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And as a desirable high-tech medical business, K2M certainly could have chosen to take its operation elsewhere, instead of deciding just to move from Miller Drive to a spot just a few blocks away in the Oaklawn development.

“They had very aggressive [incentive] packages elsewhere,” said Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who noted that the county and state contributions “certainly helped” in landing K2M. In addition, Letourneau, who chairs the supervisors’ Economic Development Committee, said he’s pleased with how the incentive fund has been used so far.

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(clockwise from top left) • Leesburg Town Manger John Wells packs up his desk days before his retirement in October.

• Loudoun Water purchased the Goose Creek and Beaverdam reservoirs from the City of Fairfax, stirring controversy when it closed the property from public access.

• Mark Herring took over as Virginia’s attorney general, the first Loudouner to be elected to statewide office since Gov. Westmoreland Davis in 1917.

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• The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority opened a new Potomac River boat ramp at Whites Ford Park north of Leesburg.

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Julie Pastor retires December 31st as the county’s planning and zoning director.

bound to complain about the sounds of planes, which hampers “Dulles’ ability to realize its fullest economic potential, thereby negatively affecting Loudoun’s economy,” according to Pastor.

And that third item is not so much a “line in the sand” as a “line” to be built: Metrorail’s Silver Line. Loudoun started preparing for it long ago.

Accomplishing this work and other endeavors meant trying to balance the wishes of residents, politicians and land developers, and trying to figure out what would be best for the future.

Another example of Pastor’s success is that this year she was a named to the American Institute of Certified Planners’ College of Fellows, essentially the planning world’s hall of fame.

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Indeed, she was able to get along with the politicians and make her mark. She points to what she lovingly calls her “three lines in the sand.”

The first is the urban growth line, a divide on county planning documents that separates more developed areas from more rural ones. Central water and sewer services are not envisioned beyond that line. The idea for this line was to protect the land-based resources of rural Loudoun for agribusiness, Pastor noted.

A second “line” created zoning boundaries near Dulles Airport that plan for commercial development close to the facility while restricting housing. The notion is to nurture the airport as an economic engine while preventing dwellings that would end up being noisy places in which to live. If people live too close to the airport, they’re

• Construction at the Hounds baseball stadium in Ashburn never got rolling; instead the investors and One Loudoun are battling it out in court.

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hen asked recently about her accomplishments, Julie Pastor quickly moved the focus off herself.

For example: The secret to her success over a 35-year career?

“You surround yourself with great people,” she said, echoing her message at a Dec. 3 Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting that her work wasn’t a “solo act.”

And that’s true. But Pastor, who retires Dec. 31 as the county’s planning and zoning director, certainly has had an impact in Loudoun, which has seen a population boom over her 22 years on the job.

Pastor walks to work, and she said the streets of downtown Leesburg used to be so quiet that they seemed spooky when she traversed them at night after long meetings of the supervisors, Planning Commission or other county agencies.

That’s not so anymore, as the county’s population is more than 330,000, quite a jump from the 86,000 when Pastor started.

Back then, in 1992, the planning job was attractive because that department could help shape how growth would change Loudoun, she said.

“To me, it was like a blank slate,” Pastor said.

A fair number of land development projects had been approved, she said, but county leaders still had the opportunity to try to avoid the infrastructure problems that can result when a lot of people move into a locality in a short amount of time.

So Pastor headed to Loudoun after toiling in the public and private sectors in, and closer to, Washington, DC. She even worked in the first mayoral administration of the late Marion Barry in the District of Columbia.

Perhaps she was destined to spend more time in local government than in the business world, however. She noted that even when she was growing up in New Hampshire, she aimed to help her community, signing up for tasks including working in soup kitchens.

“I just always was very civic-oriented,” Pastor said.

Here, she eventually would manage almost 60 employees and learn to deal with a variety of demands from residents and county supervisors.

The latter could be a tough crowd as some of them even sometimes viewed the local government staff as enemies rather than as advisers.

“You have to have that kind of thick skin,” Pastor said.

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he Dec. 12 news that medical-device manufacturer K2M Group Holdings Inc. plans to expand in Leesburg may have been announced

by Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office in Richmond, but local economic development efforts also played a role in getting the company to remain in Loudoun.

For example, county supervisors are expected to approve next month $450,000 worth of incentives for the company: a $340,000 cash grant and $110,000 worth of waived fees.

The money is slated to come from a

$500,000 fund supervisors created in July 2013 to help attract new businesses to Loudoun and retain companies already here. It’s a relatively new tool that the Board of Supervisors and economic development officials feel is necessary to have at the county’s disposal: not a be all, end all in terms of marketing, but a necessary arrow in the quiver when targeting sought-after firms.

“No deal is ever one thing” only, Buddy Rizer, who leads Loudoun’s Economic Development Department, said.

In the case of K2M, the $450,000 will serve as a local match to $450,000 from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund, an account Virginia’s chief executive can use to close deals to bring companies to the Old Dominion or to ensure

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he March 20 discovery of the body of an Ashburn mother hanging in a bathroom gave rise to one of Loudoun’s most unusual murder cases.

After initially evaluating the case as a possible suicide, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office investigators remained suspicious and two weeks later charged Michelle G. Castillo’s estranged husband with first-degree murder, alleging Braulio M. Castillo snuck into the Belmont Station home, strangled the mother of his five children and staged the scene to make it appear she took her own life. In addition to physical evidence at the crime scene, the charges against Castillo resulted from a neighborhood surveillance video that showed a man jogging toward and away from the home. A family friend identified the jogger as Castillo based in part on a distinctive limp in the runner’s stride.

The Castillos were in the middle of divorce proceedings and battling over custody, financial support and the division of assets at the time of Castillo’s death. Braulio Castillo is the president and CEO of Leesburg-based Strong Castle Inc., a small technology contractor owned by the couple that came under fire from the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2013 for Castillo’s close relationship with an IRS deputy director that resulted in a large amount of contract business.

Michelle Castillo filed for divorce in April 2013, claiming her husband “exhibited outrageous behavior which is erratic, psychologically manipulative, controlling and assaultive.” She

was seeking sole custody of the couple’s four minor children. A two-year protective order was granted by Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Pamela Brooks and made permanent in September after Braulio Castillo appealed it to the Circuit Court.

Over the strong—and repeated objections of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office—Castillo was set free on a bond that was eventually set at $2 million. Judges rejected several motions by prosecutors seeking to return Castillo to jail until trial, citing him as a flight risk and a danger to witnesses in the case. As a condition of his release, Castillo was wearing a GPS monitoring system and was subject to a 10:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily curfew. The couple’s children were in the custody of the Department of Family Services.

The case is scheduled for a 14-day jury trial beginning July 14.

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The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in July closed the 12-year-old case of the murder of Erica Heather Smith.

Sheriff Mike Chapman said the 14-year-old Ashburn girl was killed by a suspect who committed suicide during the course of the investigation. Chapman did not name the suspect.

Smith disappeared July 29, 2002, and her body was located 10 days later in a wooded area in the Beaumeade Corporate Park in Ashburn.

According to the statement, the decision to close the case followed a comprehensive review of the documentation and evidence collected over the past 12 years. Specifically, during the past two years, the case was worked as the first focus of Chapman’s special Cold Case initiative, with investigators considering a broader perspective of the relationships developed and a new review of the evidence.

Ultimately, investigators came to the conclusion that the deceased suspect was responsible for Erica Smith’s death.

“Thus, I felt it was important at this time to share with the Smiths that this link was made as the twelfth anniversary of their daughter’s murder approached,” Chapman stated. “Regrettably, there will be nothing further that the judicial system can do given that this subject took his own life.”

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• A Baltimore man was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony following the March shooting death of his wife after an apparent domestic-related homicide north of Leesburg. Kelvin N. Forde, 50, faces a jury trial in May. Deputies were called to the area of Woolsthorpe Drive and Hambrick Manor Lane, off Rt. 15 north of Raspberry Falls and found 55-year-old Ruby C. Forde dead. The couple was reportedly en route from Maryland to

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armed with a knife. Officer Timothy Hood was one of three officers to respond to the call.

He arrived on the scene to find 17-year-old Christian Sierra holding a knife and struggling with someone on the curb of the street. He got out of his cruiser and ordered the youth to drop the knife. According to witnesses, Sierra disregarded those commands and advanced toward Hood. Hood fired four times, fatally shooting the boy. The incident was over in about 10 seconds, Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman said when presenting the findings of his investigation.

“The Officer’s actions constitute a justifiable homicide as the killing was a reasonable use of lethal force and was undertaken in self-defense,” Plowman’s report stated.

The report painted Sierra as a troubled youth with a history of run-ins with town police and instances of domestic violence. On the day of the shooting, Sierra told his friends that he wanted to kill himself so he could be reincarnated, expressing a belief that he could then choose a new life. Friends later found him in a bathroom stabbing himself and wrestled to take the knife away—a struggle that continued into the street where Hood encountered Sierra.

There was another, non-fatal, policeinvolved shooting in 2014. In June, deputies responded to a disorderly conduct call and found the suspect brandishing a sword and threatening family members outside a home. As deputies responded, the suspect was believed to have retrieved a firearm. The deputies ordered him to drop the weapon. He refused to comply and pointed the weapon at the deputies before the shooting occurred, according to the report.

The Purcellville case, combined with continuing community concerns about the Costco shooting, led to a call for improved training for law enforcement officers dealing with mentally disturbed individuals, better equipping officers with non-lethal weapons and more resources to help individuals and families dealing with mental illness.

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visit family in Loudoun County when an altercation ensued.

• A former elementary school art teacher charged with 50 counts of possession of child pornography pleaded guilty in Loudoun Circuit Court and was sentenced to 13 years in state prison.

Ralph Watts Conrad III, 43, of Hamilton, worked as a Loudoun County Public Schools teacher for 15 years and was an art teacher at Algonkian Elementary School at the time of his arrest last September. Investigators with the Department of Homeland Security detected Conrad’s online activity downloading and sharing child pornography. More than 500 videos and 2,700 images of child pornography were found.

• Ryan Williams, 32, was sentenced in November to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death in Sterling of Jovaughn Johnson. Johnson, 30, was found dead from a gunshot wound in his vehicle parked on the street in the area of Great Trail Terrace and Trail Run Terrace Dec. 27, 2012. According to prosecutors, Williams killed Johnson for “snitching” on him for a earlier shooting.

• A Leesburg man in May was arrested for the stabbing death of his wife. Marco Corletto, 43, initially was charged with second-degree murder

by Leesburg police after he allegedly stabbed his wife, Roxana Rico, 31, at her Clubhouse Drive home. The charge was later elevated to firstdegree murder. Officers were called to the condominium building to investigate a report of an injured individual in need of medical assistance.

On the scene, they found Rico suffering from what appeared to be stab wounds to her upper torso. While conducting a search of the area, they found a man, later identified as Corletto, suffering from what appeared to be self-inflicted stab wounds to his arms. Both Rico and Corletto were flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where Rico was pronounced dead around 4 p.m. The case is scheduled for trial beginning Feb. 23.

• Pierpaolo Verrone, 47, of Sterling, faced charges

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of involuntary manslaughter and DUI following an Aug. 15 incident in which he hit and killed a pedestrian. Jeffrey A. Carter, 53, of Sterling, was attempting to cross Cascades Parkway just south of Middlefield Drive when he was struck

by Verrone’s northbound Ford Explorer. A threeday trial is scheduled in May. • Shafin Karim, 18, of Ashburn, was charged with reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a teenager attempting to car surf on his vehicle in a Sterling parking lot Aug. 5. Karim was the driver when 17-yearold Mohammad U. Khalid, of Sterling, jumped onto the trunk area of the Subaru near the Dulles Crossing Plaza. Khalid fell off when the driver turned into the parking lot. He was flown by helicopter to Inova Fairfax Hospital where he died three days later. Following a preliminary hearing in District Court, the case will be considered by a Loudoun grand jury Jan. 12.

• A series of anti-Hindu vandalism cases sparked widespread community objections and the offer of several large rewards, including one from the county government, for the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Beginning in July, cases of graffiti were reported in Brambleton, including the areas of Northstar Boulevard at Amber Grove Terrace, Morning Walk Drive at Winter Haven Drive and, in September, on Ryan Road at Forest Manor Drive.

• After a year and a half of mental evaluations, the Leesburg woman charged with murder in the 2013, fatal stabbing of her husband was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The ruling was based on the findings of psychologists from the Central State Hospital and the Loudoun Department of Mental Health that Dae Ja Hwang, 59, met the legal criteria for insanity at the time she killed her husband. Hwang was returned to Central State Hospital for additional psychological examinations and treatment, with a dispositional hearing scheduled for Jan. 5.

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After 10 years of service as town manager, John Wells concluded his contract Friday, Oct. 3 and moved to Erie, PA, with his wife Debbie to be closer to family. Kaj Dentler, who had been the deputy town manager since 2007, assumed the role Oct. 4 following a swift appointment by town council in January.

Wells built a reputation as a model municipal manager during a career that included leading three town projects that won statewide recognition with Virginia Municipal League achievement awards. He also helped the town achieve triple-A bond ratings for the first time and planned and completed a record number of capital projects, including the completion of major portions of Battlefield Parkway and the Sycolin Road overpass.

Dentler joined the town’s staff in 1996, first serving as parks and recreation director until his promotion to deputy town manager. One of his first orders of business was merging the Departments of Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology into a single department following the addition of Director of Finance and Administrative Services Clark Case and Controller Eileen Nguyen.

Dentler’s position as deputy town manager was filled by former Lovettsville Town Manager Keith Markel, who joined the Leesburg staff in October.

Jeanette Irby concluded her six-year tour as the town’s attorney at the end of October, but her service to the community will continue. She was appointed a Circuit Court judge Sept. 18 by the General Assembly to fill a vacancy left by Thomas D. Horne’s retirement last year, and her term began Dec. 1.

Irby, whose ultimate dream in her 23-year law career was to become a judge, is the second female to take the bench in the 20th Circuit Court, which includes Loudoun, Rappahannock and Fauquier counties, and the first in 14 years. The first woman, Jean Harrison Clements, served from 1998-2000 and then was appointed to the Virginia Court of Appeals for eight years.

Irby, who was the assistant county attorney for Fauquier County before her Leesburg appointment in January 2008, joined Burke McCahill, Jeffrey Parker and Stephen Sincavage on the bench.

The search for Irby’s replacement was still in progress at year’s end. Dentler, who conducted the first round of interviews in mid-December from a field of 10 applicants, will make recommendations to the Town Council for its consideration and interviews in January.

In the interim, Barbara Notar has been the acting town attorney.

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The most significant transportation improvement in town during 2014 was the completion of the long-planned Sycolin Road bridge.

The $17.7 million project removed a traffic light from the Leesburg Bypass and closed an at-grade intersection that annually has ranked among the county’s most dangerous crossings. The new bridge opened to traffic in August.

While that was the largest transportation project in town during 2014, King Street got lots of attention, as well.

Throughout the year, work continued on the downtown improvement project that includes sidewalk, stormwater system upgrades and new landscaping along King, Loudoun and Market streets. The most significant work is expected to start next spring when the sidewalks on the west side of King Street will be widened in parts to allow spaces for outdoor dining. New mid-block crosswalks, streetlights and trees will be installed.

Work also continued on South King Street, where the second phase of the widening project wrapped up in 2014 and the final round of construction will begin in 2015. In November, the Town Council cleared a final hurdle for the project, approving a resolution to acquire land rights for drainage, construction and landscaping. The project will widen the street from two to four lanes between Greenway Drive and Masons Lane. Construction is slated to start in

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For only the second time, the 2014 Leesburg Town Council elections were held in November, on the same ballot as other prominent political races around the state and country. The result was the re-election of longtime Mayor Kristen Umstattd and council members Fernando “Marty” Martinez and Kelly Burk, as well as the new election of Suzanne Fox to council.

Fox, a small business owner and the wife of Leesburg’s School Board representative Bill Fox, unseated council member Kevin Wright, who was seeking his third term. She finished in second place for three available seats behind Burk’s 5,198 votes with 4,204 of her own, and Martinez followed closely with 4,114 votes. Wright received 3,428 tallies, Jeff Phillips received 2,934 votes and Dwight Dopilka finished with 2,787.

Fox’s first meeting with council will be a Jan. 5 organizational meeting in which the group will select a vice mayor and several commission and board leaders.

It’s the second time Burk, who also won a 2012 special election after Ken Reid’s appointment to the Board of Supervisors, was voted in as a council member. Martinez will be serving his fourth term after election in 2002.

Umstattd cruised to her seventh straight mayoral victory, over current council member Tom Dunn, by garnering 62.4 percent of 11,474 votes cast, which was a higher margin than her 54 percent victory over Dunn in 2010.

A lawyer, Umstattd was first elected to the Leesburg Town Council in 1992 and was named vice mayor in 2000 before assuming the town’s top position in 2002. In her time as mayor, she has overseen a population growth of 17,404 to the current total of 47,673, the most populated town in Virginia.

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King Street also was the focus of a new debate over pedestrian safety. In December, the council allocated $20,000 to install pedestrian-activated flashing warning signs at the Oakcrest Manor Drive intersection, as well as up to $10,000 more for brick-stamped asphalt on the crosswalk.

Crosswalk safety had been a hot topic since Oct. 21 when a 12-year-old girl was hit by a Leesburg resident’s car at that intersection. The pedestrian was deemed at fault for entering the crosswalk when it was not safe to do so, and eight of the 12 pedestrians involved in 2014 incidents were considered at fault.

Council and Leesburg Police agreed that greater awareness of crosswalk laws was needed to prevent such incidents.

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In March, town leaders were invited to an unusual type of ground-breaking event as the developers of the Crescent Place mixed-use project demolished the former Barber and Ross plant located along Harrison Street.

The Town Council in February approved the rezoning application to allow the Lansdowne Development Group, which purchased the property in 2012, to develop 224 residential townhomes, stacked condominium townhomes and work units, and 30,000 square feet of retail and commercial space.

Hobie S. Mitchel, president of Lansdowne Development Group, said the goal of the project is to create “a community with a downtown city vibe that feels as though it has always been an integral part of the neighborhood.”

In approving the development plans, Town Council members said they looked forward to the removal of the former factory and warehouse buildings on the property, which they said have become eyesores since the business closed more than a decade ago.

At year’s end, the demolition was complete on the site, but the developer was still awaiting town permits to move ahead with construction.

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• 2014 marked a continued period of transition for businesses downtown. One of Leesburg’s most popular nighttime establishments, MacDowell Brew Kitchen, was found over the summer to have been in violation of numerous zoning laws since 2012. With strong town support, the council allowed the restaurant to continue its business as owner Gordon MacDowell and his staff worked to bring the popular beach area and other accommodations into compliance. In mid-September, a rezoning application was unanimously approved, clearing the way for numerous renovations at the restaurant.

• After closing its doors in the summer of 2013 for what was supposed to be a four- to six-week renovation project, Leesburg Restaurant reopened in the heart of the town at the start of December as the Leesburg Diner. Owner Michael O’Connor made sure the popular peanut soup returned, as well as the home-style menu and milkshakes to which longtime customers had grown accustomed.

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Supervisor Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) is the only member of the county board who has said she will not seek re-election. She is backing Tony Buffington, who serves on the Brambleton Community Association board of directors, in his effort to secure the Republican nomination for the position.

The Blue Ridge District, Buffington wrote in an email, needs: “accelerated road solutions to keep us moving; to preserve the unique balance between eastern and western Loudoun; and to find ways to improve the annual school budget funding process.”

The news in the constitutional office races so far has been in law enforcement.

Sheriff Mike Chapman, who is in his first term, has a challenge for the GOP nomination for the job from Eric Noble, who retired Nov. 1 after a 27-year career with the Loudoun Sheriff’s Office.

And in the race to be the county’s top prosecutor, former Loudoun School Board member Bob Ohneiser, a Democrat, has announced that he wants to take the job of Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman, a Republican.

Republican Gary Clemens also announced recently that he would seek a third eight-year term as the county’s circuit court clerk. He’s the only candidate for that office to emerge thus far.

Valerie Suzdak, who chairs the Loudoun County Democratic Committee, said Friday that her party plans to field candidates in all of the local races and that hopefuls should be announcing their campaigns over the next few weeks.

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This year will be busy on the campaign trail and at the polls in Loudoun.

All nine members of the Board of Supervisors are up for election, as are the nine on the School Board and the county’s constitutional officers: sheriff, commonwealth’s attorney, treasurer, commissioner of revenue and clerk of the circuit court. In addition, voters will choose the delegates and state senators who will represent them in the Virginia General Assembly.

And before the stumping begins for November’s general election, some candidates will have to best colleagues in their own party.

That seems to be the case with Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large), who has an intra-party challenge from Charles King, the lawyer who represented Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) when the latter faced allegations that he had misused his office and county resources. Delgaudio ultimately was not charged with a crime in the matter, and an attempt last year to recall him from office failed.

At least two candidates want to take Delgaudio’s job this year, though.

Democrat Al Nevarez, who lost to the Republican in 2011, has said he will challenge the incumbent again, and fellow Democrat Tony Barney already has $5,388 in his Sterling District campaign war chest, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which tracks money in politics.

In the Algonkian District, Democrat Andrew D. Resnick wants to take the seat held

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In September, the Board of Supervisors adopted a new ordinance designed to hold more county government representatives criminally responsible for misusing county assets.

Only Delgaudio voted against it. The new ordinance makes clear that part-time government employees, officers and agents can be charged with a class one misdemeanor if suspected of using public assets for private or public purposes unrelated to their government duties.

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But that petition died in June after Circuit Court Judge Paul Sheridan granted the motion

by Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos to dismiss the recall case. Stamos concluded that there was a lack of clear and convincing evidence to prove Delgaudio had misused his office and county resources as outlined in seven allegations contained in the petition signed by 686 voters.

While Delgaudio’s attorney Charles King agreed with Stamos’ findings, attorney John Flannery, representing the petitioners, urged Sheridan to allow the case to move forward to trial.

The action was another milestone in the two years of controversy spurred by allegations made by a fired member of Delgaudio’s county-funded constituent office staff that he used taxpayer resources to support campaign financings, intermingled county resources with the conservative lobby nonprofit he leads, the Public Advocate of the United States, and was discriminatory in hiring.

However, it is not likely the last voters will hear about the case. Two Democrats already have lined up to challenge Delgaudio, who has held the Sterling District seat since 1999, in November’s elections. And King, a Republican, cites his experience with the case as one reason he plans to challenge County Chairman Scott K. York this year. York came under fire by Delgaudio critics for not moving quickly to investigate the allegations.

The allegations by aide Donna Mateer gave rise to a special grand jury investigation, which ended without criminal charges in June 2013.

Also, Delgaudio was formally censured by the all-Republican Board of Supervisors, an action that included the loss of staff aides in January.

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Early in the campaign, the way looked clear for Melton to run for the mayor’s seat after Robert W. Lazaro announced that he would not run for a fifth term. But Fraser emerged a clear victor after a divisive election in which Lazaro appeared as much the focus of Fraser’s campaign as Melton. Fraser was a charismatic and energetic candidate and the likable, but more low-key Melton was unable to shake the charge of Lazaro critics that he was simply a clone of the incumbent.

The retirement of incumbents Tom Priscilla and Jim ‘Doc’ Wiley opened the way for new faces on council, with four candidates running for three vacant seats. When the dust cleared after May 4, the new Town Council had a very different look, with four new members: Fraser, Karen Jimmerson, an effective community organizer, Planning Commission Chairman Doug McCollum and Planning Commissioner Ben Packard. Incumbents Joan Lehr, John Nave and Patrick McConville II rounded out the council.

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Not only were there 500 new voters in town, but opposition to two unpopular development applications played a significant role in the campaign: the Vineyard Square downtown redevelopment project and the Catoctin Creek Town Center apartments and entertainment complex.

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mmorton@leesburgtoday.com lthough Purcellville underwent a political shakeup in 2014 following the retirement of Mayor Bob Lazaro, Loudoun’s other western Loudoun towns continued on

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In Hamilton, the election of Councilman David R. Simpson to replace retiring Mayor Greg Wilmoth resulted in few changes and incumbent mayors were uncontested in re-election bids: Betsy Allen Davis in Middleburg, Roger L. Vance in Hillsboro, Robert J. “Bob” Zoldos in Lovettsville and Scott T. Ramsey in Round Hill.

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Under Wilmoth’s leadership, the town had benefited from his expertise in the utility field as it continued to upgrade the municipal infrastructure. After his retirement in July, one of the new council’s first actions was to hire Wilmoth as the town’s maintenance supervisor to con-

21st Street with a mixed-use retail and condominium complex met with overwhelming opposition to the size and design of the project. After receiving a Certificate of Design Approval from the Board of Architectural Review in 2013, the developers objected to conditions the BAR placed on the project, maintaining they had met all the requirements under the Zoning Ordinance. Hearing the developer’s appeal early in 2014, the Town Council unanimously upheld the CDA but modified the BAR conditions, allowing the project to move ahead over continued objections of opponents.

Also in January, opposition—much of it from the nearby Old Dominion Valley subdivision—focused on the proposed Franklin Johnson apartment and Tilley entertainment complex along Hirst Road. After several tumultuous hearings before the Planning Commission, the developer withdrew the applicaLeesburg Today/Margaret Morton tion—without it ever having gone before Purcellville Mayor Kwasi A. Fraser during his swearing-in ceremony. council, but not before that body was accused of making a “done deal” with the the previous fall.

Manager Rob Lohr and longtime Councildeveloper.

A call for more openness and trans- woman Lehr to guide the council in its proceLingering fallout from the long years of parency in town government was frequently dural deliberations. litigation over the Southern Collector Road heard during the campaign, and one might And the mayor’s determination to push also contributed to community friction. The have expected the new council to ride a heady for an early vote on his proposal to spend $4.5 million litigation initiated against the wave of change in its management. But it has $5,000 per year on installing the Open.Gov town by Sam and Uta Brown, owners of not proved that easy to move from campaign- online budget documents presentation in an Crooked Run Orchard, concerned the town’s ing to governing, to representing all taxpayers. effort to provide greater clarity and openness condemnation of a portion of their land for It was not until July 22 that the newly backfired, with the council balking at being the road alignment. The Browns were among elected council met for the first time, unable asked to make a rushed decision without sufthose advocating change in town leadership, to assemble a quorum during the regularly ficient information. backing Fraser and Jimmerson. scheduled July 8 session.

Inexperience also showed in communiThe mayor found his goal of listed cation stumbles—both between members and achievements within the first 100 days elusive, with the public. McCollum took his colleagues A SLOW START When it came into office July 1, the and by year’s end the council had yet to suc- to task during the Oct. 28 work session, council inherited an efficient government— cessfully mesh its old and new members, and warning them that the constant to-and-fro of real estate taxes had remained stable for six establish its own momentum and clarity of emails between members that were happening out of sight of the public eye could contravene years, tourism was increasing, as was new job purpose.

Some of the council’s difficulty stemmed Freedom of Information Act requirements. growth, and the town was celebrating its first from inexperience.

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The town also moved to improve public safety. At the outset, Simpson said providing safe pedestrian walkways were his top priority, noting the patchy state of the town’s sidewalks—with some sidewalks in poor condition and numerous missing links. The council hired Jim Bishoff, owner of J2Engineering, to do an engineering study and prepare approximately $75,000 worth of grant applications that are currently moving through the approval process.

Speeding through town was another concern, and the town secured county assistance to buy new radar-equipped speed display signs to alert motorists when they go over the limit.

Lastly, the town reached agreement with the county government that it would not be required to file an additional special exception permit for its Well 14, following a ruling by the Department of Health that the state government controls groundwater, not the county. In return, the town will abandon its lawsuit against the county that challenged the county government’s authority to require special exception permits from towns to drill municipal wells.

HILLSBORO

Although one of the commonwealth’s smallest towns, Hillsboro has big goals and the council moved aggressively on them during 2014.

The council has been working on its long-

planned in-town Rt. 9 Traffic Calming project that envisions roundabouts at each end of Hillsboro and a variety of traffic-calming measures throughout the town. The project has been in VDOT’s Six-Year Plan since 2004, but there has been no funding available. Costs have risen and the total project is now estimated at close to $20 million. Each roundabout, for example, will cost between $5 million and $7 million to construct, but the county stepped in to aid in financing options.

A large portion of the cost is the council’s determination that its plan to install new underground utility lines should be should be done at the same time as the traffic-calming project to save money and reduce the impact on residents and commuters. “Why tear the town up twice?”

Mayor Roger L. Vance said earlier this year.

Another big push in 2014 was to continue the renovations to the historic Hillsboro Old School and to make it a hub of the thriving northwest Loudoun agricultural, winery and arts community. The council established a classical concert series to raise awareness of the building’s significance. Vance said the four concerts were financially successful and had built a base on which to expand in 2015.

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Early in 2014, interest in the long dormant commercial component of the Town Center revived, as the economy slowly improved. NVRe-

tail representatives approached the town and negotiations continued through the year with a first public airing of the developer’s revised plans held in the early fall.

The new concept included a reduction in the commercial square footage along with reduced parking and a request for additional residential—six homes—to help get the project get going again. Insufficient parking continued to be a concern with the public and members of the Planning Commission and Town Council alike, and it was only at the last minute that a change of heart by the developer to include 16 more parking spaces saw the application endorsed by the Planning Commission at the end of the year.

The town acquired a lot and a house for $329,000 adjacent to the existing Town Hall in late summer, possibly for use as a new town administrative center. Part of the land and the house were subsequently resold.

One bitterly contested project was the county plan to replace the Lovettsville Community Center with a new building, drawing the ire of local residents, alumni of the former Lovettsville High School and the Lovettsville Historical Society. Project critics objected to the county’s decision not to preserve the original school classrooms or incorporate them in the new design.

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One of the county’s longest-running projects—the Round Hill to Franklin Park Pedestrian Trail—saw movement in 2014.

The county government agreed in principle that the trail project should be combined with the town’s Main Street improvements project and managed as one project. The two projects meet at Loudoun and Main streets and Mayor Scott T. Ramsey said both projects would need to use the same piping for storm-

water needs. The road ahead could still require lengthy right-of-way easement acquisition. The project will need to be included in the town’s revisions to its comprehensive plan.

At year’s end, the town was looking at the possibility of acquiring two acres at the proposed Creekside development on the east side of Main Street north of town, to add to the town’s half-acre for the purpose of making a sizeable park and ride lot.

And as a fitting end of the year, pie-baking returned to Round Hill’s iconic country store— now named the Hill High Market. Avis Renshaw, owner of Mom’s Apple Pie in Leesburg, leased space from The Stoneleigh Group to open a second store for her tasty fruit pies. n

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Two institutions celebrated landmark birthdays in 2014—Salamander its first Aug. 29 and Middleburg Bank its 90th on July 1.

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istrator/Planner Melissa Hynes left in July to take a similar position in Round Hill and Town Manager Keith Markel in October became Leesburg’s deputy town manager. Joshua Bateman replaced Hynes and Laszlo Palko starts this month as the town’s new manager.

long-awaited final component of the Rt. 50 traffic-calming project is well on its way—Washington Street through Middleburg itself—after having faced a problem of insufficient funds to complete the federal design plan.

But with a grant of $1.2 million from the county, secured with the aid of Blue Ridge District Supervisor Janet Clark (R) in February, the town was able to move forward, although the town will need more to complete the project.

The project envisions seven crosswalks along Washington Street and is planned in concert with utility upgrades in the commercial area. At year’s end, the town was finishing up pedestrian safety improvements at the Madison/Marshall streets intersection.

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The council has a number of areas on which to work, including its relationship with the town’s business community. The previous council streamlined its regulatory process and actively sought to recruit businesses as part of its push to increase the commercial tax base and reduce the tax pressure on residents.

It is not clear yet where the council wants to go in that regard, Interim Purcellville Business Association President Jim Bowman said.

The mayor will give the customary State of the Town address to the PBA Jan. 13, following its presentation to the public Jan. 12.

Maintaining the town’s triple-A rating is also key for the town’s future fiscal health. In November, David Rose, senior partner with the town’s financial advisor Davenport & Davenport LLC, emphasized the importance of retaining

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that coveted rating and continuing to work on reducing long-term debt.

As development pressures intensify north of town, annexation requests are in the offing, including Bradford Kline’s request for his Purcellville Crossing mixed use proposal—which is strongly opposed by adjacent residents in Wright’s Farm—to be brought into the town’s boundaries. How the town will respond to those pressures is unclear, but having the council put a policy in place by which it will consider requests is a first step.

The rezoning of Crooked Run Orchard is also essential, if the settlement agreement with the Browns is to conclude, and that is likely to progress early in 2015.

Additionally, the mayor has a list of objectives he wishes to see occur, including making town assets more revenue producing, and considering reducing the town’s 5 percent meals tax, which brings in between $225,000 and $250,000 per annum.

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first. At the November council work session, a number of business owners urged the town to complete the zoning work as a higher priority.

No formal vote was taken, but there was consensus the commissioners would finish the uses revisions and come up with a scope for the comp plan revision in early spring.

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cil deliberations was of a “planners’ think tank” as members worked to establish a set of policies and procedures by which they intended to govern.

During a Sept. 20-21 strategic planning retreat, the council achieved draft Vision and Mission statements, Core Values and Strategic Initiatives. The council created Priorities and Initiatives with action agendas, dividing them into four strategic areas: Foster Community and Economic Well-Being; Practice Good Governance; Strengthen Community Partnerships; and Fund the Future. The final action agendas under the four goals passed unanimously at the council’s Nov. 12 meeting. The mayor announced individual council assignments during the Dec. 9 meeting.

Browns, led by Jimmerson, a settlement was announced. Under the agreement, the Browns would be paid $1 million in cash—an increase from the $432,000 town payment deposited with the Circuit Court in 2011 when the land was acquired for the Southern Collector Road link—and the town would initiate a rezoning for the land to permit limited commercial uses.

A joint public hearing on the rezoning was held before the Planning Commission and the Town Council Dec. 9.

Vice Mayor Nave, with Councilman Patrick McConville, worked on the annual survey to be sent to residents and businesses of how well the town provides essential services.

Town Attorney Sally Hankins was working on several policies, including one by which the town would review annexation application requests, a number of which are in the offing.

Others included a Disclosure Policy, and also Ethics, Norms and Procedures as well as an Events policy.

The Planning Commission has been looking to clarify and simplify the town Zoning Ordinance for the better part of two years, but Fraser and Jimmerson pushed for revisions for the town’s comprehensive plan to be done

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Loudoun’s public schools welcomed 73,461 students this fall, an increase of 2,603 students over the previous year.

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s Loudoun school and community leaders began the nationwide search for a new school superintendent last year, they said they were looking for someone who could build on the successes established by 23-year Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick, who announced in June 2013 that he would retire in 12 months.

After a months-long, nationwide search with the help of professional consultants and an 18-member committee of community leaders, the Loudoun County School Board announced in April its new hire: Eric Williams, a 48-year-old who led a 12,000-student system in York County for the previous six years.

Since his first day on the job, Williams has repeated his promise to identify what is going well in the 73,000-student school district and what changes could be made to

spur progress.

As he said during his swearing-in ceremony in July: “I’m incredibly honored to serve as superintendent here, to be able to build on the strong tradition of excellence in our schools—to sustain excellence and to build on that excellence.”

In just six months on the job, Williams already has set a different tone from his predecessor. The most palpable of the changes he’s made is in preparation for next fiscal year’s budget.

The budget has long been a point of friction between school leaders and the county supervisors, and the new superintendent is seen as the person who may help bridge the gap between the two bodies.

As the School Board and Board of Supervisors waded into early budget talks over the summer, Williams urged them to approach the process with optimism. He didn’t sugarcoat the expenses that are likely around the corner for the school district, with growing enrollment, two new schools scheduled to open in fall of 2015 and the

rising cost of employee health coverage.

But he encouraged them to begin planning with a “success mentality” as opposed to a “survivor mentality.”

“We’re anticipating that the budget is going to be bigger, and remember if we want to continue to improve we’re going to be asking, what new investments are we going to need to build on the success of LCPS,” he said.

During a budget meeting in August, School Board member Jeff Morse (Dulles) said that it will take the “fresh eyes in leadership,” referring to Williams, to find efficiencies that will free up money to cover the cost of growth and for new investments.

“If we think we’re going to get more efficient doing business the way we’re doing it now—we’ve already cleaned out that low-hanging fruit,” he said. “It’s time for us to find a new way of doing business, and I think that’s where we see Dr. Williams Leesburg Today/File Photo coming in and helping us to find that.”

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he retirement of 23-year Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick and the hiring of his successor Eric Williams prompted turnover throughout the leadership ranks of Loudoun County Public Schools during 2014.

In May, Loudoun County Public Schools celebrated its largest class of retirees—265, up from 193 in 2013. And among those retirees was

not only Hatrick but Sharon Ackerman, who held one of the school district’s most influential positions as assistant superintendent of instruction for 15 years.

So the first major decision Williams made as the new superintendent was to select the person who would oversee the decisions that most impact students in the classroom. He hired Terri Breeden, who was serving as assistant superintendent for professional learning and accountability for Fairfax County Public Schools and had 30 years of experience in education.

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The school district’s second in command, Deputy Superintendent Ned Waterhouse, announced his retirement in December. Waterhouse worked 37 years for Loudoun’s public schools, and much of his tenure was served under Hatrick’s leadership.

The deputy superintendent position will retire along with Waterhouse, so to speak, and instead Williams created a new position, chief of staff. He’s named Michael Richards as the new chief of staff, a post Williams described as a key advisor to the superintendent and other mem-

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Fourth grade teacher Jennifer Reed quizzes her students in a math lesson at Lincoln Elementary School. The school was one of the few the School Board considered closing.

lmost every year, talk of closing the county’s smallest schools is floated as a possible budget solution. And in 2014, the Loudoun County School Board came closer than they ever have to shuttering Hillsboro, Lincoln, Aldie and Hamilton elementary schools.

The board took the legal steps required to close the schools by holding a formal public hearing on the matter April 22. Close to 400 people came out to make their case for why the county’s smallest and oldest schools are an asset to Loudoun. The following day, the board pulled the schools from the budget chopping block with an 11th hour, 6-3 vote.

“Those small schools represent an excellent alternative to the one-size-fits-all model that we use in most of our other schools,” School Board member Bill Fox (Leesburg) said following the vote.

The closing of the schools would save an estimated $2 million a year and help bridge a $37.7 million funding gap in the fiscal year’s operating budget.

bers of senior staff. Richards comes to Loudoun from Texas, where he served as a director of data and accountability.

A lot of administrative shuffling was also seen in the school district’s Support Services Department. Becky Domokos-Bays was named the new director of School Nutrition Services following the resignation of Jinny Demastes in May. And last month, Lonnie C. Reavis was hired as the new director of the Department of Transportation, following the retirement of Alvin Hampton. n

A similar threat from a handful of School Board members in 2012 prompted a group of parents to come together to turn Middleburg Elementary—then the smallest school in the county with 50 students—into the region’s first public charter school.

The School Board approved Middleburg’s charter application in March and the school opened Aug. 4 with 122 students, and a lengthy waiting list.

Now, parents and teachers at Hillsboro Elementary School have drafted their own charter application. A committee of the School Board is vetting the application and is expected to vote on whether to recommend or deny in February.

School Board Vice Chairwoman Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) says there’s certainly room for more than one charter school in rural Loudoun.

Hillsboro and Middleburg sit 19 miles apart and would serve a different region of the county, she said. “Plus, a charter is about parental choice, and it’s been clear that parents want choices when it comes to their children’s education. I think what each of these charters—Middleburg, and potentially Hillsboro—will be offering is a somewhat different educational option.” n

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he year 2014 was an outstanding one for Loudoun County athletes. Seven county high schools combined to win 10 team state championships, while seven individuals won titles.

Here’s a look at the “best of the best” in Loudoun athletics over the past year.

1. HUNTER ENJOYS RECORD-BREAKING YEAR

Few could have predicted that when Loudoun Valley’s Andrew Hunter won his first Virginia Group 3A state cross country championship by 18 seconds (15 minutes, 37 seconds for the 5,000meter distance) as a sophomore in the fall of 2013, he would go on to such incredible regional and national heights as a distance runner in 2014.

Although Loudoun County does not sponsor indoor track per se, Hunter’s tear began “under cover” at the Virginia Meet of Champions held in March at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. He ran 9:11.22 for 3,200 meters, which was the fastest time in the state for the indoor season.

Outdoors in April, Hunter won the Penn Relays’ 3,000 in Philadelphia in 8:16.31. It was the top time in the United States and a sophomore class record. He then won the state 3A title in the 1,600 (4:10.04) in June and doubled back for a controlled victory in the 3,200 (9:28.49).

At the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, NC, Hunter finished second in the two mile in 8:53.81 (the No. 3 U.S. time for the season) and came back the next day to run 4:10.94 for the mile (second in Virginia for the year and the No. 2 sophomore time for the season in the U.S.).

Moving on to junior status in the fall, Hunter repeated as the 3A cross country state champion in November, winning by 54 seconds in a course-record time of 14:41 at Great Meadow in The Plains. He then went on to capture the Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional by 18 seconds (14:36) in Charlotte, NC, before finishing fourth (15:14) in the nation as the top underclassman in December at the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego, CA.

2. RAIDERS CONTINUE VOLLEYBALL DOMINANCE, FALCONS CLAIM FIRST CROWN

After winning its sixth championship in

seven years in 2013, the Loudoun County volleyball team saw an upheaval of sorts as the Raiders graduated five key seniors and longtime coach Jenica Brown decided to retire.

But with a solid core of players returning and new coach Sherrilyn Hanna leading the way, Loudoun County cruised to its second straight Group 4A state championship in November with a three-game sweep of James Wood in Richmond. Junior hitters Taylor Borup (426 kills for the season) and Rachel Voketaitis, senior setters/hitters Hannah Vandegrift and Olivia Aycock and senior Libero Emily Solis led the Raiders to their third straight title and a state-record seventh in eight years.

At the 5A level, Briar Woods emerged from the shadow of neighborhood rival Stone Bridge (five straight berths in the state semifinals) and Broad Run (2013 state Deb Kolt/For Leesburg Today semifinalist) to claim its first 5A North Region and state championships. Led by Woodgrove became the first Loudoun school to win a state lacrosse title. seniors Sydney Daniel, Taylor van der Biezen junior Nikki Batt, sophomore Laura Kelly and The Wolverine softball team reached the and Lauren Mooney along with junior hitters freshman Kaela Price joined with senior goal- state finals for the fourth straight season (each Lauren Twitty (321 kills) and Jasmine Ellison, keeper Tori Riopelle (five saves) to keep Stone year of the program’s existence) and won its the Falcons rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Bridge off the scoreboard the rest of the game. second title with a 24-1 rout of Fauquier in Stone Bridge for the 5A North Region title.

Down a level, senior James Moreno Lynchburg. The run total set a state record Briar Woods then repeated the feat in Rich- scored with 10 seconds remaining to lift for a championship game. Sophomore Adrimond in the state finals, coming back from Loudoun County to a 1-0 victory over Midlo- ana Erickson had two home runs and five the brink of elimination to defeat Princess thian for the 4A boys title in Lynchburg. runs batted in to lead the 24-hit attack, while Anne in five games.

Moreno scored 31 goals to the lead the Raid- seniors Corinne Vennitti, Rachel Harris and ers, who also got solid contributions from Jazmyn Rohrer, juniors Grace Sanderson and 3. LOUDOUN TEAMS DOMINATE junior goalkeeper Matt Tourbin and senior Alexa Dolby and sophomore Hallie Daughtry defenders Caleb Hilgartner, Nate Juth and each had multiple hits. Vennitti and Rohrer VIRGINIA SOCCER paced the Wolverine pitching staff throughout Andy Levesque.

Loudoun County has long been a hotbed The Dominion girls proved to be the the season. of competitive soccer in the Commonwealth Playing in a higher classification because most resilient team as the Titans withstood of Virginia. Over the past two decades— 15 rounds of tie-breaking penalty kicks to of a limited number of teams, Woodgrove beginning with the Park View boys winning defeat Jefferson Forest for the 4A girls crown won the 5A lacrosse title with a 15-1 vicback-to-back titles in 1991-92—Broad Run in Lynchburg. The teams played to a 3-3 tie tory over neighborhood-rival Loudoun Valley (five girls), Potomac Falls (two girls, one through regulation and four overtime peri- in Burke. Sophomores Nora Bowen and boys), Stone Bridge (two girls) and Woodods, but Dominion won 13-12 in penalty Courtney Olivier each had four goals in the grove (two girls) combined with the Patriots kicks. Sophomore goalkeeper Allie Brandt finals, while senior Ashley Wacker and junior to win 14 state championships in the sport. made a save on Jefferson Forest’s final attempt Emma Leszczak each added three. Junior The 2014 spring season proved to be one to clinch the victory, while sophomore Bre- Ashley Morris anchored things in goal for the of total dominance for Loudoun in the Group anna Mitchell scored twice in regulation and Wolverines.

4A and 5A classifications, as all four champiassisted on sophomore Meghan Hale’s goal. onships went to county schools, each claiming 5. TUSCARORA RUNNERS the first soccer title for their gender at their 4. WOODGROVE WINS STATE school.

CLAIM SCHOOL’S FIRST STATE Senior J.P. Reategui recorded his second SOFTBALL, LACROSSE TITLES TITLE hat trick of the season to lead the Broad Run In its short existence, Woodgrove High Just as the Tuscarora football team began boys to a 3-2 victory over Albemarle for the School has become quite familiar with state 5A championship in Burke. Reategui and his championships. In the first three years the its quest for a state championship, the Huskies Spartan senior teammates had graduated at school was open (2010-13), the Wolverines girls cross country team decided it would try the nearby Patriot Center earlier in the day brought home a pair of state titles in girls one out for size.

The Huskies won the Group 5A state title and capped their careers with the state title. soccer and a softball crown in 2012. Make it at the Great Meadow course in The Plains in Senior Emma Quirk and sophomore five championships in four years as WoodNovember, outdistancing Deep Run by 21 Rayven Conner scored first-half goals to lead grove added two more titles last spring. points. Freshman Emma Wolcott placed third Briar Woods to the 5A girls title in Burke The Wolverines claimed another softball overall in 18:25 to lead Tuscarora, while senior with a 2-1 victory over neighborhood-rival crown with the Group 4A trophy, while the Stone Bridge. The Falcons allowed an early girls lacrosse team became the first public Anna Wasko was fifth in 18:57. Rounding out goal to Bulldog freshman Emily Fox, but the school in Loudoun to win a state champion- the scoring for the Huskies were junior Rosie Briar Woods backline of senior Carly Melkus, ship as it took the 5A title.

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Loudoun Valley junior Brandon Weaver outlasted the weather in October to claim the Group 3A state golf individual championship.

The 3A East Region low medalist the week before with an even-par 72, Weaver shot a 2-under par 70 on the first day of the state tournament at Ivy Hill Golf Club in Forest. He was at even-par after three holes the second day before rain wiped out the rest of the event and Weaver was declared the individual champion.

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Rumors of the lightning in J.B. Bukauskas’ right arm had made the rounds of baseball scouts by the time the spring high school season began in March.

And in his first outing of the season, the Stone Bridge senior proved the hype was legitimate.

Bukauskas struck out the side on nine pitches in a preseason scrimmage against Herndon with a J.B. Bukauskas scout from almost every team in Major League Baseball attending. Possessing a fastball clocked regularly in excess of 95 mph and a solid slider and changeup to go along with it, the right-hander kept impressing baseball’s scouting elite up to the end of the season.

In late May shoulder inflammation caused Bukauskas to end his season as a pitcher, but not before he didn’t allow an earned run en route to a 7-0 record with 88 strikeouts. His success helped lead Stone Bridge to a Group 5A North Region championship and the state semifinals.

Considered a potential first-round pick in baseball’s First-Year Player Amateur Draft in June, Bukauskas—who accelerated his academic progress to graduate a year early at Stone Bridge—announced he would honor his scholarship to North Carolina and declined to sign with a pro team even after being selected in the 20th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. n

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Four Loudoun wrestlers endured months of hard work and personal dedication to win individual wrestling state championships in March. Potomac Falls senior Omer Nezam and Briar Woods junior Bryan Capozzoli each claimed Group 5A titles, while Loudoun County senior Hunter Day won in Group 4A and Loudoun Valley senior Sid Byers captured a 3A crown.

Nezam defeated Freedom’s Bradley Nelson, 3-2, to capture the 160-pound 5A championship. Nezam had lost four times to Nelson during the year, including in the Conference 14 and 5A North Region finals the previous two weeks.

Capozzoli won 10 straight postseason matches, including all three by fall at the state tournament, en route to the 220-pound title.

Capozzoli pinned Great Bridge’s Jalen Booker in 5:08 in the finals.

Day defeated Eastern View’s Logan Shurina, 1-0, to take the 160-pound championship in 4A, while Byers scored a 5-3 victory over Waynesboro’s Nathan Henderson for the 3A 285-pound title.

In addition, Loudoun had a record breaker in Briar Woods senior Michael Hulcher, who placed fourth at 132 in Group 5A. The Group AA state champion at 126 in 2013, Hulcher completed his career with a county record for victories with an overall mark of 189-28.

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The Tuscarora football team had been building a winning program since the school opened in 2010. Over their first four seasons, the Huskies made three playoff appearances and were hungry for a state championship in 2014.

Tuscarora gained extra emotional momentum when Adam Fortune, the defensive coordinator for the Huskies since the program began, suddenly died July 7. The beloved 37-year-old assistant and Noah Reimers best friend to head coach Michael Burnett was in the minds of the players, coaches and fans all season and Tuscarora dedicated its stadium to his memory on Oct. 10 as Fortune Field.

The Huskies did not let Fortune down.

Led by senior running back Noah Reimers and a stout defense, Tuscarora won its first 14 games to advance to the Group 5A state championship game in Charlottesville. Unfortunately for the Huskies, their dreams came to an end that December afternoon as L.C. Bird won its third straight state title with a 22-19 victory.

Reimers—who has verbally committed to play at Harvard next fall—finished the year as the first Loudoun County player to surpass 3,000 yards rushing in a season. The Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year, Reimers finished the year with 3,040 yards and 47 touchdowns as he pushed his career total to more than 6,200 yards.

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The Vikings won the Group 3A title with a 9-1 victory over Poquoson in Lynchburg in June, claiming their first state crown since 1972.

Junior Jack DeGroat pitched a 4-hit complete game with 10 strikeouts a day after earning the save in the state semifinals.

Loudoun Valley broke the game open with six runs in the fourth inning. Junior Sam Urban, senior J.D. Carpenter, sophomore Trey McDyre, senior Collin Hoffman and senior Mikey Pugh had consecutive run-scoring singles before sophomore Hunter Gore hit a sacrifice fly to cap the inning.

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golfer to win the 3A individual title, joining Ian Hildebrand (currently playing at Virginia Tech).

Up a few levels, Tuscarora won the 5A North Region championship as junior Trevor Hutchinson took low-medalist honors with a 74. The Huskies finished fourth at the 5A state tournament.

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Individually, Heritage freshman Weini Kelati—a native of Eritrea in Africa—burst onto the scene to win several invitationals during the season before placing second at the Group 4A state championships in 17:38. She went on to finish fifth in the Foot Locker South Regional (17:04) and was 20th at the national event in San Diego, CA. Loudoun Valley senior Ciara Donohue also had an outstanding year, capped with a second-place finish (18:06) at the Group 3A state championships. She was sixth at the Foot Locker South Regional (17:14) and placed 27th at the national meet.

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The group’s direcjmercker@leesburgtoday.com tor Mark Allen few short decades ago, Loudoun- McCoy has underers looking for a taste of culture scored his commitautomatically turned to DC. But ment to making the cultural offerings in the county symphony accessihave exploded in recent years. ble to families, both 2014 was a banner year for the visual and per- in terms of mateforming arts in Loudoun, with a number of arts rial performed and institutions celebrating milestone anniversaries, by keeping ticket while newcomers carved out their own niches prices reasonable.

The remainder of and found opportunities to shine.

One of the county’s oldest performing arts the symphony’s groups, VSA Arts of Loudoun County, which season includes provides creative and performance opportuni- a series of great ties for children and adults with and without programs for both disabilities, celebrated its 25th anniversary in children and adults 2014. VSA put on performances of “Winnie in 2015.

The LoudThe Pooh Kids” and a one-act play “The Silver oun Ballet ComScene” written and directed by Loudoun native Matt Curtis, whose brothers have been involved pany celebrated with VSA over the years. The nonprofit also two milestones filmed a documentary tracing its 25-year his- during 2014—the tory throughout the year and screened the 26th anniversary of its status as an movie at its celebratory gala in October.

“It captures the heart of VSA and what independent nonwe’re all about. It really tugs on your heart profit dance comLisa-Marie Mazzucco strings,” said organizer Kellie Goossens, who pany and the 25th The Waterford Foundation celebrated the 20th anniversary of its classical concert series with nationally known performers anniversary of its hopes to make a condensed version of the like the Daedalus Quartet. beloved Nutcracker documentary available to the public in 2015.

The Loudoun-based Master Sing- performances. LBC of George Washington University, organizers and they have to be quiet. It gives them a chance ers of Virginia celebrated its 20th anniver- continues its tradition of providing a training put on a three-concert classical series featuring to be more active and laugh and jump up and sary during 2014. The audition-based singing ground for dancers with professional aspira- top DC area musicians, and the closing holiday down. It’s an introduction to the theater experigroup launched its performance season with tions and providing the community with a taste concert drew a crowd of 80 people to the venue. ence,” Bracey said. a series of holiday concerts across the county of the professional dance experience without In October, the Middleburg Film Festival “The successful concert series has proven featuring members’ favorite pieces from the having to head east. this is a great venue for music in a wonderful, got great reviews in its second year, drawing The Waterford Foundation also reached intimate setting where members of the audi- crowds from across the metro area looking to two decades. The Loudoun Symphony, which gave its first concert in March 1991, launched a milestone in 2014, with the 20th anniversary ence are able to meet the performers. With catch screenings of hard-to-find independent its 2014 season with a family-oriented Pirates of its popular classical concert series at the vil- help from the Board of Supervisors, we hope to and international films. Attendance was way and Princesses concert (including musicians in lage’s historic Old School, bringing nationally have restoration funds to upgrade the electrical up in 2014, organizers said, as big name actors, costume) in September, followed by its popu- known performers to the village and attract- system and the HVAC,” organizer Amie Ware directors and other industry professionals flew ing music lovers from DC and beyond to said. in for Loudoun’s mini-Sundance. the national historic landmark. The 2014 2014 was also a big year for the visual arts.

In Leesburg, the Tally Ho Theatre marked lineup included top acts from the Washing- the end of its second full year as a music venue The closing of longtime visual arts mainstay ton Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Tempest with some very big names. Throughout the ArtSquare gallery at the end of this year followTrio, J. Reilly Lewis and the Washington year, crowds could be seen lining up on Market ing a period of financial difficulties was painful Bach Consort, the Daedalus Quartet and the Street, waiting for a favorite band to appear. In for many of its supporters. But arts organizaperennially popular Best of Levine School, addition to its popular Next Best Thing series tions like The Round Hill Arts Center and featuring child prodigies who blow audience featuring high quality tribute bands, the venue the affiliated Gateway Gallery co-op thrived, members away with their musical prowess. has booked high profile revivals from favorites offering exhibits, classes and special programs Foundation members also beefed up a like the Gin Blossoms, The Straits, 10,000 Mani- for all ages. In Leesburg, Arts in the Village, a new initiative to bring contemporary con- acs, Pure Prairie League, the Average White co-op gallery connected to the Loudoun Arts certs to Waterford with the Old Schoolhouse Band and many more.

Council, celebrated its second anniversary in concert series. The 2014 shows included The county-owned Franklin Park Arts the fall after a full year of monthly special exhibBeatles covers from Lydia Lewis and Lena Center, under the direction of its new man- its showcasing the talents of member artists.

Seikaly, eclectic roots and gypsy jazz from ager Elizabeth Bracey, focused on expanding The third annual Leesburg Fine Arts Festival in the Woodshedders and guitar-centric tradi- family-oriented offerings in 2014, with a full September was a big success, drawing crowds tional tunes from Danny Knicely with Wyatt year of top-notch programming for children to downtown Leesburg and providing a new Rice and Mark Schatz. The 2015 program and families. On the schedule this year were audience for participating artists. will be announced soon according to orga- sellout performances from Main Street Theatre, Area wineries, breweries and Purcellville’s nizer Roy Chaudet. including “Oliver” and “Willy Wonka,” weekday popular Catoctin Creek Distillery have also Taking a page from Waterford’s book, puppet shows for preschoolers and G-rated been getting into the act, hosting exhibits by the Hillsboro Community Association and improv comedy from Last Ham Standing. local artists, concerts and even plays in their Town of Hillsboro re-established a monthly “What’s nice about doing the family activi- tasting rooms. It’s clear that 2015 will bring concert series with the goal of restoring the ties is that it gives kids an opportunity to be in more opportunities than ever for Loudouners Main Street Productions historic town-owned Old Stone School. In a theater and learn a little bit about what it’s like to get their culture fix without breaking the Main Street Productions’ “Oliver” was one of many family-oriented offerings at Franklin Park Arts Center. cooperation with conductor Neil Weston to be in that environment before it’s very serious bank—or crossing the county line. n Jan Mercker

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6:45-8:15 p.m., Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way, Lovettsville. Contact: 540- 822-5284 Get your new year’s resolution rolling with a mix of favorite workouts including kickboxing, PIYO, weights and more. Cost is $8. Register in

Tuesday, Jan. 6 Nature Explorers

9-11 a.m., Claude Moore Park, 21533 Old Vestal’s Gap Road, Sterling. Contact: loudoun.gov/claudemoorepark Excite your child’s sense of wonder in this ongoing nature-based program. The Discovery Grove, an outdoor environment tailored especially for young explorers, and the Education Center Classroom will be home base, with trails, ponds, meadows and woods further enhancing this fun learning experience. The event is for children ages 4 to 6 and the cost is $14.

Landscape for Life

9 a.m.-noon, Morven Park, Leesburg. Contact: www.loudounwildlife.com The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy presents a five-week series on sustainable gardening taking place every Tuesday morning through Feb. 3. Cost is $50 for five sessions, and advance registration is required.

Moms Club Preschool Fair

9:30-11 a.m., Loudoun Country Day School, 20600 Red Cedar Drive, Leesburg. Contact: 571-207-8084 The Leesburg South Moms Club presents a preschool fair featuring schools in and around Leesburg.

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7 p.m., Loudoun Extension Office, 30 Catoctin Circle SE, Suite B, Leesburg. Contact: www. loudouncountymastergardeners.org The 2015 Master Gardener Lecture series kicks off the year with Peter Hart, certified tree arborist, speaking about the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Living Legacy Tree Planting Project initiative to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War by planting one tree for each of the 620,000 soldiers who died in the war.

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Professional and emerging visual artists whose studios in western Loudoun County meet specified criteria may apply as studio artists. Artists who do not have a western Loudoun studio suitable for visitors may apply as guest artists. Two- and threedimensional work will be considered, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, fiber art, wood, ceramics, photography, sculpture and jewelry.

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K2M’s announcement came just days after the supervisors’ finance committee discussed incentives and how to pay for them.

At that meeting, board Vice Chairman Shawn M. Williams (R-Broad Run) affirmed the idea that cash contributions be used only if other incentives don’t work.

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Rizer noted that K2M’s expansion would mark the first time that a cash grant from the incentive fund has been used.

And Eric Major, president and CEO of K2M, confirmed that the company had considered moving to other localities in Northern Virginia as well as crossing state borders to either West Virginia or Maryland.

“We did look at a lot of options,” he said.

Partnerships the business has forged with Loudoun and Leesburg, however, made for a compelling reason to expand in the county rather than moving away, Major said.

Employee commuting patterns and access to Dulles Airport were big factors in the decision to stay, the CEO said. Almost 270 of K2M’s 460

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money into the incentive fund. Instead, he said, the supervisors could simply allocate incentive money on a case-by-case basis.

Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg) also voiced support for using cash grants as a last resort.

Finance committee members, however, ended up unanimously recommending that the full Board of Supervisors allocate $950,000 for the incentive fund: $450,000 to replace the K2M incentives, and another $500,000 that could be spent on other projects.

County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) noted before that vote that the board needs to be “very picky” with how it uses the incentive fund, but that supervisors “have that opportunity on a case-by-case basis.”

Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn), who chairs the board’s finance committee, said that the incentive program has brought “significant business” into the county. Buona also works for Telos, but has said he was not involved in that company’s negotiations with the county.

Not everyone is necessarily sold on the incentive fund, however.

Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) noted during the Dec. 9 meeting that he judges each prospect for incentive funds on a project-by-project basis.

And he said that some county residents are skeptical of the incentive program.

Their thinking, he said, is: “It is an expenditure of funds that doesn’t go to safety, that doesn’t go to education, that doesn’t go to tax reduction, and therefore it has no merit.”

However, Buona said those questioning incentive funds don’t understand the purpose of the money.

They wrongly think the county is somehow investing taxpayer dollars in companies that receive the incentives, he said.

“You’re not making an investment in the company like Wall Street or a venture-capital firm would do,” Buona said. “You’re simply saying, ‘Come to Loudoun, not to Maryland,’ and that’s why we do this.” n

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The idea is that the fund is filled from money in annual county budget surpluses. That way, it isn’t tied up in budget negotiations each year, where it would compete with other service needs. On the other hand, if Loudoun doesn’t have the money for it one year, the fund won’t get a fresh infusion of cash.

Letourneau said the main factor involved with deciding who gets incentives is the county’s ability to see a return on the investment. A business receiving a cash contribution needs to generate, over three years, at least the same amount of new local tax revenue as the incentive cost Loudoun to provide.

So if the supervisors agree to give a company $250,000, for example, then the county should realize at least $250,000 worth of new revenue from that business before three years is up. If not, then the firm agrees to pay back the incentive.

Instead of giving a company cash, supervisors also can agree to complete infrastructure projects that help the prospective business, such as building a road or putting in sidewalks. In that case, the business promises to generate at least as much new tax revenue over five years as the cost of the infrastructure.

Completing an infrastructure incentive deal is the supervisors’ preference over offering cash, Letourneau said. However, he also pointed out that K2M shouldn’t have any problem meeting its commitment.

“We’re going to be collecting more than we’re giving them in less than three years,” he said.

employees work at the Leesburg headquarters, and physician customers visit that operation from all over the world, which meant the local availability of international flights was a plus.

Earlier this year, supervisors also approved a $500,000 infrastructure incentive to keep Ashburn-based Telos Corp. from leaving the county and expanding elsewhere. The county government’s contribution in that deal was the construction of Russell Branch Parkway between Ashburn Road and Ashburn Village Boulevard. Because the county already had funded that work, the agreement required no taxpayer dollars to be spent on the incentive.

The road will help with employees’ access to Telos’ headquarters, Rizer said.

“It was a very important part of the deal for them,” he said.

And, as Major noted, Telos CEO John Wood said that, beyond the positives of the road project itself, it’s rewarding when a county and state show their commitment to a company. The $500,000 infrastructure grant for Telos was a match to $500,000 from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund.

A lot of government officials can say they support [a company], Wood said, but putting up money shows they really do.

The K2M and Telos deals were closed using incentives, and Rizer emphasized that that’s where the tool is effective: at the end of negotiations.

They can’t make a bad location seem good to a prospective business or turn around an agreement that just doesn’t work, he said.

Incentives help Loudoun compete with other localities, Rizer said. That is, if two places rank almost the same on a list of desirable locations for a business making a move, incentives offered here may swing a deal in Loudoun’s favor.

Rizer underscored the payback aspect of incentives, as well. That ensures that grants are “in no way gifts.”

They serve “to help grow the economy,” he said, bringing new jobs and new tax revenue.

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Special Election: Two Vie For 34th District Delegate Seat

KATHLEEN MURPHY (D)

Do you believe Virginians are taxed too heavily, not enough or just the right amount? What would you change?

What is the most demanding job you have ever held and what characteristics did it bring out in you?

Being the chief operating officer of Invertix was challenging and incredibly rewarding.

Building a business is never easy and takes incredible focus, commitment and perseverance as well as humility, compassion and creativity. We grew rapidly during one of the most challenging economic periods since the Great Depression by providing life-saving technology to the government. This enabled us to offer good pay and benefits so our employees could have a great quality of life. I am so proud of what we built and the many lives positively impacted by the company. n

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If called upon to make budget cuts, on which five areas would you concentrate?

Wasteful spending and fraud in Medicaid, eliminate inefficiencies by modernizing policy and systems. Eliminate unnecessary and ineffective regulations that are costly to enforce and limit the growth of business, especially small, family-owned businesses.

What is the most momentous thing that ever has happened to you and how did it change your outlook on life?

I was incredibly honored to serve my country as a commissioned officer. My business experience has taught me many valuable lessons.

But the day my wife and I welcomed my son into this world was truly momentous. I want my son and future generations to have a world-class education and a brighter future with more jobs and better opportunities.

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What bills would you introduce in the 2015 session?

I stand for lower taxes and a more efficient and transparent government. I support the creation of more in-state [college] positions for our high-school graduates, adjustments to the Local Composite Index to ensure Northern Virginia obtains our fair share of education funding and addressing our region’s transportation challenges, making Rt. 7 a priority.

On which issues do your policy positions deviate from your party’s standard line?

I am going to Richmond to focus on growing and diversifying the commonwealth’s economy, to solve our transportation problems and invest in our public-education system by making sure Northern Virginia gets its fair share.

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Why are you running for the House of Delegates?

What do you hope to accomplish if elected?

It is about service. When I was honorably discharged from the Air Force, it was only a question as to when I was going to serve again.

I believe our Commonwealth needs people with relevant and current public- and private-sector experiences to stand for elected office; especially [someone with] a strong background in public service, building business and innovative technologies.

Craig Parisot

What is the most demanding job you have ever held and what characteristics did it bring out in you?

Being a parent. It has taught me patience, selflessness and understanding. Being a parent mandates that you live with someone else in mind. n

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Education: B.A. English, University of South Carolina; M.B.A. Cal Poly; Senior Executives in National and International Security, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Work summary: Parisot currently is CEO of Aperio International, president of Volunteer Fairfax and serves on the boards of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance and the World Police and Fire Games. He previously was a captain in the U.S. Air Force, chief strategy officer of Altamira Technologies and chief operating officer of Invertix Corp.

We must reduce taxes on individuals and businesses. The commonwealth’s entire tax code is in need of an overhaul. I believe that comprehensive tax reform is one key mechanism to unlocking economic growth and investment, resulting in a larger tax base.

On which issues do your policy positions deviate from your party’s standard line?

The Democratic Party has traditionally fought for the interests of working people and the middle class. However, some in my party have been slow to recognize the importance of early-childhood education. I fully support fullday kindergarten and pre-K programs. Additionally, while I support expanded background

What is the most momentous thing that ever has happened to you and how did it change your outlook on life?

My brother’s murder at the hands of armed robbers in 2002 had a profound impact on my life. He was my younger brother and my friend, the man I turned to during all of life’s ups and downs, and losing him was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to overcome. It made me understand that we never really know if we have a tomorrow, so you must fight for what you believe in today.

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What bills would you introduce in the 2015 session?

In my first term in the House of Delegates, I will introduce bills to require colleges to report campus sexual-assault complaints to the police, as well as require all jurisdictions that do not provide universal full-day kindergarten to develop a plan to introduce the program by the 2016 school year.

Do you believe Virginians are taxed too heavily, not enough or just the right amount? What would you change?

Nobody likes to pay taxes, but we all recognize that taxes support our schools, our roads and our economy. What Richmond has failed to do is make responsible budget decisions to ensure that tax increases are not necessary.

Because the General Assembly is not meeting its constitutional responsibility to fund education in Virginia, the burden of paying for our public schools falls unfairly on local property owners.

Which three people (living or dead, but not including family members) inspire you the most and why?

I am inspired by Abigail Adams, Frances Perkins and Elizabeth Blackwell. These were brave, independent women who taught me that women can accomplish great things.

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CRAIG PARISOT (R)

Why are you running for the House of Delegates?

What do you hope to accomplish if elected?

As delegate for the 34th District, I will represent the issues, values and priorities of the people in the district. I will fight for more funding for our schools, work to see that our transportation priorities are funded, help grow our economy through innovation and support for small business and ensure that we remain a welcoming community.

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ork summary: Murphy is president of Johnson Murphy & Associates, a strategic consulting firm based in McLean.

Previously, she was appointed as a senior adviser for international trade issues at the U.S. Department of Commerce, handled congressional affairs at the U.S. Agency for International Development, defense appropriations on Capitol Hill and held a top-secret security clearance.

She serves on the Human Services Council and the Healthcare Task Kathleen Murphy Force for Fairfax

If called upon to make budget cuts, on which five areas would you concentrate?

Having worked on the Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, I know how to find waste and abuse in any budget. I would approach budget issues keeping in mind what is in the best interest of the 34th District. I will vote to maintain or increase funding for education, transportation and public safety.

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County, McLean Community Foundation, is a boardmember for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and is a member of the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce. She and her husband, Bill Sudow, are longtime McLean residents and have raised six children together.

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This election is open only to registered voters within the 34th House District. In Loudoun County, this includes the following eastern Loudoun precincts: River Bend, Potomac Falls, Sugarland North, Sugarland South, Lowes Island, South Bank and Seneca. Polls will be open Jan. 6 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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commonwealth of Virgina case no. 14-47 loudoun county circuit court 18 e. Market Street, leesburg, Va 20176 commonwealth of Virginia, in re: Jyana Gabrielle Mendez The object of this suit is to proceed with the adoption of the above-named child by her stepfather.

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

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

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

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLES 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 18 Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing on THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider the following amendments to the Zoning Ordinance: 1. Sec. 6.3.2. B-1 Community (Downtown) Business Use Regulations to allow “Research & Development and/or Production� as an allowable use.

2. Sec. 6.4.2. B-2 Established Corridor Commercial District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use.

3. Sec. 6.5.2. B-3 Community Retail/Commercial District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use.

4. Sec. 6.6.2. B-4 Mixed-Use Business District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Flex Industrial�, “Production�, and “Distribution� as allowable uses and to delete “Manufacturing and Assembly� as a use.

5. Sec. 6.6.4. B-4 Mixed-Use Business District Additional Standards to update terminology for use types.

6. Sec. 6.7.2. I-1 Industrial/Research Park District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Flex Industrial�, “Production�, “Mini-warehouse�, and “Distribution� as allowable uses and to delete “Manufacturing and Assembly� as a use.

7. Sec. 7.10.9.D.1. CD-C, Crescent Design – Commercial Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use.

8. Sec. 7.10.9.E.1. CD-MUO, Crescent Design – Mixed Use Optional Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use.

9. Sec. 7.10.9.H.1. CD-CC, Crescent Design – Commercial Corridor Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use.

10. Sec. 8.6.2. PEC, Planned Employment Center Permitted Uses to update terminology and to add “Flex Industrial� and “Production� as allowable uses.

11. Sec. 9.1.1. Establishment of Use Categories to update terminology.

12. Sec. 9.2. Use Table to update terminology and allowable uses.

13. Sec. 9.3.11.2. Industrial, Flex Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Flex Industrial� uses.

14. Sec. 9.3.17.01. Office Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Office� uses.

15. Sec. 9.3.17.11. Outdoor Storage Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Outdoor Storage� uses.

16. Sec. 9.3.22. Research and Development Use Standards to update performance standards for “Research & Development� uses as well as to establish performance standards for “Production� use.

17. Sec. 9.3.32. Warehouse/Distribution Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Warehouse� and “Distribution� uses.

18. Sec. 11.3. Number of Parking Spaces Required to update terminology for use types.

19. Sec. 11.9. Number of Off Street Loading Spaces Required to update terminology for use types.

20. Sec. 18.1.15. Basic Industry to remove this definition since this use is not allowed.

21. Sec. 18.1.84. Industrial, Flex to clarify the definition in regard to “Flex Industrial� use.

22. Sec. 18.1.104. Manufacturing and Assembly to remove this definition since this use is proposed to be eliminated from the I-1 and B-4 Districts.

23. Sec. 18.1.106. Mixed Use to update terminology for use types.

24. Sec. 18.1.121. Office to modify the definition for clarity and to allow some accessory uses.

25. Sec. 18.1.127. Outdoor Storage to remove a performance standard that is being revised and relocated to Article 9.

26. Sec. 18.1.142. Planned Development to update terminology for use types.

27. Sec. 18.1.150. Production to add a new definition that describes an allowable use in non-residential districts.

28. Sec. 18.1.127. Research and Development to clarify and simplify terminology.

Copies and additional information regarding the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling 703-771-2766 and asking for Irish Grandfield, Project Manager. This zoning ordinance amendment application is identified as case number TLOA-2014-0005.

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

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

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TLSE-2014-0004 UNIWEST MINI-WAREHOUSE Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the Leesburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider Special Exception Application TLSE-2014-0004, Uniwest Mini-Warehouse a request to permit a three-story, 74,593 square foot indoor storage facility on vacant land fronting Battlefield Parkway.

The subject property has no assigned address and is located on Battlefield Parkway behind the Fort Evans II Plaza shopping center in northeast Leesburg. The 4.89 acre parcel is zoned B-3, Community Retail/Commercial District. The property is further described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 141-17-1241 and Loudoun County Tax Map Number /49//28////B9/.

The Town Plan designates this property as “Community Office� on the Land Use Policy Map. Special Exception Application TLSE-2014-0004 is a request to allow an indoor mini-warehouse facility subject to the standards of Section 9.3.14 of the Zoning Ordinance.

Additional information and copies of this application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by contacting Irish Grandfield, Senior Planner at 703-771-2766 or igrandfield@leesburgva.gov.)

At this hearing all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of the Commission at (703) 771-2434, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

At these hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard.

Persons requiring special accommodations at the Town Council meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

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Town Offices will be closed at Noon on Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 on Thursday, January 1st, 2015 and Friday, January 2nd, 2015

Bulk pickups will occur on Friday, January 2nd, 2015 as usual.

The list will close at Noon on Wednesday, December 31st.

All requests must be received before then to be on Friday’s list.

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

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

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

$39,384-$71,785 DOQ (two positions available)

Closing Date: January 21, 2015

Utility Plant Operator Trainee REQUIRED: HS/GED; some laboratory or related utility experience; ability to obtain a Class IV Wastewater Operator License within one year as issued by the Virginia Department of Commerce; possess a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record; certifications in CPR/AED and First Aid or ability to obtain within six months of employment PREFERRED: Class IV Wastewater Operator License; possess a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) with appropriate endorsements and a safe driving record; bilingual in English/Spanish OR Utility Plant Operator REQUIRED: HS/GED; min. of two years of experience operating a wastewater or water treatment plant facility; possess a Class III Virginia Wastewater Operators License; possess a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record PREFERRED: Backflow device certification; possess a commercial driver’s license (CDL) with appropriate endorsements and a safe driving record; bilingual in English/Spanish FLExIBLE PART-TIME POSITIONS—PARkS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT For a listing of our flexible part-time positions in our Parks and Recreation Department, please see www.leesburgva.gov/jobs *Most positions will be filled at or near the minimum of the range. *Dependent on Qualifications.

TO APPLY: A Town of Leesburg application for employment is required for each position. Please go to www.leesburgva.gov/jobs to apply online. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on the closing date, unless otherwise noted. Resumes may be submitted as supplemental only.

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

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

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1928 Prayer Book - 1940 Hymnal

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19619 Evergreen Mills Rd, Leesburg Visitors warmly welcomed

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Biblical Truth Traditional Worship Loving Fellowship Sundays: 8am and 10am 712 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg VA LoudounAnglican.org

Houses of Worship Verse by Verse, Expository Preaching

47907 Mt. Hope Rd Ashburn, VA 20148

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ooking back on 2014, it is difficult to recall another year when there has been so great a turnover among the ranks of Loudoun government leaders.

The county’s longest serving government administrator, Schools Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick, retired in June after 40 years of service. His career started in the classroom and ended serving as the CEO of Loudoun’s largest workforce for more than two decades. Several top administrators followed him into retirement, leaving the school system with a very different balance in the institutional knowledge: fresh blood ratio.

The county government witnessed the departure of longtime executives, as well. Those include Attorney Jack Roberts and Planning Director Julie Pastor, with Deputy County Administrator Linda Neri to follow this month. Each played critical roles in guiding Loudoun through rapid growth.

Leesburg and Purcellville also saw the departure of longtime leaders—Town Manager John Wells and Mayor Bob Lazaro, respectively—whose hallmarks include leaving their municipalities in far stronger fiscal shape then when they took up those positions.

Politically, there is no bigger change than in the county’s representation in the House of Representatives. Frank Wolf provided that service for more than 30 years, a Republican rewarded with re-election every two years regardless of which direction the county’s political pendulum was swinging at the time. It’s a tenure unlikely to be matched in today’s increasingly polarized electoral landscape.

Not to be overlooked are the retirements this month of two of the most senior members of the Leesburg Police Department. Captains Clagett Moxley and Jeff VanGilder joined the department as young patrol officers on a small-town force three decades ago. As they rose through the ranks, both helped shaped the agency into a modern, multi-faceted organization while building reputations as effective problem solvers.

These are but some of the community builders whose careers contributed to the quality of life enjoyed in Loudoun today. Their experience will be missed, but their service should be held up as examples for those who follow them.

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Dear Editor: Congratulations to Gabriela Bohnett and her new year-round Ashburn Youth Symphonic Orchestra. [“Ashburn Youth Symphony Debuts,” Dec. 18, 2014] I noted she replicated the El Sistema program in Venezuela, where children go to regular school in the morning and then go to the music conservatory in the afternoon.

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Suzdak said that by failing to strongly rebuke Delgaudio, the other county supervisors “basically supported” him. The supervisors censured the Sterling District representative but then reversed course after the Circuit Court dismissed the recall petition.

“There’s a real lack of integrity there,” she said of the board.

She also said that the incumbent supervisors are too cozy with developers, citing a recent decision that allows a faster pace of homebuilding at One Loudoun in Ashburn.

Suzdak said that education would be the top issue on which local Democrats will campaign, and that the differences on most matters between them and Republican incumbents will be “very distinct.”

Specifically, she said that Republicans have voted to under-fund county schools, and that they don’t seem to see the value full-day kindergarten can bring to not only students but also to economic development. That is, if the program were offered, more businesses that appreciate that educational option would want to locate here, she said.

Suzdak said she also didn’t expect any of the Democrats’ recent losses in state or national races to affect how voters judge members of the party in Loudoun.

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On the other hand, Kristen Kalina, first vice chairman of the county’s Republican committee, said that GOP messages espoused by the recently victorious Del. Barbara Comstock and others on the national scene transcend “all levels of government.” Comstock in November defeated Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust, a Democrat, to succeed her fellow Republican, Rep. Frank Wolf (VA-10).

Kalina also said that she feels that the current all-Republican Board of Supervisors is in tune with the needs of the average county family. They’re providing more schools and better roads, she said, and taking a “businessstyle approach” to governing.

Claims that supervisors are too friendly with developers don’t jibe with the facts now, she said.

“That’s a talking point that’s worked for Democrats in the past,” Kalina said, “but I don’t think so.”

And she doesn’t agree that Republican supervisors have failed to properly provide for Loudoun schools.

“They have fully funded education,” she said, especially “classroom education.”

She did agree, however, that ethics could be a big issue this year.

The question that many voters could ask is this, Kalina said: “Are these people really qualified to represent us?” n

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Dear Editor: What a joy to see the article about our veterinarian, Mike Strickland, and how nice of Ms. Rust to make that donation to the Leesburg Veterinary Hospital. [“Aol Volunteer Donates $10,000 To Leesburg Veterinary Hospital,” Dec. 25, 2014] A few years ago, we had sick kids and were going out of town and our old Labrador dog needed a last minute visit to see Dr. Mike. What he prescribed, we just were not able to afford at the holidays with sick kids and mandatory travel plans. He very quietly put all the necessary things into a bag and just gave them to me. I was humbled and appreciative of his understanding and generosity.

While we were out of town, Dr. Mike called more than once and checked with the young man who was house sitting for us to make sure that our dog was OK. Dr. Strickland is also active in Boy Scout troop 711 of Purcellville as an assistant scoutmaster and serves sacrificially with many two legged youngsters helping them become prepared for life in his “spare” time. He often shows up to meetings having come straight from surgery. He is a really great guy.

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founded as a Peace Corps volunteer the Venezuela Youth Leadership Training Center where aspiring recreation program directors attended classes in the morning and then practiced what they learned in the afternoon. This practical training consisted of providing activities to children from low-income families in Caracas’ many YMCAs and public recreation centers. My staff and I coached these “student teachers” to help hone their skills and organizing abilities.

As testimony to this model of combining academics with practical hands-on training, the Training Center still exists after some 45 years. Today, it is called El Instituto Universitario YMCA “Lope Mendoza;” it is accredited as a private university and is part of the Caracas YMCA. Its graduates run many youth and community serving agencies throughout the country.

Imagine what U.S. high schools would look like if they followed a similar model—academics in the morning and hands-on in the afternoons.

In such a system, the purpose of education would be to “find and follow your passion, to really get good at something you enjoy and which can help you earn a living.” Would such a guiding philosophy be more effective than the current one of getting good grades and scoring well on standardized tests in order to get into a good college? Food for thought for another day.

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Roadside worked with the town to incorporate features of the former Cole Farm into the 16-acre project. The farm was long abandoned, but its remaining 19th century farmhouse, silo and barns served as reminders of the town’s agricultural past. The restored former farmhouse eventually became the home of the Wine Kitchen’s Purcellville location—WK Hearth—that features photographs of the historic farm in its heyday, while the silo also was relocated to overlook the water feature, beside IJ Canns American Grille, opposite WK Hearth. The remnant of the barn became the nucleus of IJ Canns, with added timbering by Lincoln restoration timber framer and stonemason Allen Cochran. n

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The Purcellville Gateway shopping center, developed by Richard Lake’s Roadside Development at the east end of town, is being sold, Project Manager Kevin Bednoski confirmed Monday.

“We are seeking solicitations,” Bednoski said in a phone call, declining to comment further on price or interest shown so far in the town’s signature shopping center.

The 110,000-square-foot development at the junction of Rt. 287 and Main Street is anchored by the 543,477-square-foot Harris Teeter grocery store. The shopping center is almost entirely leased and mostly built out.

Bednoski said up to six single-family homes can be built on the property and SunTrust Bank is planning to build a branch office on a pad site. Also, the developer is in negotiations

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mmorton@leesburgtoday.com Loudoun’s flu season is ramping up quickly—and it’s hitting the young and old particularly hard.

Tuesday it was reported that an Ashburn boy, a fifth grader at Creighton’s Corner Elementary School, had died as a result of complications associated with the flu after spending several days in an area hospital with a high fever.

Privacy laws prohibit hospitals from sharing patient information and few details have been released about that case. Two other cases of child flu deaths in Virginia were reported last week.

“We have no deaths at Inova Loudoun Hospital so far due to the current flu outbreak,” ILH President and CEO Pat Walters said Tuesday.

The hospital also temporarily restricted its visiting policy because of the flu. Visitation hours until further notice will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. No visitors under age 16 will be allowed, nor those with any symptoms of flu-like illness. Visitors will be limited to two persons. They also may be issued masks while visiting and asked to wash hands frequently.

“The flu is here; it’s earlier and it’s hitting harder,” Loudoun Health Director Dr. David Goodfriend said. “But our message is the same: Reduce the chance of getting the flu—vaccination is still the best step people can take. Get good nutrition, plenty of sleep, keep your body healthy, cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands and stay home if you’re sick.”

Goodfriend also urged parents who had not yet had their children vaccinated to do so now, while they are on winter break from school.

He recommended the Centers for Disease Control and the Virginia Department of Health

websites as good information sources: www.cdc. gov/flu and vdh/virginia/gov/flu.

Inova Loudoun Chief Nursing Officer Lisa Dugan confirmed the hospital is seeing more activity attributable to flu.

“Patients are sicker this year than in the past—a lot are very sick,” she said, noting the hospital is admitting more flu patients than in the past several few years—between 20 and 25 a day. And that is the highest admission rate in her memory. “We’ve never had that many in one day,” Dugan said.

What patients have come down with is a “more virulent” strain of the virus, Dugan said, which affects some kids and, particularly, the elderly. Hospital authorities and Goodfriend previously noted that this year’s vaccine does not appear to cover the most dominant flu strains.

Dugan noted the CDC is saying 48 percent of this year’s flu strains are covered by the vaccine. But the people “we’re seeing are getting strains that are not covered,” Dugan said.

“Right now, the majority [of those admitted] are older—it’s hitting them with a lot of respiratory problems and pneumonia,” Dugan said. And it’s particularly affecting those with “co-morbidities,” patients who already suffer from additional problems—such as diabetes or lung and heart conditions: “The flu is knocking them down.”

“We’re treating patients with Tamaflu, an anti-viral that’s most effective in the first 48 hours,” Dugan said, urging patients who think they have the flu either to contact their primary physician or the Emergency Department.

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Director John Merrithew will serve as acting head of planning and zoning until the county names someone to take over the job permanently.

Before welcoming a new director, however, county staff members and elected officials spent the past month saying goodbye to Pastor.

The Board of Supervisors feted Pastor Dec. 3 with an official proclamation in honor of her more than two decades of work implementing the “land use and planning concepts that have formed the basis for the fiscal and economic vitality of the community, that protect our heritage and environmental resources, that support our rural economy and that steadfastly protected the Dulles Airport.”

County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) recalled when Pastor was hired. She was the last candidate to interview for the planning director job, and he had been nonplussed with the others.

But Pastor not only landed the position, she’s also been around to work with six different boards of supervisors and two county administrators.

“I will always remember your focus, your attention to detail,” Tim Hemstreet, Loudoun’s current administrator, told her at that Dec. 3 supervisors’ meeting.

Ben Mays, Loudoun’s chief financial officer, also pointed out in an interview a partnership he forged with Pastor and other county staff leaders.

It sought to coordinate long-range land-use planning with financial planning for the government and plans to build capital facilities, such as schools.

That might sound like an obvious step, but it’s one that’s not taken everywhere. And when working on this and other projects, Mays said he couldn’t have asked for a better “partner,” “mentor” or “colleague” than Pastor.

He noted, too, that a certain planning director with short gray hair and a friendly smile spent the first couple of hours one day last month not poring over ordinances or rezoning applications but passing out doughnuts and chocolate to those in the county administration building.

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15 Minutes from Leesburg & Tysons!

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*Get $250 in Free Accessories when you purchase $2500 - $4999. DOubLE yOuR ACCESSORIES Get $500 in Free Accessories with any purchase $5000 or more. Valid on in-stock accessories and rugs only.

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Located on Route 28 just 3 miles north of Dulles Airport and 3 miles south of Route 7. Take Route 28 north. Exit onto Route 846, Sterling Blvd. East. At the first light turn left onto Shaw Road. Continue on Shaw Road. After the four-way stop at Cedar Green Road, follow Shaw Road to parking lots on left and right.

WASHINGTON’S PREMIER FURNITURE MALL

Hours: Mon - Sat 10 - 9 • Sun 12 - 6 belfortfurniture.com • 703-406-7600 22250 & 22267 Shaw Road • Dulles, VA

SAVE UP TO $360

on Select Luxury Mattress Sets

*FINANCING OFFER applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. Excludes window treatments. One-third deposit required. Minimum purchase of $3999. No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equal monthly payments are required equal to initial promo purchase amount divided equally by the number of months in promo period until promo is paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may be higher than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval.