling Ridge Elementary. He holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Bridgewater College and a master’s degree in educational administration from Shenandoah University.

“He takes risks. He’s an innovator. He thinks outside the box,” Barbara Nichols, director of Middle School Education, said of Davis.

“He puts it all out there for his kids.”

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Best High Schools released last week.

Three Loudoun County high schools ranked in the top 300 in the nation, and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a governor’s school that educates more than 200 Loudoun students a year, was named fourth best high school in the nation.

Loudoun Valley High School ranked 14th in the state, and 316th in the nation, earning a gold medal. Its Advanced Placement participation was cited as 80 percent, and the report ranked its college readiness index at 55.8, out of 100.

Dominion High School earned gold with a ranking of 15th in Virginia and 326th in nation.

Its college readiness index is rated at 55.2 and its AP participation rate is 74 percent.

Potomac Falls High School also took home a gold medal, with a college readiness index of 51.9 and an AP participation rate of 65 percent.

The high school ranked 18th in Virginia and 387th in the nation.

The rankings are based on a formula that takes into account a high school’s state proficiency tests and the number of students who take AP courses, AP end-of-course exams and how well they score. To read the full report, go to www.usnews.com.

The Washington Post’s annual Challenge Index report, also released last week, put all 12 Loudoun County public high schools in the nation’s top 5 percent of high schools. The Challenge Index uses a formula that takes the number of Advanced Placement exams taken by all students at a school and divides them by the number of graduating seniors.

That report ranked the schools as follows: Loudoun Valley (242nd in the nation), Briar Woods (320th), Woodgrove (351st), Tuscarora (352nd), Dominion (423rd), Potomac Falls (439th), Stone Bridge (441st), Broad Run (451st), Loudoun County (593rd), Freedom (623rd), Park View (854th) and Heritage (1,083rd).

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Nova Medical Group founder and CEO Dr. Grace Keenan said the enterprise is intended to promote proper diet and nutrition with the goals of disease prevention and optimizing health.

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“As a doctor, I strive to help others optimize their wellness and feel complete,” Keenan said. “I do not believe that doctors are here just to treat disease. Wellness clearly involves much more than the absence of disease.”

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In the deal, Orbital will combine with ATK’s Aerospace and Defense Groups to form Orbital ATK, Inc. to serve U.S. and international customers in the markets for space launch vehicles and propulsion systems, tactical missiles and defense electronics, satellites and space systems, armament systems and ammunition, and commercial and military aircraft structures and related components.

The transaction is described as a taxfree, stock-for-stock merger-of-equals, valued at approximately $5 billion based on Orbital’s closing stock price Monday. Orbital specializes in small- and medium-class satellite and launch vehicles and ATK A&D offers rocket propulsion, composite structures and space power systems. Together, the operations plan to produce more capable and affordable space and missile defense products while enhancing ATK A&D’s strategic and tactical missile systems and propulsion, precision weapons and military armament and commercial and military aircraft programs by leveraging Orbital’s systems design, engineering and integration capabilities.

Orbital ATK will be led by a 16-member board of directors will be headed by Chairman Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (USAF, ret.) and will include seven directors from ATK’s board and nine directors from Orbital’s board.

Orbital’s President and CEO David W. Thompson will continue in those roles with the new company. Blake E. Larson, president of ATK’s Aerospace Group, will serve as chief operating officer. Garrett E. Pierce, Orbital’s CFO, will hold the same position in the new company.

Orbital ATK will employ about 13,000 people, including more than 4,300 engineers and scientists and 7,400 production and operations specialists, at engineering centers, research laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and test and launch sites in 17 states. The combined company will be headquartered at Orbital’s existing Dulles campus, with major employee sites in Utah, Missouri, Virginia, Arizona, Maryland, West Virginia, California and Minnesota.

In the merger, ATK shareholders will own approximately 53.8 percent of the equity of the combined company and Orbital shareholders will own approximately 46.2 percent.

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from experience the value of healthy eating.

After two decades of driving his culinary career, his health became a major concern when through poor diet and an inactive lifestyle, Ly’s weight reached 500 pounds. He began to experiment with healthy recipes and found that eating healthfully can be enjoyable and tasty, and he has shed half that weight so far.

Keenan notes that four modifiable health risk behaviors—lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption—are responsible for much of

Business In Brief • Leesburg leaders celebrated the opening of Leesburg Innovation, LLC, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The business is the newest option in workspace solutions in Leesburg’s HUBZone. The company offers virtual office packages, workspaces to rent on a monthly basis and conference rooms to rent by the hour or the day. Services also include reception services and in-suite kitchen use. “These options are perfect for startup businesses, existing small businesses, and the telecommuting workers,” according to Leesburg Innovation’s General Manager Melissa Hughes. “We have already rented out four workspaces to BrightStar Care of Leesburg, a home care and staffing business opening in May.” The office, located at 722 E. Market St. Suite 102, is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and other hours by arrangement. For more information, go to www.leesburginnovation.com.

• The Loudoun County Department of Economic Development is a co-sponsor of NAIOP’s May 1 “Outside-the-Beltway” tour for commercial real estate professionals. The tour includes portions of Loudoun and Fairfax counties, including the submarkets of Tysons Corner, Reston, Rt. 28 and the area near the intersection of Rt. 50 and I-66. The tour kicks off at One Loudoun in Ashburn with a trade show, breakfast and remarks by NAIOP, One Loudoun and county leaders. Ten buses will then carry more than 400 builders, developers and brokers to receive an overview of Loudoun projects including One Loudoun, Loudoun Station, Dulles World Center, Belmont Executive Plaza, Lakeview at University Center, Atlantic Corporate Park, Merritt University Center and Ashbrook Place.

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the illness, suffering and early death related to chronic diseases. “So, by changing these four aspects of how we live, we can drastically reduce both the incidence of disease and our healthcare costs,” she stated. “I hope that the Garden of Eatin’ café will help us take one step closer to embracing proper nutrition.”

The café will be open 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday through Friday and also will offer catering services designed to help area employers promote healthy eating during their corporate functions. For more information, go to www.novagardenofeatin.com. n • The sixth annual Sterling Teen Job Fair will be held Saturday, May 3, at the Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling. The fair, sponsored by the Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, and Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling), will feature a variety of employers in the fields of retail, catering, entertainment, technology and more. The event runs 1-3 p.m. The annual event has helped hundreds of area teens secure summer jobs, build their résumés and earn money for college. The event is free. Volunteers also are needed for the fair. The recreation center is located at 46105 Loudoun Park Lane. For more information, contact Delgaudio’s office at 703-771-5819 or at Eugene.Delgaudio@loudoun.gov.

• The Loudoun Small Business Development Center will offer a Start Your Business seminar from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church St. SE in Leesburg. Ruth Cope will lead participants through steps for successfully starting a small business, addressing taxes, licensing, business plan development, sources of financing and marketing. Arthur Thompson from Keyser Thompson Insurance Agency will discuss the types of insurance needed. The seminar fee is $10 for online registration at LoudounSBDC.eventbrite. com or $15 at the door.

• Garofalo Artisan Liqueurs Inc., of Winchester—founded by Ashburn resident Dick Garofalo at age 74—has introduced its first liqueur, “Night Life” Coffee Liqueur, which will be available in 100 Virginia ABC stores across the state. The liqueur is 60 proof and made from a custom blend coffee roast. Garofalo is preparing to introduce additional flavors, including a special walnut liqueur using a 100-year-old family recipe. Find out more at http://garofaloartisanliqueurs.com.

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Woodgrove head coach Brad Bauder is blessed with a full stable of capable starting pitchers, and he has needed them all this season as two—junior Kaleb Bowman and sophomore Austin Rader—have had slow starts because of early-season injury concerns. Senior Matt Jeffery, juniors Hank Biggs and Brendan Whitfield and sophomore Colin Reid picked up the slack over the first month of the season and helped the Wolverines jump out to a 9-1 start (through April 27).

Now, with Bowman and Rader returning healthy, Woodgrove finds itself primed for a postseason run in Conference 21 and the Group 4A North Region.

“We do a good job on the mound,” Bauder said. “I have a lot of guys who can throw strikes, and if you can do that in high school, you can get outs. You don’t have to always be overpowering. To have five or six quality arms is outstand-

ing. We’re built on pitching and defense and with these two guys coming back, it’s exciting.

“You can always win with your best, but when you put your No. 2 out there and are still winning, you know you have a good guy out there,” Bauder added. “Hank [Biggs] has carried a big load for us this year with our injuries.

When it comes down to it in the postseason, you have to win that one game to move on. It’s a comfort to know we can go in there and have guys ready.”

When fully healthy, Bowman is Woodgrove’s “best.” The 6-foot-1, 200-pound righthander emerged as the top pitcher for the Wolverines last season as they advanced to the Group AA state semifinals and posted a 16-8 overall record. Bowman earned second-team all-Dulles District honors in the process.

“We lost a lot of our upperclassmen heading into last year and Kaleb stepped up to be a leader for us as a sophomore,” Bauder said.

“Everyone knows when he is on the mound, he’s going to give us an opportunity to win the baseball game. To play behind a kid like that carries off the field as well. They see what he is doing to make himself better and they want to do that to make themselves better. He gets everybody motivated and ready to play. It’s fun to come to the ballpark everyday with this group.”

Bowman entered the 2014 season as Woodgrove’s No. 1 starter, but he did not start

pitching until the past few weeks after experiencing arm tiredness during the preseason. He made his pitching debut this season with an inning in relief—earning a save—against Freedom April 14 and he made his first start April 22 in an 11-1 victory over John Champe.

“I’ve just been resting it,” Bowman said.

“There was a little tenderness and I’ve just been resting it so I can go deeper into the season. It feels fine now.”

In the meantime, Bowman has played occasionally in the field at first base, showing he is more than just a pitcher, but he is most comfortable on the mound.

“When I’m on the mound, I want to go after every hitter and do my best every time,” Bowman said. “At first base, I obviously also want to do my best, but I’m a bit more focused on the mound because it’s more in my hands. I start every at bat; every pitch starts with me.” “[Kaleb] can play a little bit of everywhere and is a good baseball player,” Bauder said. “He started his first varsity game in right field for us.

He also was our No. 1 guy out of the bullpen as a freshman and did a lot of good things. Things clicked a bit after his freshman year and that’s when things really took off for him.”

Bowman had a solid freshman season at Woodgrove in 2012, pitching in relief as the Wolverines finished 17-6. But it was an invitation from Stone Bridge coach Sam Plank to play with the EvoShield Canes, a travelling showcase team, which first got him noticed by college recruiters.

Bowman competed with the EvoShield Canes in a wood-bat national tournament in Fort Myers, FL, in September 2012. Scheduled to pitch in relief in a qualifying round, he did not get in the game when the contest was called early. But Bowman started in a consolation game later that same day and impressed a coach from the University of South Carolina. The Gamecocks—one of the top teams in NCAA Division I and the College World Series champion in both 2010 and 2011—offered Bowman a scholarship shortly thereafter and he made a verbal commitment in October 2012. Bowman cannot officially sign a National Letter of Intent until November.

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30 coaches there,” Bowman said. “But I started the consolation game and there were only two colleges there, and South Carolina was looking at another player from our team. I went out and had some of the best stuff I’ve ever had and they noticed.

“South Carolina is always on top,” Bowman added. “Growing up in Texas, I always liked Texas and TCU, but when I moved to the East Coast, I started liking South Carolina and North Carolina. It’s nice to have them recognize me.”

“It all clicked for him in one inning, one of his better innings of the year,” Bauder said. “He’s been consistently at that level since.”

Bowman features a fastball clocked regularly between 84-86 mph, but he has been known to pump it up to 89 or 90 on occasion.

His pitch arsenal also consists of a slider, a developing changeup and a split-finger pitch that is quickly becoming one of his favorites.

“My changeup is coming along pretty well, and the split-finger is becoming a very good third pitch,” Bowman said. “The slider has always been strong for me. I can spot that and control it the best.”

“Velocity is not everything with him,” Bauder said. “He’s a kid who pitches to both sides of the plate. With his arm slot, he throws a nice hard slider. The changeup is the No. 1 pitch you learn in college and we’re working on that, and he’s developing a nice split-finger pitch. He’s going to get bigger and stronger, and he works hard at it. If he can come out of here with four pitches, imagine how much ahead of the game he’ll be at South Carolina.”

Bauder feels that with Bowman’s work ethic and intelligence for the game, the sky is the limit for the young Wolverine.

“I think we’ve helped each other,” Bauder said. “He’s a coach’s dream, on the field and off. I think he’s made me a better coach and I’ve helped him get ready for the next level— not necessarily on the mound, but behind the scenes with what to expect in college baseball.

I played a bit in college and can relate to him some of the experiences. He can relate to me and that’s why we connect pretty well.

“He’s a great kid to coach,” Bauder added.

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In Purcellville, the popular Monk’s BBQ food truck has taken things to the next level with a permanent bricks and mortar location. Meanwhile in Lovettsville, the locals are raving about GK’s BBQ—a new takeout spot on the town’s main drag.

For Brian Jenkins, owner of Monk’s, opening a storefront after several years of operating at an area winery was a big, but logical, next step.

Jenkins and wife Kirsten began their business with a tent at Corcoran Vineyards outside Waterford in 2011. The couple quickly built up a following at the winery and became something of a destination eatery after earning a positive review in The Washington Post and winning a listeners’

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As the business grew, Jenkins, who works full time as director of research for the Visit Loudoun tourism agency, brought on a partner, Nick Calabrese, and pitmaster Mike Jewell to run the restaurant’s day-to-day operations.

With his team in place, Jenkins knew it was time to act when the retail space formerly occupied by the now-closed Boodacades Smokehouse became available at the beginning of this year.

The restaurant opened April 12 with lines out the door.

While some of the restaurant’s supporters worry that the slightly off the beaten path location in a semi-industrial area of Purcellville, is less than ideal, it’s not a problem for Jenkins.

“Some say that the location is challenging,

but consider that we were [previously] in the middle of western Loudoun County, two miles down a dirt road—the location doesn’t bother us,” Jenkins said. “We’ve built up such a following over the last three seasons, as soon as we opened up the doors we’ve had lines going back to the front door…It’s a great problem to have.”

The restaurant offers a mouthwatering range, including pulled pork, Texas style brisket (Jenkins’ favorite), pastrami, cured ham and pulled chicken. House-cured pork belly is served as bacon on a stick, which “seems to be knocking everybody’s socks off,” Jenkins said. A selection of sauces are made from locally produced wines, beers and spirits, including a whiskey sauce from Catoctin Creek Distillery and a raspberry chipotle merlot sauce made with wine from Corcoran Vineyards.

“Right down to the sauces, everything is homemade,” Jenkins said. “We even cure our own pickles.”

Jenkins, who grew up in Leesburg and graduated from James Madison University, is a fifth generation Loudouner who lives in Purcellville with his wife and daughters Madelyn and Virginia. While pursuing his marketing career at Visit Loudoun, he took up smoking meats as a hobby before jumping into the business.

“My stomach leads the way. I love to eat. I love this kind of food—it takes a lot of care,” he said. “You smoke meats at low temperatures for a long time. The anticipation’s half the fun.”

Jenkins had no formal training, just a lot of trial and error, but in the end, he said, “I’ve come up with a method that’s really easy to teach new people. It creates a beautiful product.”

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Well beyond a barbecue stand, the new Monk’s has a full bar offering a range of local wines—rosé in particular pairs well with the spicy sweetness of barbecue—and craft beers, along with cocktails made from spirits local and otherwise. The restaurant’s bourbon cocktails are a particular point of pride for Jenkins.

“Bourbon gets its flavor from charring the interior of oak barrels and so you’ve got a lot of carmelization from flame,” he said. “It just goes really well with the smokiness of barbecue.”

Monk’s cocktails feature touches like housemade brandied cherries and ginger syrups, and consulting mixologist Gary McGraw is working on a range of house infused vodkas. While the kitchen closes at 9 p.m., the restaurant is open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and Jenkins would like to make it a post-dinner destiContinued on Page 48

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Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children and seniors.

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10 a.m.-noon, Ida Lee Park demo garden, Leesburg. Contact: www.loudouncountymastergardeners.org or 703-777-0373 Loudoun County Master Gardeners presents a talk on transitioning from a spring to summer vegetable garden as part of its Saturdays in the Garden series.

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Contact: 540-687-5152 Local vendors offer a range of products at this community market, which is also accepting new vendors.

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10:30 a.m., Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls. 703-444-3228.

Social worker Debra Dalby discusses how emotions work and why they are an important part of our development and growth.

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7 p.m., Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls. Contact: 703-444-3228 Sheriff Mike Chapman discusses how the sheriff’s office intervenes and assists people suffering from mental illness. Meet deputies who have participated in specialized training and learn about their experiences.

“The Pajama Game”

7 p.m., John Champe High School, 41535 Sacred Mountain St., Aldie. Contact: 703-7772680 The musical tells the story of a Midwestern pajama factory in the 1950s and the romance between union leader Babe and foreman Sid. Tickets are $7.

Thomas Balch Lecture: Legislative Petitions

10 a.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195 or balchlib@leesburgva.gov Greg Crawford of the Library of Virginia will discuss the use of petitions to the Virginia General Assembly as tools for historical and genealogical research. Program is free but advance registration is required.

Live Music: Easy Star All-Stars

7 p.m. doors open, 8 p.m. music begins. Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: www.tallyholeesburg.com The NYC-based reggae band, known for its dub version of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” brings its world-famous reggae grooves to Leesburg. Tickets are $20 in advance.

7 p.m., Loudoun Valley High School, 340 N. Maple Ave, Purcellville.

The award-winning LVHS drama department presents the popular musical following the story of sorority girl Elle Woods at Harvard Law School. Tickets are $10 and are available online or at the door.

8 p.m., Franklin Park Performing Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. Contact: www.franklinparkartscenter.org

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The latest version of this legendary American roots band includes founder and lead singer Mark Wenner, longtime guitarist Paul Bell and bassist Johnny Castle and newcomer

Mark Stutso on drums. The quartet mixes blues, R&B, country, rockabilly and more to create a style that has kept fans coming back for decades.

The Nighthawks will play Leesburg’s Tally Ho Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Tickets are $15 in advance. For tickets and information, go to tallyholeesburg.com.

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6-10 p.m., Shoe’s Cup and Cork, 17 N. King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-771-7463, www.shoescupandcork.com This DC-based singer-songwriter is known for high-energy sets and creative renditions. No cover.

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10 a.m.-2 p.m., Stone Bridge High School. Contact: 703-771-8287 or www.loudounsymphony. org Phase one of the sixth annual talent competition is open to all high school-aged musicians.

There is a $25 audition fee, with waivers for financial need. Ten finalists will be selected for the May 18 finals, competing for up to $1,000 in scholarships. Advance registration is required.

“Willy Wonka”

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“The Pajama Game”

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Sunday, May 4 “Willy Wonka”

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Meet The Artists

4-7 p.m., Dairy Barn Gallery, 22868 Sunny Bank Lane, Middleburg. Contact: 540-687-5517 Check out work from numerous local artists.

Event features live music and refreshments.

9 a.m.-2 p.m., Catoctin Presbyterian Church, 15565 High St., Waterford. Contact: 540-8823058 As part of Waterford’s village-wide yard sale, CPC will sell a range of donated items to support its “This Old Church” fund dedicated to maintenance of the historic building.

Ashburn Village Fiesta Fun Run

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7 p.m. See May 2 listing.

8:15 a.m., Fincastle Field, 44062 Fincastle Road, Ashburn. Contact: kparks@ashburnvillage.org Grab your sneakers and colorful running gear for the 5K or 10K events. Proceeds benefit Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Fee is $40 for 10K and $35 for 5K.

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Beatles and Stones Dance Party Friday 5/9 • 7pm • $12 ONLINE

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7:15-9 p.m., National Conference Center, 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Lansdowne. Contact: Toastmaster, 703727-2845, info@loudoun.freetoasthost.org Practice public speaking skills with others. The club meets on the first and third Thursday of each month.

6 p.m., 24757 Evergreen Mills Road, Dulles. Contact: 703-661-5660, ext. 103 A youth-based contemporary service held every first Sunday of the month.

Loudoun Toastmasters Meeting

7 p.m., Broadlands Community Center, 43008 Waxpool Road, Ashburn. Contact: 703-795-2887 or www.gfwc.org Club is open to all women living or working in the Ashburn area. Group meets every first Thursday.

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Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Saturday, May 3

American Legion Bingo Leaders of Leesburg Toastmasters Club

11 a.m., Leesburg Executive Airport, third floor conference room, 1001 Sycolin Road SE, Leesburg. Contact: 703-596-6929 Practice public speaking skills with others.

10:15 a.m., Leesburg Town Hall, lower level, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: http://1889.toastmastersclubs.org Develop communication and leadership skills in a fun environment.

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7-9 p.m., conference room B, Rust Library, Leesburg.

Contact: Loudoun 350 Team, loudoun350@gmail.com The environmental action committee discusses 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.

Tuesday, May 6

Daughters of the American Revolution, Ketoctin Chapter

11 a.m., Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton. Contact: 540-8823596 or aptchr@aol.com This month’s vineyard field trip features a presentation from owners Kim and Craig Garten on Virginia winemaking. The club meets the first Tuesday of each month.

NAMI Family Support Group

7:30 - 9p.m., Friendship House, 16480 Meadowview 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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9:30-11:30 a.m., St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 711 W. Main St., Purcellville. Contact: Katrina Bills, katrina@ kbills.com; Megan McConville, megana.mcconville@ gmail.com; www.purcellvillemops.com The Mothers of Preschoolers group is open to area women with newborns through kindergarten-age children. Meetings are a chance to forge friendships, find support and make connections while enjoying snacks, coffee and crafts. Child care, including playtime, crafts and snacks, is provided. Meetings continue on the first and third Wednesdays of every month.

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6:30 p.m., Rust Library Teen Center, Leesburg. Contact: rroseberry@paxtoncampus.org or 703-777-1939 New members are welcome at this book club for adults with cognitive disabilities. Club meets every first Monday of the month.

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9:15-11:30 a.m., Christian Fellowship Church, 21673 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn.

Mothers with children ages infant to kindergarten are invited to join this group providing support to mothers of young children. Meetings include speakers, crafts and fellowship.

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7-9 p.m., Hamilton-area location. Contact: Jim Christian, 540-338-4543, Bill Harrison, 703-777-4586 or Blake Netherwood, 571-436-4445 The Hamilton Ruritan Club holds a dinner meeting and informational session for potential new members. Call to register and for specific meeting location. Meetings will continue on the first Thursday of each month.

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Loudoun Chorale Spring Concert

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End Town home in Main St Village! Covered porch entry, hardwood floors on main and upper level. Front dining area with bay window, center kitchen opens to Living room with door to large deck overlooking parkland. All three bedrooms have hardwood floors.

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The event is a fundraiser for Every Citizen Has Opportunities Inc., a nonprofit working to provide jobs and purpose for individuals with developmental disabilities.

MHAA Guided Trail Ride: Rectortown

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He is bringing in local musicians Fridays and Saturdays starting this month.

Meanwhile in Lovettsville, the town’s existing eateries are well loved, but many residents are hungry for a wider variety of offerings, and a new source for great takeout is a breath of fresh air.

The town’s popular Facebook groups are buzzing about the new kid on the block: GK’s BBQ. Gary Cox and Karen Warner took the leap opening the new takeout spot April 5 in an outbuilding on Lovettsville’s East Broad Way. The two-person, two-smoker operation is getting raves from locals and also bringing Marylanders across the river for fresh, homemade pulled pork, sliced beef, pulled chicken, smoked sausage and ribs.

“It’s a great addition to Lovettsville. You can’t expect people to eat at the same place every day,” Lovettsville businessman Fred George said.

Like Jenkins, Cox, a longtime farrier, started smoking meats as a hobby. As he honed his craft and catering requests from friends and family began pouring in, he and Warner, a bus driver for Loudoun County Pubic Schools, decided to go pro.

“He loves to grill. We both love to cook,” Warner said. “We looked at each other and said: we both enjoy it—let’s give it a shot. [The location] just fell into place.”

Cox and Warner, who have three children and live just down the street from their new business, said the reception from the community has been a huge boost.

“Everybody’s been so welcoming and encouraging and the town has worked well with us.” Warner said.

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The after-game crowd in baseball-crazy Lovettsville is a boon, with busy parents stopping for takeout after a late practice or game.

Cox, a native of Albemarle County, spent a lot of time in the South as a rodeo rider and has lived in Texas and North Carolina. He is inspired by the best barbecue he can remember from a nondescript roadside stand in Mississippi. “You’d go right by it,” he said.

The pair plans to keep things simple and small at this point, offering takeout with some outdoor seating, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

“I don’t want to take away from the way I cook the meat. It’s authentic. It’s our signature.

You don’t push barbecue,” Cox said. “People love smelling smoke when they come through town.

That’s real barbecue.”

However, an eventual expansion is not out of the question, and they already are in discussions about taking on a bigger retail space in the near term. “For right now we’ve got what we can handle…who knows down the road,” Warner said.

For now, both Monk’s and GK’s are open limited hours during peak windows when the owners can be fairly sure of a good crowd.

“We opened up with hitting on the shifts that we know are going to be busy and popular,” Jenkins said.

As these new additions to the local food scene establish roots, it’s clear that barbecue culture is finally here to stay in Loudoun.

“I can’t figure out living here all my life—this is still the south. I don’t understand why for so long [barbecue] wasn’t around,” Jenkins said.

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Dear Editor: I am a licensed teacher who works as an English language learner teacher assistant, and my position has been cut by the School Board, along with 112.6 ELL TA positions. This is a travesty, and let me be a voice for parents who entrust their children to LCPS. The expectation of these parents is that their children will receive the very best that education has to offer, and that has just been stripped away.

Daily, I work with large and small groups to provide support in all areas of learning. ELL teachers are regularly pulled for data meetings, Child Study meetings, team meetings, screenings, training, and testing. They rely on ELL assistants to be the consistent coverage they need for students. Given the large number of children assigned to ELL teachers, we also help to ensure

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Dear Editor: I wholeheartedly endorse the ideas and suggestions so elegantly and eloquently stated by Mrs. Burton in her April 24 letter.

Why don’t we use the models for (cost) effective learning developed successfully in the four schools that were the subject of a public hearing held by the Loudoun County Public School Board on April 21? Why don’t we take a critical look at “best use” policies for each of the school buildings including Culbert Elementary School?

There is a great deal of sound reasoning expressed in this letter and by those folks who testified at the meeting. An arts and music specialty high school in addition to the Monroe Center and a “TJ” type school? Fabulous!

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Dear Editor: Open Beaverdam Reservoir to the public.

Please refer to the quotation below from Fred Jennings, Loudoun Water general manager regarding the use of the reservoir—issued only approximately 75 days after the purchase and his statement published in this newspaper Feb. 6, 2014: “We (Loudoun Water) recognize the community’s interest in maintaining access to Beaverdam Reservoir. We do not foresee limiting the recreational opportunities currently enjoyed by the public.”

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that as many as possible receive the amount of support they need in order to reach their fullest potential.

Take 112.6 assistants away, and what is left?

Well, only 19 new ELL teacher hires to fill in the gaping holes left behind in how many schools?

These same teachers will be pulled away from their students just as often as their colleagues.

And with the abolishment of summer school, which serves a large number of ELL students, can this perhaps be viewed as blatant discrimination?

It can be practically guaranteed that test scores will plummet amongst this vulnerable population.

Who, then, will take the blame? You can bet it will not be the School Board.

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“I do not believe the LCSB was “playing games” as much as utilizing the “knobs and levers” that they had available at the time to attract the attention that was necessar y to have an intellectually honest discussion, which is clearly what happened at the work session during which they adopted their f inal cuts.”

uring the Oatlands Spring Gala Saturday night, Board Chairman Mike O’Connor delighted the crowd of around 250 guests with the news that Oatlands, Inc. had acquired The Hamlet property, adding another 54 acres to the 360-acre Oatlands Historic House and Gardens.

The Hamlet, which abuts Oatlands to the south, was owned by Grenville “Gerry” Emmet, son of Anne Eustis Emmet and grandson of Washingtonians William Corcoran Eustis and his wife Edith, who purchased Oatlands in 1903. After the death of Edith Eustis in 1964, her daughters Anne Eustis Emmet and Margaret Eustis Finley donated the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Oatlands is owned by the National Trust, but managed by a local board of directors. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971. The Hamlet was part of the original 3,400-acre tract owned by George Carter, who established Oatlands in 1798.

As Loudoun’s top tourism historic site destination, the news is good for Oatlands, the county and Northern Virginia in general, O’Connor said.

The Hamlet property had been for sale off and on over the past four years.

That fact and major development to the northeast of Oatlands focused the board’s efforts to not only preserve Oatlands, but also to safeguard its future. The purchase price was $1.85 million, O’Conner said.

When William Corcoran Eustis purchased Oatlands almost a century after George Carter began construction on his house in 1804, the size of the estate was much diminished from Carter’s original holdings. Acquiring The Hamlet returns Photo by Annie Darley/Joey’s Smiles Photography another piece of the “historic core” to the Oatlands Chairman Mike O’Connor and Director estate, O’Connor said. There are three of Development Trish McNeal at Saturday’s spring houses on the property, including the main gala celebration.

Manor House, which offer opportunities for expanding Oatlands’ wedding and reception business among other possibilities.

“Our objective is to get back to the origi- protection.”

Speaking to the appreciative crowd, a nal footprint and utilize the property in an relaxed Herring also commented on his new appropriate way,” O’Connor said later.

Emmet is an Oatlands board member, job in Richmond. “My first 100 days in office as is David Williams, grandson of Margaret have been even better than I thought posand David Finley. His mother, Joan Williams, sible,” he said.

There was one sad note to the evening. owner of another adjacent family house— O’Connor brought lumps to the throat as he Little Oatlands—who died several weeks ago, sang an Irish lament and tribute to the dead was a director emeritus. The sale negotiations, during which Emmet recused himself in memory of Joan Williams, owner of Little from all participation, took “a long, long” Oatlands, also part of the original Carter time, O’Connor said, but the final result was holdings.

“We lost a great supporter in Joan, who achieved with a great deal of help from a succumbed after a valiant fight. All of us who number of people. knew her loved her,” he said of Williams, who O’Connor particularly cited the assistance of attorneys David Culbert and Gene cared for Oatlands passionately. “She was always in the battle,” he said, recalling a time Gulland, who also serves on the board.

He also thanked Chantilly-based Vir- when he had favored razing a barn. “Joan said ginia Heritage Bank, which provided financ- ‘don’t push that barn over—I had a cow there ing for the purchase, citing assistance from called Daisy.’”

A memorial service is planned for Joan vice president Christopher Mortensen and Williams Saturday, May 17, at Emmanuel Chairman of the Board David Summers. It is a bank that is committed to Loudoun and Episcopal Church in Middleburg.

“I’m beyond thrilled, and so was Joan, local heritage, including historic properties, that Oatlands Hamlet is not leaving this propaccording to O’Connor.

“There’s very few banks that will build erty; it’s fitting, and a wonderful thing,” David a relationship in that way,” O’Connor said, Williams said. He recalled that his mother noting that Oatlands had conducted a pro- was constantly asking him, “David, when it is curement under federal guidelines for the going to go through?”

O’Connor said he was happy to see a competitive process and approached a portion of the original estate returned to Oatnumber of major banks. “Virginia Heritage lands, upping its present size to 414 acres—at won, but they also made it very palatable for us; we are extremely happy with their assis- the heart of the almost 1,200-acre Oatlands Historic District, which also includes the onetance,” he said.

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“tremendously generous” contributions. “We have an aggressive plan to make the acquisition complete; there’s a lot of work to be done,” he said.

Gala attendees chipped in Saturday night to “make a good start” on fundraising, according to Executive Director Andrea McGimsey.

Dignitaries on hand Saturday night included Loudoun supervisors Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) and Geary Higgins (R-Catoctin); Leesburg Town Councilwoman Kelly Burk; and, in a surprise and welcome appearance, Loudoun’s own political son, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring—whom O’Conner said had spent “countless hours helping us.”

In brief remarks, Herring said it was nice to be back home, noting he had been to the Leesburg Flower & Garden Festival earlier in the day, and topped it off at Oatlands. Even when visiting as a child, “I was taken by it,” he said, calling Oatlands a national treasure.

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to adopting a budget. As Del. Tag Greason’s (R-32) beard continues to grow—he has said he would not shave until the state budget is adopted—Loudoun’s sole representative on the budget conference committee continues to wait.

“We are not even in conference,” he said Friday. “There have been some discussions, but we are not officially in conference. We can’t, until we have something in front of us to continue our debate…My beard is getting longer and we’re not getting any closer.”

The House of Representatives has passed a budget—without Medicaid expansion—but the Senate finance committee has not made any amendments to it. The Senate passed a budget with Virginia Marketplace, but the House finance committee has not taken it up. To get to conference, both sides would have to act on the other chamber’s budget and then have to formally reject any changes made on their own budget.

Greason said he has been talking with McAuliffe’s staff, noting the governor could call the conference committee members from both chambers together and direct them to take action on the budget. McAuliffe is backing the expansion of Medicaid in Virginia. But the Ashburn delegate said he was not made confident about the future of the budget by recent comments from Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35), also a budget conferee, that in 2006 the state budget was signed June 30 at 11:30 p.m.

“That’s not very calming to me. If we’re already thinking we have until June 30,” Greason said. “Localities need this information now.

They need to know now. We can’t wait until June 30 at 11:30 at night…That is not a strategy. That is a terrible precedent for us to put forward.”

Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-33) agreed that uncertainty is not a good thing for Loudoun or any locality. “The uncertainty is a problem for everyone. It is not a good thing in government, in anything. We would like to get this resolved as

quickly as possible,” she said.

But, she said, that means a willingness to negotiate.

“Nobody wants to get to that point [of passing July 1 without a budget], but we need for the House Republicans to actually come to the table and discuss [Marketplace Virginia] and discuss these issues,” Wexton said.

The budget uncertainty also has left Loudoun’s additional Circuit Court judge slot in limbo. The bill, which Minchew battled for all session, came back from McAuliffe with an amendment that makes all judicial positions contingent upon funding being included in the final 2014 budget.

Both the House and the Senate rejected McAuliffe’s proposed amendment and sent the bills forward for his consideration. Minchew said in an email this week that he did not believe McAuliffe would veto the bills—one in the House and one in the Senate—based solely on the rejection of his amendment.

Regardless, Loudoun’s fourth—and muchneeded—judgeship will not exist until funding for it is included in the state budget. While the current House budget includes the funding needed for the position, it is not clear where it will end up.

“All four judges are in the House budget.

But they go nowhere if we don’t have a budget,” Greason said. “It is localities, it is local school boards, it is judges, it’s police departments, it is schools, it is mental health, it is hospitals, who are impacted.”

That is where he hopes the governor will intervene.

“His job is to not be partisan, but to say, hey, school children, come together please,” Greason said. “That is what I would expect his next move to be. To tell us, we’re not leaving this room until we hammer it out. It needs to get done.” n

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