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but also of those who oversee instruction, transportation and food services. Williams said weeks before he unveiled his spending blueprint that he asked members of his leadership team to find efficiencies within their departments’ budgets, and, if they have a line item they want to see increased, to find a way to pay for it by cutting somewhere else in their operations. “We want to look at ways that we can improve efficiency while also improving service,” he said.

These savings include small changes, like fewer snacks at staff meetings, less overtime, nixing some longevity and good attendance bonuses, printing and binding employee handbooks in-house and asking C.S. Monroe Technology Center students to design teacher recruitment materials. They also include big changes, such as the elimination of more than 120 positions—some that are vacant and some that would be reduced

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here’s a palpable difference in the latenight budget discussions playing out in the boardroom of Loudoun’s school administration building compared with years past. Words like efficiency, reallocation and costsavings have been repeated in work sessions over the past three weeks as Superintendent Eric Wil-

liams guided the School Board, line item by line item, through his proposed $980.1 million budget for next fiscal year. And among board members, there’s less head holding and more smiles. “We clearly are doing business differently. Thank you,” School Board member Kevin Kuesters (Broad Run) said to Williams during the Jan. 22 work session. The school system’s leadership has a lot of new faces this year. Not only the superintendent’s,

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School officials are going to their main customers to help improve cafeteria food: kids. Harper Park Middle School students Friday offered their critiques on eight types of burritos, 11 hamburgers and one beef hot dog as part of the school system’s new “tasting parties.”

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ake a deep breath. Have a sip of water. Cleanse your palate.” Becky Domokos-Bays delivered that set of instructions to two dozen food critics before motioning toward cooks in the kitchen to present their entrées to be judged. The critics offered varying takes on cuisine. Some were particularly picky about spice. Others crinkled their noses at the suggestion that there might be vegetables. But then they were just seventh-graders. They bellied up to a cafeteria table at Harper Park Middle School and lent their taste buds to help shape Loudoun public schools’ lunch menu. With a pencil in one hand and a burrito—or a hot dog or a hamburger—in the other, the students noted the food’s presentation, smell, appearance, texture and, of course, taste. “It’s a little dry,” one student wrote on a critique sheet about one of the 11 burgers she sampled. “Fantastic flavor,” a boy raved about an all-beef hot dog. “Cool wrapper,” another jotted down, praising a beef-andbean burrito. The students spent their Friday noon hour at the county school system’s third tasting party of the school year. DomokosBays, who took over as the School Nutrition Services Department director in October, plans to invite students from one school each month to sample food from a variety of vendors to help her come up with a menu of items that will not end up in the trash can. As she chooses what to serve in the school system’s 86

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host of farm breweries are expected to open in Loudoun now that county supervisors have approved regulations for the industry. After a lengthy discussion, the Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 last week to adopt of a package of rules for the small operations, which are allowed in agricultural areas under state law, provided they use crops

grown on site in the brewing process. Loudoun is the first county in Virginia to approve such a local ordinance. The breweries, considered similar to farm wineries, will have to be on at least 10 acres of land and operators will have to provide a “sketch plan” of the premises to obtain a zoning permit. That plan would show general facts about the business such as the location of structures, entrances and exits to the property, parking areas and the location and height of outdoor

lighting. If a brewery tract shares a private access easement with another parcel, the brewery owner will have to get permission to operate from the sharing landowners, as well, unless the easement already allows a commercial venture such as a brewery. Although they were ultimately approved, that easement condition and the sketch plan requirement seemed to be points of division among supervisors as they discussed regulations.

All nine supervisors said they supported the notion of farm breweries, which economic development officials believe will complement Loudoun’s booming wine industry. Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg), for example, said, “God bless you” at least four times to brewery supporters and beer entrepreneurs in the crowd during the Jan. 21 meeting. And, he joked, “If you wanted to get the votes tonight, why didn’t Continued on Page 17

“Every minute of the 50 years, I gave my customers 100 percent, I hope. I liked every one of them—I liked waiting on them and doing the work. I’ve never been bored a day in my life.” Laura Pearson Retired Philomont postmaster

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why she is held in such affection and respect. “It wasn’t just a job for her—that was her way of being part of the community, and fostering a sense of community,” attorney Stephen C. Price said. He described Pearson as someone who was totally dedicated. “She never worked to the rule,” he said. At times of heavy mail, such as Christmas, Pearson would stay until the job was done. And if the sender of a letter hadn’t put quite Continued on Page 24

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service. The event from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Philomont Volunteer Fire Department will celebrate a brand of community service that is fast becoming a distant memory. For the past half-century, Pearson has been a fixture in her cubbyhole at the rear of the Philomont General Store. A photograph of her used as a flier for the party shows Pearson smiling cheerily through the open window to the store, from whence she dispensed uncommon service along with friendliness and a good dose of practical common sense.

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estern Loudoun residents will be out in force Saturday to honor Postmaster Laura Pearson, who retired recently after 50 years of

Pearson’s retirement came after announcements by the U.S. Postal Service that hours at the small post office would be limited from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. as of Feb. 7, and that a fulltime postmaster would not be required. To her many friends’ dismay, that change comes one week before Pearson was to celebrate her 50 years’ service in Philomont. But the postal service authorities relented and took into account her extra service—Pearson worked some time at the post office before she was officially appointed—as well as her accumulated sick leave over the years to recognize a full 50 years of service. “It’s fantastic,” Pearson said last week from her home where she is recuperating from injuries suffered Dec. 2 while crossing the street to her home. “They knew I’d worked and made my 50 years—I’ll get my 50-year service certificate.” She retired officially Jan. 9. Residents’ comments on Pearson showed

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Old Man Winter has been toying with us all month long—leaving forecasters looking foolish and commuters sliding around. School system leaders have been especially challenged by the winter weather, trying to guess right on whether to cancel or delay classes as each front moves into the region. Sometimes it is best just to find the beauty in it all. This is a view of Leesburg’s Courthouse Square during last Wednesday’s snow.

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he Cooley Gallery, owned and operated by former Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, is moving to a larger space a block away on Leesburg’s King Street, making room for an oyster-themed seafood restaurant. Don Devine, owner of the building at 12 S. King St., signed a new tenant in Rick Allison, former owner of The Dock in Lansdowne and current owner of Pittsburgh Rick’s nearby on

East Market Street. Allison’s lease for the King Street Oyster Bar and Grill begins Feb. 1, and Cooley is moving his artwork to 9 N. King St., a building he bought last year. “I’m really excited about it. I’m happy that Chris loves Leesburg as much as I do, and I’m glad that Rick is so bullish on Leesburg, as well,” Devine said. “I think the transition is good for King Street to take an existing office building and have that turned into Chris’ project and then have the oyster bar in his old building. It’s a great net gain.” Both Cooley and Allison said they hope to

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A Monday night shooting in Lansdowne has two men behind bars facing attempted murder charges. Loudoun County deputies were called to the area of Coton Hall Street and Riverpoint Drive shortly after 11:30 p.m. Jan. 26 to investigate a report of gunfire. While searching the area, a deputy was approached by a man and a woman who said they were meeting an acquaintance in the area. As they pulled up next to the vehicle, a passenger displayed a firearm and fired multiple rounds into their vehicle. One round passed through the vehicle and damaged a passenger side window. The victims drove away and were not injured. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday, a deputy on patrol found the suspect vehicle in the Broadlands area and arrested two suspects without incident. Javier K. Todd, 19, of Leesburg, and Timothy R. Vaughn, 20, of Ashburn, both were charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and shooting into a vehicle. They are being held without bond at the Adult Detention Center.

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A Sterling man is in jail facing a DUI charge after wreaking havoc on Sterling streets last Tuesday night. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the Algonkian Boulevard/CountrySide Boulevard intersection around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 to investigate a hit-andrun crash. In that case, witnesses reported seeing a man driving recklessly in the area. The car rearended another vehicle stopped at the traffic light at the intersection. The driver then drove across the grass and headed south on CountrySide Boulevard. While deputies were investigating that incident, a second hit-and-run crash was reported on North Sterling Boulevard. In that case, the driver fled the scene on foot. Deputies established a perimeter and found the suspect at a Palmer Court home. Andrew W. Stringer, 33, was charged with DUI, driving on a revoked license, unauthorized use of a vehicle, misdemeanor hit and run and felony hit and run. His trial is scheduled for Feb. 10.

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attempted to take him into custody, he allegedly struck the officer. Kuljeet Singh, 33, was charged with a felony assault on law enforcement and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and three counts of domestic assault. Singh was held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center. A preliminary hearing in District Court is scheduled for Feb. 26.

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fter the effort stalled last year, the Town Council this week revived debate over the noise ordinance and agreed to send the issue to a public hearing next month. Councilman Dave Butler is proposing a new decibel-based system that differs significantly from current law that prohibits “plainly audible” noise. Under the proposed rules, there would be a sound limit of 55 decibels during nighttime hours and 75 decibels during daytime hours. “This should be a net positive for all residents,” Butler said. “My request is to bring this to public hearing sometime next month. Let’s get feedback from residents around the airport, around schools, around construction and from businesses that will be affected. Maybe from lawn services [and] businesses that have outdoor music that will want it less restrictive.” While council members agreed it is necessary to make the rules more objective, they disagree on what the decibel limit should be. It was noted that Arlington County restricts noise to 70 decibels during daytime hours and 60 decibels during nighttime hours, and Frederick County’s is slightly lower. Last April, musician Nathaniel Davis helped the council experiment with sound levels in the rose garden behind Town Hall. Mayor Kristen Umstattd believes the level of 75 decibels is “way too high.” “I would have to go a lot lower than that,” Umstattd said. “Fifty-five at the property line is as high as I would be willing to go. I think you should be able to sit in your backyard at the fence or on the deck and not feel like you need to retreat back into your home to have an intelligible conversation.” The proposed system would also change the violation protocol, as the council agreed that the current charge of a Class 2 misdemeanor—with a fine of up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail—was too harsh for first offenders. Under the proposal, a first offense would be a Class 4 misdemeanor, with a fine up to $250; the second offense would be a Class 3 misdemeanor; and the third offense would be a Class 2 misdemeanor. Another key point of contention in the discussion relates to the definition of daytime and nighttime hours. Butler outlined daytime hours as Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday-Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Under those guidelines, businesses, landscaping companies and construction teams would have to wait until daytime hours started to begin work that exceeded nighttime hour decibel levels. Council members Marty Martinez and Kelly Burk both raised concerns with the specific timeframes and Suzanne Fox and Katie Sheldon-Hammler expressed concerns about who would enforce the rules.

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reduced blood pressure, and, at higher doses, hallucinations and delusions. “Personally, I think it is easier to get than marijuana,” said Dubé about why there has been an uptick in use. “I don’t know whether the people think it gives them a different type of high or not, but I think it’s easier to get and there are some misconceptions about it. Some still think it’s legal, but it is treated in the same manner as marijuana.” In 2014, Leesburg police investigated 40 incidents in which K2 or Spice was either seized as a result of an investigation or use of the product resulted in some type of medical emergency. There have been 14 cases already this year, including an incident with a Loudoun County High School student last week. The student was taken to Inova’s Loudoun Medical Campus in Leesburg for treatment. “It’s pretty prevalent now in the schools as well as anywhere. It’s in houses that we investigate, we’re pulling it off the street now, and we’ve Continued on Next Page

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oudoun County’s Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 21 to defer discussion of the proposed Tuscarora Crossing development outside Leesburg. The supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee recommended approval of the mixed-use project, but it didn’t appear that the full board was ready to take that action, so Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) sought a delay until Feb. 4. His proposal passed 5-4 with board Vice Chairman Shawn M. Williams (R-Broad Run) and Supervisors Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) and Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) dissenting. The Tuscarora Crossing project calls for converting 250 acres of undeveloped industrial land into a community with 576 homes and about 1.5 million square feet of commercial space. In exchange for approval of the rezoning, the developer has agreed to complete several tasks, including building sections of Crosstrail Boulevard and providing a 15-acre site that the county could use for a school or another public need. Overall, developer Hunter Lee Center LLC promises $43 million worth of projects and monetary contributions to the county. The rezoning application has garnered the endorsement of some residents in Leesburg’s Kincaid Forest neighborhood who prefer having nearby land occupied by houses instead of by industrial buildings, and a handful of supporters urged approval Jan. 21. Higgins, who represents the area where Tuscarora Crossing would be, also has said that the project would be positive for Loudoun.

But other supervisors are concerned about converting commercial land to residential use because homes cost more in government services than they generate in tax revenue. Businesses, on the other hand, bring in more tax dollars than they cost in services. So the thinking is that it would be better to try to get a company to build on the Tuscarora Crossing land than to allow houses to go there. Also, some supervisors said Jan. 21 that a new subdivision could mean more children in the county who would be going to Loudoun schools, which would mean a need for increased education spending. Buona noted that the Tuscarora Crossing developer has promised to do a lot of good for the county if the rezoning is approved. But he said homes just shouldn’t be put on the parcel long planned for commercial development. One can gussy up the deal with lipstick and a dress, Buona said. “But, in the end, it’s still going to be a pig,” he said.

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business,” he wrote in an email. It was unclear how many people received Tricarico’s initial email, but the talk at the county government center was that the number was large. One potential public hearing speaker was said to have announced herself as wanting to sign up for the “Pulte party.” In the end, though, no one spoke at the public hearing, and supervisors granted Painter’s request to defer the matter until March 11. Paying speakers for their support is not illegal, County Attorney Leo Rogers confirmed before the meeting. However, it was widely viewed last week as distasteful. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) after the Jan. 14 meeting called the

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The email said that his firm didn’t know Tricarico’s email would be distributed, or else it would have been stopped. “Our firm believes in advocacy for our clients on the merits of an application,” Painter wrote. “We seek public support on the basis of those merits. Paying for support makes a mockery of the public process, and brings into question the testimony of those who are present of their own volition. It is wrong and will not be tolerated.” Painter also wrote that Pulte did not know of Tricarico’s email and “has never authorized anyone to offer payment to any speaker—not in connection with this or any other application it has filed.” “Rather,” the lawyer wrote, “the offer appears to be the result of one of its consultant’s overzealous employees.” Tricarico’s email promised to provide talking points for speakers and food and drinks at Tuscarora Mill in Leesburg before and after the public hearing. It also pledged a monetary bonus if a speaker recruited others to come to the supervisors meeting. “If you are able to get someone else to join this event and speak I will give you an extra $25 and they will get $50 as well,” the email said. “$25 for every person you get as well and a bonus if you bring 5.” Reached on the evening of Jan. 14, Tricarico confirmed that he “was never at any time authorized or advised” by Pulte to pay speakers. “That was my personal way of winning

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n email touting free food and a $50 Visa gift card in exchange for testimony at a land-use public hearing caused quite a stir before and during a recent Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting. The email, provided to Leesburg Today, asked for speakers to come to the Jan. 14 hearing and to offer comments in favor of a plan by the Pulte Group to rezone about 106 acres to build up to 177 age-restricted, single-family homes west of Goose Creek and between the Dulles Greenway and Sycolin Road. It was sent from an email address for Steven Tricarico, but apparently was not authorized by Pulte nor cleared with Leesburg lawyer Andrew Painter or his firm, Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, which represents the developer. The nature of Tricarico’s connection to the development proposal is unclear, but an email from Painter appears to indicate that he was working for a consulting firm hired for the project. Tricarico, who served as senior vice president of business operations for the Loudoun Hounds professional baseball group, is not listed on a county-required disclosure of individuals with an economic interest in the rezoning application. When contacted by a reporter Jan. 14, Painter said he was “shocked and disgusted,” and he sent an email to supervisors, county staff members and others later that day that expanded on that notion.

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NERI RECOGNIZED FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE The Loudoun Board of Supervisors on Jan. 21 feted Deputy County Administrator Linda A. Neri, who will retire effective Saturday after four decades of service. The supervisors noted Neri’s impact on the government and the locality in an official proclamation and short ceremony. Neri began in an administrative position with the county in 1975 and has served in a variety of jobs. For example, she has been director of the animal shelter and has led the planning and economic development departments. Over the years, Neri has worked with 11 boards of supervisors, reported to three county administrators and served as interim county administrator in 2009. In their resolution of appreciation, the supervisors said she “gave unsparingly of her time, energy, knowledge, diplomacy and leadership” and “approached the most difficult problems with determination and resolve.” And apparently Neri had a good time doing so. She even praised the press for covering the workings of Loudoun’s government. “Forty years is not too long,” she said during the supervisors meeting, where she

received a standing ovation from the audience. “It seems like yesterday.” Neri’s departure follows those of other longtime county employees over the past few months. Most recently, Planning Director Julie Pastor retired Dec. 31 after 22 years.

MORE DEVELOPMENT COMING TO BRAMBLETON Brambleton will see more homes and two new schools under a plan Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors approved Jan. 21. The supervisors followed the recommendation of their Transportation and Land Use Committee in approving the proposal, which calls for 506 new homes, a library and a performing arts center in the 2,800-acre development. More than 8,500 homes already are approved for Brambleton. Approving the additions to the community required two votes, which supervisors took near the end of a meeting that lasted more than eight hours. There was little discussion before one vote that was unanimous and another that ended up 8-0-1 because Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) was briefly away from the dais. The Brambleton developers already had agreed to provide land for an elementary school. As part of the Jan. 21 agreement, the developers will provide land for a middle school and a high school.

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES 3 PERCENT RAISE Loudoun’s Board of Supervisors on Jan. 21 approved a 3 percent pay raise for County Administrator Tim Hemstreet. A 3 percent increase amounts to $6,695 for Hemstreet, who is the top appointed official in the locality’s government. After the supervisors’ unanimous vote, his annual base salary increased from $223,160 to $229,855. The supervisors also voted to replace a $600 monthly car allowance for Hemstreet with a $600 per month contribution to a deferred compensation account he has as part of his employment contract. n

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he response deadline for the equine survey being conducted by the county’s Department of Economic Development and the Loudoun County Equine Alliance has been extended to Feb. 28. “We want to get as many people involved with the horse industry as possible to respond to the survey,” LCEA President Kelly Foltman said. The survey was circulated just before Christmas and so far about 450 responses have been received. Led by the UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Survey Research, the survey seeks to collect comprehensive information on the entire equine industry in Loudoun to determine the value of the horse industry to county’s economy. “We want to quantify the number of [horse] farms, the number of owners or boarders, what they spend on feed, vet, farrier, maintenance, horse-related travel and the value of the industry to the overall Loudoun economy,” Foltman said. The survey is the first project to be undertaken as part of the Rural Economic Business Development Strategies that were approved by

the Board of Supervisors in 2013. The survey is intended to reach all aspects of the industry and anyone who has any connection with a horse—be it as owners, boarders, feed and hay producers, tack sellers, veterinarians, farriers or event/horse show producers. The survey is open to owners of properties in Loudoun’s land use taxation program; equine facility tenants and operators; those who board their horses at a facility in Loudoun located on land that they do not own or rent; and people who do not own horses in Loudoun, but have an interest in the county’s equine industry. As a horse breeder and farrier, or horse shoer as he likes to describe himself, Mike Krens says, “There’s nothing free about a horse.” The survey, Foltman said, will help confirm what many in the industry already know anecdotally. Noting this kind of comprehensive information has never been gathered before, Foltman said, “We want to see how much is out there and what we’d lose if the equestrian industry were lost to the county. There are so many businesses out there that depend on the equine industry.” To participate online, go to www.coopercenter.org/LCequine2014 or call the Center for Survey Research toll-free at 1-800-277-7655. To contact Foltman, email information@loudounequine.org or call 315-430-7515. n

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oudoun attorney John Whitbeck was elected to the state’s top GOP post Saturday. The Virginia Republican Party tapped Whitbeck as its chairman following the retirement of Pat Mullins. Whitbeck had an opponent early in the race but ultimately ran unopposed. He ran for the seat on a platform to unite the party in the swing state and expand its reach through a renewed focus on fundraising. Whitbeck told Leesburg Today when he announced his run in November that he and other Republican leaders have been able to bring the party together in the 10th Congressional District, in which he’s served as the

district’s GOP chairman since 2012. He pointed to Republican Barbara Comstock’s 16-point win over Democrat John Foust in the Nov. 4 runoff to replace longtime Republican Rep. Frank Wolf. “I think part of the reason that occurred, other than the fact that we had a great candidate, is the party was totally united behind her,” he said. In a letter posted to his website, johnwhitbeck.com, Whitbeck said his priorities are to bring in new voters from groups that traditionally back Democrats and revamp fundraising efforts to make the party “an independent force in Virginia politics, no longer dependent on elected officials.” Whitbeck, who lives in Lansdowne with his wife and two daughters, has made two bids for state offices. In the 2013 special election to

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Suzanne M. Volpe, who represents the Algonkian District on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, kicked off her re-election campaign last week. Jan. 22, the Republican announced her intention to seek a second term as more than 200 supporters gathered at the Cascades Fire Station. “When I ran for Algonkian in 2011, it wasn’t for accolades, it was because this district

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oudoun students likely will be asking their parents for less lunch money starting this fall. As part of the superintendent’s budget proposal for next fiscal year, the new supervisor of School Nutrition Services wants to drop meal prices by 10 cents across the board. Loudoun public schools’ breakfasts and lunches are higher than at any other school system in the commonwealth, starting at $2.10 for an elementary school breakfast and $3.20 for a high school lunch. School leaders generally hike meal prices every year, except in 2009 and in the last two years when they’ve held prices flat. The biggest jump came in 2011 when the School Board raised prices by 30 cents a meal. “As I visited schools and talked to parents and students, I’ve gotten some moderately strong evidence that says our meals are just too expensive,” Becky Domokos-Bays, who was hired in October to oversee the school system’s food program, said. Domokos-Bays, who’s supervised food programs in Alexandria and Fairfax, said typically a price hike results in a temporary decline in participation, but, over time, it bounces back. “But unfortunately, because we were raising prices here every year there was no time to recover participation,” she said.

As the prices have ticked up, the number of students buying their meals from school has dropped. In the 2012-2013 school year, an average of 24,009 students ate school meals, compared with 23,617 during the 2013-2014 school year. That’s a decline of participation of 1.67 percent, while enrollment grew by 3.8 percent. Along with expecting more students to line up for school lunch, Domokos-Bays also is looking for efficiencies to help get the most out each meal ticket, especially as the cost of food is on the rise. If one school has more ground beef or plums or yogurt than its students can eat, cafeteria workers now transfer the products to a school that can use it. She’s also tweaked the menu to use every bit of meat, dairy, produce and other perishable foods before it has to be tossed out. “The menu is the driver for everything,” she said. “So you want to make sure when you put something on the menu you order the right amount, and you don’t take that item off the menu before it’s all gone.” Setting meal prices is a careful balancing act. The school system’s food services departments are designed to be financially self-sustaining, ending each fiscal year with a balance as close to zero as possible. The meal prices should be set low enough to keep hungry kids lining up but high enough to cover the cost of food, operations and maintenance and the department’s 400

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ment of Historic Resources committee will vote on the proposed sign design March 19. Morgan said he plans to circulate the appeal for funds to the Friends of Ball’s Bluff, the Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable and “any other Civil War or historical preservation groups we can think of.” Once the funds are raised, and DHR has approved the sign, a new one will be made and installed. Checks should be made out to Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, noting the money is for the Friends of Ball’s Bluff sign project, and sent to: Friends of Ball’s Bluff, c/o Temple Hall Farm Regional Park, 15789 Temple Hall Lane, Leesburg, VA 020176. Morgan’s proposed text reads as follows: “Just to the east, 1,700 Union troops crossed the Potomac River and clashed with 1,700 Confederates on 21 Oct. 1861. The previous evening, a Union reconnaissance patrol had mistaken a row of trees for a small group of Confederate tents. Brig. Gen. Charles Stone ordered an early-morning raid on this ‘camp.’ Confederates under Col. Nathan Evans confronted the Federals, who were then reinforced. Col. and Sen. Edward D. Baker took command and became the only U.S. senator ever killed in combat. The Federals were routed as they retreated across the river. Congress created the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War to investigate the defeat.” The Friends of Ball’s Bluff also is planning its Ball’s Bluff Remembrance Day Dinner Feb. 22 at The Woodlands at Algonkian Regional Park in Sterling. Morgan said the annual fundraising dinner—formerly known as the Edward Baker Day Dinner—has been renamed in response to concerns that the reference to President Lincoln’s close friend and Union commander who was killed at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff seemed to restrict the commemoration to honoring only one side of those involved in the conflict. Morgan invites the public to enjoy what he calls “a rather delectable menu” and to hear renowned Civil War author Frank O’Reilly tell the story of the soldiers who fought at Ball’s Bluff and Fredericksburg. The 6 p.m. social hour is followed with dinner at 6:30 p.m., during which Reilly will speak. Dinner is $45 per person and reservations should be made to Dale Hook at NOVA Parks at 703-352-5900. Payment is required at the time of reservation. REHAU is the sponsor for the dinner. n

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enough stamps on it, she would take care of it herself and then put a “postage due” note in the recipient’s box, along with the amount owed. It was common to see a note and money left on her window ledge to pay her back— such was the trust between the community and its postmaster, Price said. Another longtime Philomont resident, Betty Sue Longerbeam, described Pearson’s service as “very personalized—unprecedented.” Pearson, she said, always went the extra mile on service, something she did not expect to see anymore. “That’s the kind of service you get if you’ve known post offices in small communities.” Another Philomont-area recipient of Pearson’s particular brand of service, Hilary Cooley, described her as a “wonderful country postmaster. She knew everyone, she knew the number of your post box, and, if you were sick, she would call your friends to tell them to rally round.” Pearson has several notes of distinction regarding her service. Not only was she reportedly the last servicing postmaster to receive a presidential appointment, from President Lyndon Johnson through his Postmaster General John A. Gronouski, but also she was the youngest Philomont postmaster to serve. She succeeded her brother-in-law, who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in January 1965. Officially, Pearson was not named postmaster until that March, but she was already on the job long before that. Over her many years in the post office, Pearson has noticed changes—including the post boxes for residents. “I started out with 40—now it’s 200.” Then computers came in, and she had to learn a whole new system. But one thing that never changed is her community involvement. She calls her customers “my best friends,” and is a member of the fire department’s Ladies Auxiliary and the United Methodist Women. “It’s a close-knit community. There’s a lot of new people. They’re all very nice. They pitch in and they like the community,” she said. As she contemplates her retirement, Pearson said she would miss the work and contact with people. “Every minute of the 50 years, I gave my customers 100 percent, I hope. I liked every one of them. I liked waiting on them and doing the work. I’ve never been bored a day in my life.” Now her sights will be set on the many things she didn’t have time for at home, plus she’s going to continue collecting coins and adding to her considerable collection of Civil War books. She also intends to pursue her interest in genealogy and history. And it’s fitting that Laura Pearson did her 50 years of service to the community in a store that itself is a community institution. The Philomont General Store is 101 years old. “We think it’s the oldest continuously running country store in the county,” owner Madeline Skinner said last week. It has a wonderfully eclectic feel, with the original wooden floors, and side counters and walls festooned with items, ranging from clothing, books, a big wine and beer selection, to ice cream, dairy products, meats, local jams, jellies, teas, coffee and Virginia gift items—“a little bit of something for everyone,” according to the store slogan. When Skinner and her husband, Mark, bought the store almost 12 years ago from Stanley Lickey Sr., “We wanted to keep the flavor of a general store—with hardware and fishing items as well as other items,” she said. Pearson may have retired, but the post office will go on—Loudoun’s last operational post office located inside a store—a fact of which the Skinners are very proud. n

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hen the Rt. 50 Traffic Calming Project was developed well more than a decade ago, funding was planned to cover improvements in a 20-mile stretch of Rt. 50, including in Upperville, Gilbert’s Corner, Aldie, Lenah and downtown Middleburg. But as the work enters its final stages, the money is coming up short. The traffic-calming measures were completed first in Upperville, in 2008, to the tune of $8.2 million. The following year, the $15.8 million Gilbert’s Corner renovations took place, with the $7.2 million improvements to Aldie completed in 2012. Now it’s Middleburg’s turn for crosswalk improvements, but those earlier projects have used up most of the available funding, according to Town Administrator Martha Mason Semmes. She has been working with Virginia Department of Transportation Senior Planner Jim Zeller as well as with county government representatives to move the project forward. Funding was initially available for improvements to four crosswalks—at Plains Road, at Pendle-

ton and Madison streets and at a mid-block crossing by the Post Office—that would complete the core downtown area, according to Semmes. But those funds would not cover crosswalks planned at Liberty, Hamilton and Jay streets. “Loudoun County committed $1.204 million for the three crosswalks not included in the original funding, based on preliminary planning estimates,” Semmes said. However, now that more detailed cost estimates are available, there is a $561,000 shortfall that must be resolved before VDOT can close out the project. The work involves creating brick crosswalks and introducing bump-outs at each intersection, but does not include expensive storm drainage improvements. The town hopes it can Traffic calming measures to Rt. 50 in Middleburg include crosswalk improvements. cobble together funding from various sources to complete the waterlines to improve water pres- work, at least $280,000, according to long-planned pedestrian safety sure and flow. That work will be Semmes. improvements. “We’re taking the opportuAccording to Semmes, there done by VDOT contractors at the same time the agency is installing nity to do as much of our planned is some money left over from the streetscape plans as possible,” Aldie project, and $400,000 was the crosswalks. “They’ll do from Plains Road Semmes said, noting the town also saved by not removing a four-lane to Jay Street,” and the town will plans to improve sidewalks and section of Rt. 50 as planned. At the same time, the town fund the “betterment” portion replace lights on Washington Street plans to replace old and undersized that is separate from the crosswalk with the assistance of a $517,000

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matching grant through the federal Transportation Alternative Program. The municipality also is finalizing plans for a wayfinding sign system it hopes to begin installing in conjunction with the other improvements to minimize disruptions to the business district. n

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t’s been a whirlwind of activity during the first two weeks on the job for Lovettsville Town Manager Laszlo Palko. Since his arrival Jan. 13, he has accompanied Mayor Bob Zoldos to Richmond, been in constant meetings and worked to learn more about the town’s pressing issues, all the while getting to know residents. Over the weekend, Palko paused for breath as he contemplated his first couple of weeks in office, highlighted by the Town Council’s unanimous Jan. 22 vote to approve changes to the Lovettsville Town Center plans that developers said would move the long-awaited commercial hub to construction. Palko, 31, said he learned a lot about the council during its debate on the project.

“I’m excited to be part of this team,” Palko said, recalling the Town Center vote. “They were deliberating to the last minute, assessing the plusses and minuses, weighing the potential risks— but they all came together at the last minute.” The debate centered on concerns that the new plan did not meet the town’s parking requirements and worries about converting planned commercial land to allow for six more residential lots. However, council members also said they worried the project would not advance without the changes. In the end, the new proffer and plan amendment provided 16 additional off-site parking spaces to serve the first phase of commercial development. Palko is confident the town’s approval will kick-start commercial growth that will benefit the town.

“It’s fiscally positive in terms of tax revenue; the town needs more commercial,” he said, noting many of the town’s newer residents said the planned Town Center was a reason they moved to Lovettsville. The municipality’s population is now close to 1,800, and Palko cites a need for more diversification as it grows. “This gets it going,” Palko said. “We can show the residents we’re open for business and the opportunities for future growth.” He said the town plans to work closely with the developer, NV Retail, to get the site plan approved quickly. Up next for Palko is building the town’s FY16 budget in February. “We’ll look for every penny and find ways to improve,” he said. n

Garden Club Explores Art Of Landscaping At Symposium Margaret Morton

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he Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club has just the right attraction coming up to help gardeners turn from a winter mindset to anticipation of the spring. The club will host its Middleburg Horticultural Symposium, “The Art of Landscape,” Feb. 28 at Salamander Resort And Spa in Mid-

dleburg. Gardeners of all skill levels interested in landscaping will hear a multitude of gardening tips and ideas from different perspectives by four speakers during the much-anticipated annual presentation, now in its 20th year. Jeff Lowenfels will give a talk entitled “No More Chemicals in the Yard.” Jeff Jabco will speak on “Painting the Gardens with Vines and Climbers.” Area gardening guru Karen Rexroad will discuss “Growing Seasons from the Ground Up.” W. Gary Smith rounds out the roster with “Art to Landscape.”

The club’s mission is to promote the pleasures of country life though the exchange of ideas and information on gardening topics, and the seminar’s goal has been to bring highly respected gardening experts and writers to the area to share their knowledge with local practitioners. Through the symposium, the club has raised funds to support the renovation of the historic Goose Creek Bridge and many other community projects. The symposium will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and buffet lunch is included in the

admission price. Burden encourages participants to register immediately as advance tickets are $130 prior to Feb. 1, thereafter $145. Those wanting to take advantage of the advance rate should either go online to www.flgardenclub. org or send checks, payable to the Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club, to: Mrs. Frank Courts, 22035 Quaker Lane, Middleburg, VA 20117. Advance rate checks bearing a post mark of no later than Feb. 1 will be honored. For more information, either check the website or email elaineburden1@aol.com. n

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• The Mosby Heritage Area Association will hold a program titled “The Future of Eventing and the Preservation of Open Space,” Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Engelhard Gymnasium at Middleburg Foxcroft School. The panel discussion will begin at 1 p.m., and the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists. Panelists include Robert Banner, president of Great Meadow Foundation in The Plains; Sandy Johnson, owner of Gordonsdale Farm and Cross Country Schooling in Berryville; and Piedmont Environmental Council Vice President for Conservation and Rural Programs Heather Richards, who also is an amateur dressage rider. The program is part of the MHAA’s annual effort to bring together various equestrian experts to discuss trends and the impact of conservation and open-space easements on the sport. The event typically is fun, intimate and brings together horse enthusiasts, neighbors and the preservation and conservation community. Through its mission of preservation by educational awareness, MHAA hopes to encourage more conservation and preservation efforts in its area of influence. The school is at 22047 Foxhound Lane near Middleburg. Admission is $30 for MHAA members, or $35 for non-members. Call 540-687-6681 or go to mosbyheritagearea. org to register. Tickets also may be purchased at the door. • The Artists in Middleburg invite the public to a special presentation and book signing for Jim Phillips’ “Shattering the Illusions of Limited Beliefs,” set for Thursday, Jan. 29, at the AiM Gallery at 102 W. Washington St. Guests are invited to spread the word to their friends and bring a chair for Phillips’ talk. His new e-book will be available through Amazon/Kindle by Feb. 1. Phillips will offer a free download of the book to anyone who attends the presentation and buys “The Key to LIFE, Living In Full Expression.” He also will sign copies of his book, which will

• The first presentation in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2015 lecture series has the ominous title of “1865: Great God? Take Care Lovettsville of Us Now!” The lecture is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. at St. James United Church of Christ, 10 E. Broad Way, in Lovettsville. The popular lecture series focuses on aspects of Lovettsville’s history, and the Feb. 8 event features regular speaker Rich Gillespie, executive director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association. The lecture is the fifth in a series of sesquicentennial glimpses of the local experience before and during the Civil War. One hundred and fifty years ago, Loudoun was approaching the end of the war. If 1864 was a time of frustration on both sides, leading to the use of “total war” tactics that would leave Loudoun Valley in physical ruin accompanied by the “burning hatred” of its inhabitants, according to Gillespie—1865 was the year when the chickens came home to roost and devastation came to the area. Surprisingly, local fighting lasted until after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. The program will use local historic sites to examine the civilian and military experience in the waning months of the Southern bid for independence as well as the first months of freedom for former slaves. The illustrated program is free, but donations are welcome to defray expenses. For more information, contact Edward Spannaus at 540-822-9194 or 703-727-9758. • The Town Council on Jan. 22 approved a new consulting contract for Sam Finz, who had been serving as interim town manager between the departure of former manager Keith Markel and the arrival of current Town Manager Laszlo Palko earlier this month. Finz will remain as a consultant to help out with specific projects. n

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• It’s time for the 5th annual Loudoun Grown Expo, which will hit town Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Bush Tabernacle/Purcellville Skating Rink at Fireman’s Field, 250 S. Purcellville Nursery Ave. Last year’s attendance was 3,000, and organizers hope for even more this year for what has become a signature event for western Loudoun. It features the homegrown products that fuel Loudoun’s rural economy and draw thousands of new visitors to the area each year. While general admission during the 1 to 5 p.m. event is free, a new feature this year offers attendees the opportunity to enjoy an early survey of the expo offerings. The Early Harvest tickets are available for $7 per person, ages 13 and older, from noon to 1 p.m. For this VIP option, go to tinyurl.com/expo-VIP. There will be a small charge for alcoholic beverage tastings. There also will be ample seating to eat at the “Loudoun Grown Café” within the venue, and stroller and cart parking is available. The more than 30 vendors signed up so far include wineries, breweries, CSAs, food and food truck vendors, local craft artisans and other rural entrepreneurs. Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser called the expo a “great winter treat for Purcellville, Loudoun County and the entire metro DC area,” and noted agribusiness continues to be a very important component in the town’s economy. Sponsors of the Loudoun Grown Expo include The Village at Leesburg, Giant Food and the Dulles Greenway. Shuttle service is provided from Loudoun Valley High School, and nearby parking is available at the town public parking areas, Emerick Elementary School and Loudoun Valley Community Center. For a full listing of participants and links to their websites, go to loudoungrownexpo.org.

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Preschool Specializes In The Arts teacher has extensive teaching mstancik@leesburgtoday.com from Liberty University.” Hoag attended the Jan. he large yellow 21 ribbon-cutting ceremony manor house on celebrating the successes of the historic Gre- school’s first year. The school enway Farm in opened in mid-February 2014 southern Lees- after the building underwent a burg has become home to a $1.5 million renovation. 100-student preschool that Hoag noted that the preemphasizes all-things art. school’s music program has At the Destiny School of sparked an interest in singing the Arts, a private Christian in his daughter. school, specialized teachers in “That is something I specific subjects each have a dreamed about, to get to see classroom for themselves and it is just amazing to me,” Greg students rotate as if they were Wigfield, pastor of Destiny in middle and high school. Church who owns the prop“One of the great things erty, said.“ To be able to offer the teachers have is they are this to these children in our just so diverse,” said Leesburg community is exciting.” resident Andy Hoag, whose Family is a big part of the 4-year-old daughter Cathryn Destiny School, as Wigfield’s attends the school. “Their daughter Jennifer is the direcability to do music and art tor. She came to the school and dance is amazing. The after having taught fifth grade woman who does art has for three years and English Leesburg Today/Mike Stancik studied all over the world, the Language Learners for five dance teacher is a ballerina in years. The school started with Students of the Destiny School of the Arts gather around for an art lesson with teacher Lia Johnson. The Christian-based preschool her spare time and the music Continued on Next Page opened a year ago in the renovated 1740s Greenway Farm manor. Mike Stancik

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he Destiny School of the Arts is housed in the 275-year-old manor of historic Greenway Farm, recognized as the impressive yellow structure on the west side of Rt. 15 near Leesburg’s southern boundary. Businessman, pastor and the preschool’s benefactor Greg Wigfield purchased the five-

acre property 12 years ago with the hope of turning it into a gift to the community. “It took us several years to get it rezoned, and that gave us time to study the history,” Wigfield said. “The Greenway property was actually founded by a Quaker family, the Meades. William Meade came to America with William Penn and the Meades settled here. These folks came to bring the message of Christ to America, and we kind of feel like in our way we want to bless others with the message of hope and joy and Christ.” Wigfield made headlines in 2013 when he offered to build a 26,000-square-foot school building on the south end of the property for Providence Academy, then known as Dominion Academy, where his three children once attended. The school was in search of a new loca-

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he talents of Ashburn teens will be on display at the third annual Thunderstruck event Saturday. The Jan. 31 talent show showcases the top 16 dance and music acts from four of the area’s high schools, Stone Bridge, Briar Woods, Broad Run and Rock Ridge. The students will compete for two

$1,000 first place prizes, one for musical talents and a second for non-musical. Similar to TV talent shows, the audience can cast votes for their favorite performers via text message. The panel of judges will include Grammy Award winner Jon Mitchell, 2010 Grand Finale American Idol winner Victor Lopez and Virginia Performing Arts Academy founder and director Gina McCort. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show, held at Stone Bridge High School, 43100 Hay Road in Ashburn. Tickets are $10 and will be

tion after the governing body at Leesburg Community Church, with which it shares a campus, told school leaders they would need to close because of declining enrollment. School leaders have since mended its relationship with Leesburg Community Church, so Providence Academy continues in space leased from the church for now. The 26,000-square-foot building initially planned on Wigfield’s property would likely not provide enough space for Providence Academy’s growing enrollment, which is at 183 kindergarten through eighth grade students, up from the 113 quoted two years ago. “Right now, we don’t know if that move will happen or not,” said Wigfield, who serves on the school’s board of directors. “I think [the option of moving the school] served its purpose. It gave everybody a vision that we

sold at the door. Patrons are asked to bring cash or a check. For more information, go to http://thunderstrucktalent.com or email stonebridgeptso@gmail.com.

PATRIOT’S PEN RECOGNIZES ESSAY WRITERS Six Loudoun middle school students have been honored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay Contest for their essays on “Why I Appreciate America’s Veterans.” Each year, more than 100,000 middle

had an opportunity. They’ve done so well I’m thinking they may need to wait and consider purchasing other property to be at the size they want to be.” Providence’s Head of School Marie Miller noted, “We are in the process of deciding if we stay or move.” Regardless of where Providence Academy ends up, Wigfield will always have a strong connection with both Christian private schools, Providence Academy and Destiny School of the Arts, and hopes the historic Greenway Farm will be a venue that benefits the community for a long time to come. “I love just watching what’s happening,” Wigfield said. “We wanted to integrate ourselves into the community, and I’m hoping we can continue to do that.” n — Mike Stancik

school students enter this contest. The first place winner from each state will compete to win one of 46 national awards totaling $46,000. Essays from local students were submitted to VFW Post 1177 in Leesburg. The winning essay writers from Loudoun include: Harper Park Middle School student Sahar Choudhury (first place), Sterling Middle School student Victoria B. Lopez (second place) and Sterling Middle School student Ali Muhammad Shah (third place). Three Loudoun students received honorable mentions: River Bend Middle School’s Elizabeth Bernice Baucom, Harper Park Middle School’s Lindsay B. Bowman and Sterling Middle School’s Luis Diaz. n

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to learn,” Jennifer Wigfield said. “It captures their attention. Like people do for a foreign language and math, if you expose kids to arts and music early, it increases their potential later on with the arts.” The school is open 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays. Tuition varies, depending on the program, and runs from $250 per month for the two-day program (9 a.m.-11:45 a.m.) to $450 per month for the five-day. An Afternoon Creative Play program varies from $200 for two days per week (11:45 a.m.-4 p.m.) to $300 for five days. The Wigfields are looking into grants and scholarships for low-income families. “We see this program makes such a difference in the kids lives,” Jennifer Wigfield said. “It would be great to see that impact in some other children that maybe would never have that opportunity.” n

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65 students ages 2-5 but has grown to more than 100. “It was a really good opportunity that I was presented with to grow as a professional,” Jennifer Wigfield said. “The biggest blessing has been the work environment. People here are here because they want to be. It’s just so friendly and warm.” The kindergarten program has the students rotate among three teachers on a given academic day: art, music and dance. They might hear a foreign language lesson while painting with the art teacher, learn music history while singing and the importance of physical activity during dance. Younger children still get the same types of lessons, but have one or two instructors. “Learning through the arts is the best way

David Palanzi, a teacher at Stone Bridge High School, told the board the proposed raises are not enough to keep up with rising health care expenses and the area’s cost of living. “You cannot put kids first without addressing the economic needs of your employees,” he said. “This budget does not fully address the needs of our employees.” The School Board is scheduled to adopt an amended budget Thursday evening. Follow the budget adoption at leesburgtoday.com. n

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On the other side of the debate, School Board members got an earful last week from more than 70 speakers who argued that Williams’ budget doesn’t do enough to restore what’s been lost during difficult budget seasons in recent years. Most of the speakers who took to the mic during two public hearings—from retired bus drivers to students as young as fourth grade— said they want to see after-school activity buses rolling again, the elimination of student athletic fees and pay raises for employees that will do more than cover an increase in health care costs.

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through attrition—including 60 cafeteria workers, 25 bus drivers, 14 library assistants and 20 English Language Learner teacher assistants. Most department leaders approached the board with proud grins as they unveiled the details of their budgets last week. “This is my favorite slide,” Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services Kimberly Hough said as she pulled up a PowerPoint that displayed a big red zero. “We have zero percent change in our budget. We’re proud of that number, and we’ve done a lot of work to try to get there.” Budgets drafted by Williams’ predecessor Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick, who retired in July after 23 years, included funding requests that showed departments jumping as much as 76 percent in one year, more than 19 times the rate of enrollment growth. His last budget called for a year-over-year increase of $108.7 million, compared with Williams’ recommended increase of $68 million. As the School Board searched for a new superintendent, members said they wanted to hire someone who would get the most out of the school budget that’s been stretched thinner in recent years as enrollment continues to swell by more than 2,500 students annually. School Board Vice Chairman Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) and Bill Fox (Leesburg), two of six board members elected in 2011 on promises of rooting out waste in the 73,500-student school system, thanked Williams, Hough and others for doing that this time around. “I’ve heard that if you want to know where to cut without causing a lot of pain or a reduction in service levels, ask LCPS employees,” Fox said. “You’ve done that and it’s worth commending.” “I think it’s a prime example that just because we’re reducing costs doesn’t mean that we’re destroying the education of our students or reducing the level of service,” Turgeon said

of the idea to have students design recruiting materials. Williams’ budget does include some big ticket items: $17.4 million for pay raises, $3.5 million to offer a full-day program to 1,860 of the county’s 5,000 kindergartners, $1 million for a school bus GPS system, $2.9 million in technology upgrades to help lay the groundwork for a bring-your-own-technology program, among others. But already, county supervisors have noticed the change in tone in this year’s budget season. Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) noted in public comments last week that the county government and Loudoun school leaders are probably at least $17 million apart on how much funding might be devoted to schools in the next fiscal year. That is, if supervisors maintain the current real estate tax rate of $1.155 per $100 of assessed value, the county would be looking at a difference of $17 million between how much money in the locality’s general fund would go to school spending and how much of an allocation Williams would like to see. Although even $17 million may sound like a large difference, Buona, chairman of the supervisors’ finance committee, said that the two sides are closer on the matter than a year ago. “Last year at this time we had a 60-plusmillion-dollar problem,” he said at a Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce breakfast Friday. “So, we’re heading in the right direction.” And, after that meeting, Buona mentioned another question mark. “What we don’t know with certainty is the revenue side,” he said. Those updated figures on tax money coming in could mean the education-spending gap ends up even smaller. That picture will be much clearer Wednesday when County Administrator Tim Hemstreet is scheduled to present his proposed budget to supervisors.

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oudoun leaders continue to look to foreign businesses and executives to boost economic development in the county. The locality recently completed a study on international business development, the results of which will be presented Feb. 2, and the Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development Committee is planning a new strategy on the subject. “We need to diversify where we are,” Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who chairs the committee, said Friday morning at the Belmont Country Club in Ashburn. Letourneau and four of his colleagues spoke at a Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce breakfast laying out the Board of Supervisors’ priorities for this year. Also appearing were County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) and Supervisors Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) and Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian).

The Dulles District supervisor, whose fulltime job is with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, gave a preview of the foreign strategy, which he said would include measures ranging from analyzing data on the best international markets in which to invest to perhaps preparing economic development literature in foreign languages. “If there’s a lot of interest, for instance, from China, then you have marketing materials that can be read in China,” Letourneau said. “That might sound simple, but we’re not doing it now.” The county government also can gather input from international businesses already present in Loudoun and work with international trade groups, he said, especially considering that foreign flights use Dulles Airport and that the locality is near Washington, DC, the “diplomatic capital of the world.” “So let’s take advantage of it,” Letourneau said. “Let’s figure out when there are opportunities to get in front of them to tell them about Loudoun County and the investment opportu-

nities that we have here.” Anyone angling for a plum county economic development job based overseas may be out of luck, though. “We’re not going to open up seven or eight offices around the globe,” Letourneau said, acknowledging that spending on foreign initiatives would be limited and only a piece of the county’s economic-development outreach. The efforts probably will take a while to bear fruit, as well. A panel of speakers who have experience with foreign markets told Letourneau’s committee in September that the upsides of foreign investment are the creation of high-paying jobs and diversifying the economy. The downside? The benefits could take years, or decades, to gain significant traction. Buona, chairman of the supervisors’ finance committee, noted in his comments to the Chamber another major issue: education. Every year, there’s a long debate about how much funding the public schools will receive in the county budget, and Buona said that talks

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CHOworks is in the hunt for more winter and summer work for its disabled workers. While the nonprofit provides work for medically frail disabled individuals in a secure location at its Leesburg facility, Marketing Manager Karen Russell says she has workers available to help out at work sites around the county “They are available for all types of things— yard work, trimming bushes and trees, raking leaves, cleaning out garages,” according to Russell. ECHO workers take on jobs big and small. Since 1976, the nonprofit has had a contract to support the Federal Aviation Administration. Under another recent contract, ECHO crews assembled 35,000 wiring harnesses for an area tech company. “Our guys are very productive,” Russell said. If companies have outside work projects

Business In Brief • The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center offers monthly opportunities for area adults with disabilities to meet representatives from the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. DARS representatives will handle inquiries from individuals with disabilities who would like to work and are ready to prepare for, find and keep a job. Upcoming dates and times for the meetings at the Workforce Resource Center are Wednesday, February 18 and Wednesday, March 18. The sessions are offered from 9 a.m. to noon. No appointment is necessary. The Loudoun County Workforce Resource Center is located in the Shenandoah Building, 102 Heritage Way NE, in Leesburg.

now or a bit later in the winter, Russell would love a call. The crews are provided transportation to and from the work sites and are accompanied by a supervisor who remains with them for the duration. A special task for which ECHO is well equipped is document shredding. “One of the things for this time of year is getting rid of old account records, or companies who are moving to new locations. We come and take them to our secure shredding operations in the mail room—where 20 people do the shredding,” Russell said. ECHO also has document scanners that allow crews to digitize paperwork and provide the records on disc, Russell noted. Large orders are particularly welcome, Russell said, recalling one job where a crew took records from a storage unit belonging to the Dulles Greenway and brought them back to Leesburg. “We cleaned out the unit and brought all the records back to ECHO to shred. People were

For more information, call the center at 703777-0150 or the DARS office at 703-771-4775. • Leesburg-based K2M Group Holdings has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its MESA 2 Deformity Spinal System. MESA 2 is the Company’s next-generation pedicle screw system designed to address the most complex spinal pathologies. “FDA clearance of MESA 2 is a milestone event for K2M that further enhances our position in the global complex spine surgery market,” Eric Major, K2M’s president and CEO, stated. “The development of MESA 2 reflects K2M’s continued commitment to developing innovative products and providing surgeons with tools that facilitate their management of the most challenging spinal conditions.”

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applauding because it meant work for them,” she said. Also, if a company is planning a big training class, “our guys can pull the materials together, collate the packets, type the address labels and have them sent via FedEx,” she said. The nonprofit has work from Inova Loudoun Hospital, in both Lansdowne and Leesburg, where crews sort and distribute mail as well as help with materials management. But, the economy in general has been rough

For more information, go to www.K2M.com. • Dr. Ruth Duchatellier-Cangé formally celebrated the opening of her new Ashburn dental office Friday, Jan. 23. Dónti Dental is a family-oriented facility where Dr. Cangé offers a variety of specialized care, including not only general and preventative dentistry, but also cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, implant dentistry and full-mouth restoration. A resident of Northern Virginia since 2006, Dr. Cangé earned her DDS degree from Howard University and completed her residency at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, concentrating on cosmetic and implant dentistry. She is an alumnus of the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies and is an active member of the American

for ECHO, and Russell said it has been difficult to find enough job sites to keep her crews busy. “ECHO is here to provide supportive work programs for those with disabilities; people are waiting to come in and waiting for work—if we have it, we’ll bring them in. We need to have the work,” Russell said. Anyone who can offer work for ECHO is asked to contact Russell at 703-779-2100 orß karenr@echoworks.org. For more information, go to www.echoworks.org. n

Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dónti Dental is located at 22621 Amendola Terrace, Suite 110. • The Loudoun Small Business Development Center will offer a Start Your Business seminar Thursday, Feb. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Mason Enterprise Center, 202 Church Street SE in Leesburg. Robin Suomi will lead participants through steps for starting a small business, addressing taxes, licensing, business plan development, sources of financing and marketing. Arthur Thompson from Keyser Thompson Insurance Agency will discuss types of insurance needed. The seminar fee is $10 for registration at LoudounSBDC.eventbrite.com or $15 at the door. n

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“Last week, Chamber members and guests gathered at Belmont Country Club for the annual Board of Supervisors Breakfast where we had the opportunity to hear firsthand from the Board’s Committee Chairmen their priorities for 2015 and how their plans will impact the business climate and quality of life here in Loudoun County.”

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he Loudoun County Green Business Challenge (GBC) is officially open for 2015. The Green Business Challenge was created to honor Loudoun businesses that are successfully implementing innovative and environmentally sustainable practices, policies and systems that are reducing their impact on the environment while also boosting their bottom line. The automated, online scorecards have been updated and improved for this year’s challenge and can be accessed at www. locogreenbiz.org. Registration is required and there are no fees for participation. The GBC is designed to be a rewarding experience with measurable benefits, including: • Free educational and networking events • Free energy calculators • Ideas for best practices that save money, grow revenue and reduce risk

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• Community involvement • Recognition for initiatives to save energy and water, reduce carbon emissions, reduce waste and improve products and services The GBC is open to every type of business, no matter how small or large, with a physical presence in Loudoun County, VA. To participate, register and fill out a Challenge Scorecard at www. locogreenbiz.org. The Loudoun County Green Business Challenge is a program of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors include Modern Mechanical (Signature Sponsor), Dominion, Loudoun Commuter Service, Northern Virginia Community College and REHAU (Platinum Sponsors), and Earth Day Loudoun (Community Partner). For additional information, please vist our website at www. LoudounChamber.org.

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ongratulations and many thanks to those Loudoun County businesses that have been Chamber of Commerce members for 5-30 or more years. Your belief and continued membership is what makes us a success! 5-7 YEARS DeSot Business Solutions, LLC Hubert Construction LLC Stoneleigh Golf & Country Club Mesh Omnimedia Notaviva Vineyards, LLC Buchanan Partners, LLC 7Company Weight Loss and Wellness Center ADJ Enterprises Buffalo Wild Wings M & M Print and Design TML, A Xerox Company Omnilert, LLC Acumen Accounting Inc. Madison Wealth Management 8-10 YEARS Clyde’s Willow Creek Farm Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad Four Star Printing

11-20 YEARS The Sterling Playmakers Wallace & Associates CPAs LLC Bridgman Communications, Inc. Champion Title & Settlements, Inc. Loudoun Soccer United Airlines Larry Miller, Inc. Sam’s Club Loudoun Habitat for Humanity Belmont Country Club The Turner Law Firm, PC Town of Leesburg - Economic Development 21-32 YEARS Waterford Foundation, Inc. McCandlish & Lillard, PC Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Olivera Music Entertainment Colonial Funeral Home Loudoun Country Day School Paciulli, Simmons & Associates, Ltd. Best Western Leesburg Hotel & Conference Center AHT Insurance

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The Loudoun Chapter of the Virginia Women Attorney’s Association is organizing a clothing drive for Women Giving Back, which will take place during its winter social at Tuscarora’s Wine Cellar Feb. 3 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Women Giving Back is a local HomeAid program that provides free clothing to women and children in Northern Virginia homeless shelters. The chapter began supporting the effort last year. “We are pleased to have contributed hundreds of professional suits, dresses and outfits from our members to help women and children that may not have access to such clothes who are temporarily housed in local homeless shelters,” Liz Pendzich, a past president of VWAA’s Loudoun Chapter, said. “We are looking forward to working with Women Giving Back again this year.”

Monkey Joe’s in Dulles held an Exceptional Kids Night Wednesday, Jan. 28. Children with special needs were invited to play at Monkey Joe’s for free and bring their siblings for $5 each. The service is offered every fourth Wednesday of each month. Monkey Joe’s is a children’s entertainment center with wall-to-wall inflatables providing indoor jumps, slides and obstacle courses. For more information, go to www.monkeyjoes.com/locations/dulles/ or call 703-9968300. n

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Happier, more productive employees Lower healthcare costs & worker’s compensation claims Less sick days Better employee retention rates Businesses that perform well on the Healthy Business Challenge scorecard will be honored at the 2015 Healthy Business Awards event this May. The Loudoun Chamber also has launched the Healthy Business Challenge Learning Series of educational workshops on healthy living, alternative health care options and other initiatives, which have been combined with the Chamber’s After Hours Mixers. For more information on the Healthy Business Challenge, visit the Loudoun County Chamber web site at www.LoudounChamber.org The Healthy Business Series Signature Sponsor of the 2015 Healthy Business Challenge is the StoneSpring Hospital Center. The Series Platinum Sponsors are Access Point Public Affairs and Nova Medical & Urgent Care.

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oudoun County, VA – The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce has launched of the 2015 Healthy Business Challenge, an initiative created to educate Loudoun businesses about the ways they can promote employee wellness and productivity, while honoring organizations that have implemented innovative programs to improve their workers’ health. “Loudoun’s business leaders know their employees’ health and wellness are important business issues that impact their costs, productivity and profitability. That is why so many have introduced innovative programs and policies that support wellness and disease prevention. The Loudoun County Chamber introduced the Healthy Business Challenge to honor these businesses for their leadership on employee wellness and to provide valuable resources to other businesses that are searching for effective tools to improve the health of their most valued assets: their workforce,” said Chamber President Tony Howard. Research and experience have shown that a healthy workforce enables a company to have:

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school leaders are $17 million to $28 million apart on how much funding will go to schools in the next fiscal year, he said, the gap being between what Superintendent Eric Williams would like to see allocated and what supervisors think they can spend. “Last year at this time we had a 60-plusmillion-dollar problem,” Buona said. “So, we’re heading in the right direction.” The other supervisors made comments on a third perennial issue: transportation. Volpe, who chairs the supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee, provided updates on several road projects that supervisors identified as priorities during a 2013 transportation summit. For example, she said, work is under way on a lane expansion on Waxpool Road. York, who serves on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, acknowledged continuing questions about exactly how regional tax revenue earmarked for road and transit projects will benefit Loudoun, and he noted that some projects outside county borders nonetheless would benefit commuters here. One of these is work on Rt. 28 in Fairfax County. “What does ‘regional transportation’ mean?” he jokingly asked in an intentionally deep, foreboding tone. York, who is not running for re-election, also made general comments about county accomplishments at the event, attended by the two candidates who have announced intentions to seek the chairman’s job in November’s election. Those are Democrat Phyllis Randall and Republican Charles King. n

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Hillsboro’s Hodges Conquers Andes Trail Bill Kamenjar

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t’s the dead of winter in downtown Purcellville as snowflakes begin to fall softly on the pavement outside the Veloville USA bicycle and coffee shop. The local cycling scene, for the most part, is far removed from its high-season routine. Business remains brisk inside the store, however, as the coffee operation, percolating feverishly behind the counter, has kicked into high gear. James Hodges—an ardent cyclist—notes this naturally occurring break in the pedaling calendar. So he takes time out of his day to visit Veloville, and revisit an accomplishment and a world far, far away, yet vividly fresh in his memory. That’s because for four and a half months last year (Aug. 1 through Dec. 14), the retired Loudoun County schoolteacher, who now runs his own mobile bike repair business, tackled the Andes Trail expedition. This is a 10,943-kilometer (more than 6,700 miles) mountain bike ride from the equator in the north of South America to the continent’s southern tip. And the Hillsboro resident, who would celebrate his 64th birthday during the odyssey, came back home a conqueror. He did so in more ways than one. Billed as an expedition rather than a competition, the bi-annual Andes Trail event does, in fact, have a race component to it to help satisfy the desires of the die-hards. The actual competition distance covers 5,555 kilometers, while 5,388 kilometers are classified as “neutral.” In the end, Hodges is one of only four riders out of 40 competitors to bike every inch (or centimeter) of the trail. He finished as the fastest overall rider with a 547-hour and 49-minute time. He bested his nearest challenger—Alfred Mahr of Germany— by a relatively small three-hour, seven-minute margin.

Leesburg Nonprofit Offers AAU Basketball Tryouts

1 Sports & Athletics, a nonprofit that specializes in providing competitive and developmental basketball environments for youth in Loudoun County, is holding tryouts for boys and girls 9-and-under (3rd grade) through 14-and-under (8th grade). Cost of tryouts, which includes two sessions, is $15. Last fall, 12 of its freshman players were placed on the varsity team at their high school while 14 former players made the JV squad. Most of the groups start tryouts Jan. 31, and times and locations can be found at D1SA.org. Tryouts are held at Leesburg Christian School and the Douglass Community Center. n

James Hodges, the winner of the 2014 Andes Trail event, poses for the consummate selfie somewhere on a South American salt flat.

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Entering the Andes Trail challenge, Hodges, who grew up near Lynchburg but migrated to Northern Virginia to pursue his teaching career, was no stranger to extremesport endeavors. His bucket-list achievements include cycling solo across the United States; hiking the entire Appalachian Trail; competing in a fat-bike Iditarod race in Alaska; participating in marathons and ultra-distance races; mountain biking from Canada to Mexico; and participating in a Himalayan 100-mile-stage footrace, among others. Wheeling his bike to the starting line in Quito, Ecuador, staged at an elevation of 9,000 feet, he found himself at a loss—not in terms of fitness, but in terms of finances. The airline that transported him from Virginia to South America restricted his luggage to two pieces.

Choosing his bike and one bag to stay with him, he had a friend ship a third bag of camping equipment, costing him an additional $1,000. Then, to add insult to injury, on his first night in Quito, Hodges had his pocket picked. Gone was a brand-new $600 Galaxy 5 phone. Despite these setbacks, he took it all in stride, which seems to be his natural disposition. “No, it wasn’t discouraging; it was education,” he said. “When I thought back on the behavior of who I figured out did it, I should have been more wary of this guy. Now I will be.”

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was as much a mental challenge as it was a physical one. But Hodges was up to the task. He started the journey fully fit, having prepared himself well by logging countless miles along the back roads of Loudoun County. “I went out to South America a few days early to get acclimated,” he said. “I guess I had done a lot of riding beforehand. I got in one 300-mile ride. I was constantly getting in good rides, and I think it paid off. I seemed to be in pretty good condition when I got there.” Benefitting from his preparation, he won several of the early stages of the race. “Because I did pretty well early, I was able to hang in there and maintain a lead, even though it decreased along the way,” he said. “But my main goal was not necessarily to win the thing. I was surprised when I did, but Continued on Next Page

Loudoun’s Ryan Wins National Coach Of The Year “It’s a great honor for sure. It reflects so well on the club and the support they give me,” Ryan said in an interview with Leesburg Today. “Obviously it’s good for me and my family, but most importantly it’s about the players I work with day to day. It’s a great achievement.” The honor was announced during the annual 2015 US Youth Soccer Awards Gala on Jan. 16 in Philadelphia, and came after Ryan won both the 2014 Virginia Youth Soccer Association Boys Competitive Coach of the Year as well as the 2014 U.S. Youth Soccer Loudoun Soccer Loudoun Soccer coach Mark Ryan, second from Region I Boys Competitive Coach of the Year. left, poses with the club’s technical staff after win- The U.S. Youth Soccer board of directors selects the winners on the basis of sportsmanship, ning a national coach of the year award Jan. 16. player development, personal coaching develMike Stancik opment and community development. mstancik@leesburgtoday.com Loudoun 98 Boys Red, the group of 16-year-olds and under who have been coached oudoun Soccer coach Mark Ryan won by Ryan for four years, claimed a National the 2014 U.S. Youth Soccer National League division title, won the Virginia State Boys Competitive Coach of the Year, Cup and advanced to the U.S. Youth Soccer the highest award possible for a youth National Championship semifinals, the best soccer coach in the United States. finish for a boys’ team in club history.

Ryan was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in the northern city of Manchester. He played with Manchester Youth United as a young player and came to the U.S. to play his college career at George Mason University for National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Gordon Bradley. He lives in Ashburn. Even though Ryan received the highest award possible in his craft, that doesn’t mean the club—which was founded in 1978—can take time to rest. “It’s nice to be recognized through all the hard work and hours you put in. There are probably several other coaches around the country who were deserving. I think I was the lucky one that was chosen this time…But you have to keep proving yourself and don’t get comfortable, I still have a lot to learn as a coach. The goal is to get better every year, both as coaches and players.” More information can be found at facebook.com/LoudounSoccer, loudounsoccer.com or @loudounsoc on Twitter. n

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The Andes Trail expedition wraps up in Ushuaia, the city farthest south on the globe, the entrance gate to Antarctica and known as the “End of the World.” As Hodges stepped down from the podium, he was left with memories that will last a lifetime. “The highest mountains and biggest climbs were in Ecuador and Peru,” he said. “Some were the highest altitudes that I had ever ridden. Especially when I was trying to push, I

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I always felt [the lead] would evaporate. I wasn’t that worried about it. I thought, ‘Let’s just enjoy it while I have it.’ That’s the way I looked at it. I never worried about what my lead was, never did. My main objectives were to see as much of the continent as possible and successfully ride the whole thing.” And he more than accomplished his goal, which should serve as motivation for others looking to get into endurance cycling. “This was his race, that’s for sure,” Scott Davison, co-owner of Veloville USA, said. “It’s amazing to me. It’s an adventure, and it’s a tough thing that not everybody can accomplish, period. And not even people who can do it get the chance to do it, and James certainly cleared a lot of hurdles to get that done, which is really impressive.” Davison’s Veloville shop helped defray expenses by supplying the bike Hodges rode to victory. “I think that bringing more cycling to Purcellville should happen for a number of reasons,” Davison said. “Riding out here is a wonder. We have a lot of accomplished cyclists like James. It’s kind of a hub. It’s really amazing cycling.” And after his victory in South America, Hodges is an even bigger part of the atmosphere.

remember gasping for air. “At least starting out, it was like my body was overloaded and it was going to explode. I remember telling myself, ‘Get under control, get this under control.’ Eventually you could get some kind of a rhythm in your breathing and calm your heart rate down and do what you could do to be comfortable.” Hodges said that, although he got sick four times along the way (not to mention suffering four flat tires), he was determined to stay on the bike. “The sanitary conditions in a lot of places were abysmal,” he said. “It was hard to not have that [sickness] happen. There were also injuries and some crashes—some pretty bad crashes. Some people got hit by cars. There were some pretty crazy drivers down there. Very nice people everywhere, but put them in a car and they took on a different persona.” He said that while riding through some of the more populated areas, he would approach it as a game. “There were all these little taxis and you just had to figure they were going to do something weird,” he said. “They would pull out in front of you. You just had to assume that and be very defensive, even if you wanted to be aggressive. Dogs could also be a problem.” Hodges used a GPS system to guide him along the route and took extra time to tinker with his bike to keep it in tip-top shape. “Being on a bicycle and riding through most of South America allowed me to use all of my senses to really take in the countries,” he said. “Whether it was sight, smell, hearing, touch, or taste in terms of food, yes, every single sense. There was good and bad, but with senses on a bicycle, you are definitely out there. Whether it was the black smoke from the diesel buses or the trucks on the Pan-American Highway when you are trying to climb the steep hills and hold your breath, [the Andes Trail] really had it all.” Follow Hodges’ cycling adventures at http://bikingjames.com. n

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Chef Ingrid Gustavson runs Lightfoot Restaurant in downtown Leesburg with her sister Carrie Gustavson Whitmer.

Ingrid Gustavson, chef and co-owner at Leesburg’s Lightfoot Restaurant, is a regular winner in Leesburg Today’s “Best of Loudoun” poll and one of the county’s few high-profile women chefs. The 45-year-old chef co-owns Lightfoot with her sister Carrie Gustavson Whitmer, who runs the business side of the operation. The pair launched their first restaurant, Lightfoot Café on Market Street more than 20 years ago, before renovating a historic bank around the corner and setting up Lightfoot Restaurant in 1999. The sisters are focused on promoting their elegant eatery as a destination for casual diners and families and moving away from its reputation as a fine dining/special occasion establishment. Jan Mercker

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ngrid Gustavson: We opened in ’92. Carrie had gone to the University of San Francisco and majored in the hospitality industry, and I went to the Culinary Institute of America [in Hyde Park, NY]. I had always wanted to be a chef, since I was 7. Carrie was in Hong Kong and I had graduated, and we both ended up in the area. She was working for the Capital Hilton, and we were living in an apartment in Arlington behind the Iwo Jima memorial. Our mother was working for one of the biggest law firms in DC, and I was looking for a job. So the lawyers in my mom’s law firm started asking me to cater for them, lunches or dinners at their houses. It just kept growing and growing. So I called a restaurant

broker. I wanted to see how much it would cost to buy a restaurant—what did I need to save, what was I getting myself into, because I had always worked in restaurants and that’s what I wanted to do. We found a small restaurant around the corner on Market Street and it was perfect size—50 to 60 seats to start out. It was called the Lightfoot Café.

LT: WHEN DID YOU MOVE INTO THIS BUILDING?

IG: Seven years later. Five years into running the cafe this bank became available and then we spent two years renovating, and then we moved into here in 1999.

LT: HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT THE RESTAURANT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS?

IG: In some aspects I think it was much easier in the beginning before the Internet and all the cooking shows. A lot of people watch a lot of

TV and read a lot of articles. It has its pluses and its minuses. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day—remember in the ’80s there was that show about advertising “Thirtysomething” and then everybody wanted to go into the advertising business because they thought it was cool and groovy to be in advertising. Now people look at the Food Network or the Cooking Channel and they think it’s cool and groovy to be in a chef’s coat and covered in tattoos and cooking and it’s all fun and games. They don’t realize half your work is cleaning and making people happy and always giving, giving, giving.

LT: YOU’RE A REALLY ESTABLISHED RESTAURANT IN LOUDOUN WITH A LOYAL FOLLOWING. HOW DO YOU KEEP IT FRESH FOR YOURSELF AS A CHEF AND FOR YOUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS?

IG: Carrie and I both read a lot. We’re on the Internet a lot. Last week we went to Tyson’s to try salads because Carrie had salads there that

she liked. We go to different places—we try new things. People want to be super healthful now so I try to be on top of that and offer people something that’s healthful. People tend to gravitate towards things that are super comforting. So we’re just trying to stay updated, stay with the times, offer new things. It’s hard because there are a lot of things on the menu that I feel like I can’t take off. I have to try to navigate between having the mainstays but having something new. Carrie will find something somewhere and she’ll send me a picture. My produce guy will say, I’ve got new kale sprouts— do you want to try some? You just have to try to stay on top of it.

LT: WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CLASSIC DISHES THAT PEOPLE GET UPSET OVER IF YOU TRY TO TAKE OFF THE MENU?

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Village at Leesburg Mega Block Ice Carving Competition

10 a.m.-6 p.m., Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Drive, Chantilly. Contact: www.sugarloafcrafts.com Features one-of-a-kind gifts and fine art from top artisans. The festival also includes live music, children’s entertainment and food vendors. Tickets are $8 online, $10 at the door, free for children 12 and under.

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Village at Leesburg Mega Block Ice Carving Competition 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Village at Leesburg, 1602 Village Market Blvd SE, Leesburg. Contact: www.villageatleesburg.com Watch skilled ice sculptors compete for the top prize. Free hot chocolate, cider and s’mores will be provided after 1 p.m. while supplies last.

Sugarloaf Crafts Festival 10 a.m.-6 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Volunteer Orientation and

Clay Creations With Amy Oliver

1:30-3 p.m., Round Hill Arts Center, 35246 Harry Byrd Highway, Round Hill. Contact: www.roundhillartscenter.org Noted Loudoun ceramicist Amy Oliver teaches students how to make a handmade serving dish. Fee is $20. Advance registration is required.

Lucketts Bluegrass: Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers

6 p.m. doors open, 7 p.m. music begins, Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.luckettsbluegrass.com The five-time IBMA award winner and his talented band present a mix of bluegrass and gospel with inventive instrumentals and vocal arrangements and down home humor. Tickets are $15 at the door.

Woodgrove Theatre: ‘Almost, Maine’ 7 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.

Live Music: Blue Oyster Cult

7:30 p.m. doors open, 8:30 p.m. music begins, Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com Heavy metal pioneers, known for hit singles like “The Reaper” and “Burnin’ For You” will get the Tally Ho rocking. Tickets are $59 in advance, $69 day of show.

LSO All Mozart Concert

7:30 p.m., The Community Church, 19790 Ashburn Road, Ashburn. Contact: www.loudounsymphony.org Chase away the winter blues with Loudoun Symphony’s All Mozart Concert featuring oboist Fatma Daglar. Advance tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $10 for students and free for children 12 and under.

Danny Knicely Winter Concert 8 p.m., Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blu-

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Ham Radio License Training and Exams

8 a.m.-5 p.m., See Jan. 31 listing.

Sugarloaf Crafts Festival 10 a.m.-5 p.m., See Jan. 30 listing.

Morven Park Open House

1-5 p.m., Morven Park, 17263 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg. Contact: www.morvenpark.org Enjoy a free sneak peek of the first floor of the Davis Mansion and the Winmill Carriage Museum and visit presidentially pardoned turkeys Caramel, Mac and Cheese.

Save the Tails Dog and Puppy Adoptions

1-4 p.m., Petco, 200-250 Fort Evans Road NE, Leesburg. Contact: savethetails.org Dog and puppy adoptions every Sunday afternoon.

Loudoun County Public Library Black History Talk

2 p.m., Purcellville Library, 220 E. Main St., Purcellville. Contact: www.library.loudoun. gov LCPL kicks off its Black History Month programming with a talk from historian Richard Gillespie entitled “1865: The War Is Over and the Slaves Are Free.” Event is free and open to the public.

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8 a.m.-5 p.m., VFW Post 1177, 401 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg. Contact: www. k4lrg.org The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group conducts a free, two-day Ham Radio technical class, license training and examinations. Training takes place Saturday. Review and testing are Sunday. Advance registration is required.

10:30-11:30 A.M., Morven Park Carriage Museum, Leesburg. Contact: loudounwildlife.org Learn about the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and volunteer opportunities. Advance registration is recommended.

eridge View Lane, Purcellville. Contact: www. franklinparkartscenter.org Internationally acclaimed traditional musician Danny Knicely presents his ninth annual winter concert “The Meaning of Buckdance” featuring musical partners including Urban Artistry, Good Foot Dance Company and Baakari Wilder. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door.

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We offer luxury cat boarding in large cages with two perches, window views, separate “living” and “potty” spaces. Each cat is guaranteed playtime in our playroom throughout their stay here. Whimsey Boarding and Boutique features brands such as Yeowww! Cat Toys, Sturdi Harnesses, Litter Lifters, Cat Attract Brand litter, Cat Trees and Whole Life treats.

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Alzheimer’s Association Talk

10:30-11:30 a.m., Carver Center, Purcellville. Contact: 571-258-3400 Seniors 55 and up can get tips from Carolyn Bledsoe on how to de-clutter their homes and lives. This series runs Mondays through March 16. Free for members, $2 for non-members.

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8 p.m.-midnight, King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 South King St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-7775005 Sit in with great local musicians at this low-key jam. No cover.

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Film Screening: “Alive Inside”

7 p.m., Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.library.loudoun.gov Michael Rossato-Bennett’s film “Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory” is about individuals who have been revitalized through music. A discussion facilitated by local author Bobbi Carducci follows the film. Event is free and open to the public.

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3-5 p.m., Loudoun County Adult Day Center, 16501 Meadowview Court, Leesburg. Contact: 703-771-5334 Bob Bell, programs and services manager with the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter, discusses behaviors and communication and how to respond when dementia causes erratic behaviors. Free respite care is available.

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MacDowell Trivia Night

8-10 p.m., MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202-B Harrison St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: www. macdowellbrewkitchen.com This free weekly trivia contest features prizes for the top three teams.

5:30 p.m. farmers market, 6:30 p.m. film screening, Ida Lee Recreation Center, Leesburg. Contact: www.facebook.com/FoodForThoughtInitiativeCommunityOutreach Join the Leesburg-based Food for Thought Initiative and Dr. Martha Calihan for a farmers market and screening of Katie Couric’s documentary “Fed Up” in honor of Leesburg’s inaugural Skip Sugar Day. Admission is free but advance tickets are strongly recommended. Tickets are available at fedupscreeningidalee. eventbrite.com

Thursday, Feb. 5

Thomas Balch Talk: Strategies for Historical Research

10 a.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195 Laura Christiansen, curator of manuscripts and archives, will help participants learn techniques for developing and implementing effective search techniques. Toastmasters International Speech Contest 7:30 p.m., 202 Church St. SE, Leesburg. Contact: rob.d.lin@gmail.com Attendees can listen to speeches from seven contestants, one of whom will be chosen to represent Loudoun Toastmasters at the next level of the competition. Event is free and open to the public. n

Salamander Wine Dinner Moved To April 13

iddleburg’s Salamander Resort has re-scheduled its exclusive Burgundy wine and sushi dinner featuring celebrity chef Daisuke Utagawa (covered in the Jan. 22 issue of Leesburg Today) to Monday, April 13. Organizers have also announced a charitable component to the $2,500 per person dinner: Sushiko restau-

rant, where Utagawa is creative director, will donate its portion of proceeds to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children and their families. Salamander also will be making a charitable contribution, with the recipient to be announced. For information and reservations, contact Salamander Food and Beverage Director Jason Cotton at jcotton@salamanderresort.com. n

Blue Oyster Cult Plays Tally Ho Jan. 31

ttention old school LoCo rockers, heavy metal pioneer Blue Oyster Cult is headed to the Tally Ho. Known for hits from the ’70s and early ’80s, including “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and “Burnin’ For You,” BOC has sold more than 24 million records worldwide. Since the late ’80s, BOC has been anchored by original vocalist Eric Bloom and guitarist Donald “Buck

Dharma” Roeser and tours steadily in its current iteration. The band, which is frequently cited as a major influence on heavy metal and psychedelic jam bands from the ’80s and ’90s, released a 17-disc box set in 2012. Blue Oyster Cult plays Leesburg’s Tally Ho Theatre Saturday, Jan. 31 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $59 in advance, $69 day of show. For information and tickets, go to tallyholeesburg.com. n

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LT: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR TRAINING AT CIA.

LT: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE OF COOKING?

IG: We have two totally different jobs. We really don’t spend that much time together because she’s up in the office and I’m in the kitchen. I don’t have to worry about her doing her job and she doesn’t have to worry about me doing my job. I guess that is where blood is thicker than water comes into play because the other one’s doing what they’re supposed to be doing.

IG: My biggest nightmare is people coming into this restaurant and saying, “It’s not as good as it used to be.” That’s the hardest part of my job. I’m constantly thinking and stressed out about keeping the quality up. That’s why people always see me back there in the kitchen and cleaning rims and tasting stuff. I want them to know they can always come here and it’s always going to be good…I feel like the second a chef feels like they know everything or they think they’re smarter than their customers, it’s time for them to retire. I’m just trying to stay on top of it so people know they can get a good meal. n

IG: I have a couple of different friends that are big restaurant people and they like trying different things. The last time I tried going to Rose’s Luxury [in DC] and stood in line for two hours and got to the door and they told us it would be another three hours. It was voted the best new restaurant in American by Bon Appetit. I’ll try going back on a really cold day when nobody wants to stand in line…I like to go into the District.

LT: DO YOU SOCIALIZE OUTSIDE OF WORK? IG: Yes—family’s family…We just had Christmas together. Carrie cooked, and I brought dessert… Carrie has two kids—they know where every single thing is in this restaurant.

LT: WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO COOK AT HOME?

IG: When I’m at home I make soup a lot. I really like making soup—I don’t know why but I do. Maybe because I like eating it so much. It makes the whole house smell good.

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IG: My staff has been there for a long time. About 80 percent of them been there forever, and I have a small amount that just comes and goes—it’s part of the restaurant business. Most of the people who are in my kitchen started at the bottom and worked their way up, and they’re very loyal and have stuck with it for a long time. I have people that have been with me for 12 years…Jose Texca has been with me forever. He started at the bottom and has worked his way to the top. He’s a cross between a sous-chef and a kitchen manager. He’s kind of a jack-of-all-trades. He does everything from food running to cooking on the line to help-

LT: WHAT’S IT LIKE RUNNING A RESTAURANT WITH YOUR SISTER?

LT: IF YOU HAVE A NIGHT OFF, ARE THERE ANY PLACES YOU LIKE TO GO IF YOU’RE EATING OUT?

LT: WHERE DO YOU SEE LIGHTFOOT GOING IN THE NEXT DECADE?

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IG: I always felt like if you tried your best and tried hard and tried to do what they asked you to do, there was never really a problem. I didn’t have any issues.

IG: A sharp knife, nice cookware. People seem to always not think about the fundamental basics. My best cooking tip is to put salt in at the beginning and let it dissipate and meld into what you’re cooking so you don’t have to add a bunch of salt at the end.

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IG: We’re in Virginia—I try to emphasize things that are available to us and what’s regional to us. We do get a lot of tourists. I think I do make one of the best crab cakes—I would never take that off the menu. It’s just so Virginia and Maryland to have crab. When I order things like that and source it out locally, it’s affordable and I don’t have to charge an arm and a leg for it, and it’s fresh and it’s delicious. We’re seasonal, and I keep trying to change and find new things.

LT: WAS IT TOUGH DURING [CULINARY] SCHOOL?

LT: DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR HOME COOKS?

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IG: It was really different then. It was a much smaller school. Now they have schools in Texas and California and Singapore. I had a lot of European older male instructors, and now it’s completely different. It’s much more international and they offer training from all over the world. Then I worked at a large catering company in DC called Ridgewell’s for my externship. It was a great fundamental experience for the foundations of cooking.

IG: It can be, but it’s really the small little things day to day…Sometimes it comes into play but not very often because I never ask [kitchen staff] to do anything that I wouldn’t do myself.

time aside to do that as much as I wish I could… The last time I traveled, Carrie and I took our mother for her 70th birthday to the Netherlands for two weeks…We looked at everything from the salt shakers to the sugar caddies to the plates, the tiles—you always look at everything to look for something different or new, especially when you’re in a different country to be able to bring it back because you don’t see it every day in every single restaurant.

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IDA LEE MEMBRANE ROOF REPLACEMENT IFB No. 310414-FY15-14 SEALED BIDS to construct the above project WILL BE RECEIVED by Ms. RenĂŠe LaFollette, Director, Office of Capital Projects for the Town of Leesburg, either by mail or hand delivered to 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, UNTIL BUT NO LATER THAN 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 19, 2015. Bids shall be marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sealed Bid for the Ida Lee Membrane Roof Replacement, Bid Dateâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thursday, February 19, 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3:30 P.M.â&#x20AC;? Bids will be opened and read aloud at 25 West Market Street, Lower Level Conference Room 2, at that date and time. All questions regarding this bid must be received in writing by email at CapitalBidQuestions@leesburgva.gov or by fax at 703-737-7065 until but no later than 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. The project includes removal of the existing EPDM membrane and ballast stone roofing and replacement with a Single Ply TPO membrane roofing at the Ida Lee Recreation Center, including all incidentals related thereto. The Town reserves the right to perform all, part, or none of the work. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on February 3, 2015 at the Ida Lee Recreation Center, 60 Ida Lee Drive, Leesburg, Virginia. The meeting will be held in the lower level conference room C at 10:30 a.m. Bid Documents are available for download from the Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bid Board at http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard and may be obtained beginning Thursday, January 29, 2015. Contact Cindy Steyer at 703-737-2302 or csteyer@leesburgva.gov with questions about obtaining these bid documents. All addenda issued for this project will only be posted on the Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bid Board.

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLES 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, and 18 Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider the following amendments to the Zoning Ordinance: 1. Sec. 3.1.3.A.5. Application Completeness, to include proof of all taxes and other liens are paid prior to acceptance of an application. 2. Sec. 3.1.9.C.3 Time of Newspaper Notice, revise to match Code of Virginia time requirements. 3. Sec. 3.1.9.C.2 Contents of Newspaper Notice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Added requirement that ad must reference place where copies of the ordinance/amendment/etc., can be examined. 4. 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egie, PA, and spent his youth in Sperryville, in the Arlington County Juvenile Court SysVirginia. tem. She was a resident of Round Hill, Virginia since 1983. She was active in the comAfter serving in the Air Force and Navy he munity, helping with the restoration of Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s went to school at the University of Virginia Store into the current Round Hill Town where he received a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and later a Office, where she served on the Round Hill masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in business. His passions Planning Commission. Mary Ruth married were teaching business courses for 27 years Kimball Taylor Peele on July 4th 1983 at their at Loudoun Valley High School, farming his home, the Copeland House, in Round Hill. 86 acre farm in Lovettsville VA, and spending time with his family. Most notably, Mary Ruth was the owner and proprietor of the much-loved Copeland Husband to Betty T. Wayland; father to Linda House Antiques shop, known for its Garden M. Pote, Mary K. Gordon, Julian E. Wayland Thyme spring event and annual Christmas 3rd, David B. Wayland, Rebecca E. Williams; open house. Mary Ruth was a strong supgrandfather to Karen L. Belshee, Craig M. porter of local artists and frequently promotGordon, the late Hannah M. Pote, Jennifer A. ed folk art and pottery from the mid-Atlantic Pote, Samuel W. Pote, Jacquelyn C. Williams, region in her shop, which was located in an Rachel E. Cornett, Emily A. Carson, Bradley historic storefront in Round Hill. She was S. Carson, Lauren P. Cornett, Chad W. Wil- also a long-standing member and friend of liams, the late Lydia Wayland Pote; great- the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, and grandfather to eight great-grandchildren; an avid cook, gardener and pet-owner. brother to Katherine Hall, the late James Wayland, the late Lawrence Wayland, Rich- Mary Ruth is survived by her beloved husard Wayland and the late Charles Wayland; band Kimball Taylor Peele, her mother Marfriend to many and will be missed by all. tha Van Sant Hayes of Bluemont, brother John Van Sant Hayes and his wife Vicki Lee Simons The family receive friends from 1 to 2 pm of Charlottesville, sister Suzanne Hayes and at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, Leesburg, VA on her husband Michael Willard Chellman, and Friday, January 23, 2015. Funeral services be- her nephew John Hayes Chellman of Arlinggan at 2pm on Friday. A reception followed ton. Mary Ruth also held dear her cousin Meat 3: 30 at Mount Olivet United Methodist lissa Hayes Converse and her husband Mark Church in Lovettsville, VA. Interment will be Converse and their children Hayes and Mary held privately at a later date. Shea Converse, of Tall Timbers, Maryland.

Helen Christina Grove, 92, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2015 at Meadow Glen Assisted Living in Leesburg, VA. Helen was born September 4, 1922 in Gate City, VAthe daughter of Jerry and Annis Williams. She graduated from Lovettsville High School. She married her high school sweetheart Paul Pilar vayas galvan Grove in 1940. Lovettsville was her home for Pilar Vayas Galvan, 97, died on 31 Decem- most of her life. ber 2014. Formerly of Washington DC and McLean VA, she was living with a daughter She spent most of her life caring for others. in Lovettsville VA. Her beloved husband of Her love of family, friends, flowers, gardening 42 years, diplomat/editor/linguist Luis Gal- and sewing. She enjoyed playing cards, especially with her senior groups, her children van, predeceased her in 1991. and grandchildren. Helen touched everyone Born in Llanes (Prov. Asturias), Spain, Mrs. with her kindness and caring ways. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made Galvan was the daughter of Tomas Vayas and to Mt. Olivet UMC 11791 Mountain Road, She is survived by her children Joyce Beck Carmen Cuadra de Vayas. She grew up in Lovettsville, VA 20180. Torrelavega, Spain, and received her nursing of Round Hill, VA; Carolyn Minneci (John) degree in 1945 from Casa de Salud Valdecilla of Manassas, VA; Linda Settle of Chesapeake, in Santander, Spain. She continued working VA; Paul Michael Grove of Smyrna, GA, Her Please share condolences with the family at Valdecilla until she went to nurse at Cli- â&#x20AC;&#x153;adoptedâ&#x20AC;? daughter Terri Greer of Leesburg, www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com nica Ruber in Madrid. A private duty nurs- VA; 8 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, ing -ssignment brought her to Washington and many nieces and nephews. DC in 1947. Wanting to remain in the U.S., she later took another private nursing posi- Funeral services were held at 11 am, on Frition to care for Luis Galvanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother (who day, January 23, 2015 at the Loudoun Funeral was also from Spain). She became Mrs. Luis Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, Galvan in 1949, and their long and happy VA 20175. The family received guests prior to marriage produced seven children. the funeral from 10 to 11 am. Mrs. Galvan is survived by her children Maria Pilar Winters (Dermot) of Lovettsville VA, Isabel M. Nelson (John) of Cape Coral FL, Luis X. Galvan (Paula) of Leesburg VA, Maria-Teresa Hanson (Joseph) of Haymarket VA, Carlos R. Galvan (Carol) of Leesburg VA, Manuel Galvan (Elizabeth) of Sterling VA, Gabriel F. Galvan (Kathleen) of Leesburg VA; seventeen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; a sister in Spain, Maria Luisa Vayas de Gomez; and numerous nieces and nephews. Each and every person marrying into the family, as well as those born into it, was very beloved and prayed for by Mrs. Galvan. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Leesburg. Interment followed at Quantico National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Salesian Missions, 2 Lefevre Lane, New Rochelle NY 10801 and/or Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leeds Road, Irondale AL 35210.

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Interment followed in Lovettsville Union Cemetery, Lovettsville, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Capital Caring 24419 Millstream Drive, Aldie, VA 20105; or to Lovettsville Volunteer Fire & Rescue P.O. Box 123, Lovettsville, VA 20180.

The placard beside the door to Mary Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home reads â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peele House: Our feet may leave, but not our hearts.â&#x20AC;? This was the feeling that all who entered Mary Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home enjoyed. Mary Ruth was the organizer of family celebrations and hosted countless joyous and unforgettable family events. She opened her home and her life to children and animals with love and support, and will be remembered most fondly for the generous heart she held beneath her quick wit and keen mind. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 pm on Saturday January 31st 2015 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 711 West Main St., Purcellville VA. Memorial contributions in Mary Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name can be made to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst St., Winchester VA 22601 or www.themsv.org/support. Please visit www.hallfh.com to express online condolences to the family. Arrangements made by Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA.

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Mary Ruth Hayes Peele died on January 20th 2015 at Potomac Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sterling, Virginia. Mary Ruth was born on December 1st 1952 in Washington DC to Martha Van Sant Hayes and John Keller Hayes. She was the first of three children and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. She attended Washington-Lee High School and was the first female member of the high school crew team, as coxswain. She attended the University of Virginia where she earned a BA in English Language & Literature in 1975 and a Masters in Education from the Curry School of Education in 1976. She continued her participation with the crew team at UVA. Mary Ruth was a member of the second class of female students admitted to the Julian Earl Wayland, Jr. University of Virginia, and she remained a Julian Earl Wayland, Jr., 87, of Lovettsville, proud alum of The University. Virginia, passed away on January 20, 2015. He was born on February, 11, 1927 in Carn- Mary Ruth began her career as a counselor

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Charlotte Virginia Lewis of Lincoln, Virginia passed peacefully on January 18, 2015. She was married to the late Joseph Leon Lewis Sr. he preceded her in death. Their life together produced four beautiful children; Cindy L. Lewis, Joseph L. Lewis, Jr., Angela M. Lewis, and Maria R. Lloyd.

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oudoun supervisors last week took another significant step in the county’s campaign to preserve its rural land by giving property owners economic choices other than subdivisions and housing construction. Farm-based breweries weren’t high on the list of uses envisioned when community leaders developed “The 200,000-Acre Solution,” the landmark 1998 economic development strategy that is largely responsible for the thriving rural economy that exists today. Among the visionary underpinnings of that report was that wineries would likely provide a valuable use of land, create jobs and attract tourists. There were six Loudoun wineries at that time, so the veracity of the claim was subject to question. Today, there are 42 wineries in the countryside and more in the planning stage. There no longer is any doubt about the positive impact these businesses have on both economic development and land preservation. By all accounts, county and state leaders expect farm breweries to experience similar popularity and have similar economic benefit. Ironically, it is Loudoun County—once home to the leader of the commonwealth’s temperance movement—that is expected to lead the growth of Virginia’s liquid wealth. Supervisors moved in that direction last week, making Loudoun the first county to enact zoning changes that clear the way for these new operations. While it is important to minimize the regulatory hurdles and development costs for these rural startups, a key to their success will be ensuring these new businesses are compatible with their neighborhoods. The new ordinance puts much of that responsibility on the individual operators. It will be up to them to make sure there is a distinct difference between a farm brewery and a brewpub, for example, and that noise and traffic don’t reach nuisance levels. The conduct of the initial crop of hops-fueled entrepreneurs will determine whether a heavier regulatory hand is needed. Following the path cut by Loudoun’s wine pioneers two decades ago, it will be the first half-dozen breweries that will determine whether a market exists for dozens more. And it will be up to them to demonstrate that Loudoun’s rural economy goals can be achieved by turning on the taps.

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Dear Editor: uying the Dulles Greenway is a bad idea. The $1 billion cost would not add one square foot of asphalt, remove a single traffic light or do anything to relieve the traffic problems in Loudoun County. Instead it would merely shift part of the cost of using the Greenway from those who drive on it to those who don’t. I have a neighbor who regularly complains about the price of tolls. This gentleman drives a high-end BMW. If the $2,550 annual commuting fee of the Greenway is such a burden, perhaps he should have purchased a cheaper American car to offset toll fees. Instead, he and countless others would rather that all of us taxpayers share his costs of driving to work. At what point do we stop with this nonsense? I don’t like the cost of groceries at the store around the corner. Do I demand that the state purchase the corner grocery so

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I don’t have to drive five miles to the cheaper grocer? That is preposterous; however, it is exactly what some of our neighbors are advocating about the Greenway. The Greenway does indeed “work well.” The high cost of tolls keeps many drivers off the road. That means there are rarely any traffic jams on the Greenway. It’s a five-minute drive from Ashburn to Dulles, a trip that can take 25 minutes during rush hour using alternative routes. Here’s a lesson in basic economics—is your time worth the cost of the toll? There’s another thing, too. Loudoun County has a gross receipts tax. I don’t know if the Greenway is subject to that tax but if they are, the county is going to lose big bucks if the Greenway is purchased by the state. I’m tired of paying taxes for goods and services I don’t use. This isn’t even a case of taxing the rich to help the poor. It’s a case of taxing all of us so the guy with the BMW can save up for a Rolls Royce. Forget it. George Boras, Ashburn Continued on Next Page

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Dear Editor: Today, we’re spending more on public education than ever before, but American students are falling behind in core subjects such as math and science. This is especially true among at-risk and special needs children in underperforming and failing schools. The solution to this is two-fold. First, we must continue to reform our public education system to provide better education at a lower cost to taxpayers. And second, we must create more opportunities and choice for students and parents. Del. Dave LaRock (R-33) has introduced HB 2238 that addresses this issue directly. Modeled after Arizona’s Education Savings Account, Virginia’s Parental Choice ESA’s would have 90 percent of the commonwealth’s education funding for a student deposited to a state managed savings account. The funds could then be used for educational purposes for eligible students. What’s left over can be saved for college. The remaining 10 percent and the local funding would remain with the local school. Specifically, this proposal would be targeted to children with special needs, foster children, and children of active-duty military personnel. These students would benefit most from the opportunity to create a custom-tailored education plan. This concept would save our local schools money, improve educational, access and opportunities for at-risk students and give parents and students greater control and more flexibility over their education. Matt Leeds, Berryville

checks for daycare employees from every three years to every year. I was pleased to see this bill reported to the full committee, and will update you on its status, and that of other daycare bills, in a later column. Within the Transportation Committee, I serve on a subcommittee that considered competing bills to regulate Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), like Uber and Lyft. Last week, we considered legislation that would create a new set of rules to allow these companies to operate in Virginia. Given the limited public transportation options in Loudoun County, I appreciate the convenience and innovation that TNCs provide. However, most consumers do not know that TNC drivers were not subjected to any regulation: Their drivers had no criminal or traffic background checks, the insurance policies that covered their personal vehicles did not cover their passengers if an accident were to take place during a TNC trip, and the TNCs could discriminate against the blind, elderly, minorities, or any individual or group without penalty. Last summer, relations between the TNCs and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) could not have been worse. Attempts by the DMV to impose basic consumer protections on the TNCs were essentially ignored, eventually prompting the DMV to order TNCs to stop operating in Virginia. Ultimately, the TNCs agreed to come to the table to negotiate. What followed is an example of how our political and legislative process could and should work. The DMV, TNCs, and representatives of dozens of interested groups—including police, insurance, local governments, advocates for the disabled and many more—all came together and created a new regulatory system that will protect consumers and still allow this innovative and convenient technology to thrive in Virginia. Among other requirements, drivers will have to complete background screenings, carry insurance that will cover their passengers if an accident occurs, and ensure that their vehicles are safe. The legislation implementing this negotiated solution passed out of our Transportation subcommittee last week and will be heading to the full Senate shortly. If it passes both houses of the General Assembly and is signed into law by Governor McAuliffe, Virginia will be only the third state (plus DC) to enact TNC legislation, and we will surely be a model for other states in the future. n

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Dear Editor: Thank you for choosing Dr. Strickland for the best veterinarian in Loudoun County. He is a great leader and somebody who can get the job done. I was a Cub Scout Webelo when I first met him, and he had a son who was also in my group. He would work all day at the veterinary office and then go straight to Cub Scouts. He even invited the scouts to his office and showed us all the cool gadgets he uses to save animals’ lives. He even let us visit the patients he was saving. Today, he has three sons in Boy Scouts. He also helps every other young man in Troop 711. He has been a merit badge counselor for numerous merit badges. Dr. Strickland continues to encourage many scouts in Troop 711. He is a humble man, who puts others before himself. You made the right choice in choosing Dr. Strickland. It is an honor to be in the same Boy Scout troop with him. Reagan Hall, Purcellville

t’s late January. The holidays are a distant memory, and the midwinter doldrums are setting in. That can only mean that the General Assembly is back in session, and state legislators are hard at work in Richmond. Last week Delegate Randy Minchew gave his perspective from the House of Delegates; this week I have the honor of providing mine from the Virginia Senate. Though the session will last a total of 45 days, senators must consider and vote on our nearly 800 Senate bills prior to “Crossover” on Feb. 10. After that, we will consider only those bills passed by the House of Delegates, and they will consider only successful Senate bills. By March 1, Delegate Minchew and I will be back in Leesburg, or at least we hope so! In the Senate, as in the House, most of our work takes place in the committees that debate and vet the proposed legislation. Committee members vote on whether a bill reports (goes to the Senate floor for a vote by the full Senate) or fails to report (dies in committee). I serve on three Senate committees this term: Rehabilitation and Social Services, General Laws and Technology, and Transportation. Among the dozens of bills I worked on last week, two are of special note. We have all seen the headlines about child fatalities in childcare centers throughout Virginia in recent months. Virginia’s daycare system is a maze of labels and categories, and many childcare facilities are completely unregulated at the state level. This session, many Senators have introduced bills that aim to increase safety and accountability at Virginia daycares. A subcommittee of the Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee was assigned to hear all these bills, and met last week to determine which to send on to the full committee. I introduced a daycare bill, SB911, in response to an experience a Loudoun constituent of mine had. Her son was abused by an employee at a Sterling daycare. The employee was fired, and Child Protective Services investigated and ultimately the employee was entered in the state child abuse registry. However, during the intervening time, the abuser found a new job as the director of a daycare center in Fairfax County. When I looked into how that could have happened, I was shocked to learn that Virginia law requires background checks only for state-regulated daycares, and even then only prior to hiring. Once someone is hired, rechecks occur only every three years. SB911 would prohibit not just the hiring of those abusers, but would also prevent employers from keeping these offenders on the job when they learn that the person has a disqualifying offense. In addition, it would require daycare job applicants to disclose whether they are currently the subject of a CPS investigation, and would increase the frequency of background

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Dear Editor: I appreciate the Leesburg Today’s decision to run an article highlighting legislation I introduced last week to make Education Savings Accounts available for at-risk students in Virginia. Without a doubt, we need to throw an educational lifeline to students who need it most, especially those with special needs. Virginia is facing a crisis in that rapidly growing demand for special education services is stretching the abilities of our school system to the limit. While the Leesburg Today characterized Education Savings Accounts as “vouchers,” the fact is that they are very different—and much better. Vouchers are essentially an IOU—a written commitment from the government to pay for private school tuition. ESA’s are actual savings accounts with real dollars in them to be used by the parent on behalf of the student, and can be spent on a wide variety of educational expenses, including private school tuition but also including therapy, curriculum, tutoring, distance learning, and other educational tools. School choice options, including ESAs, are receiving strong support from Americans from all across the political spectrum. Just last week, Democratic polling firm Beck Research announced that 69 percent of Americans support school choice. School choice is popular for a simple reason: it works. Parents want options. They want to be trusted with the opportunity to make decisions about what’s best for their child’s education, and they should be. Education savings accounts will be a complement to our existing educational toolbox. It will help special needs children, foster children, and active duty military families. It will do this while saving taxpayer dollars, and it will result in higher per-pupil funding for kids that remain in public school as local district funding remains untouched while some children choose different options. ESAs are already showing great results in other states. Parents who use ESAs express an almost unheard-of 100 percent satisfaction rate, after many of them spent years struggling with their local districts. I have parents in my district who have shared with me just a little of the challenges they face helping their children. They’ve shared the anguish of watching their child cry, day after day, as they go to school at an environment that just isn’t working for them. They’ve had to watch their child suffer physically from health problems that schools can’t guard against, and they’ve told of the endless, costly struggles over the implementation of individual education plans. Our teachers are doing the best they can, but they are often overwhelmed. These kids need desperately need help, and this is a rare opportunity to help them. But the final test of any education program is not money spent, teachers employed, or parents satisfied; for education reforms to be

effective, they must result in academic improvement. And the results are in for school choice methods like ESAs—study after study shows positive results not just for the kids who participate, but also for the kids who remain behind in public school. Del. Dave LaRock (R-33), Hamilton

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