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Three police-involved shootings in low-crime Loudoun County in less than one year prompted Leesburg Today to ask about officer training. We spent a day at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy and a morning at the shooting range to get a firsthand look.

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four-month investigation into the fatal shooting of a Purcellville youth by a town police officer has concluded the officer was justified in his actions. Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman publicly released the report last Thursday, just hours after meeting with the parents of 17-year-old Christian Sierra to explain the findings. The shooting—the second fatal policeinvolved shooting in Loudoun within a year— happened May 24 when, at 2:14 p.m. the Purcellville Police Department received a call reporting a youth threatening suicide at a Frazer Drive townhouse. As officers responded, they were told the subject was running through the neighborhood, possibly armed with a knife. Officer Timothy Hood was one of three officers to respond to the call. He arrived on the scene to find 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, Plowman said. “The Officer’s actions constitute a justifiable homicide as the killing was a reasonable use of lethal force and was undertaken in self-defense,” the report stated. Following the shooting, the State Police were immediately called by Purcellville Police Chief Darryl Smith to lead the investigation in the case. The investigative report released by Plowman included reports from 10 members of the

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by this reporter and each one said with a smile, “Good morning.” Even that is part of the training at the center, which prepares officers in 17 of the region’s agencies for the field, including departments as large as Loudoun County’s to those as small as Middleburg. “We encourage them to look people in the eye and greet them,” William C. O’Toole, academy

executive director, said as the recruits shuffled past. “Not in a military-type manner, but in a polite I’mhere-to-help way.” A chance to serve his community is what drew Brian Patterson to a career in law enforcement 36 years ago. He worked with Fairfax County Police Department for 27 years and is now the Defensive Continued on Page 30

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Education The long journey to Trailside PAGE 28

Frederick Douglass principal resigns PAGE 28

Business Glowgolf tees up in Village at Leesburg PAGE 34

Sports Reitzel leads Spartans’ charge PAGE 36

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Opinion Breaking gridlock PAGE 60

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Construction is expected start in the next month or two for the fourlane road that will carry an expected 12,000 to 30,000 cars per day. Groundbreaking participants noted that most projects of this nature can to take eight to 10 years to complete, but the Gloucester extension will be finished in just over three years. That is possible in part because supervisors voted to invest county funds into the project up front, with the developers of Kincora Village Center on the hook to repay taxpayers as that project comes online. “Ultimately, they will have taken care of this road Leesburg Today/Mike Stancik for the citizens of Loudoun Supervisor Shawn Williams (R-Broad Run) prepares Tuesday to celebrate the County,” York said of the long-awaited groundbreaking for the project that will extend Gloucester Parkway Kincora developers. from its dead-end at Loudoun County Parkway east to Rt. 28. VDOT’s MegaProjects Director Susan Shaw said planning for the extenproject got off the ground. “There “If you look at the area we sion started in the spring of 2013. were a lot of people involved in have here, everybody is taking VDOT then had a scoping meet- making sure that this happened.” Waxpool and sitting in it. This ing in May and issued the Request Supervisor Shawn Williams will take 30 percent of the volume for Proposal for the design-build (R-Broad Run) knows firsthand off of that road. So this is a gameproject at the end of August. just how beneficial the project will changer for the Ashburn commu“That is warp speed,” Shaw be to his district’s residents once nity, it’s huge. We’re not going to said in terms of how quickly the completed. wait, we need this road now.” n

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he nightmarish rushhour conditions on Waxpool Road hopefully could end in 2016, at least that was the hope of county and state leaders celebrating the start of construction for the Gloucester Parkway extension Tuesday morning. The $40 million, half-mile extension will cross the Broad Run floodplain to connect Gloucester with Nokes Boulevard, giving residents a much-needed additional east-west connection between Rt. 28 and Ashburn. With the connection in place, planners estimate that about 15,000 daily trips will be removed from Waxpool to the new road. “The other day I had the opportunity to attend the Trailside Middle School dedication— had this road been constructed I could have just gone right down to the middle school,” County Chairman Scott York (R-At Large) said. “But I had to go all the way up Rt. 28, down Rt. 7 and then cut back down. This linkage is so important to help relieve Waxpool Road and to give another connection to the Ashburn citizens and businesses.”

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s Leesburg Town Manager John Wells looked around the Council Chambers during his final comments at his last town council meeting Sept. 23, the feeling that he was completing his tenure hit him. “My 10 years here has been a dream for me,” Wells said in that moment. This is Wells’ closing week at the position, ending a yearlong transition process that has Deputy Town Manager Kaj Dentler taking over the top spot Oct. 4. He will be leading a town government with new faces in some key positions following a restructur-

ing that merged the departments of Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology into a single entity, with Clark Case hired as the new director of finance and Eileen Nguyen as the town’s controller. New Deputy Town Manager Keith Markel joins the staff Monday. There also will be a new town attorney following Jeanette Irby’s recent General Assembly election to a Circuit Court judgeship. “It’s ironic that Jeanette is going to do what she wanted as a judge and I’m leaving what I wanted to do,” Wells said. “It’s rare to get to do that in your hometown, because in a sense this is my hometown here. Truly, you all are very committed and it’s your commitment to Leesburg that makes it easier

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n effort to help residents and businesses equip their properties with solar panels was formally endorsed by the Leesburg Town Council last week. Solarize NOVA is an initiative of the Local Energy Alliance Program and the Northern Virginia Regional Commission and will target Leesburg in its campaign to promote energy efficiency. The solar-power project, which has already been implemented in areas such as Portland, OR, Blacksburg and Charlottesville, can result in utility savings of 20 to 25 percent, representatives said. The Charlottesville campaign, implemented in July, has received more than 900 applications and resulted in 31 signed contracts for homes so far, according to NVRC Director of Regional Energy Planning Bob Lazaro. “This does offer up an option for homeowners to see if they could save money,” Mayor Kristen Umstattd said. “It’s good to offer homeowners options. They don’t have to accept the change, it’s strictly up to the homeowners. This is a good thing for our town.” Through Nov. 30, Solarize NOVA applicants can receive a free energy efficiency consultation performed by LEAP and a free solar site assessment performed by a participating Solarize NOVA solar installer. LEAP Executive Director Cynthia Adams, who was appointed to the Virginia Energy Council by Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), said the multi-year campaign, running through 2016, would help homeowners access a 30 percent federal tax credit and navigate the Solar Renewable Energy Market. Councilman Tom Dunn raised concerns about having the town’s name attached to a nonprofit organization and also questioned whether homeowners would ultimately experience savings. However, Councilwoman Kelly Burk and others expressed support for the campaign. “This is a good opportunity for Leesburg to prove we’re a leader in the alternative energy arena, and it doesn’t cost the town anything,” Burk said.

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which most of America’s first soldiers came as well as the impact on the family left to carry on the daily chores and duties. The Warrenton sculptor’s depiction is of an intimate family group—the central figure, a farmer with a determined air about him on his way to war, his grieving but supportive wife leaning into him, one hand against his chest and the other behind his back, and his young son at his side, carrying his bedroll and looking up admiringly but somewhat nervously at his father. Carpenter’s central figure is representative of the 1,746 militiamen from Loudoun who served during Thomas Jefferson’s 17891781 governorship, a period covering the final battles of the war, and later mentioned in Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia 17811783.” While it is difficult to pin down the precise number of Loudoun men who fought during the war itself, certainly well over 400 were involved, although if you count individuals’ support for the cause, including guns, beef and wagons, the figure rises to more than 900, according to Loudoun historian Don Cooper, a Patriot Project Committee member. Clemens said the group hopes to close

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to fight for an ideal in his 50s—he would have been 56 if he had joined the fight in 1776—was remarkable, and something to be proud of. Although Thomas Purcell died before the war ended in victory, his place in history is assured and that of many of his sons, who also joined him in the struggle for independence. That history leaves Bowman and Clemens wondering how many other Loudoun residents have ancestors who fought in 1776-1781, that link their modern-day descendants to the nation’s beginnings—and to what will happen in Courthouse Square next Veterans Day. Clemens showed emotion as he described what the Nov. 11, 2015 ceremony will represent. For the first time, all veterans, including those of the Revolutionary War, their families and their modern descendants will be honored. “The families didn’t fight, but they kept going to help produce the emerging nation. We owe them a tremendous debt for the freedoms we enjoy today through their sacrifices. That’s why the statue is so moving.” “My three-year commitment has been deeply satisfying. I love history and it’s been a thrill for me—it’s exciting to see how Loudoun played a very vital role in the revolution,” Clemens said. And that sentiment is as strong for all those who have put their heart and souls into the effort to commemorate those in Loudoun who fell for America’s first cause—from today’s large group of board members and dedicated supporters back to Moisson, whose vision began it all. The statue will sit in the middle of the green lawn, framed by two trees, facing North King Street at the left of the old courthouse. The location is fitting in that the statue will be dedicated in likely the same spot that the Declaration of Independence was read almost 239 years before from the courthouse steps, as that now long-gone building was situated to the left of the present courthouse. n

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The Board of Supervisors has unanimously backed a plan to solicit private sector interest in taking over the former Arcola Community Center. That action, taken Sept. 17, buys time for advocates of the historic school building to promote its preservation. Supervisors have been debating what to do with the property for several months. A majority has dismissed a call from area residents and preservation advocates to rehabilitate the structure and operate it as a community center, saying that option is too expensive and there are no plans to provide such services at that location. However, there is, not yet, support to put the property on the market, as was done with the former Sterling Community Center Annex. A motion by Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) to sell the property did not get a second. The Arcola School, located on Gum Spring Road, was built in 1939 by the Public Works Administration and is listed on the state and national registers of historic places. Most recently, the building served as the area’s community center but was closed in 2006 when the Dulles South Multipurpose Center opened in South Riding. By soliciting proposals under the PublicPrivate Educational Infrastructures Act, supervisors can review any proposals community groups or businesses submit. The details of the process have not yet been advertised.

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Shortly after drawing praise from county equine enthusiasts for their initiative, Loudoun supervisors reversed course and deleted a proposal to add an equestrian facility to the long list of public facilities the government—in many cases with contributions from developers—was expected to provide. The issue was raised by the county’s Fiscal Impact Committee, which began combing through and updating the county’s Capital Facility Standards list in October 2012. The list covers everything from how many schools and libraries should be available as the population grows to the number of parks and park and ride lot spaces that will be needed. While several items, such as the number of fire trucks or health clinics required per capita were deleted from the list, the need for one 160,000-square-foot equestrian center located on up to 100 acres to serve the population countywide was added. Supporters of that action, including Mary Terpak of the Loudoun County Equine Alliance, said such a facility would bring money to Loudoun that now is going to surrounding counties. “Loudoun County is way behind the curve on this,” she told supervisors during the Sept. 17 meeting, adding that many event planners take their programs to facilities available in Fairfax and Prince William counties. The equine center did not survive the final vote, however. Supervisor Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn), who led the rewrite committee and initially supported the addition, made the motion to delete it from the list. He cited the recent ground breaking at Morven Park to build a large competition complex, as well as the projected $32-$77 million price tag of a public center. He questioned whether the county should pursue the project at a time when it can’t afford to expand schools to accommodate full-day kindergarten. Other supervisors said they may support a public equine facility, but argued that it should not be included in the government facilities planning list. Supervisor Geary Higgins (R-Catoctin) opposed the adoption of the new standards without the complex and Supervisor Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) was absent during that part of the meeting.

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According to witness accounts included in the report, the events of the day began at 12:45 p.m. with Sierra going to a friend’s house with two other friends to watch a movie. During that time, Sierra told them that he had recently told his parents that he was bisexual and that “his mother and father didn’t take it too well.” He 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. One friend went upstairs to call a suicide hotline in hopes of getting help,

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the investigation was conducted by the sheriff’s office with assistance from the State Police. It also concluded the firing deputy was justified in the fatal shooting. In June, deputies were involved in another shooting that did not result in a fatality. In that case, deputies responding to a disorderly conduct call found a suspect brandishing a sword and threatening family members outside a home. 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. Among the questions raised by the Purcellville Joins Forces citizen group that formed after the Sierra shooting, is whether the police agencies can fairly investigate such cases. Spokesman and Rev. Jack Stagman is among those advocating legislation that would require an outside agency—other than the State Police— investigate police-involved shootings. “Bottom line, it is still a police department investigating a police department and that does not bode well for anybody,” Stagman said. n

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Many in Purcellville know the town’s 15 officers who are active in their community outreach through programs such as a Homework Club in which officers help youngsters with school assignments over pizza and drinks. An emotional Chief Smith spoke last week of the community policing he and the department emphasize in the 7,700-resident town. “We have a history of community service … we’ve created programs to help kids,” he said. “The most hurtful thing is people saying we want to hurt a child. That’s not what we want to do. We don’t show up to work to hurt anybody.

We come to work to serve this community to the best to our ability.” Mayor Kwasi Fraser said he wants to do more as a community to connect young people who are struggling with mental health issues with the help they need. “We can’t move forward business as usual as a community,” he said. (See sidebar on Page 31.) Following a formal press conference last Thursday, Fraser approached individual reporters and welcomed more questions, but he was interrupted by Heather Bardot, attorney for the town’s insurance company, who led him away.

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but was put on hold. She then called Sierra’s father to let him know about the situation. Meanwhile, Sierra went into a bathroom where his friends later found him stabbing himself in the throat. They tried to restrain Sierra, but the youth seemed to have “extraordinary strength” and the struggle ultimately included a fall from the backdoor of the townhouse, over a safety railing onto the ground 12 feet below. Sierra then climbed a backyard fence and continued to stab himself in the throat in front of another Frazer Street home as one of his friends continued to try to restrain him. Neighbors reported seeing the two bloody subjects running down the street, with one yelling for someone to call for help. Neighbors saw Hood—who joined the town police department 16 months earlier, after serving four years in the U.S. Marine Corps including two overseas tours—arrive and get out of his cruiser. They reported seeing Sierra “run at the officer with the knife raised” before Hood fired multiple shots in quick succession. Hood, 26, said he arrived when Sierra was struggling with one of his friends along Frazer Street. Sierra broke free and walked toward Hood, staring him in the eyes. “Right away I drew my pistol and pointed it at him and started giving him instructions to drop the knife. I said it several times. I don’t know how many times I said it,” Hood told investigators. “As he got closer to me, he started to increase his speed, his momentum and I was giving the orders and he was not complying that’s when I shot him.” Sierra continued advancing after the first shot, Hood stated, and he fired three more shots. Sierra was five or six feet away from the officer when the shots were fired, he said. “The actions taken by [Sierra] of refusing to drop the knife coupled with his raising the knife with the blade pointed at Officer Hood and advancing at him, presented Officer Hood with an immediate and real threat to his safety,” the 16-page report concludes. “His actions as described by law enforcement as well as civilian witnesses clearly were of such a character as to afford a reasonable ground in the officer’s mind that there was a design to do bodily harm or kill and that was an imminent danger of his carrying such design into immediate action.” Hood was carrying pepper spray but was not equipped with a TASER. However, Plowman said that non-lethal weapons would not have been used in this situation because no other officers were at the scene to provide back up. The two other responding officers were on the other side of the block at the home where the call originated. Hood has been on paid administrative leave since the May 24 shooting, and Chief Smith said he would return to work within the next few weeks.

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it was Republican Barbara Comstock’s voting record in the House of Delegates and Democrat John Foust’s record on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors that resurfaced time and time again at the 10th Congressional District Debate, hosted by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce. Foust touted his appeal to both Republicans and Democrats, noting he was the first Democrat to be re-elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in the Dranesville District. He also pointed to his experience as chairman

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of the Fairfax Economic Advisory Commission where he helped pass a balanced budget every year. “We set priorities and we’ve gotten rid of tens of millions of dollars of wasteful spending,” he said. Comstock used her floor time to rattle off a long list of taxes she said Foust voted to increase during his seven years as a supervisor, including property taxes. “And now he says he will hold the line on taxes,” she said. Foust got his digs in, too, turning Comstock’s comments about her experience on Capitol Hill into political ammo. He described her as a Washington operative, who made her name by digging up dirt on the Clintons as the chief counsel to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. “These are not the type of people who will go to Washington and solve our problems,” Foust said. “I will not allow the status quo in Washington.” Foust described Comstock’s votes on transportation funding, education funding and women’s health care as part of her “extreme right record.” In 2012, Comstock voted in favor

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of controversial legislation that would require transvaginal ultrasounds before an abortion. “We have a delegate who tells them to bring their businesses here but leave your health care choices behind,” he said. Comstock was asked by the debate’s moderator Bruce DePuyt, producer and host of News Channel 8’s “NewsTalk,” to explain why she opposed Virginia’s $6 billion transportation bill, that included $300 million for Metro’s Silver Line. The delegate said she was concerned that Northern Virginia was paying a larger portion of that bill than other jurisdictions. “It was a tough call but that is the call I made,” she said, and added that she has since worked with legislators in both parties to ensure the money is prioritized to relieve the most congestion. Foust called out her comments as “now apparently taking credit for that funding.” “Let me tell you… she showed up to the [Silver Line] ribbon cutting but she did not support funding for the project,” he said. “Transportation in Northern Virginia is too important to play political games with.” Comstock fired back, saying she has been an active supporter of the rail project. She worked on a bill that eliminated a requirement for the Metrorail project to use labor agreements that many agreed favored unions and ultimately lowered the project’s cost. “That helped Loudoun supervisors get the five votes they needed,” she said. “That was one of the game-changers to get this project moving.” While Comstock appeared more confident on stage, it was Foust’s campaign that touted the debate as a win for their candidate after a comment Comstock made regarding immigration went viral last week. “FedEx tracks packages that are coming in and out of the country. We can track people,” she said. Foust Campaign Manager Shaun Daniels said the debate painted a “clear contrast between John’s pragmatic and non-partisan approach and Barbara Comstock’s hyper-partisan, right-wing agenda.” Also on the ballot are Libertarian candidate William Redpath, Independent candidate Brad Eickholt and Independent Green candidate Dianne Blais. n

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ovettsville Town Manager Keith Markel had a rousing ending to his seven-and-a-half-year tenure in the town last weekend. Staff members, Mayor Bob Zoldos and former Mayor Elaine Walker staged a farewell surprise party Friday for the popular manager, who has been hired as Leesburg’s new deputy town manager. While not a complete surprise—the Town Office is very small— Markel was kept uninformed as to the exact arrangements. “I really didn’t know what was going on,” he said this week. “I was trying to hold a staff meeting, and [Town Clerk] Harriet [West] was getting antsy for some reason. Then Elaine showed up, all dressed up—and I realized what was going on.” Markel had to go outside, while the party arrangements went on inside. About 20 people showed up during the afternoon to bid Markel goodbye and wish him well in his new job. “It was sweet, very nice,” he said of the farewell— from Zoldos, Walker, council members, staff and some of those in civic groups or event organizers he’d worked with over the years. Well-wishers included his wife Stacie, who’d been in on the plan from the start. Markel will be on Leesburg’s payroll as of Monday, although his first day in the office will be Wednesday as he will be away representing

the town at a conference Monday and Tuesday. Markel had the satisfaction of ending his time in Lovettsville with probably the best ever Oktoberfest celebration over the weekend. “It was huge,” he said of the festival celebrating the town’s German heritage, saluting Councilman Jim McIntrye and his committee for staging a very well-organized event. “It’s easy to say an event is ‘bigger and better than ever,’ but this really was off the charts,” Markel said. “We sold 58 kegs of beer, the crowds were large and well behaved, the music was great, food booths sold out, and the German food booths also were running low—they even had to buy potatoes and cabbages from local restaurants—it was a mob scene,” Markel said. For the first time, the event featured a vendor selling dirndls and lederhosen and many people came dressed in traditional Bavarian-style attire. Oktoberfest Committee Chairman and Town Councilman Jim McIntyre said, “It exceeded expectations in all areas. The crowds were amazing, the weather was perfect and there was great excitement everywhere—it just blew me away. Everyone was happy, despite long lines for beer and food. We had not one single complaint.” Best of all the event fully funded itself, with some left over to seed next year’s Oktoberfest, Markel said. This week, Markel was helping clean up the town streets after the festival and packing up boxes prior to Friday’s departure. n

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and sale of original works by members of Aldie the Loudoun Sketch Club, beginning Friday, Oct. 10. The exhibit will showcase paintings, drawings and photographs by dozens of Loudoun artists. Exhibit dates and times are Oct. 10-13 and Oct. 17-29 from noon to 4 p.m. each day. Oct. 18, the date for the 75th Annual Aldie Harvest Festival, the exhibit will be open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aldie Mill staff and Sketch Club members are readying the mill to serve as a gallery for the special exhibit. Site Director Tracy Gillespie said it was an honor to host the exhibit, noting she has already been fortunate enough to have worked with Sketch Club artists at other historic sites in the county. “I know our mill will be a great showcase for their beautiful art work,” she stated. The artists will be present to demonstrate and talk about their work with visitors, and also will be on site during the festival Oct. 18 to paint and sketch. Aldie Elementary School fifth grade art students will get a good learning experience when they visit the exhibit Oct. 10 to talk to the professional artists. The students also will get a chance to have their work shown publicly as it

will be on display during the festival Oct. 18. The mill is owned by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

• Photographer Larr Kelly will present his new series “Vibrations: Colors, Shapes & Lines” Oct. 3 at Chains North Winery near Waterford. An opening reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 12 at the winery. The exhibit title is inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s theory that in abstract art, colors, shapes and lines reflect the inner vibrations of the soul. Kelly’s images try to capture the energy of the subject while reflecting the artist’s vibrations—from the exuberant joy of “Happy New Year” to the calm of “The River Sticks.” The exhibit will run through Jan. 5. The public is invited to meet Kelly and enjoy awardwinning wines at 8 Chains North Oct. 12. • The early 19th century Aldie Mill, a historic landmark on the south side of Rt. 50 west of Gilbert’s Corner, will host a special art show

• An opening reception for watercolorist Vivian Attermeyer is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Prudential PenFed Reoffice at 4 E. Colonial Highway. Attermeyer’s watercolor Hamilton sketches are on exhibit until Dec. 12. Attermeyer is the president of the Loudoun Sketch Club, which is co-hosting the exhibit. Attermeyer studied graphic art and painting at Boston Museum School and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in a liaison program with Tufts University. Attermeyer teaches adults and children in watercolor, painting and drawing. She exhibits regularly in regional juried shows and has received many honors and awards. As an outdoor enthusiast with a great appreciation for nature, Attermeyer states, “my desire to draw and paint the beauty around me is exceeded only by my desire to experience and enjoy every bit of it personally.” For more information on Attermeyer’s paintings, contact her at vattermeyer@ cox.net or 703-560-2016. n

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Waterford area nonprofit Joshua’s Hands is revving up for its Fall Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11. The event is held each year at the Guthrie farm on the south side of Rt. 9 near the Rt. 9/Rt. 287 Waterford intersection at Wheatland. The day will feature a spelling bee, pony rides, three-legged races, a petting farm, carnival games, teen activities and an auction, along with live music, kids’ crafts and free lunch. Joshua’s Hands was founded in January 1999, dedicated to the memory of 16-yearold Joshua Guthrie, who died in a car accident near his home. The “hands” of the nonprofit’s name represent five ministries—the annual fall festival, American heritage education, community service, teen safe driving and scholarships.

The Guthrie family has hosted the festival for 32 years, and brought it under the umbrella of Joshua Hands after his death. “It seemed a right thing to do, since he loved the event and worked tirelessly to make it happen,” according to Joyce Guthrie. For information, go to www. joshuashands.org.

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Renowned filmmaker Ron Maxwell will be at the JTHG offices Sunday, Oct. 5. His epic Civil War films “Gettysburg” and “Gods and Generals” have established him as a leading interpreter of that period of American history, and last year’s “Copperhead” extended that vision into the more intimate realm of small-town American life, where the conflicts far from the battlefields are no less raging or heart-breaking. Maxwell is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. n

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• Good news for fans of western Loudounbased singer-songwriter and guitarist Andrew McKnight, the veteran performer returns home from nationwide tours to hitch Lovettsville up again with his old band Dang Varmints! For the first time in 11 years, the group will reunite to perform Saturday at the Lovettsville Game Club, 16 S. Berlin Turnpike. McKnight will join Lovettsville native and singer-songwriter John Rickard and mandolistcomposer Jeff Arey. Together the three were a hit trio in Loudoun, renowned for Dang Varmints! performances that mixed doses of rousing original folk/Americana, bluegrass and Celtic-flavored songs and instrumentals along with traditional Appalachian old-time music, all bolstered by some great stories and humor. The “Raise the Roof” concert is to collect funds for the repair of the chapel that is home to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun in Gleedsville, south of Leesburg. Built by freed slaves in the 1890s, the chapel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Concert proceeds will go toward a matching grant provided through a Loudoun Preservation Society grant. Beer, wine, soft drinks, water and snacks will be available for purchase before the show and during intermission. Doors open 7 p.m., with the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Go to www.RaisetheRoofConcert.eventbrite.com to reserve tickets.

ney to the heart of the sustainable farming community. His farm, Smith Meadows, has been featured on NPR and in The Washington Post. Pritchard has sold at top farmers’ markets in Washington, DC, for 15 years. Judd, who has designed edible landscapes for individuals including Top Chef finalist Bryan Voltaggio, will sign copies of his new book “Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist.” The book is a how-to manual for both budding gardeners and experienced green thumbs, and it’s full of creative and easy-tofollow designs to guide you “to having your yard and eating it, too.”

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everal nationally known experts in different fields will be on hand at the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership offices on Second Street in Waterford for interviews and publication signings during the Waterford Fair, Oct. 3-5. Photographer Kenneth Garrett will sign copies of “Journey Through Hallowed Ground: Birthplace of the American Ideal,” for which he did much of the photography, as well as prints of the photographs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3. Garrett is an independent photographer specializing in

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are working to raise money for a playground at the year-old Moorefield Station Elementary School. Loudoun County Public Schools leaves it to parent teacher organizations to raise enough cash—usually close to $50,000—to purchase playground equipment. But School Board members are talking about changing that practice, following a call from Moorefield Station Elementary parents and County Chairman Scott K. York (At Large). The conversation about whether to make the installment of a playground part of Loudoun’s $25 million construction budget for elementary schools started four weeks ago after Panda Power Funds made a hefty dona-

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tudents in the Ashburn neighborhood of Forest Ridge have been reassigned to four elementary schools in 13 years, and with each new school families have chipped in to fundraise for a playground. One parent led the playground campaign at Creightons Corner Elementary. “She raised $40,000—she lived it, she breathed it, she slept it—and then we got rezoned,” said Robyn Resh Davinic, whose children were reassigned to Moorefield Station Elementary along with her neighbor’s. “Then, we started over.” Now Resh Davinic and her neighbors

tion of almost $100,000 to Discovery Elementary School, which opened last fall along with Moorefield Station. York helped connect the donor with the Ashburn elementary school that was working to raise enough money for an adaptive playground, and he’s since received a slew of calls and emails from parents asking for help in building playgrounds at their children’s elementary schools. Frederick Douglass in Leesburg, Meadowland in Sterling, Moorefield Station in Ashburn and Cardinal Ridge in South Riding are the other elementary schools that are still working toward purchasing playground equipment. York spoke to the School Board during its

meeting last Tuesday to encourage members to use bond money left over from construction of those three schools to purchase playgrounds. “Assuming that money is not tied up in finishing part of the project and paying general contractors, I would say we take $40,000 and give it to Moorefield to use with the $10,000 they’ve raised and purchase the equipment and get it installed.” Kevin Kuesters (Broad Run) chimed in to say that board members had just been talking about that during a Facilities and Finance Committee meeting. “It is something we are interested in looking into and we’ve asked our counsel about the ability to use bond money as Continued on Next Page

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tudents, educators, parents and a slew of county leaders gathered in Ashburn Friday morning to dedicate Loudoun County’s 15th middle school and 87th public school—Trailside Middle School. Trailside is the 27th school the county has built and opened in the last decade, but the focus of the dedication ceremony was on how the middle school stands out among the rest. “Trailside is different. Trailside is unique,” School Board Chairman Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) said before a packed auditorium. Building a middle school along Claiborne Parkway, on additional acreage from Newton-Lee Elementary School, was first an idea of residents who envisioned it as one of three schools to accommodate northern Ashburn’s growing population, Hornberger said. The concept, what became known as the “three school solution,” includes Discovery Elementary, which also opened last year, and Riverside High School, which is under construction and will open next fall in Lansdowne. Before he was elected to the board in 2011, Hornberger was one of those citizen activists who encouraged the county and school leaders

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to plan schools that would provide long-term relief for overcrowded Ashburn schools. His youngest is now a student at Trailside. In his comments Friday, he noted the school opened near the building capacity— with about 1,150 students—and the nearby middle schools also have enrollments at or above their building capacities. “In this sense, Trailside could be considered the most needed middle school in Loudoun’s history,” Hornberger said. He asked the parents who wrote emails and made speeches at School Board and Board of Supervisors meetings, plus the educators, current and

former School Board members and county supervisors who worked to bring Trailside from a concept to a school to stand to be recognized. “This would not have happened without all of your work.” Superintendent Eric Williams addressed the students in the audience and said it’s now up to them to make the school more than a building, and to establish traditions and an atmosphere based on the quality of their character. “That’s really what’s exciting about creating a school community.” Students also heard from Principal Bridget Beichler, three students who wrote

essays about what it means to be a part of Trailside’s Wolf Pack—Elora Weiss, Garrett Stebbins and Livia Wolfer—and Paul McCray, historian and park supervisor with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, who told them about the history of the W&OD Trail, which runs next to the school campus and is the school’s namesake. Two other schools will be officially welcomed into the LCPS family within the next two weeks: Cardinal Ridge Elementary’s dedication ceremony is Oct. 9, and Rock Ridge High School’s dedication ceremony is Oct. 10. n

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Carol Winters, who retired as principal of Newton-Lee Elementary School in June, is serving as the school’s acting principal. “No timetable for a replacement has been set,” Byard said. Martino opened Frederick Douglass Elementary as its principal two years ago. Prior to

that role, he served as principal at Sully Elementary for five years. He was also the assistant principal at Forest Grove Elementary for four years, taught second and fourth grade at Cedar Lane Elementary and taught fourth grade at Lovettsville Elementary.

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county’s older high schools afford artificial turf stadiums by supplementing fundraising efforts, and the Board of Supervisors rejected the idea. “That being said, it’s great that folks are highlighting this issue, and I think it’s appropriate that our facilities committee look at this,” she said. “But we have to recognize the long-standing protocol that’s been followed having school communities raise money for playgrounds and make sure that we’re being fair in how we go forward.” Resh Davinic, who serves on Moorefield Station Elementary’s playground committee, said she was encouraged to hear the School Board may help supplement their fundraising efforts. “I want to stress, I’m pleased Discovery received that donation. It’s well deserved,” she added. “We’d just like the community to consider helping Moorefield, too.” n

lvin Hampton, who has served as director of Loudoun school district’s Transportation Department since 2009, is retiring, according to a district spokesperson. Staff members in the Transportation Department said Hampton was escorted out of his office by school staff several weeks ago. Public Information Officer Wayde Byard said he could not confirm this—the school system does not answer questions regarding personnel matters—only that Hampton is retiring from the school system next month. Hampton has worked for Loudoun County Public Schools since Aug. 1, 2001. Hampton is the second director to leave the Support Services Department this year. In May, Jinny Demastes, who oversaw the Food Services Department, resigned. Becky Bays now heads that department. A new director of transportation has yet to be named.

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it is when we build a high school we put money in for a stadium, yet we’re opening elementary schools without playgrounds,” he said. Ironically, he added, the school system has installed playgrounds at some of the high schools for a course students take on preschool education. In an interview last week, Kuesters said the finance committee is going to discuss and consider changing the requirement for school communities to raise the funds for a playground, but expressed some hesitation. “Part of my concern is if we start looking at bond money as a way to fund all of the things we want to have instead of all the things we need to have,” Kuesters said. The school system uses bond money mostly to finance school buildings, but in recent years it has funded $1 million artificial turf fields in new high school stadiums. Kuesters noted that the artificial turf is less expensive to main-

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funds for a playground.” “We got an answer,” York yelled from the audience. “We can.” York also is encouraging the School Board to consider installing playgrounds when they build their elementary schools. “I wonder why

tain than grass fields. “So funding that is a good business decision. Funding a playground, I don’t know if that’s an instructional need and there’s no cost-savings there. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be a part of the overall package, but we need to consider all of those things.” Debbie Rose (Algonkian) noted that the School Board has already proposed a cost-sharing framework with the goal of helping the

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Tactics instructor at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy. While he oversees the academy’s training on everything from the use of batons to pepper spray, he first works to engrain a sense of service, in the truest sense of the word, into the officers-in-training. “We teach recruits that every time you meet a citizen, you treat them like they are a king or a queen with the utmost respect and dignity,” Patterson said. “That’s first and foremost. But at the same time, unfortunately, we have to be prepared to use force at any given moment.”

he repeated sentiment of those at Northern Virginia’s training academy is that firing a weapon is an officer’s last resort. Their duty belt, as well as their training, equips them with several other options to stop threats. The first is to use unarmed combat, which can be anything from a simple twist of the wrist to throwing an individual on the ground to get the suspect under control. A higher level of threat can call for the use of a baton; officers’ aim for whichever part of the body will stop the threat the fastest, usually in the legs or arms, Patterson said. Another option is to use a TASER. The NVCJTA does not train recruits how to use

TASERs because not all agencies in Northern Virginia issue them. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has 199 TASERS for its 568 sworn officers, and Purcellville Police Department has five for its 15 officers. Purcellville Chief Darryl Smith’s goal is to have one for every officer within the next year. But the top trainers at NVCJTA said that the electroshock devices cannot replace firearms when officers or citizens are in immediate danger. In the May 2013 fatal shooting of Mhai Scott at the Sterling Costco, a Loudoun deputy used a TASER but the device had no effect on her. She continued to approach the deputy with a knife and he fired five rounds to stop her, according to the investigative report.

Using non-lethal options are never a sure bet to stop a threat, Patterson said. Drug induced aggressors, particularly those on PCP, can resist even bone crushing blows from batons and people who with previous exposure to pepper spray are not effected as strongly by it. “The first time you get exposed to [pepper spray] it is very intense, but each time afterward you become a little bit more relaxed and not as upset by it,” he said. An officer’s options do not necessarily go from least lethal to most lethal. In the worst situations, the first option has to be the firearm, Patterson said, because there isn’t enough time to use a different method without risking injury to the Continued on Next Page

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he investigative report of the police-involved shooting of Purcellville teen Christian Sierra released last week has prompted a community wide conversation about what help is available for those suffering from mental illness and their families. Before he approached an officer with a knife that led to the May 24 shooting, Sierra had exhibited a history of violence toward family members and had threatened suicide. Two months before the shooting, Purcellville Police encouraged Sierra to seek help at a mental health center in Leesburg. According to the police report, he voluntarily went with his father to be evaluated, but it’s not known what services he received or what treatment resulted. For some, the tragedy shone a light on the need for more services to combat mental health or for more information on what is available. Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser said the community cannot move forward simply as business as usual. “I wonder if there are other kids in our community that are going through what Mr. Sierra went through and how can we be pro-active in helping them?” He reached out to several church con-

gregations and plans to encourage the Purcellville Police Department to use the community programs they have in place to connect with young people and families who need help, particularly with mental health services. Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman, whose wife is a family-to-family counselor for the National Alliance on Mental Health, referred to mental illness as an issue the entire community should work together to address. Since he was first elected to oversee the department three years ago, he said he’s been amazed at how mental illness affects almost everyone in some way, whether through a family member or a friend. “It’s so prevalent out there we have to be able to recognize mental illness and do as much as we can on the front side to prevent issues and get people the help they need in advance,” he said. In the past two years, the sheriff’s office has worked more closely with Friends of Loudoun Mental Health, the Loudoun County Community Services Board, judges and magistrates to do what Chapman called “crosssystems mapping,” which brings the organizations together to share information that has helped connect individuals with mental health services available. “We’ve had a very comprehensive group of people working on this issue over the past

“It’s so prevalent out there we have to be able to recognize mental illness and do as much as we can on the front side to prevent issues and get people the help they need in advance.”

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couple years to try to get in front of this rather than just responding to it,” he said. Friends of Loudoun County Mental Health President Randy Ihara said mental health services should be improved not just in Loudoun County but also statewide, and it will take more funding to do that. “The general state of mental health care in Virginia is not that good,” he said. “More resources need to be put into treatment.” Friends of Loudoun County Mental Health (loudounfriends.com or 703-4431380) offers programs for people battling depression, anxiety, mood disorders, selfinjury and substance abuse, among other services. One course called In Our Own Voice brings individuals to share their personal stories of living with mental illnesses and achieving recovery. Other area programs include the

National Alliance On Mental Illness (nami. org or 703-968-4007), which offers a Familyto-Family Education Program for parents of individuals struggling with mental illness. There is an Intensive Outpatient Program for teens at Grafton Integrated Health Network’s Leesburg campus (grafton.org or 703-7773485), and Dominion Hospital (dominionhospital.com or 703-538-2872) launched an Intensive Outpatient Program in Ashburn a year ago when they heard about the need for help geared toward teens. The Inova Health System and others provide programs in Loudoun that focus on substance abuse, and Inova Kellar Center (www.inova.org/healthcare-services/inovakellar-center/services or 703-218-8500) offers an intensive outpatient program for teens in Fairfax County. n

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to communicate with people suffering from a mental illness or suffering a crisis. Fourteen percent of Loudoun’s deputies have undergone the training, and Chapman’s goal is to get at least 25 percent through by the end of the year. Loudoun dispatchers, all of whom will have gone through the training by next month, first dispatch CIT-trained officers when time allows, he added. The 40-hour course not only teaches how to best communicate with an individual with mental illness but also helps officers empathize with them. One simulation tries to mimic what it’s like for individuals to hear voices. “And that actually gives us a better idea of what we can do to de-escalate a situation,” Chapman said. The Purcellville officer who shot 17-yearold Christian Sierra had not taken the CIT course. Three of Purcellville’s 15 officers have had the training and Chief Smith said his goal is to have 80 percent of the officers trained in the program by next fall. The training is not required, but O’Toole expects it will become just as important as the other courses recruits take to prepare them for the field. “It’s an extremely valuable aspect of training and I suspect that most chiefs and sheriffs will make that training a requirement,” he said. “It’s not to say that without CIT training an officer can’t use good judgment when a situation involves someone suffering from a mental health crisis, but this gives them a better understanding of what that person may be going through.” He went on to say that officers can receive all the right training but it’s up to them to carry it out in the field. “Are there lazy cops? Sure. Are there cops that dishonor the badge and the profession? Sure. Fortunately, they are few and far between.” n

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officer or bystanders. “The use of deadly force has to be a last resort, but sometimes it is an immediate reaction. If someone gets out of a car and is charging at you with an edged weapon, there’s no time to say ‘police don’t move’ or ‘stop’,” said O’Toole, who’s worked 26 years in law enforcement. “If you hesitate you and your partner or an innocent person is going to get seriously injured or killed.” Officers receive 56 hours of firearm training at the NVCJA, and many agencies provide additional training, before they’re sworn in. Every year after, officers in Virginia are required to complete ongoing firearms courses, including one that prepares them to shoot in low-light situations. Through computerized simulations and live drills, officers are trained to determine, in a matter of seconds, whether a person or situation is an imminent threat. Patterson teaches them the acronym IAMO—Intent, Ability, Means and Opportunity—to remind officers when immediate threats are present. Intent is shown when a person either explicitly says they intend to do harm to someone or it is conveyed through body language; ability and means indicate whether they can physically deliver the threat, and they may have a weapon to do so; and how close the individual is to an officer or a bystander is considered the opportunity. “This is the training we never want to use,” Patterson said. When an officer determines a threat calls for a firearm, he or she is trained to shoot the person’s upper torso because it has the highest chance of stopping the person. Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said he often gets questions about why officers do not shoot in the arm or the leg to just injure the person. “There are circumstances that develop so quickly that we have to resort to a force that none of us want to use,” he said. “In those situations we shoot to stop the threat, and shooting a person’s center mass is the way to do that. We don’t train to shoot to kill. It’s going to be up to an authority beyond us to determine whether the person survives or not.” Patterson says he wants his officers-intraining to understand the responsibility that comes with the decision to pull the trigger. When he was on duty as an officer in Fairfax County, he almost shot a young man who was walking through an apartment complex with what looked like a rifle. Patterson drew his weapon and told the man to drop his gun, but the man only gripped it tighter. In the heat of the moment, Patterson did not notice that the young man had Down syndrome or that the gun he carried was a toy replica. His eyes were fixed on the man’s hands and his next move. Just as Patterson was about to pull the trigger, the man threw the gun to the ground. “That’s as close as I ever came to killing somebody,” Patterson said. Several years later, he still keeps the toy gun in his locker as a reminder of what could have happened had he pulled the trigger. “I saw a gun, a man who was refusing to do what I told him, and I was ready to kill him. Would it have been legally and morally justified? Yes, it would have been, but it would have been a tragic death.”

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he entertainment hub at the Village at Leesburg added another player, as Glowgolf, an indoor glow-in-the-dark miniature golf course, opened in September across from Cobb Theatres and KingPinz. Glowgolf, which operates 27 locations in 15 states, is an 18-hole miniature course complete with a windmill, loops and a spinning octopus at the Leesburg location. Glowgolf COO Jeff Bennett thought it was an easy decision to set up shop in the nowbustling Village at Leesburg. “It really has a great feel about it,” Bennett said. “We’ve been looking at that market for quite some time; we were just looking for the right location and right opportunity.” On top of the glow-in-the-dark experience and colorful lighting, an unusual aspect of Glowgolf is that patrons can play 18 to 54 holes for a set price of $10 for adults, $8 for children ages 5-12 and $5 for seniors and children ages 4 and under. “That’s the real big advantage for us,

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ales were down but average and median sales prices were higher in August compared with a year before, as inventory continues to build across the Northern Virginia homes market. Sales last month totaled 1,804, according to

Business In Brief • The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 30th Annual Loudoun County Valor Awards, which honor career and volunteer emergency first responders and ordinary citizens for their courageous, often lifesaving actions during 2014. “The Annual Valor Awards is the Loudoun County Chamber’s proudest tradition, because it provides our members the privilege of honoring our community’s emergency first responders and those ordinary citizens whose heroic and selfless actions, often in the face of great peril, have saved lives and kept our community safe,” Chamber President Tony Howard said. To submit a nomination complete the online form at: http://www.loudounchamber. org/Valor-Awards. Nominations are due by Jan. 9, 2015. For more information, contact Events Manager Paige Romanow at promanow@loudounchamber.org. • Ashburn will soon be home to the newest Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar. Local resi-

compared to any minigolf course in the country,” Bennett added. The indoor setting allows the company to operate year-round, and Glowgolf also has a laser maze challenge at each of its locations. Best for group competition, patrons are timed while they attempt to maneuver through a maze of lasers. “We’ve gotten a ton of good feedback on the laser maze,” Bennett said. “It’s a quick, exciting game and it allows customers to do something other than play golf.” Leesburg Today/Mike Stancik As a part of its openObstacles and a colorful atmosphere create a unique experience for Glowgolf customers, which opened two weeks ing celebration, for the ago at the Village of Leesburg. rest of September Monday through Thursday customHours are 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday, Market Blvd. Space F-100. ers will receive two free tokens for the laser 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. For more information, go to www.oprymaze in exchange for purchasing one round Sunday. The center is located at 1601 Village glowgolf.com. n of golf. figures reported Sept. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the area’s multiple-listing service. That’s down 12.1 percent from the 2,052 transactions reported a year before. Data represent sales in Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. The average sales price of $562,499 was up 5.5 percent from a year before, with increases posted in all three segments of the market: • The average sales price of single-family homes was $737,555, up 4.4 percent. • The average price of attached homes, such as rowhouses and townhouses, was $408,253, up 4.8 percent. • The average price of condominiums was $344,598, up 7.3 percent. dent and entrepreneurial veteran Shaq Qureshi recently signed a franchise agreement to open a new restaurant at Goose Creek Village in midApril or early May next year. Qureshi comes to Boston’s with experience in owning businesses in both the breakfast foods and frozen treats markets throughout Virginia and Maryland. Qureshi hopes to open a Boston’s in a nontraditional location after this first location in Ashburn. After re-evaluating its business model earlier this year, the Boston’s franchise development team re-launched its franchise efforts, with the goal of having 63 restaurants open and operating in the U.S. by 2018. Each new Boston’s location will create 25 to 30 full-time positions, including salaried employees. • Cochran Family Dental will celebrate the grand opening of its new office in the Village at Leesburg at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. A lifelong Loudoun County resident, Dr. Brian Cochran has been practicing dentistry in Leesburg for more than 12 years. A graduate of the Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry, Dr. Cochran offers patients a full range of dental services, including cosmetic

The median sales price of all homes that went to closing in August was $480,000, up from $470,000 a year before. The median is the point at which half of homes sell for more, half for less. There were 140 transactions of $1 million or more. Adding it all up, sales volume across Northern Virginia for the month totaled $1.015 billion, down 7.3 percent from the $1.094 billion a year ago. Conventional mortgages represented the method of financing transactions in 1,193 cases, followed by VA-backed loans (233) and cash (225). Homes that sold during the month spent an average of 42 days on the market between listing and a ratified sales contract, compared with 29 days for homes that sold in August 2013. Homes garnered 97.1 percent of listing price, down from and restorative dentistry and Invisalign adult orthodontics. The new office is located at 1503 Dodona Terrace, Suite 210. For more information about Cochran Family Dental, please visit www.theleesburgvadentist.com. • Salamander Resort & Spa has earned LEED certification, a designation established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute. The 168-room luxury resort, which celebrated its first anniversary Aug. 29, achieved the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification through a variety of sustainable initiatives, including placing almost 200 of the property’s 340 acres in conservation easement, planting 2,000 trees and constructing cutting-edge water and wastewater facilities for the Town of Middleburg. The resort also runs a green housekeeping program and features its innovative on-site Culinary Garden, which provides fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables utilized on the menus for its entire food and beverage programming including two restaurants and banquet operations. Salamander Resort & Spa’s design architect was WATG from Irvine, CA,

98.2 percent a year before. Inventory—which a year ago was being decried as too low—these days is considered as high, particularly as the market is transitioning out of its summer activity toward the slower pace of autumn. A total of 4,988 properties were on the market at the end of the month, up almost 51 percent from the 3,305 properties available a year ago. Where is the market headed? The doldrums appear likely to continue, as the number of pending sales and homes going under contract in August is lower than at this point in 2013. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision. n

while the architect of record was Architecture Inc., of Reston, VA. Project Management was provided by MGAC of Washington, D.C., while the general contractor was Turner Construction Company of Washington, D.C. Interior design inspiration was supplied by Thomas Pheasant, and interior design completion was provided by Kent Interior Design of Atlanta. • Hidy Ochiai opened his first traditional Japanese karate school in the mid-Atlantic in Ashburn. He teaches weekly classes at the Hidy Ochiai Karate of Northern Virginia, located at 20604 Gordon Park Square #170. Brought to the U.S. in 1966, Hidy Ochiai’s Washin-ryu Karatedo is based on the principles of Budo (the martial way)—respect, honor and self-development. For more than 45 years, Master Ochiai has taken a holistic approach to a martial arts practice that guides students to realize their potential. His training/teaching model equally emphasizes the development of the mind and the body in a selfpaced training program. In 1996, the New York State Education Department validated Ochiai’s Educational Karate Program (EKP) as an effecContinued on Next Page

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Kelly Insurance Agency signed on as the title sponsorship for the third annual Step Sisters’ Scramble, a golf tournament in support of local breast cancer patients. The event was held Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club north of Leesburg. Based in Brambleton, the Step Sisters organization works to improve the quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer in Loudoun County and the surrounding areas. Funds raised by the group are used to provide transportation, house cleaning and fresh food delivery for local breast cancer patients. “The Step Sisters bring practical, yet very meaningful support to patients in our community,” Dario Campolattaro, CEO of Kelly Insurance Agency, stated. “We are honored to work with them again this year to make such a big difference here in Loudoun County.”

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• The Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce sponsored the Get Started Nova pitch completion hosted by Cox Business and Inc. Magazine held at the Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon. The startup competition featured five finalists selected from Virginia businesses to pitch their ideas to a panel of expert judges including Ted Rubin,

• The Loudoun Small Business Development Center will offer a start your own business seminar from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church Street SE in Leesburg. Ruth Cope will lead participants through steps for successfully starting a small business, addressing taxes, licensing, business plan development, sources of financing and marketing. Kelly Keyser Thompson from Keyser Thompson Insurance Agency will discuss types of insurance needed by small businesses. The seminar fee is $10 for online registration at LoudounSBDC.eventbrite.com or $15 at the door. n

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• Kahllua Herlihy-Sutphin has been appointed the chief financial officer for the National Conference Center in Lansdowne. She has a strong background in hospitality with more than 24 years of experience in all aspects of key accounting, operations and financial management. She is a recognized certified hospitality accounting executive. She was formerly the corporate controller for Modus Hotels & Potomac Hospitality Services in Washington, DC. Prior to that, she spent 11 years with both Hilton Hotels including two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City and Marriott International. She received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in accounting from Bentley College in Waltham (MA) and an MBA in accounting from the University of Phoenix. Originally from Massachusetts, she resides with her family in Sterling.

• Catoctin Creek Distilling Company in Purcellville is preparing for the release of its newest expression of Roundstone Rye Cask Proof. Bottled at 59.8 percent alcohol by volume, or 119.6 proof, it is seriously strong whisky. This expression started with the distillery’s classic single-barrel Roundstone Rye, using 100 percent organic rye, first aged in Minnesota white oak and then finished in a Bordeaux red wine barrel that previously aged the company’s 1757 Virginia Brandy. The resulting batch B14E3 is dark, almost reddish in color, with a deep woody, caramel taste with that characteristic rye snap, and a noticeably fruity nose. Roundstone Rye Cask Proof will be released at the Purcellville distillery Oct. 19 for VIP members and Nov. 1 for the general public. For more information, go to http:// catoctincreekdistilling.com.

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social marketing strategist, brand evangelist and CMO, Michael Bare, president of Bare International and Josh Linker, author of Disciplined Dreaming and CEO and managing partner of Detroit Venture Partners. The event was moderated by Kris Frieswick, senior editor for Inc. Magazine. Ultimately, FeedbacK Enterprise, LLC, a company that develops analysis technology to deliver personalized, adaptive and instant feedback coaching delivered the winning pitch. The company won more than $10,000 in cash and services from Cox Business and other partners including the Dulles Regional Chamber, which provided a complimentary one-year small business membership as part of the prize package.

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y the end of the 2013 season, the Broad Run football team had become one of the best in Virginia’s Group 5A North Region. The Spartans defeated backyard rival Stone Bridge in the second round of the playoffs for their first-ever victory against the Bulldogs. Broad Run nearly did the same a week later, falling to another local foe in Briar Woods as the Falcons held on for a narrow victory in the region semifinals. That late-season success was attributed in large part to the play of quarterback Brady Reitzel. Then a junior, Reitzel scored on a short run in the final minute to lead the upset of Stone Bridge, then he rallied the Spartans again against Briar Woods. Broad Run is off to another excellent start in 2014 with a 4-1 record as it heads into a bye week before meeting Tuscarora on Oct. 10. And once again, Reitzel has been the catalyst for the Spartans as they look to make another deep run into the postseason. Through the first five games this season, the 6-foot, 185-pound senior has completed 53-of-94 passes for 731 yards and eight touchdowns with five interceptions. Reitzel also has rushed for four touchdowns. Broad Run was not challenged in its first three games in 2014, easily defeating Booker T. Washington (53-9), Dominion (30-6) and Heritage (55-6), but Reitzel needed to come up big for the Spartans the past two weeks. He led a potential game-tying drive deep into Stone Bridge territory, but an interception with less than two minutes remaining gave the host Bulldogs a 17-9 victory in the annual “Battle

of the ‘Burn” contest Sept. 19. Reitzel finished the night completing 15-of-22 passes for 194 yards. Last week, Reitzel brought Broad Run back from a 28-17 third-quarter deficit against Liberty. The signal caller completed 9-of-16 passes in the fourth quarter (15-of-27 for 192 yards for the game) as he guided the Spartans to three touchdowns and a 38-35 victory. “This past Friday, when we needed plays made in the fourth quarter, he made plays,” Broad Run head coach Matt Griffis said of Reitzel. “He was putting the ball where it needed to be and made the plays when they needed to be made.” That is nothing new for Reitzel. After spending his freshman year with the Broad Run varsity as the backup to senior star Connor Jessop, Reitzel got an opportunity to show what he could do when Jessop suffered an ankle sprain in the second quarter of the 2011 Group AAA Northwest Region semifinal game against Brooke Point. The young quarterback nearly rallied the Spartans to victory with two second-half touchdown drives and Griffis realized he had something special. “I knew with what he was able to do in that two-and-a-half quarters he was going to be pretty darn good,” Griffis said. “We still had a chance to win at the end with a young quarterback and he wasn’t flustered. Replacing a three-year starter in Jessop and being in a big-time football game against a good opponent didn’t seem to faze him. I knew then he had the ice water running through his veins. “He doesn’t get flustered,” Griffis added. “If he makes a bad play, he owns up to it, but he doesn’t let it get him down. He doesn’t get too high, he doesn’t get too low. He’s what you want out there. He just keeps that demeanor of

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confidence about him.” “With this being my third year starting, I have a lot of confidence in that and my team because I know the plays,” Reitzel said. “If they run the right routes, I’ll get them the ball. I think I’m a pretty cool, calm and collected guy. I don’t really get nervous before or during the game, so that is one thing I pride myself on. If I’m confident, I’m not nervous.” Reitzel became the starter for Broad Run as a sophomore in 2012. He was more of a running quarterback that season as the Spartan offense utilized a single-wing scheme, but he began to emerge as a passer last season as Griffis switched to a zone-read offense. Leading Broad Run to a 9-4 overall record, Reitzel completed 122-of-211 passes for 1,968 yards and 18 touchdowns with 11 interceptions. Reitzel blossomed as Broad Run hosted Tuscarora in mid-October. Trailing 17-6 entering the fourth quarter, the Spartans rallied with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to defeat the visiting Huskies, 21-17, for their fifth victory in six games. Tuscarora limited Broad Run to just 97 total yards through the first three quarters, but the Spartan defense came up with a huge stop on a fourth down and one play at the Broad Run goal line to open the fourth quarter. Reitzel took over from there. On the first play after the change of possession, he lofted a pass down the right sideline and connected with then-senior Travis Fulgham for a 34-yard gain. “Coach [Griffis] called that play and it was the one I wanted to run and it worked out,” Reitzel said last fall. “The [defensive] stop and that play just had a domino effect. I just had a feeling at that point we were going to win this game.” Continued on Next Page

Friday, Sept. 26 Briar Woods 35, Woodgrove 14 Tuscarora 61, Heritage 14 Broad Run 38, Liberty 35 Stone Bridge 28, Madison 17 Potomac Falls 35, Park View 7 Loudoun Valley 56, Freedom 6 John Champe 48, Caroline 7 OFF – Dominion, Loudoun County

THIS WEEK’S GAMES Thursday, Oct. 2 Tuscarora at Loudoun County, 7 p.m. Freedom at Briar Woods, 7 p.m. Westfield at Stone Bridge, 7 p.m. Dominion at John Champe, 7 p.m. Loudoun Valley at Park View, 7 p.m. Woodgrove at Heritage, 7 p.m. OFF – Broad Run, Potomac Falls

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• Loudoun County senior pitcher Delany Turner has committed to UVA-Wise to continue her education and athletic career. Turner has been a starter for the Raiders at shortstop and pitcher since her freshman year. Last year she was named All-District and All-Region Pitcher of the Year and was a member of the AllState 4A Softball team. Last year she was among the area leaders with 207 strikeouts. • WIBA welterweight champion Tori “Sho Nuff” Nelson, of Ashburn, retained her title after a hard-fought 10-round split decision over former titlist Arlene Blencowe Saturday at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield. Scores were 96-94 twice for Nelson and 97-93 Blencowe. Nelson returns to the ring Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Patriot Center to defend her title against an opponent to be named.

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Reitzel completed four other passes on the eight-play drive, capping it with an 11-yard toss to Abi Hamal for the touchdown. The Broad Run defense forced a Tuscarora punt and Reitzel completed four more passes on the gamewinning drive. He finished the night completing 11-of-17 passes for 149 yards, with nine of the completions coming in the two scoring drives. The Spartans earned the No. 7 seed in the 5A North Region playoffs. Broad Run defeated Freedom-Woodbridge in the opening round to set up a rematch with Stone Bridge. The Spartans dropped a 33-14 decision at home to the Bulldogs in late September, their seventh consecutive loss to their neighborhood rivals. But Reitzel again rallied Broad Run as he scored two rushing touchdowns, including a 3-yard run with 45 seconds left in the game, for a 23-21 victory. He also completed 8-of-16 passes for 98 yards. “The big jump was last year,” Griffis said in terms of Reitzel’s leadership. “He did a good job with [the zone-read offense] and as the season went on he got more and more confident in what we were asking him and the team to do. As we got in the playoffs, I just told him to take over. I told him to trust himself and go make plays, because he had the play-making ability to do it. I took the reins off him a bit and he took off.” The magic nearly continued the following week as Broad Run traveled the few miles to its other Ashburn rival. Three-time defending state champion Briar Woods took an early 17-0 lead, but the Spartans battled back to tie the game at 24-24 in the third quarter as Reitzel (8 of 15 passing for 179 yards and three touchdowns) connected with Fulgham on a pass over the middle that the speedy wide out turned into an 87-yard touchdown. The game went into double overtime before the Falcons prevailed, 37-34. “I think we got a little farther than we all expected,” Reitzel said of Broad Run’s playoff run last year. “That gave the players who are still on

the team more confidence and me more confidence, knowing we can make it that far and we can go farther than that.” An excellent student, Reitzel is looking to gain admittance to a top-notch university and continue his football career. He has been in touch with many of the Ivy League schools in addition to Georgetown, Amherst and Dickinson, but not many NCAA Division I schools have come calling because of his size. “I think he’s aware that if he was two or three inches taller, his recruitment would be very different,” Griffis said. “But it’s safe in college to go with the numbers, the kid who is 6-3 or 6-4. There’s no risk in that. Well, there are plenty of 6-4 quarterbacks that are not very good. I’d rather have the 6-foot kid who is a winner and that’s what he is. There just has to be somebody out there willing to take the kid who shows he can win. “He’s going to go somewhere and have a very successful career,” Griffis added. “He’s a smart kid and in the big scheme of things, it’s really about his education, not about playing college football. That’s just icing on the cake.” “I want to get a good education,” Reitzel said, noting he has an interest in studying computer engineering. “No big D1 schools are looking because of my size, but I have to make up for that with my smarts. It is a bigger motivation, but if I’m choosing between Harvard and a big DI school, I’m picking Harvard because of the academics. Football only goes four years, then the rest of your life, you have to do something with your education.” In the meantime, Reitzel is comfortable at Broad Run as he hopes to lead the Spartans to another successful postseason. “When asked about it, we all say a state championship is the goal because that’s what you have to say,” Reitzel said. “But you have to do it and not just say it. I think we have a chance. We have the confidence and have to get everybody to buy into the program and all know what we have to do to get there.” n

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hotographers Luke Greer and Michael Barolet just recently met, but in a sense the two men are on similar paths. Both artists are western Loudoun natives who left the area for more exotic locales, only to find themselves drawn back by an urge to document elements of the county’s rural landscape that are fading away. Both will have work on display at Photoworks gallery’s First Friday opening Oct. 3 in Leesburg. The two men, now in their 30s, just missed each other at Purcellville’s Loudoun Valley High School where they graduated four years apart. Both are essentially self-taught photographers, and while their techniques are very different, both are producing work with a clear sense of reverence for the county’s hidden and forgotten places. Greer, 36, grew up in Purcellville and left the area for nearly a decade for South Florida, where he established himself as a wildlife photographer and began working with the VEMA gallery in Fort Myers. But in the late 2000s, Greer found himself drawn back to Loudoun by an urge to document the county’s disappearing landscapes and endangered historic buildings. For the past five years, he has divided his time between Purcellville and South Florida. “I came home and realized how much things have changed due to development,” Greer said. “I’m trying to preserve the history and the culture of the area.” This effort led to a slightly eerie series of shots from the road at the abandoned Selma Continued on Page 48

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t’s a daunting challenge to organize one of the county’s oldest and largest events— the Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit. In the best of times it takes a full year to organize, but when the fair director is sidelined just two months before the Oct. 3-5 event, it takes a lot more helping hands to join the effort.

Over a period of 70 years, the Waterford Foundation, for which the fair is its major fundraiser, has built up an organizational template that has resulted in a smoothly running operation that chugs along each year. But it takes a host of volunteers and a dedicated and knowledgeable cadre to lead the three-day event that offers multiple attractions, and when disaster strikes that knowledge becomes essential. When new Fair Director Marcy Molinaro suffered a broken leg in July, the foundation

board faced a perilous situation. Not only was Molinaro out of action, but also the foundation’s longtime Fair Chairman Fran Holmbraker—to whom this year’s event is dedicated— retired earlier this year. And, the Edward Lehmann foundation was between executive directors with the board only recently having filled that leadership post. The task of planning the fair became an all-hands-on-deck effort, with two past foundation presidents stepping in to take over its management, aided by two other past presidents and the entire board of directors, and longtime committee heads. Even with their experience running different sections of the event, it was a formidable task for ex-presidents Bonnie Getty and Susan

Sutter to take on the overall management of the entire event only eight weeks from opening day, a period when there are so many moving parts to coordinate. Last week, the duo looked back with awe and gratitude—as well as some humor and selfderision for agreeing to tackle the task—at the number of people who stepped up to help, from the board on down. Molinaro did her part as she convalesced at home, re-writing the comprehensive awardwinning booklet, resulting in a slimmed down and simplified version. Former fair president Kathleen Hughes took over advertising and publicity as well as working with Sutter to handle major exhibit areas. Yet another former president, Margaret Good, now in charge of properties and rentals for the foundation, also joined the effort. Good is managing the operaContinued on Page 44

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Morven Park Fall Horse Trials

All day, Morven Park Equestrian Center, 41793 Tutt Lane, Leesburg. Contact: www. morvenpark.org This free event features horses and riders completing a three-part test in dressage, show jumping and cross-country. This show traditionally attracts the top riders in the country. Food is available for sale or bring a picnic.

Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibit

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Waterford. Contact: www. waterfordfoundation.org/waterford-fair; 540882-3018 The historic village opens its streets to visitors enjoying tours of private homes, juried crafts and demonstrators, great music, food and more. Tickets are $16 for one day in

1-2 p.m., Senior Center of Leesburg, 102 North St. NW, Leesburg. Contact: www. loudoun.gov/seniors-leesburg Enjoy an afternoon of laughs and friendly competition.

Mosby Heritage Area Association Civil War Conference 4 p.m., Middleburg Community Center, 300 W. Washington St., Middleburg. Contact: www.mosbyheritagearea.org MHAA’s 17th annual conference features noted historians and authors speaking on the theme “July 1, 1863, Gettysburg-the First Day.” The three-day event kicks off Friday afternoon and runs all day Saturday and Sunday, with a banquet Saturday evening and a tour of Gettysburg Sunday. Tickets are $425 for all three days or $200 for Friday and Saturday’s talks and lunch only.

Live Music: 10,000 Maniacs

7:30 p.m., doors open, 8:30 p.m., music begins. Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com The critically acclaimed ’80s alt-rockers are back with a new vocalist and lots of familiar tunes along with new material. Tickets are $45 in advance, $49 the day of the show.

Author Reading: Beth Harlow

6-9 p.m., Books and Other Found Things, 13 Loudoun St. SW., Leesburg. Contact: 703-6097504 Harlow discusses her book “The Journal” that follows a daily account as it passes through the

Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibit 10 a.m.-5 p.m., See Oct. 3 listing.

Inova Loudoun Safe Sitter Class

8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg. Contact: 703-858-8818 Sitters ages 11-14 can participate in this pediatrician-designed course to help them babysit safely. Cost is $75, and advance registration is required. Pack a lunch.

Mosby Heritage Area Association Civil War Conference 8 a.m., See Oct. 3 listing.

Fall Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Cannon

9 a.m.-6 p.m., Great Country Farms, 18780 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont. Contact: www.greatcountryfarms.com Celebrate fall with pumpkin picking, pig races and more. New this year are pumpkin cannons firing small pumpkins for a fee of $1 per shot or $5 for 10 shots. Fall activities continue daily through Nov. 4. Admission is $12 for adults/$10 for children. Children 2 and under are free.

European River Cruise Preview and Wine Tasting

6 p.m., Notaviva Vineyards, 13274 Sagle Road, Hillsboro. Contact: www.wineandwaterways.com Expedian Cruise Ship Centers showcases its European river cruises and invites participants to enjoy a vineyard tour and wine tasting.

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Last Ham Standing

8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. Contact: www. franklinparkartscenter.org Family friendly improv comedy at its finest. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for children.

Harvest Hound Fest

10 a.m.-2 p.m., Lansdowne Town Center. Contact: www.happyhoundco.com The Leesburg-based pet care company hosts its inaugural festival. Event features pet adoptions, games, music, children’s activities, product demos, food and more. Continued on Page 40

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7 p.m., Rust Library, Leesburg. Contact: www. loudouncountymastergardeners.org Garden writer Marianne Willburn presents her humorous perspective on her efforts to launch a community garden and recruit new gardeners to her cause.

Name that Tune for Seniors

6-9 p.m., Photoworks, 2A Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg. Contact: www.photowork.net First Friday show features the work of Loudoun-based photographer Luke Greer and a darkroom demo from instructor Michael Barolet. Event features live music from Fast Eddie and wines from Lost Creek Winery.

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10 a.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195 Library Reference Associate Gabrielle Sanchez will introduce participants to the basics of preservation and discuss the best ways to house and protect personal archives. Topics will include proper ways to handle letters, books, photographs and other media. Program is free but advance registration is recommended.

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Lovettsville Co-op Canning Workshop

10 a.m.-noon, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville. Contact: www.lovettsville-grocery.com Co-op member and master food preserver Steph Bickmore teaches how to prep and can applesauce. The workshop costs $15 for nonmembers and $12 for members. Participants will take home their own jar. Advance registration is required.

Greenway Farm Octoberblast

11 a.m.-4 p.m., Greenway Farm, 25 Greenway Drive SW, Leesburg. Contact: octoberblast.com Providence Academy and Destiny Church sponsor a day of fun including face painting, moon bounces and petting zoos. Admission is free, with a small charge for food and games.

Lost Rhino Brewing Company Rhinofest

Noon-7 p.m., 21730 Red Rum Drive, #142, Ashburn. Contact: www.lostrhino.com Enjoy craft beers, live music, children’s activi-

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During an evening of music and history, Hansbarger’s cycle of original songs traces the arc of the Civil War from beginning to end. Part folk opera, part multi-media lecture, the performance follows the trials, hopes, fears and sacrifices of Civil War soldiers. A National Endowment of the Arts Fellow and A PEN Syndicated Fiction Award winner, Hansbarger’s writing has been featured on National Public Radio’s “The Sound of Writing” and in numerous magazines and literary reviews. “Dream of a Good Death” takes place at Franklin Park Arts Center west of Purcellville at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. Tickets are $15. Go to www.franklinparkartscenter.org for more information.

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magine the public outrage and demands for justice that would ring out if it were learned that a local physician had seen thousands of patients suffering from cancer and, instead of treating them, sent them all home to die with false assurances of hope and health. As horrible as such a scenario would be, an even worse reality plays out each and every week at houses of worship which substitute a feel-good faith for the life-saving message of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

any denominations have adopted, or at least been greatly influenced by, the sophistry of man-made doctrines whose aim is to bring in large crowds by appealing to their desire to worship and live in a way that pleases themselves, not God. One well-known evangelical leader of such a denomination in southern California surveyed local neighborhoods to ask the residents what they were looking for in a church. On the basis of that information, not the Bible, he determined what he would preach and not preach, how worship services would be conducted, how one would be admitted to his church, and other aspects of the church’s functions. hat church and many others like it have adopted techniques and methods, such as the following, that are intended to please the congregants and keep them coming to worship services: n Only positive messages are heard from the church’s leadership. Much is said about God’s grace and love and how He wants His people to prosper financially, have selfesteem, and improve their personal relationships, with little or nothing said about sin and how to overcome it. n Worship services are contemporary, nonthreatening and offer the kind of surround-

ings to which congregants are accustomed in society. Many feature theatrical performances, jumbo TV screens, rock bands, well-lit stages and other trappings of show business. n Dress is casual for those leading worship and for congregants; ties, suits and dresses give way to jeans, shorts and t-shirts. A come-as-you-are attitude corresponds to the church’s flawed teaching of “God will accept you as you are.” s a result, many denominations now function more as “thermometers,” using soothing, false words of comfort based on society’s flawed morals, than as “thermostats,” which preach not only of God’s grace and mercy, but also of His justice and vengeance on those who refuse to repent of sin. “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves…lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” (2 Timothy 3:1-5). esus saw and condemned feel-good religion. “These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men,” (Matthew 15:8-9).

he word “sin” is very unpopular today, even in many houses of worship, despite the fact that it is the spiritual cancer that hurts or kills the body in this life, and kills the soul in the hereafter. Just as an honest and trustworthy physician diagnoses and offers remedies for cancer, so too will an honest and trustworthy minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ diagnose the problem of sin and recommend the Lord’s remedy for it, which is sorely needed for reasons such as these: n Sin’s physical effects include weakness, diseases, unnecessary accidents and acts of intentional harm to one’s self and others. n Sin takes a heavy toll on the psyche. “There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked,” (Isaiah 57:21). n Unrepented sin ultimately causes the death of the soul. The prophecy of the Apostle John reveals the end of the sinful soul: “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books…Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire,” (Rev 20:12-15).

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ties, food trucks, vendors and more. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $10 for non-drinkers. Children 12 and under are free. 3-6 p.m., Claude Moore Park, Sterling. Contact: www.greatamazingrace.com A family-friendly foot race based on the popular television show includes teams of adults and kids racing to benefit the Max Cure Foundation’s efforts to fight pediatric cancer.

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Purcellville Rescue Squad Open House

11 a.m.-3 p.m., Purcellville Public Safety Center, 500 N. Maple Ave., Purcellville. Contact: www.purcellvillerescue.org Free event features fire truck rides, ambulance tours, children’s activities, food and more.

Live Music: Panhandle Dan

1-5 p.m., Dry Mill Winery, 18195 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.drymillwine. com Dan specializes in upbeat acoustic music from blues to bluegrass, roots, rags, folk and old favorites.

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7 p.m., doors open, 8 p.m., music begins. Lovettsville Game Protective Association, 16 S. Berlin Turnpike, Lovettsville. Contact: www. raisetheroofconcert.eventbrite.com, Andrew McKnight and crew reunite to support restoration of the historic Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

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6 p.m., doors open, 7 p.m., music begins, Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.luckettsbluegrass.org Lucketts kicks off its 41st season of top-notch bluegrass concerts with a show from perennial favorite Emerson, a banjo virtuoso and founder of the famed Country Gentlemen. Tickets are $15 at the door. Hot dogs, barbecue and other snacks will be available for sale.

7 p.m., Broad Run High School, 21670 Ashburn Road, Ashburn. Contact: www.loudounballet.org This collection of original contemporary and classical works includes the company’s premiere of “Giselle: Act II”. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children and seniors.

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7-11 p.m., National Conference Center, 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Leesburg. Contact: lmac2014.eventbrite.com Top professional and amateur chefs prepare delicious dishes for a great cause, along with live music and a silent auction. Event is sponsored by local chapters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and benefits the Operation Uplift Foundation. Tickets are $50 in advance, $75 at the door.

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Morven Park Fall Horse Trials Reading and Discussion: “Scalawag”

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Baghdad. Contests are judged based on interviews, talent competition, military history and the evening gown competition. The event benefits the Final Salute nonprofit, which helps provide housing to homeless female veterans and their children. The contest starts at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 at the National Conference Center, 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Leesburg. Tickets range from $85 to $150 and are available at www.msveteranamerica.org.

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11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., Sunset Hills Vineyard, 38295 Fremont Overlook Lane, Purcellville. Contact: www.sunsethillsvineyard.com Learn about the winemaking process, visit the vineyard and taste wines during the fermentation process. Cost is $20 for members, $25 for non-members.

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tional side of the fair, involving all contracts and county permits. Once they were persuaded to take on the job—and it took a bit of arm twisting, they said— Getty and Sutter established an organizational chart, as much of the fair information was only in the heads of those managing it. “The first thing we did was develop a chart of tasks and responsibilities, along with deadlines,” Sutter recalled. The fair business committee chipped in to help, and President Jim Gosses urged everyone to have a “can do” attitude. That is just what has happened, the two former presidents said. Newly appointed Executive Director Tom Kuehhas attended their last two meetings. “He said he’s worked through similar problems, but he’d never seen this kind of volunteerism before,” Getty said. Putting that “in the head” knowledge down on paper involved setting up a sequence of small meetings, first with area chairmen, then with committee heads, the two women said—to reconstitute an earlier Waterford Fair Manual that had been lost over time. The board of directors and longtime supporters were all determined to make it happen. “They love the fair and the organization,” Sutter said. After the meetings, things started coming together. “There was a lot of energy, as people responded to various questions—who arranges the Don’s Johns, who arranges for water, trash removal, how do you get the golf carts, etc. etc. We needed to make sure there were not forgotten things,” Sutter said. CE PURCELLVILLE OFFICE LEEsBURG OFFICE People came out of the woodwork to 100 Purcellville Gateway Drive, Suite 100B 508 East Market Street offer their services, some new, wanting to get Purcellville, VA 20132 Leesburg, VA 20176 involved. They included village IT guru and 540.687.8530 703.777.2900 former Waterford Citizens Association PresiPURCELLVILLE OFFICE MIDDLEBURG OFFICE LEEsBURG PURCELLVILLE OFFICE OFFICE LEEsBURG OFFICE om www.Purcellville.lnfre.com dent Ed Lehmann, who just walked in and said, 100 Purcellville Gateway 8 North Drive, Madison Suite 100B Street Purcellville 508 East100 Market Street Gateway Drive, Suite 100B 508 East Market Street “What do you need me to do?” He ended up Purcellville, VA 20132Middleburg, VA 20117 Purcellville, Leesburg, VA 20176 VA 20132 Leesburg, VA 20176 making new informational signs and master540.687.8530 540.687.8530 540.687.8530 703.777.2900 703.777.2900 Street www.Purcellville.lnfre.com www.MiddleburgSales.com MIDDLEBURG www.Purcellville.lnfre.com OFFICE PURCELLVILLE OFFICE minding the LEEsBURG fair website, OFFICE while Mark Sutton 8 North Madison Street 100 Purcellville Gateway Drive, Suite 100B 508 East Market Street took over responsibility for Facebook promo176 Middleburg, VA 20117 Purcellville, VA 20132 Leesburg, VA 20176 tion. Jenny Hughes came on board as part-time LEBURG OFFICE PURCELLVILLE OFFICE LEEsBURG OFFICE 540.687.8530 540.687.8530 703.777.2900 h Madison Street 100 Purcellville Gateway Drive, Suite 100B 508 East Market Street fair administrative help. www.MiddleburgSales.com www.Purcellville.lnfre.com burg, VA 20117 Purcellville, VA 20132 Leesburg, VA 20176 “It’s been very satisfying,” Getty said of the 7.8530 540.687.8530 703.777.2900 offers to pitch in. MiddleburgSales.com www.Purcellville.lnfre.com Now it’s time for everyone who has worked to get this year’s fair ready to enjoy a great event, Sutter and Getty said. Known as a “teaching” fair, in which craftLVILLE OFFICE LEEsBURG OFFICE ers are required to “demonstrate” or teach the lville Gateway Drive, Suite 100B 508 East Market Street public how 18th century or early 19th cene, VA 20132 Leesburg, VA 20176 530 703.777.2900 tury craftspeople made their wares, the Waterellville.lnfre.com

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ford event has built up a strong base of support and reputation for excellence that brings patrons back year after year. The fair takes place throughout the historic village, both inside and outside the foundation-owned buildings and along its streets. There’s a lot to see at the fair, and quite a number of veteran fairgoers make it two-day trip. In addition to 143 craft demonstrators, additional craft items are housed in the historic Waterford Mill, and activities include art and photography exhibits, tours of restored private homes, Revolutionary War and Civil War demonstrations, antique tractor rides, archaeology exhibits, a dried flowers exhibit, wine and cheese tastings, gifts, baked goods and jellies in the Country Store, Revolutionary War and Civil War military re-enactments and an extensive roster of live music and dance that includes an appearance by the legendary Seldom Scene musicians. New this year is a Welcome to Military Families, in which discounted tickets are available through a partnership with the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. The educational exhibit for the 2014 fair, organized as always by Ann Belland, will feature historic re-enactors telling the story of the courageous Dutton sisters who lived on Second street. The young women published a pro-Union newspaper for distribution to Union troops to show there was support in the Confederacy for the Union cause, especially in Quaker communities. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 3-5. Tickets are $16 per day, ($15 through a Harris Teeter card) in advance, or $20 at the gate. A two-day ticket is $28. Age 12 and under are free. Go to www.waterfordfoundation.org for advance ticket outlet information and details of the upcoming fair. n

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Waterford Fair Music

Singer/songwriter Adrienne Young headlines the Waterford Fair’s music lineup Sunday, Oct. 5 at the Old School Stage.

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days for music are Saturday and Sunday Oct. 4 and 5. Patent Pending plays both days. Saturday features The Seldom Scene and Linhardt, while Young and Furnace Mountain are among Sunday’s highlights. One of the DC area’s top bluegrass bands, Patent Pending, has played in the area for 30 years and is known for its tight harmonies and energetic picking. The Seldom Scene has been a fixture in the area’s bluegrass arena for more than four decades. Renowned for its urban approach to bluegrass and using a Dobro resonator guitar instead of a fiddle, the group does not shy away from rock classics and other unexpected material. This year’s fair debutante is traditional music singer/songwriter Adrienne Young, a rising star in both the folk music world and the sustainable agriculture movement. Young blends bluegrass, country, old time and American folk music and has caught the attention of the national music press on numerous occasions.

Born in Florida, Young attended college in Nashville, where she launched her band Little Sadie and her AddieBelle music label. Now based in Nelson County near Charlottesville, Young is an advocate for locally grown food and sustainable agriculture through her organization Backyard Revolution. Her 2004 release “Plow to the End of the Row” included a package of seeds and was nominated for a Grammy for package design. While the Old School Stage hosts the big name performers, the village will be humming with music at smaller stages throughout the fair. The Schooley Mill Barn Field on the south end of the village will feature Mike Hansen and Friends (traditional American folk music) and Tupelo (combining old time and South American music) both Saturday and Sunday. Popular programming at the John Wesley Church near the Mill includes Dearest Home (Civil War era and folk music) on Saturday and gospel from the Mount Zion UMC Choir Sunday afternoon. “We’ve been on the lookout for new and not-as-known-as-they-should-be talents,” Chaudet said. “We’re getting some phenomenal music coming in.” n

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Plantation near Leesburg and photos taken at the historic Retreat manor house near Bluemont. Greer also specializes in photographing Civil War battlefields in and around Loudoun. Greerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black and white photographs are shot with a digital camera printed using high dynamic range conversion on metallic paper or aluminum, allowing Greer to increase the tonal range of the photos and giving his work its haunting quality. Bluemont and New York-based Barolet, 33, uses an Courtesy of Luke Greer entirely different Luke Greerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographs of Selma Plantation near Leesburg and other local landscapes will be on display at Photoworks this month. process. A decade ago as an emerging artist, many of which are nudes, and only photographs he found himself drawn back to rural western Barolet discovered the work of well-known Vir- subjects whom he knows personally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Loudoun and now divides his time between Blueginia photographers like Sally Mann and Emmet portraits with nothing that anybody can hide mont and Brooklyn. Gowin and began working with a large format behind,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no makeup, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s As part of his old school technique, the 8x10 view camera (think old-fashioned accor- nothing. This is the subject saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is who I dying art of darkroom printing is key. Barolet dion style with a blanket over the photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s am.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? is Photoworksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; darkroom instructor and will be head). His landscapes of rural Loudoun also have doing demos at the Oct. 3 opening. The show The fact that it takes several minutes to a sense of intimacy and personal significance. will feature some of Baroletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, as well as new shoot a single photograph with this type of equip- Barlet said he often finds himself returning to work by Greer. n ment creates an intense relationship with the places he played at as a child, down dirt roads camera and with the sitter and a strong sense of around Lovettsville as well as out of the way spots Photoworksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; First Friday opening takes place 6-9 intimacy, Barolet said. p.m. Oct. 3 at Photoworks, 2A Loudoun St. SW near his home in Bluemont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very intimate thing working with my Barolet grew up in Lovettsville and earned in Leesburg, and features wines from Lost Creek camera, very methodical,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It demands an associate degree from Northern Virginia Winery and music from local favorite Fast Eddie. the attention of the sitter. Each image is personally Community College in applied science with a For information on the opening, go to www. exposed and developed on its own. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a specialization in photography. He studied with a photowork.net. For information on the featured very old-fashioned method.â&#x20AC;? portrait photographer in San Miguel de Allende, photographers, go to www.lukegreerphotography. Barolet is well known for his portraits, Mexico and moved to New York City. Like Greer, com and http://michaelbaroletphotography.com.

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HVAC Service coorindator Leading HVAC Contractor located in Ashburn, VA is seeking Experienced Service Coordinator/Dispatcher. Excellent organizational and communication skills needed. Great pay and benefits. Come join our winning team. Fax or email resume to Tony at 703-729-9375 or thernandez@fidelityengineering.com

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Hiring All Positions - Must have a passion for seafood & great service. Dulles,VA. If you would like to be apart of a diverse team of passionate professionals, apply online at www.redlobster.com Paid training, benefits, opportunity for growth.

DELIVERY DRIVERS (LEESBURG) We are seeking delivery drivers with a Class A or B CDL to deliver propane during the fall/winter months and bagged ice to commercial sites during the spring/summer months. Position is based out of our Leesburg location. Overtime is available within this growing operation. Additional pay for Night and Weekend shifts! Excellent benefits package to include company paid medical and optical insurance, dental, disability, and life insurance, holiday, vacation and paid personal leave, 401K and profit sharing. Call Shonda at 703-777-1184 or 888-628-0379 or visit www.holtzmancorp.com for more information. Equal Opportunity Employer

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TOWN OF LEESBURG JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Leesburg is the seat of one of the fastest growing counties in the nation with a current population of 47,000+. The Town of Leesburg offers an excellent benefits package to all full-time regular employees including employer paid pension program, medical insurance including vision and dental. Life insurance, long-term disability insurance, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, vacation and sick leave, 12Â˝ paid holidays per year, recreation benefits, credit union membership and deferred compensation program. REGULAR FULL-TIME POSITIONS Certified Police Officer (Virginia only) - Police............................................................................................$53,233-$96,835 DOQ..........................................................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: HS/GED; must be 21 years of age at time of appointment with US Citizenship; possess a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and a safe driving record; successful completion of basic law enforcement officers training program prescribed by the Commonwealth of Virginia; must currently hold a Virginia LEO Certification PREFERRED: Criminal Justice Degree; bilingual in English/Spanish Infiltration and Inflow Technician Trainee - Utilities/Utility Maintenance Div............................................$39,384-$66,099 DOQ.........................................................................................Closing Date: October 10, 2014 REQUIRED: HS/GED; some experience in performing a variety of skilled trades and/or maintenance work; ability to obtain a Commercial Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License (CDL) with appropriate endorsement within 1 year of employment; possess a valid driving record and a safe driving record; proficient in MS Office Suite applications and computers; ability to assist with emergency repairs on an â&#x20AC;&#x153;on-callâ&#x20AC;? basis; ability to obtain each certificate within one (1) year of employment: VDOT Flagging Certification, CPR/First Aid Certification, Trench/Confined Space and Cross Connection Certifications, National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program (PACP) Certification PREFERRED: Two years of progressively responsible experience in maintenance of wastewater systems; experience with GIS applications; Trench and Confined Space Certifications; bilingual in English/Spanish Town Attorney - Executive Department........................................................................................................Compensation Dependent Upon Qualification.......................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: Possess a JD and a license to practice law in the state of Virginia. Be a member of the Bar in good standing in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Must have a minimum 7 years experience practicing law, including supervisory experience. PREFERRED: Experience in local government and/or litigation. Legal expertise in land use, employment litigation, legislative and public finance; bilingual in English/Spanish. CONTRACTUAL POSITION

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Tennis Professional--Parks and Recreation....................................................................................................$20.60-$23.69/hr.*............................................................................................... Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: USPTA or USPTR Level III certification; min. of one year of experience teaching tennis; CPR and Standard First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 90 days of employment; various days/times; minimum of 20 hrs./week *Competitive salary plus commission on private and group lessons; health benefits available

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Part-Time Recreation Programs Ida Lee (Parks & Recreation) After School Youth Program Instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;must have experience working with children in a group setting; Monday-Friday, 2:45pm-5:30pm.................................................................................................$10.30-$14.42/hr Aquatic Fitness Instructor-- Must be CPR/AED certified and AEA certified or equivalent; min. of 16 years of age (high school student/graduate/GED). Formal teaching experience in a related field or one certification in a nationally recognized aquatic organization; various days and times...................................................................................................$25.75-$39.14/hr Child Care Attendantâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Minimum of 16 years of age; First Aid/CPR Certified or ability to obtain within 3 months of employment; prior childcare experience; mornings, evenings, and weekends. This is not a seasonal position..................................................................................................................................................................................................................$10.30-$12.36/hr Fitness Instructors - Certified Body Pump Instructor and CPR/AED certified; various days and times..............................................................................................................................................................$25.75-$39.14/hr Gymnastics Instructor---Knowledge, skills and experience instructing techniques of gymnastics; various days/times......................................................................................................................................$12.88-$30.90/hr NFL Flag Football Refereeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;For 6-18 year olds; minimum of 16 yrs. of age; high school student or graduate; refereeing experience and knowledge of NFL Flag Football rules preferred; Friday nights, Saturdays & Sundays, September-November and March-June..........................................................................................................................................................$12.88-$30.90/hr Volleyball Instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;knowledge, skills, and experience instructing Techniques of volleyball; Saturday mornings year-round......................................................................................................................$12.88-$30.90/hr Flexible Part-time Positionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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). All Town vacancies may be viewed on Comcast Cable Channel 67 and Verizon FiOS Channel 35.

Houses of Worship Conservative Traditional Anglican Worship

1928 Prayer Book - 1940 Hymnal

Sunday, 8:00am and 9:30am Sunday School and Nursery 39918 Oatlands Mill Road â&#x20AC;˘ Leesburg, VA 20175 Daytime 703-777-1035 www.oursaviouroatlands.org

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Sunday School - 10:00 am Sunday Worship Service - 11:30 am Prayer Tues. 7:30 pm / Bible Study Wed. 7:30 pm www.be-blessed.org

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Waterford Baptist Church 15545 High Street Waterford, VA 20197

540-882-3044 www.historicwaterfordbaptist.org Sunday School. . . . . . . . 9:45 AM Sunday Worship . . . . . 11:00 AM Pastor: Rev. Jerry W. Turner

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703-737-7700

Sunday Worship 10 am

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19619 Evergreen Mills Rd, Leesburg Visitors warmly welcomed

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Phone: 703-771-8831

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835 Lee Ave., SW Leesburg, VA 703-777-2209

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Healing Service

1st Sat of every month from 5pm-7pm

908 Trailview, Leesburg /703.726.0777 Evangelical, Charismatic, Sacramental www.HolySpiritAnglican.org

Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;join us for Trunk or Treat, Campfire, Candy Shower, Flashlight Maze, Door Prize, Games & much more! For more info, please contact the church office or visit our website

Sunday Service Times: Sunday School 9:30 am Dynamic Worship 10:30 am Hispanic Worship 2:00 pm

Leesburg Church of the Nazarene

17667 Roxbury Hall Road, Leesburg VA 703-777-6850 ~ www.leesburgnazarene.com

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

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The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 7:00-9:00 PM at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel and again on Saturday, prior to the service, from 10:00-11:00 AM, at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church.

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Juanita Graham, 84, Hamilton, VA passed away peacefully on September 23, 2014 surrounded by her family. Survivors:children James, Peter and Caroline; 5 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren. Predeceased by husband James. Family to receive friends Monday, September 29,2014, 6:00-8:00pm, Harmony United Methodist Church, Hamilton, VA. Services at the church 2:00pm Tuesday, September 30,2014 with burial to follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Hamilton. Memorial Donations to the Harmony UMC Memorial Fund, Harmony United Methodist Church, 380 E. Colonial Highway, Hamilton, Virginia 20158.

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Surviving are her daughters, Tammy Sue Oates and husband, Arley; Stephanie Lynn OrndorffPetitta and husband, Eric, all of Winchester; grandchildren, Matthew Garrett Petitta, Elizabeth Jordan Lynn Petitta, Piper Mari Petitta, Jayme Darcy Petitta; step-granddaughter, Erica Rose Petitta; sisters, Margaret Ann Hicks and husband, Mickey, of Michigan; Sandra Kay English of Winchester; brother, J. Stephen Allamong and wife, Linda, of Winchester, and her ex-husband, Warren Lee Orndorff, Jr. of Paris, Virginia.

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Ms. Orndorff was born in 1952, in Winchester, Virginia, the daughter of the late James H. and Amonda R. Allamong. She was a graduate of James Wood High School, Class of 1970. Ms. Orndorff was employed by Loudoun Memorial Hospital in the cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, later working for the Leesburg Walmart in the accounting office for over 10 years. Ms. Orndorff was a member of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church in Frederick County. She enjoyed antiquing and shopping with her daughter. Her grandchildren were the loves of her life and she enjoyed every precious moment with them.

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John F. Hogan, Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1931, the eldest of nine children born to Maryann (Steinbrunner) and John F. Hogan. The family moved to Akron, Ohio in 1938 and to Randolph, Ohio in 1943 where after high school graduation he attended Kent State University. In 1952 he married Mary Jo Siebenaler. Together they raised eight children, Christine (Christopher) Morris who passed away in 2007, John F. III, Paula Brown, Gregory, Therese (Guy) McIntosh, Kathleen (Edward) Trexler, Susan and Philip (Denise). John graduated from Akron University with a degree in English. He was employed by Commercial Credit Corp. and transferred to Columbus, Ohio as Loan Manager. He worked for Beneficial Finance and in 1957, returned to Akron where he graduated from Goodyearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Management Squadron training program. In 1972, he was transferred to Washington, D.C. as Washington Representative, Government Marketing. He retired from Goodyear in 1987 with 30 years of service. In 1984, with two sons, John and Gregory, founded Hogan & Sons, Inc., a Goodyear tire and auto service store. The company has grown from one location to eight retail stores under the Goodyear banner. John was always active in church activities including Knights of Columbus, assisted in charitable works throughout his career. He was Past Grand Knight of Fr. Diamond council, Knights of Columbus, Past Faithful Navigator, Commador Berry Assembly, Former District Deputy, jurisdiction of Virginia, Past President Washington Rubber Group/Division of the American Chemical Society, Past President Washington Marketing Association, former chairman ACME-American Construction Marketing Association and a member of Saint John the Apostle parish in Leesburg, Virginia. John leaves behind 26 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 26, 2014 between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm at Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd NE, Leesburg, Virginia 20176. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place 11:00 am on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Saint John the Apostle Catholic Church, 55 Oakcrest Manor Drive NE, Leesburg, Virginia 20176. Burial to follow in St John Cemetery. Please leave condolences at www.colonialfuneralhome.com.

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Terrence A. Trepal (Terry),68,died September 22, 2014 in Leesburg, Virginia. Survived by his wife, Joan Trepal, children, Julie West, Tony and Nathan Trepal, seven grandchildren and a host of relatives. Family to receive friends 3:00-5:00pm Sunday, September 28, 2014 Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Rd NE, Leesburg, VA 20176. Mass of Christian Burial scheduled for 10:00am Monday, September 29, 2014, St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 55 Oakcrest Manor Drive NE, Leesburg, VA 20176. Condolences to www.colonialfuneralhome.com.

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Veronica Sue Allamong Orndorff, 62, of Winchester, Virginia, died Wednesday, September 24, 2014.

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John Edward Davis III passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Hulvey Davis and daughter, Margaret Lynne Davis. A memorial service was held on Friday, September 26, 2014 at Leesburg United Methodist Church. Graveside services were held at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Leesburg United Methodist Church, 107 West Market Street Leesburg VA 20175. Please share condolences with the family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com.

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Margaret B. Plunkett of Leesburg, Virginia died Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Born July 16, 1927 in Pulaski, VA, she was the daughter of Harvey Miller Brookman, Sr. and Mae Wheeling Brookman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Plunkett, Jr., and her brothers Harvey M. Brookman, Jr. and Donald Brookman. She is survived by her sister Elsie Rakes and her husband Dan of Pulaski, VA; a son, Chuck Plunkett and his wife Brenda of Boyce, VA; a daughter Ann Sowers and her husband David of Berryville, VA; five grandchildren, Eric Plunkett and his wife Lori, David Plunkett and his wife Kayde, Michael Sowers and his wife Karen, Patrick Sowers and his wife Lauren, and Amy Starr and her husband Peter; seven great-grandchildren, Kayla Hockenberry, Brittany Conway, Andrew and Danielle Plunkett, Jacob and Liam Starr, and Gabriel Sowers. She is also survived by many dear friends who supported her during her courageous battle with multiple myeloma. A funeral service, officiated by Reverend Steve Melester, was held Monday, September 29, at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg. Interment was at Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Operation Smile, 3641 Faculty Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23453. Condolences may be left at www.colonialfuneralhome.com.

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uesday’s groundbreaking for the Gloucester Parkway extension signals hope for Ashburnarea residents trapped in daily gridlock, even if relief is still three years away. However, a report delivered to the Leesburg Town Council last week should be cause for continued worry among drivers in the Rt. 15 corridor. For the Gloucester project, the Board of Supervisors took extraordinary steps to accelerate the project, which is the singular available solution to easing Waxpool Road backups (without reducing or eliminating Dulles Greenway tolls). Some may argue that advancing $40 million in local tax funding to build the short, but expensive, section of the road is a huge risk given the sputtering start to the Kincora Village Center. Others may argue it subsidizes that project, providing the developers with a critical asset and a beneficial repayment plan. Both criticisms may be true, but waiting for traditional methods to play out—expecting the developer to build it or for VDOT to pay for it—is not a practical alternative. The area roads can’t handle traffic now and that situation won’t improve over the next five to 10 years when other construction options might get started. From a quality of life standpoint, it is a wise community investment. A little farther west, the solution for Rt. 15 gridlock remains elusive. The report presented to Leesburg council members included no similar magic bullet to address the nightly backups on the east side of the bypass. At best, the alternatives presented would move the choke point a little farther north, but the corridor still lacks capacity to handle today’s traffic flow. Even if town leaders opt for one of the suggested improvements, that construction wouldn’t hit the ground until the end of this decade. By then, there will be even more cars in line and the capacity of the highway wouldn’t have been increased one iota. There appear to be only two viable alternatives: building a new Potomac River crossing or adding lanes to Rt. 15 through rural northern Loudoun. Until town, county and state leaders are willing to deal with that reality, the gridlock will continue.

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Dear Editor: ast week’s front page headline: “210 Refugee Children Assigned to Loudoun.” Do you want me to be excited about this headline? And, say bravo Loudoun County? What about the students today who are in the Loudoun County public school system where often they are already underserved, our teachers are already overextended and where there is already much time spent on ESL? What about spending more time with my children on science and math? Afraid that’s not possible because our teachers have even more on their plates these days. No wonder our academics are so far behind some other countries. What about the U.S. and local governments trying to find an effec-

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tive solution for this horrendous immigration issue rather than flooding these U.S. schools with refugee children—is that a realistic solution? Reads like a Band-Aid. Where’s the full fledge strategic plan for these kids? All kids deserve education, yet where’s the future plan laying out the details of how our U.S. school systems will support the influx of refugees. The article notes how minors are pouring across the U.S./Mexico border so I can only assume these children are illegal immigrants—I know that must not be politically correct these days. But if that’s the case they have entered our country illegally and now going to our schools without any taxes paid except by us—the citizens of Loudoun County. Our country is in a miserable state of affairs today and much to do with lack of leadership with Continued on Page 61

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“The root of the problem: traf fic on Route 15 has increased exponentially. I see it ever y day because I’ve travelled a “reverse commute” between Leesburg and Point of Rocks for 20 years. Until such time as improvements are made to Route 15 and/or an alternate road is built (hint: both will never happen in our lifetimes) the traf fic jams on Route 15 will only worsen. Talk of round-abouts and improving merge lanes are simply wasteful, cosmetic band-aids. Roadway capacity has been exceeded.” — swleesburgva, on Options Aired To Address Leesburg Bypass Back-ups

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“The county with the highest median income in the nation—but no summer school for the element ar y students, less access to libraries and computer labs and principals and teachers chipping in to dish up lunch in the cafeterias. That’s what you get when you vote in Republicans. Your kids are last, the cheapskates are f irst.”

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