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he charter school held its first meeting to welcome parents in late June. It was an opportunity for parents to get to know each other—32 of the 122 kindergarten through fifth-grade students are from Middleburg and the rest come from almost every corner of the county and were selected through a lottery process—and a chance to let them know how they can fulfill the six hours a quarter they’re required to volunteer.

Principal Barbara Smith asked the parents in attendance to come up with ways to make the most of their new school. “I told them, we’re going to do everything we can as a community because that’s the niche of this school,” she said. Within minutes, parents had filled 25 large pieces of paper with ways they could contribute to the success of the school.

Leesburg Today/Danielle Nadler “It was like a switchboard going off. Teachers Joanne Colon and Shirley Fortenbaugh make final preparations in advance of Middleburg Community Charter

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School’s first day Monday. It is the seventh public charter school in Virginia and the first in Northern Virginia.

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ust a year ago, talk of converting 103-year-old Middleburg Elementary to the region’s first public charter school was reserved to coffee chats among a small group of parents and late-night school board meetings.

Two Middleburg parents, Janelle Stewart and David Quanbeck, formally presented their idea to the Loudoun County School Board during a September 2013 meeting. It was followed by five months of vetting, finetuning and plenty of scrutiny from School Board members as they debated details in the application as large as how much public funding the school should get and as small as who would should mow the lawn.

But all that feels a world away now, as that 80-page application has been brought to life.

“We’ve been pinching ourselves all month,” Quanbeck said.

Middleburg Community Charter School moved in to the building, on North Madison Street in the small southwestern

Loudoun town July 1, and ever since, parents, students, community members and teachers have come together to prepare for its first day of classes Monday.

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Cold Case Closed: Sheriff Says Erica Smith’s Killer Is Dead area near the Beaumeade Corporate Park in Ashburn.

With few publicly known leads, the case has been subject to annual efforts by her parents and family to urge witnesses to step forward. In 2009, the case was featured in the nationally syndicated TV show “America’s Most Wanted.”

In his statement, Chapman outlined the investigative steps and resources devoted to solving the case. “The tremendous work done by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division with the assistance of outside agencies/partners has led to this announcement today,” Chapman stated.

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“After taking office, I reached out to the Smith family and asked them to be a part of our first-ever Child Safety Day. At the event we introduced the cold case initiative and highlighted Erica’s case. As we joined with the Smith family, we also wanted to educate the community on safety measures they can take to protect their children,” Chapman stated.

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with investigators considering a broader perspective of the relationships developed and a new review of the evidence.

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

“Thus, I felt it was important at this time to share with the Smiths that this link was made as the twelfth anniversary of their daughter’s murder approached,” Chapman stated.

“Regrettably, there will be nothing further that the judicial system can do given that this subject took his own life.”

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he Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has closed the 12-year-old case of the murder of Erica Heather Smith.

In a statement released last week, Sheriff Mike Chapman says the 14-year-old Ashburn girl was killed by a suspect who committed suicide during the course of the investigation. Chapman did not name the suspect.

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

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Education PAGE 22 The Silver Line train approaches the McLean station on the elevated tracks overhead. The rail line, which runs from McLean to Reston, opened Saturday with plenty of pomp and pageantry. View slideshow at leesburgtoday.com/multimedia.

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Five stations stretching west as far as Reston opened to riders at noon, with the promise of the second segment, connecting

west into Ashburn with a stop at Dulles Airport, scheduled to open by 2018.

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Purcellville Teen Wins Top Equestrian Competition lexis Nelson couldn’t help but feel intimidated when she pulled into the world famous Kentucky Horse Park last week.

She arrived in her mom’s Nissan SUV, pulling an old, creaky, rusted trailer.

“It’s quite the sight,” the Purcellville 18-year-old said of her rig. Inside that small, trailer stood the underestimated Appaloosa that Nelson bought for $800 when she was 11 years old.

“They don’t really expect much when we

pull up, especially when they see Casper,” she said. “Then we go and win the whole thing.”

Nelson and Casper’s nearly flawless performance July 15-20 sealed the top spot in the one-star North American Junior and Young Rider Championships, the most prestigious national competition for 15 to 18 year old riders. Casper’s combined scores in dressage, show jumping and cross-country outpaced horses that cost as much as $50,000.

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Alexis Nelson, of Purcellville, and her Appaloosa Casper won the one-star North American Junior and Young Rider Championships July 15-20. The event is the top national competition for young riders.

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Clarifications & Corrections A school has operated on the same property in Hillsboro since 1875 when the Old Stone School was built, according to Hillsboro Mayor Roger Vance.

The building that stands there now opened to students in 1966, shortly after the 1875 school closed. However, small schools met all over the county years before Hillsboro’s Old Stone School was built. Lincoln Elementary

can trace its roots back to the late 1700s when the Quaker community set aside 10 acres to build a one-room log schoolhouse, according to the Lincoln Elementary School Student Council.

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n the article “Charter Hopes Draw Students To Hillsboro Elementary,” in the July 17 issue of Leesburg Today, it stated the Hillsboro school is the oldest school in Loudoun County. It is certainly one of the oldest in the county, but which school can claim to be the oldest continuously operating school is a bit of a history puzzler.

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wo decades after financial planning first began and just over five years since construction started, the first phase of Metro’s Silver Line began operation Saturday with pomp and pageantry.

“The Silver Line is here!” proclaimed Richard Sarles, general manager of the Metro system, at 10:30 a.m. during a ceremony held in Reston. He said the new line “meets all the

“We need more mobility. We’re going to continue to invest.”

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Church station, providing a transfer-free ride from Reston and Tysons Corner into Arlington, the District of Columbia and points in Maryland.

Station stops are dubbed Wiehle-Reston East, Spring Hill, Greensboro, Tysons Corner and McLean. Transit officials expect about 25,000 people per day to board at the stations by the end of the first year of service.

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Unintelligible announcements. Dirty windows. Warm train cars.

It may not have been all first-class during the inaugural Silver Line ride west from Tysons Corner out to Reston, but it proved a workmanlike experience that seemed to please those who were taking the first jaunt from the station Saturday afternoon.

The first eastbound train, from the Wiehle-Reston East station, already had

During Saturday’s ceremony, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said the long and sometimes tortured path to the opening of the rail line showed a steadfastness and bipartisan effort that is “an example of what we need to see more of in our country.”

“The work of transportation is really the work of generations,” he said, calling the opening “a time to celebrate the voices of ‘yes’ being stronger than the voices of ‘no.’”

But there were times when the project seemed unlikely to make it to the finish line.

passed by the McLean station on its way into Arlington by the time the first westbound train glided in at 12:22 p.m. for a trip to Reston slated to take 14 minutes. Those waiting to board the train had commemorative Silver Line pennants in hand and were ready to go.

And then? Whoops: At the Tysons station, the train overshot the platform a bit, which seemed to cause consternation among the crew and the inevitable delay. Train operators ultimately backed into the correct position and opened the doors to enable passengers to enter and exit.

Among those waiting out the delay from inside the last car on the train was young Trinity White, on an outing with her mother, aunt and siblings. Despite the slight delay, she had nothing but good things to say.

“Will I be in the paper?” Trinity asked as a press photographer snapped her photo.

“Well, we only run photos of pretty little girls, and you certainly are one of those,” came the reply.

“Thank you!” Trinity said as she broke

At one point, “it was ready to go under,” said U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA-10). At others, escalating cost projections forced decisions including scrapping underground service through Tysons Corner and not connecting directly to the main terminal at Dulles.

Construction was overseen by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Control of the track and facilities was transferred to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in May. The new Silver Line will operate on the

into a broad grin and then headed off the train.

The cars making the inaugural westbound run were not the newest in Metro’s fleet, with slightly grimy windows and the nearly indecipherable public-address system proving their age. But the view of Tysons Corner that points west from the elevated track gave a clear indication of how much growth is taking place—cranes were everywhere and numerous buildings were in various stages of completion.

Those who were riding the inaugural trip just to test things out, rather than to get from Point A to Point B, were able to bound off at Wiehle-Reston East, walk across the platform and in 90 seconds be on their way back eastbound.

Cars on that return train were newer, cleaner and had audible announcements, although the air-conditioning seemed to not be working well.

One group taking the return trip got off to check out the Greensboro station, eschewing the Wendy’s restaurant visible to the

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The opening of the first section of the Silver Line comes 38 years after the first stations, located along the Red Line in the District of Columbia, began operation in 1976. The system expanded to stations in Arlington in 1977 and to Fairfax County and Alexandria in 1983 as the Orange and Blue Lines began to crawl outward Continued on Next Page

south of the station and instead wandering in the other direction.

“Oh, there’s nothing on this side,” said one cheerful (but asking to remain anonymous) helper, who nonetheless pointed out the ABC liquor store and MVC Late Night Video that were on the north fringe of Rt. 7 right by the station.

Arriving back at the McLean station, the odor that had greeted riders on arrival still hadn’t dissipated. It was disinfectant, one rider guessed. More likely the new mulch on flower beds around the station, another suggested.

Unlike the other stations running through Tysons, the McLean station has ample public parking, at least until the privately owned 700-space site on Dolley Madison Boulevard falls to eventual redevelopment.

The big test of the new Silver Line will follow Labor Day when a full complement of workers uses it on weekdays. But on its first day in operation, everybody seemed to be largely happy about its arrival. n

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Of those riders who see a longer wait time, half are Blue Line riders – representing 5 percent of trips – who may encounter an average wait time increase of about two minutes longer. Blue Line trains previously ran an average of every 8.5 minutes during rush hour, resulting in an average wait time of about four minutes. Starting July 21, Blue Line trains ran every 12 minutes, resulting in a six-minute average wait time.

Riders at outlying stations on the Orange Line account for the remaining five percent. The average trip time for these riders is increasing less than a minute – from 1.8 minutes today to 2.7 minutes.

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The new Silver Line connects with the existing network at the East Falls Church station.

To accommodate Silver Line service, there has been a reduction in Blue Line and Orange Line rush-hour service in parts of Northern Virginia. Transit officials estimate that a significant number of Orange Line riders in Fairfax County will switch to the Silver Line because it is more convenient.

The Wiehle-Reston East station has parking available and the McLean station has a lot that can be used by commuters until it is redeveloped.

But there is limited parking around the other stations.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said that while the new transit line “is something special,” far more needs to be done to improve transportation across the commonwealth.

“We need more mobility. We’re going to continue to invest,” he said, touting new funding for projects ranging from I-66 to the Columbia Pike streetcar.

McAuliffe spoke of his own years driving his family from their home in McLean to Virginia Beach, a route he said often was more

parking lot than interstate highway.

“One dog, five kids, a wife—all barking about the traffic,” McAuliffe said of the experience, promising to push for options that take cars off roads when possible.

The opening of the Silver Line is expected to be an economic-development game-changer, opening up Tysons Corner to even more development and turning it from an urban canyon that empties out nights and weekends to an urban village where people can live, work and play.

“This is going to transform this corridor—and is going to make a difference for generations,” predicted U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA-11).

But even jurisdictions that might find themselves endangered economically by that evolution found reason to celebrate the opening of the line.

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) said he was excited, because the new transit line would bring more people from the Northern Virginia suburbs to enjoy restaurants, tourist sites and nightlife of Washington.

Gray made one request for those coming to the District: “Bring every nickel you have” and be prepared to spend it.

There had been calls for a transit line to Dulles since the airport’s opening in the early 1960s, but neither the facility itself nor the communities—Tysons, Reston, Herndon—along the proposed route seemed populated enough to support such a proposal.

Dulles itself is at a crossroads, with domestic traffic down as Congress allows more flights to use the closer-in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is served by Metro’s Blue Line.

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The request was made to provide residents with better lending and insurance opportunities than are available under the downtown neighborhood’s condominium status.

The rezoning allows the creation of 32 townhouse lots, one single-family detached lot and common space in the almost 30-year-old development. The 33 condo owners, who equally own the 3.2 acres property, all signed off on the application.

The property was developed in 1985 under a B-2 zoning district, which allowed multi-family uses. After it was converted to a B-1 Community Downtown Business district in 1990 the homes did not meet the lot standards in that zoning district, leaving them as non-conforming uses, explained Michael Watkins, senior planner for the Department of Planning and Zoning. Under the Planned Residential Neighborhood District regulations, the new lots will meet the size, width and setback requirements.

“It’s a unique scenario Leesburg Today/April Grant where we’re going through a The Chesterfield Place housing development in downtown Leesburg was given the go-ahead by the Leesburg Town Council to conrezoning process but there is no request for construction in- vert the 33 condominium-style homes into individual townhouses. volved,” Watkins said adding that the only change will be to subdivide the existing residences.

The Planning Commission endorsed the application following a June 5 public hearing.

Land use attorney Mike Banzhaf, who represents the property owners and also owns a home in Chesterfield Place, said the residences look and feel like townhouses without the advantage of being one. “Everybody can’t be a multi-family structure because each unit has its own entrance, a garage, and each is sitting on its own piece of land but that land is owned by everybody,” he said,

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Dunn said a commission-wide ambassador program would involve tasking members of the Economic Development Commission and those from other town boards and commissions to “seek businesses with the market segment of the commission’s area of specialty.”

Dunn said the effort could help fill vacant space in town. “Unoccupied commercial property means fewer jobs, fewer opportunities and lost business tax revenue, which costs the home taxpayer,” he said.

The town’s EDC already operates an ambassador program to help recruit new businesses, but Dunn’s proposal would expand that effort to include the town’s other advisory panels. Besides the

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The Town of Leesburg has launched a mobile device app that allows users to submit service requests directly from their smartphones or tablet devices.

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The app is available for free from the Apple app store, Google Play and the town website at www.leesburgva.gov/leesburg311. Users can track their requests via either the website interface or the mobile app to see the status and final resolution of issues.

“We believe this app will help take us to the next level of customer service,” Town Manager John Wells stated. “We are excited about the prospects of providing an even higher level of response and information to our residents and businesses.”

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adding those conditions are very confusing for title companies and underwriters at the time of sale.

All the residents agreed to the rezoning because it’s a good idea, he said. “The neighborhood is very cohesive, its inwardly oriented, and it’s a great place to live and we’d like to keep it that way.”

While council members supported the application, Town Attorney Jeanette Irby cautioned that all of the owners must stay on the same page to complete the subdivision. “I just want to be crystal clear that we’re not going to see someone come in here…and saying ‘there’s five of us we’re separating ourselves out’,” she said.

Banzhaf replied that he was confident in the arrangement and that since all residents have a stake in the land, by law, an individual or separate group cannot subdivide without permission from the other owners.

Next, the applicants will have to present a final record plat showing the new property lines.

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The action followed a public hearing during which there were no speakers.

Mayor Kristen Umstattd and Councilman Tom Dunn voted against the motion. Umstattd had objected to increases in the fixed rates saying it would be too great a cost for a number of Leesburg residents. Dunn, who is challenging Umstattd in this fall’s mayoral race, said the town should focus on promoting additional usage from businesses and customers to spread the costs of operating the utility systems.

During Monday night’s work session, council members discussed Public Resources Management Group Inc. recommendations one last time. A key change in the new rate structure is to eliminate the policy of charging for sewer service based on the amount of water used by each account. Critics of that policy had argued that they were being charged for water used for irrigation and other outdoor uses that did not enter the sewage treatment system. Under the new plan, residential users will be billed for sewage service on the first 36,000 gallons of water used each quarter. At the suggestion of Councilman Kevin Wright, the cap was increased by council members from 30,000 gallons.

In addition to higher usage rates, customers will see an increase in the flat-rate base charge applied to all accounts when the new rate structure takes effect Jan. 1, 2015.

Councilwoman Kelly Burk continued to press to keep the rate increases lower for com-

mercial customers and suggested lowering the 30,000 gallon cap recommended by the consultant so more customers would enjoy lower sewer bills. “To me we’re not solving the problem.

It seems like everyone is still tied to the same one-to-one ratio—that assumes customers’ sewer usage is the same amount used for consumption—unless you use an awful lot of water,” she said.

Umstattd said she was not as concerned with smoothing out the rates for commercial customers because they are subject to tax breaks that residents are not. “Water usage is a business expense for commercial users but not for residents,” she said. “I don’t want to see us put a greater impact on our residents.”

Vice Mayor Dave Butler objected to Wright’s proposal to increase the sewer cap, saying it went too far in shifting the burden to residents who irrigate their lawns and would essentially be picking up the tab for those who don’t irrigate.

Council members Marty Martinez and Tom Dunn looked for examples of area localities that have adopted the consultant’s methodology. “My biggest concern is where are we in relationship to the rest of the market in the area and does this rate appear to be fair,” Martinez said.

In the final version of the rate plan, residential customers, who on average consume around 15,000 gallons of water per quarter, will pay $79.23 in FY 2015. That price will increase incrementally to $114.09 by FY 2019.

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of 30,000 saying anything more would lead to “a few people paying a lot more for the sake of some people paying a lot less.” Wright’s motion passed in a 4-2-1 vote, with Butler and Councilwoman Katie Hammler, participating remotely, opposed and Dunn abstaining.

Dunn said he was hesitant to approve the plan arguing that instead of charging current customers more the town should be focused on building its customer base to alleviate the financial burden on residents. “We should look at it as a business recruitment and how do we get more customers and businesses,” he said. “We should not be penalizing people who use water.”

Hammler said the new rate structure is fiscally responsible, noting that future development was not going to solve the immediate problem of the town spending more on utilities than it is charging users.

Martinez said it was important for the public to understand that the decision is not a matter of wanting to raise rates but a matter of having to do so. He noted the council members’ utility bills would be going up as well. “We don’t

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Suzanne Fox, a candidate in the Nov. 4 town council election, Monday said she opposes the four-tiered rate structure, saying it unfairly punishes large families who undoubtedly consume more water. “What if we took the same approach with everything?” she said comparing the approach to grocery stores charging large families additional surcharges for purchasing large amounts of food. Essentially it comes out “looking like a family tax,” she said.

In reference to the lack of public speakers Fox, who was in the audience during the hearing, said the public did not have enough time to digest the information which was already difficult to understand. “How could anybody speak to that,” she said suggesting a town input session to allow residents to comment on the proposed changes prior to the hearing could have been helpful.

Fox who announced her candidacy in May said if elected, she plans to revisit the subject again as residents experience the financial blow from these changes. “I honestly think this will be an ongoing issue and has been in the 11 years I’ve lived here,” she said. “I don’t think this is going to go away.” n

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Mayor Kristen Umstattd, council members Marty Martinez and Kelly Burk supported a basic passive park including trees, light landscaping and seating as prescribed in Option 1.

The remaining council members favored more elaborate designs, even developing commercial space on the property.

Martinez and Burk said they wanted to build a simple park representative of Jackson’s character that the former vice mayor would appreciate.

“I didn’t know Mr. Jackson very well, but from what people told me he would be very humbled to have this park named after him and he would be appalled to have it become a big, gigantic event place,” Burk said.

Vice Mayor Dave Butler, who was an early advocate for including commercial development on the land, supported construction of a fountain feature, which he said would bring more visitors to that part of town. “The reason why I’m pushing this now is because this is the park that residents have asked for most,” he said.

His motion to include the $100,000 feature failed.

Councilman Kevin Wright, who earlier proposed selling the land to a developer with limited conditions, said he was pleased that

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On a 5-2 vote last Tuesday night, the council agreed to pay for the installation of tables, benches and a park sign, as well as landscaping and the renovation of the Town Hall rose garden and Loudoun Museum gardens. Council members Katie Hammler and Tom Dunn opposed the motion.

Town staff members also presented options for additional amenities in the pocket park, including a gazebo, public restrooms and an interactive fountain, with a total cost of $250,000.

Last month, council members eyed four concepts for the park that will be named in honor of the former town councilman and planning commissioner who died in 2009. The Parks and Recreation Department prepared the designs based on feedback from two public input sessions and recommendations from the town’s advisory boards and commissions. The council was split on which option to choose.

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Councilman Tom Dunn continued his opposition to converting the land to park use.

He also said there was no rule requiring a park to represent the person it’s named for. “I think what is being claimed is to advance a certain agenda for that location,” he said.

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“It seems like we’re doing things piecemeal here,” she said.

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• A public information meeting was scheduled for Thursday, July 31 to discuss the Round Hill sidewalk improvements along East Loudoun Street between New Cut Road and Evening Star Drive as well as a new trail from the Lake Point subdivision across Lakefield Drive to Franklin Park. A follow-up meeting, covering the same material, will be scheduled after Labor Day when fewer residents will be on vacation. This week’s meeting will be held at the Round Hill town office starting at 7 p.m. n

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Torpy has been serving as acting director since April 2014, following the retirement of Diane Ryburn.

“We had a very strong and competitive applicant pool as we conducted a nationwide search for this position. Steve emerged as the best fit for the county,” Hemstreet stated in announcing the action.

Torpy joined the parks and recreation staff in 1997 as the manager of Claude Moore Park.

He was promoted to parks division manager in 2001, to assistant director in 2005 and to deputy

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• The managed deer hunt program on select county parks will continue this fall. The effort will open with archery hunts at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve during three Fridays in October. Archery hunts will be held at Bles Park and Edgar Tillet Park in Ashburn three Fridays in November. Combination archery and shotgun hunts will be held at Banshee Reeks in December, January and February. Participants will be selected through a lottery in the fall.

• The Board of Supervisors is looking at options for safety improvements at the Belmont Ridge Road/Northstar Boulevard intersection, including funding a traffic study to determine whether it meets the criteria for the installation of a traffic light. No developer has put up money for the signal and VDOT has not yet accepted the intersection into the public road network, leaving the county to take on the project.

• A proposal that the Loudoun government sign on as a formal sponsor to the World Police & Fire Games that will be held in the region next summer was taken off the Board of Supervisors’ July 16 action agenda. The board has been asked by the organizer, Fairfax 2015, to contribute $500,000 to the event, but the staff also has floated a $100,000 sponsorship option. The Olympic-style event will attract

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uring what is expected to be the last day in court for Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) related to allegations he misused his constituent office resources, the county government Friday was ordered to pay the legal fees he incurred in the unsuccessful recall petition effort.

Circuit Court Judge Paul Sheridan granted the motion by Delgaudio’s attorney Charles L. King to be reimbursed for $35,628.64 in billed time and costs incurred while defending the embattled supervisor in the recall case initiated by a petition signed by more than 600 Sterling District voters.

The ruling wasn’t a surprise, as state law allows for attorneys to be reimbursed by the local government in such cases. However, Sheridan did raise questions about King’s request, noting the fees charged were lower than expected and at an attorney rate less than he sees in other similar cases. “I think it is utterly clear that it is reasonable to the penny,” Sheridan said.

In his motion King stated he billed Delgaudio—ultimately the county government—at a discounted rate of $250 per hour, down from his usual $300 per hour. The motion also called attention to a 2012 case in which John Flannery, the attorney who interceded in the case to represent those who filled the petition, was awarded a $54,000 reimbursement for defending the county’s Board of Equalization, billed at a rate of $400 per hour.

Acting on the motion of appointed prosecutor Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos, Sheridan dismissed the recall case June 24, ending two years of controversy spurred by allegations made by a fired member of Delgaudio’s county-funded constituent office staff that he used taxpayer resources to support campaign financings; intermingled county resources with the conservative lobby nonprofit he leads, the Public Advocate of the United States; and was discriminatory in hiring. The allegations gave rise to a special grand jury investigation, which ended without criminal charges in June 2013.

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

King’s reimbursement only included costs attributable to representing Delgaudio in the recall case. King also recorded costs of more than $88,000 while representing the supervisor during the grand jury investigation and other work, but the county government will not be required to pay those fees.

director in 2010. Torpy earned a bachelor’s degree in park administration from Wingate University in North Carolina. He is a certified parks and recreation professional and a member of the Virginia Recreation and Park Society and the National Recreation and Park Association.

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A critical piece will be the completion of Gloucester Parkway from Belmont Ridge Road to Rt. 28. The construction of the final link between Pacific Boulevard and the Rt. 28/ Nokes Boulevard interchange is proceeding under a Virginia Department of Transportation design-build contract with Shirley/Dewberry. The county-funded $40 million project is expected to be complete in spring 2016.

The modeling showed completion of Gloucester Parkway would provide immediate relief to the congested Waxpool Road corridor. Together with the planned widening of Rt. 7 to eight lanes and the elimination of its at-grade intersections, some 40,000 vehicle trips per day will be diverted from Waxpool Road.

The study also concluded that the completion of Gloucester Parkway and the other planned CTP improvements would save Ashburn-area residents in their pocketbooks. Without those projects, the model projected that Greenway traffic volume would jump from 44,000 in 2010 to 83,000 by 2040, with a large segment of the community willing to pay tolls rather than sit in gridlock on other This chart shows the traffic flow projected at 21 intersections in 2040 with and roads. However, once the without improvements called for in the Countywide Transportation Plan. Intersection CTP is implemented fully, congestion is rated on an A-F scale, with localities generally targeting level of service D Greenway volume for the segas a minimum acceptable standard. The V/C>1 column indicates the volume of traffic ment west of Old Ox Road This graphic shows the location of traffic crashes in the Ashburn-Sterling traffic compared with the intersection’s capacity; 1.00 would be full capacity. grows by only 3,000 trips over study zone between 2009 and 2011. the next 25 years, the model projected.

The report also contained speed data on existing roads, including information with which Rt. 7 commuters are already familiar: that eastbound traffic slows to a crawl of 18-36 miles per hour during the morning rush hour and 36 miles per hour westbound in the afternoon.

In addition to looking at the impacts of building interchanges at Belmont Ridge Road and Ashburn Village Boulevard and eliminating the at-grade crossing at Lexington Drive, the consultants evaluated whether collection/ distribution lanes would be needed on Rt. 7 to reduce merging conflicts between the interchanges. While the study found that the construction of collection/distribution lanes would increase capacity on the highway, the benefit would not necessarily justify the higher $78.5 million cost compared with the $56 million cost to widen the highway to eight lanes between Belmont Ridge Road and Rt. 28.

The consultants considered one other upgrade to the CTP policies: whether to build interchange at the Atlantic Boulevard/ STERLING: $269,900 LEESBURG: $274,900 PURCELLVILLE: $619,900 an Nokes Boulevard intersection. Modeling projected congestion at the crossing during the 3 Bedroom townhouse with 2 BR, 2 BA condo with loft, SFH on 3 acre lot, plus afternoon rush hour. While the interchange upgrades throughout. updated throughout. additional 2 car detached garage. would greatly improve traffic flow, the consultants did not find the $12.1 million project to be a critical addition to the plan.

During the presentation, Supervisor Shawn Williams (R-Broad Run) said he was surprised the consultants did not find a need for an interchange at the Loudoun County Parkway/Waxpool Road interchange. Super• Serving Loudoun County since 2001 visor Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn) shared that concern, suggesting a closer look was needed • Personal one-on-one service. at that crossing.

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That was the message of the consultant team studying the future functionality of the Sterling-Ashburn area road network as its final report was presented to county supervisors July 16.

The study was conducted by URS Corp. of Richmond to examine how the planned road network in the zone—bounded by Rt. 7, the Dulles Greenway, Belmont Ridge Road and Atlantic Boulevard/Davis Drive—would handle the influx of new residents and jobs expected to move there by 2040. That growth will be significant, with 22,209 new residents

and 55,556 new jobs projected in the study zone over the next 25 years. Overall, the county’s population is projected to be 484,946, about a 40 percent increase.

The study has its roots in a concern highlighted by the current and previous Board of Supervisors—that residents in the area have limited options for east-west travel, using Rt. 7, Waxpool Road or the Dulles Greenway.

Looking at 21 key intersections in the study area today, the consultants found that seven operate with failing levels of service during peak periods. Also five of the seven existing interchanges (exclud-

ing those serving the Dulles Greenway) are approaching full capacity during some peak hours.

Using a modeling system, the consultants evaluated the impact improvements outlined in the county’s 2010 Countywide Transportation Plan would have on traffic flow, even in the face of additional development. The CTP policies were designed to handle demand expected in 2030, but the report found that there appears be an additional decade of capacity once the plan is fully implemented.

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Sixteen-year-old Nikole James was one of 30 high school students chosen from around the nation for the Washington National Opera’s three-week Opera Institute.

During the program, Nikole worked with WNO singers and directors, American University music faculty, and other opera professionals. She received personalized vocal instruction as well as lessons in opera history, acting, Italian diction and movement.

The institute culminated in a final performance July 12 at the Kennedy Center.

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Nikole, a rising senior at Potomac Falls High School, has her sights set on turning her talent as a soprano into a career. She’s already working on her applications to some of the nation’s top conservatories, including Juilliard, the Peabody Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music.

“I would love to one day sing with the Metropolitan Opera or maybe on Broadway,” she said. “I dream big.”

WNO’s Opera Institute is the only summer program for high school students supported by a major opera company, according to Kennedy Center Vice President of Education Darrell M. Ayers.

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ven the make up of the school staff illustrates the charter school’s dedication to community.

Teachers are not assigned to one classroom and left to lead a class of 25 students for the day. Instead, specialists in math, language, social studies and science, as well as teachers’ assistants, will take turns teamteaching alongside grade-level teachers.

That model allows students to get more individualized attention and puts into practice a curriculum that doesn’t follow a conventional,

Fortenbaugh worked as a gifted specialist in several Loudoun public elementary schools before she applied to work at the charter school, and Colon taught at Park View High School.

“I’m a huge proponent of team-teaching, and I love the freedom to enrich and extend a lesson,” Fortenbaugh said. “That’s more challenging in a regular classroom where you’re on your own.”

Colon knows of education leaders throughout Virginia who’ve heard about the new Middleburg Community Charter School, the seventh charter to open in the commonwealth, and are excited for the trails it will likely blaze in public education.

“This first year we’ll work to establish the curriculum,” Colon said, “but then in two or three years, I think the academic community will look to us as a model for what’s working.”

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Everyone stepped up,” Smith said.

Parents, and other community volunteers who are just happy to see the old Middleburg school still in operation, offered to design the website, paint murals, plant a garden, organize a school barbecue, put together the student handbook and help out in the cafeteria, among a long list of other offers. One dad volunteered to mow the lawn once a week so a school staff member could spend more time in the classroom, and so many people signed up for the PTO that it will likely mean a competitive election this fall.

“Most have already surpassed their six volunteer hours,” Smith said, noting one of those details listed in the charter application was intended to help cut down on personnel costs.

Colleen Basinger, whose children will be in second and fourth grade, arrived at the school Monday in old shorts, tennis shoes and a T-shirt, to finish one of two large wall murals she and others offered to paint free of charge.

She said families have always worked together to help run Middleburg Elementary, and it was only natural that they would continue working together to open a new school while welcoming new families into the fold.

“I just feel like it’s an education revolution,” she said, fighting back tears. “And I want to be a part of it.”

grade-level approach but tailors coursework to each student.

That means, for example, some thirdgrade students might be learning concepts at grade level, while others are learning at a second-grade or a fourth-grade level, Smith said.

“Learning doesn’t just stop at some arbitrary wall at the end of a school year. We’re continuously building on wherever the student is. So some students will be catching up in a certain subject, and others are working ahead.”

Since Smith was hired as principal in May, after leading The William E. Doar Public Charter School for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, she’s spent most of her time poring over résumés in search of the right people to make up the charter school’s staff.

“I really wanted to do it right,” Smith said.

She looked for teachers who could help build the foundation for the school’s project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum called the Leonardo Da Vinci Project. “If you don’t get amazing teachers, then it doesn’t matter how you organize the curriculum.”

More than 315 people applied for 14 positions at the school; not one came from Middleburg Elementary staff members. Smith, with the guidance of the charter school’s board of directors, hired five teachers who were already working in Loudoun County Public Schools and others who applied from Fairfax County, Manassas and Pittsburgh, among other school systems.

In several cases, Smith hired teachers’ assistants who could also serve in other roles part time; one will oversee the building’s maintenance, another will teach physical education and a third will help teach art. “That’s how we’ve been able to be efficient with bodies,” she said.

Shirley Fortenbaugh, a math specialist, and Joanne Colon, a language arts and English Language Learner specialist, took a break from organizing books in a classroom this week to share why they wanted to be a part of the charter school. They each rattled off words like innovation, creativity and flexibility.

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he new Purcellville Town Council held its first meeting Tuesday, July 22, enduring an almost five-hour session as four members got their first experience at the dais.

The council’s work started at 6 p.m. with interviews of six candidates for two vacancies on the Planning Commission followed by a lengthy agenda.

The closed-session interview period was scheduled to last until 7:30 p.m., but it was not until 8:30 p.m. that council members gathered in the chambers to begin the meeting.

The post-election council has more new members than returning members, with Mayor Kwasi Fraser and Council members Doug McCollum, Benjamin Packard and Karen Jimmerson joining veteran Councilwoman Joan Lehr and Councilmen Patrick McConville and John Nave in their first terms of elected office. While the council’s first session was somewhat disorganized and not exactly according to Roberts’ Rules of Order—with council members frequently speaking at once, looking uncertainly at each other as to who should be making a motion, or what it was—there was a mood of engagement, good humor and interest in their new task.

As Packard said to the audience at one point, “Be patient with us. It will take time as we come up with policies and procedures. I’m not sure we’ll be smooth for a couple of months.”

And if the meeting lacked the smooth efficiency of previous years, by the time a somewhat weary council broke up, members had tackled a lengthy number of issues, frequently turning to staff with onthe-point comments and questions. It was left to Town Manager Robert W. Lohr Jr. with 21 years of experience in that position and Lehr to help guide the council through its initial procedural process.

There were six candidates who applied for two vacancies on the Planning Commission: David Marlowe, Chris Bledsoe, Keith Melton, Theresa Stein, Russ Forno and Kelli Grim.

The interviews had been scheduled on the agenda to take place in closed session, but three council members challenged that motion, with Fraser, Jimmerson and Nave arguing the interviews should be open to everyone. McConville, McCollum, Packard and Lehr took an opposite position, saying it was not fair to the candidates, particularly as the interviews also were open to all interviewees, who therefore would have the benefit of knowing others’ views. The motion for closed session passed 4-3.

Once the council convened for its regular meeting, it unanimously approved various appointments and liaison posi-

“Be patient with us. It will take time as we come up with policies and procedures. I’m not sure we’ll be smooth for a couple of months.”

Benjamin Packard Purcellville council member

tions. Nave was unanimously appointed vice mayor. The vacancies on the Planning Commission were filled by Stein, a longtime town and county planner, and Melton, the former vice mayor who lost his mayoral bid to Fraser. McCollum— who until elected to the council in May was chairman of the Planning Commission—was appointed as the councilmanic member of the commission. Marlowe was appointed to the Board of Architectural Review.

Other liaison appointments included Nave, Economic Development Advisory Commission; McConville, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board; Jimmerson, Committee on the Arts; Packard, Board of Architectural Review. McConville also was appointed as the town’s designated representative to Visit Loudoun.

The mayor took the unusual step of opening the meeting with a presentation

by OpenGov.com, introducing a software application that could present the town’s financials online. As the vendor explained the process on a conference call and answered council questions, those present and the council watched an onscreen presentation showing what the web application could do for the town in terms of public access to every facet of the town’s finances. The interactive online financial system is reportedly under consideration for purchase by the towns of Ashland and Leesburg.

The mayor is a staunch proponent of the system, which would contain five years of spending data and one-year budget figures, broken out in departments. Its interactive powers were cited as key, “One click brings up different categories of spending with as much detail as you like,” the vendor said.

The system would cost $4,900 per year for the first five years and if the town is not satisfied, it can get out of the contract at the end of each year. Council members were skeptical, citing concerns about the cost, doubt about whether many residents would have interest in the information and about the additional staff time needed to support it.

Pushing the issue and calling for a vote on efforts to improve transparency in town operations, Fraser said he strongly supports the software and believes in its ability to “deliver what the citizens asked for.”

“Do we lead or do we follow? I want to be the first town in Loudoun County to have it,” he said, calling for a vote—which resulted in a stinging denial as the motion failed 1-6, Fraser recording the lone yes vote.

The main action item of the evening was the vote on whether the council would amend the Town Code to extend the expiration of a Certificate of Design Approval from one year to two years from the date of issuance, and provide for a one-year extension of the certificate by meeting specified standards.

That vote had been rescheduled from the previous council’s final work session in which the public berated the council, charging the item had been placed on the agenda for the sole purpose of favoring the developers of the Vineyard Square project on North 21st Street. While the previous council had denied that accusation, noting the proposal to bring the town into compliance with the two-year time frames used by most other towns has been under consideration by staff for six months, Jimmerson said from an email she had seen, “it had been put forward for that project and it is disingenuous to say otherwise.”

In making the motion to initiate an amendment to the Town Code, Lehr said she would like to make it applicable to new CDAs only, so “that would not impact any in existence.” But Town Attorney Sally Hankins said all valid CDAs should be treated the same, and Lehr accepted that argument. Community Development Director Patrick Sullivan informed the council in reality a one-year extension is six months only as that is the time the applicant has to present final site plans.

While acknowledging larger projects, such as are found in bigger towns than Purcellville, may need more time, Jimmerson said the amendment seemed premature, but she did not close the door to further review. Once a CDA expires, the applicant has to go through the whole review process again, possibly with significant costs, Sullivan told the council.

Noting his experience as a certified project manager for 13 years, Fraser said, “scheduling is a key concept to implementation. You need to know the timeframe … you have to meet deadlines.”

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he Town of Purcellville has written downtown business owners to alert them to revisions to the second phase of the Downtown Streetscape Project, which began in 2011.

In a July 17 letter, Public Works Director Alex Vanegas said the town is working with the design engineer

“...the town is working with the design engineer to reduce the cost of bids for the project. ” Alex Vanegas Public Works Director

to reduce the cost of bids for the project. Vanegas said the town staff had rejected the first round of bids as being too high, following Virginia Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration guidelines.

Staff members are proposing that the project be re-advertised and rebid this fall, with a proposed February/ March start time. That time frame avoids the costs incurred with a winter road project, as well as most of the major North 21st Street events and activities.

If the town does not follow that timeline, it would incur considerable financial loss—including $153,102 in reimbursements to VDOT for engineering design services; $1,097,192 in VDOT and federal matching funds as well as $499,915 in federal earmarked allocations specific to that project; additional costs of $50,000-$70,000 for needed drainage and grading at the north end of 21st Street; and $190,000-$200,000 in needed paving, or $40,000-$50,000 if done to a lesser permanent standard, Vanegas said.

Beyond cost, there are safety and ADA compliance issues, as well as water infrastructure and drainage concerns, including the 60-year-old 8-inch cast iron water main under North 21st Street, which need to be addressed.

Those with questions should contact Vanegas at 540-751-2314.

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• The Aug. 2 Hillsboro Farmers Market at the Old Stone School will have a special focus this weekend in addition to the normal live music, fresh produce offerings and artisanal Hillsboro crafts—summer reading for kids. Author Bobbie Carducci will sign books, titles will be on sale from Around the Block Books, educational consultants from Usborne and Kane Miller Children’s Books will be on hand, and there will be storytelling and craft-making through the Purcellville Library. The market runs from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Carducci is director of the Young Voices Foundation and author of “Storee Wryter gets a Dog.” There also will be a book signing with historian and journalist Marc Leepson, who has written a number of critically acclaimed books.

His latest books, “What So Proudly We Hailed:

• Town leaders and representatives from Brunswick, Md. celebrated a new municipal collaboration Friday. In his weekly email, Lovettsville Mayor Bob Zoldos said the Lovettsville Loudoun’s northernmost town had signed a joint resolution to establish the “Potomac Partnership” between the two towns that share a lot of history, separated only by the Potomac. Zoldos said he hoped the partnership would open up economic development opportunities for both towns and develop a mechanism for sharing resources and cooperative scheduling of events for residents on both sides of the river.

• The town has been busy organizing all its various codes into one easy to understand, comprehensive document, a major undertaking that has taken months to complete in cooperation with the Municipal Code Corporation.

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• The town has been awarded a Certificate of Distinction by the International City County Management Association for its performance management efforts. In an email, Purcellville ICMA Director of Performance Initiatives Randall E. Reid said jurisdictions meeting the qualifications for performance management principles “have demonstrated leadership in continuous improvement and community engagement, and they serve as examples for other governments to follow.” Town Manager Robert W. Lohr stated, “It is exciting for Town Council and staff to receive this international award which recognizes the hard work of the Town to deliver the continued high level of services to our residents and businesses.”

Francis Scott Key, A Life,” is the first biography of the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” to hit the stands in more than 75 years. Around the Block Books will have new and used teen and young adult literature up to 10 percent off, including titles from both Loudoun Valley and Woodgrove high schools’ reading lists.

Usborne and Kane Miller Children’s books will include literature from infants through teens. The library’s storytelling for kids will run hourly between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. To round it off, Kipyn Martin and Todd Coyle will give live music performances, and there will be games and activities for kids including corn hole and hula hoops.

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• Lovettsville has a new beauty salon. Samantha Klosterman has opened Sophie’s Salon, offering a number of services, including manicures and pedicures, facials, tanning— both spray and tanning beds—and a relaxation room. Professionals include massage therapists, hair and skincare specialists and a makeup artist for that special occasion. Sophie’s Salon is at 2 N. Berlin Pike. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/sophiessalonandspa.

• The Town of Lovettsville wishes its Dolphins swim team the best of luck in this week’s 2014 ODSL Divisional All-Star Meet in South Riding. With more than 200 swimmers from all over the greater Lovettsville area, the Dolphins are known as one of the stronger regional teams. The town issued a “Go, Dolphins, Go” good luck message as the team caps off a long, hard summer of practice for the event. For more information on the team, go to www.lovettsvilledolphins.org.

• This weekend Middleburg will present its popular annual August Sales Galore event.

Businesses have been going through inventory and storage areas and moving a variety of Middleburg items out to the sidewalk for the eighth rendition of the summer sale bonanza, which will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Sunday as posted by individual shops. Middleburg Business and Professional Association President Punkin Lee said early August has been found to be a successful time of the year for the sale, as individuals pore through the shops searching for bargains. Items on sale range from shoes, children’s clothing, gifts, linens, party items, pet offerings, riding gear and pottery to special offers in local restaurants. Visitors are encouraged also to consider making a weekend of it by staying over at one of the inns in town. Participating stores will be identified by colorful balloons hanging from the doorway. For updates, go to www. visitmiddleburgva.com or www.facebook.com/ middleburgbusiness. n

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LAWS SEEKS NEW BOARD MEMBERS LAWS (Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter) is seeking interested individuals to serve on the Board of Directors for this Loudoun-based nonprofit.

Candidates should have a commitment to helping victims of domestic & sexual violence, be willing to actively participate in fundraising efforts and serve on board committees as well as be an advocate of LAWS in the community.

Those with backgrounds in finance, medicine, and law enforcement are especially needed.

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Fun At the Co-op Barn Dance Dancing in the gloaming is a lot of fun, as supporters and members of the Lovettsville Cooperative Market turned out to toe the line for the annual Market’s Member Appreciation Barn Dance Saturday.

From 4-8 p.m. dancers in the old barn at Georges Mill Farm Bed and Breakfast outside Lovettsville followed the calling provided by Craggy Island’s Susan Withers. In addition to dancing to the music of Craggy Island and the Short Hill Mountain Boys, guests enjoyed lamb sausage from Millcreek

Farm, hot dogs from Hemp’s Meats, and fresh veggie kabobs. Young guests had fun petting the farm goats that provide the milk for the Georges Mill Farm Artisan Cheese.

All the musicians present ended the evening with a collective jam.

The annual dance is the cooperative’s thank you to members for their continued support in the effort to bring a full-service grocery store to downtown Lovettsville and meant to welcome potential new members.

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The American Legion Virginia State Tournament began Tuesday and continues through Saturday.

Eight teams, including the host Leesburg Post 34 Rangers, are competing for the state title.

The fact that Loudoun County is hosting the tournament is the result of an eight-year effort by James Grenier, the head of the baseball program at Leesburg Post 34 as well as the chairman of the Virginia American Legion Baseball organization.

“We’ve been working on this for a while and we’re hoping to get the regional next year. My goal a long time ago was to bring a great American Legion program to this area. In this area, we’ve got

some really good young baseball players. I wanted them to experience American Legion baseball, because it is special. You’ve got a great field out here like Fireman’s. It’s a field of dreams kind of thing.”

Next year, Grenier is hoping Purcellville will host the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament.

The teams competing in this week’s double elimination tournament in addition to the Rangers are Post 39 Williamsburg, Post 3 Roanoke, Post 217 Big Island, Post 361 West End, Post 74 Albemarle, Post 290 Stafford Nationals and Post 180 Vienna.

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program at Sully Elementary.

And the timing couldn’t be better, he added.

Summer school is one of several programs the Loudoun County School Board cut, or scaled down, as it adopted its $912 million operating budget for FY15. That meant the number of students served through summer school was almost cut in half, according to figures

ust when teachers at Sully and Guilford elementary schools thought they wouldn’t be able to offer their students as much in the way of summer school programming, help came out of the woodwork.

Briar Woods High School student Hannah Ratcliffe, with the help of a Guilford Elementary teacher and a halfdozen of her friends, offered to put on a two-week crash course in theater, culminating with a performance of “Seussical.”

And Lauren Mooney, another Briar Woods student, recruited three other high school students to provide free piano and guitar lessons during the two elementary schools’ combined summer school program.

“All this stuff came together to give these kids opportuniLeesburg Today/Danielle Nadler ties they wouldn’t norSonya Portillo and Giovanni Quinteros get in characmally have,” said Erik ter before dress rehearsal. View a slideshow from the Kittelson, principal of rehearsal at www.leesburgtoday.com/multimedia. the summer school

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Child Safety Day, a family-friendly event meant to inform parents about how they can keep their children safe, is noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Village at Leesburg.

From left, Ashly Figueroa and June Lee lead the first act in “Seussical.”

from the office of Pupil Services.

Because Sully and Guilford are Title 1 schools they received additional federal funding to put on a summer program, which they’re calling STEM Camp, for the students who most need remediation.

The program is offered for four weeks instead of three, and three hours a day instead of four.

But the kids didn’t seem to notice.

“The kids have been so excited,” Sully kindergarten teacher

Jessica Pineda said. “When we’re walking by and they hear a student on the piano they’ll ask, ‘when is it my turn?’”

Of the 160 Sully and Guilford students in summer school, almost 80 signed up for music lessons and 25 signed up to take part in the musical.

So many students signed up for piano and guitar lessons that the schedule only allows each interested student to receive a halfhour lesson. “But in that

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short amount of time amazing things have happened,” Mooney said. “Teachers will say students who normally have a difficult time focusing in class will have remarkable focus at the piano.”

Her idea to provide free music lessons to students in Loudoun County who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford professional lessons is being funded in part by a $250 grant from the Piedmont Community Foundation, a grant she Continued on Next Page

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Matthew Placzek, 10, of Sterling and Deirdre Jane Prigge, 11, of Leesburg review playlists at the console at WGMU under the supervision of general manager Storm Paglia.The students were among six participating in the first of two weeklong summer radio camps at George Mason University.

atthew Placzek of Sterling was not intimidated July 22 when the music stopped at George Mason University’s radio station, WGMU. The 10-year-old rising sixthgrader at Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn spoke clearly into the live microphone and read the script he’d prepared at the university’s annual Summer Radio Camp.

“You’re listening to WGMU, heard online at www.wgmuradio. com,” Placzek said right on cue. “I’m Matthew and you just heard ‘I Love It,’

by Icona Pop, featuring Charli XCX. More music on the way, so stay tuned for B.o.B., featuring Bruno Mars and

R.E.M., which are coming soon on WGMU.” Placzek was among six students who participated in the camp’s first session, held July 21 through 25.

Another six youths would undergo the same hands-on course the following week.

WGMU faculty adviser Rodger Smith has led the camp since he founded it in 1996 at the suggestion of Don Boileau, former chairman of GMU’s Department of Communication.

“We teach them on-air skills, how to write commercials and to write and produce news items,” Smith said.

Smith taught the students how to interview subjects using a digital voice recorder and then combine the audio with their own voices.

“You have to write for the ear,”

he said. “You have to be a little more descriptive. You have to be short and concise. The average news story, counting sound bites, might run 30 or 40 seconds.”

This summer’s camp was the first for instructor Reid May, a 34-year-old GMU senior who taught participants the intricacies of radio production, such as obtaining quality sound and integrating it into commercials.

“A lot of it is listening and paying attention to detail,” he said.

Participants ranged from 12 to 17 years old, but camp leaders paired students with others close to their own ages.

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Ashly Figueroa, a student at Guilford Elementary, braces for the hair spray before the dress rehearsal of “Seussical.”

and science projects—and those have been fun—but no one told me we’d get to do a play,” the rising fifth-grader at Guilford Elementary

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in the second camp were due to visit ESPN 980, where GMU alumnus Nick Ashooh works.

Camp members selected playlists of songs and instructor Storm Paglia, who taught the live-broadcasting segments, was surprised they liked so much older music and classic rock.

Students also assembled material for commercials and did live shows. Deirdre Jane Prigge, 11, of Leesburg, who is a rising seventhgrader at Belmont Ridge Middle School, said she was accustomed to performing on her school’s news channel.

But Catlinh Nguyen, 14, of Chantilly said speaking live on the air was a bit nerve-racking.

“It was kind of scary,” said Catlinh, a rising freshman at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. “It was live, so you couldn’t mess up.”

The students practiced making smooth transitions between program elements in order to comply with Rule No. 1: Avoid dead air time.

There were other rules, of course. A note on the studio wall warned against using profanity, endangering listeners, holding complicated contests, disrespecting people’s religions and making racist remarks.

The notice also urged disk jockeys to have and be willing to use a delay button (preferably 20 seconds), show courtesy to advertisers and strive to make a difference in the world.

“Complacency on the inside loses listeners on the outside,” one item read. “Work on your art.”

The soundproofed studios—one is the main broadcasting center and the other is largely for behind-the-scenes technical work— were surprisingly tidy and had walls lined with grayish-brown carpeting. The primary broadcasting booth had shelves neatly filled with compact disks and walls covered by band posters, some of them autographed.

Bobble-head dolls—including ones depicting GMU’s Pep Band director Michael “Doc Nix” Nickens and former Final Four basketball coach Jim Larrañaga—decorated the desk in front of the room’s picture window at the university’s Johnson Center.

A small camera in front of the console streamed video of the proceedings live to the Internet. A black filter the size of a hockey puck, dubbed a “pop screen,” was positioned in front of the microphone to iron out the discordant lip-smacking noise that occurs when speakers use the letter “P.” Camp leaders planned to save all of the youngsters’ on-air work, organize it and give the compilations to their parents, Paglia, a 21-yearold GMU senior majoring in government, said.

Smith said he hoped the students would benefit from their excursion into broadcasting. “These are a good little group of kids who are willing to learn something new,” he said. “I think they enjoy learning a new skill, being with kids their age and having some fun.” n

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won through the Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition. She started offering free lessons to students in the after-school CASA program, and plans to continue this fall.

“The whole idea behind it is to show how music can help kids focus and de-stress,” she said. “Some of these students have stresses like ‘where is my lunch going to come from,’ and they need to get their minds on something else.”

Ratcliffe had a similar goal when she approached Guilford Elementary third-grade teacher Kim VanArtsdalen with her idea to offer a theater program as part of summer

school.

Last summer, she met a fellow aspiring actress at The Pickwick Players camp attending on a scholarship and thought, “I bet there’s a ton of kids who would love to try out theater but don’t have a way to get to a camp like this.”

So she brought the theater camp to them.

Her vision was brought to life in the last few weeks. During Thursday’s dress rehearsal for “Seussical,” students decked in costumes and makeup that had them looking like they walked straight out of a Dr. Seuss book sang and danced the opening song of the play, “Oh the Thinks You Can Think!”

They performed the musical in front of their friends and families Friday afternoon.

Nataly Bedoya, who secured a large, pink feather in her hair before taking the stage, says she never imagined summer school would include lessons in music and acting.

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MINNICK IN THE RUNNING FOR MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD

Duane Minnick, the band director and Fine Arts Department chair at Briar Woods High School, is a quarterfinalist for The Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation.

Minnick is one of 222 music educators from 41 states who have gained the quarterfinalist stage from an initial field of more than 7,000 nominations. Semifinalists for the award will be announced in September.

The award was established to recognize educators who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools.

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Thursday, June 18, John Champe High School; • Dominion High School at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14, Dominion High School; • Freedom High School at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, George Mason University Patriot Center; • Heritage High School at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, Heritage High School; • Loudoun County High School at 8 a.m.

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fleet of hybrid, electric, clean diesel and natural gas vehicles from the nation’s leading auto makers were on display last Thursday at the George Washington University’s Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, where area business leaders were invited to discuss options for conserving energy.

The event was the latest offering of the Loudoun-Dulles Green Business Challenge. The program offers a friendly competition to recognize companies that implement environmentally friendly practices.

Last week’s workshop was designed to let companies know the innovations coming from the auto market, program chairwoman Lynne Kaye said.

Asked why it is important to encourage Loudouners to join the green movement, Kaye pointed to the county’s booming population.

“Are you kidding, have you seen what’s happening out there?” Collectively, the world is using about one and a half planets worth of resources, she said. “Somehow we’ve got to figure out how to reduce the impact of what we’re doing.”

Alternative fuel vehicles are not a new phenomenon, she said. The first diesel fuel engine, invented by Rudolf Diesel, ran on fuel derived Leesburg Today/April Grant

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Rich Dampman, senior executive with Enterprise Holdings, the world’s largest provider of passenger vehicles, discussed ways for companies to set goals for producing sustainable alternative fuel vehicles.

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Reagan National led both Dulles and BWI airports in each category during the first five months of the year, according to new figures from the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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from peanut oil. Porsche in 1889 produced the Lohner-Porsche, the company’s first hybrid vehicle.

Rich Dampman, senior executive with Enterprise Holdings, gave an overview of the energy saving options currently available for larger scale vehicles. More and more companies are becoming environmentally conscious and including hybrid, electric, biofuel or compressed natural gas vehicles in their lineup, he said.

Jim Norris, business development manager for Clean Energy, the nation’s largest natural gas supplier, highlighted the low cost of the fuel alternatives. Ninety percent of compressed, liquefied or biomethane natural gases, consist of methane. Because natural gas is sourced domestically at on- and off-shore wells, its price and

time” (within 15 minutes of schedule) from January through May, compared with 69.2 percent at Dulles and 66.2 percent at BWI. All three, however, were below their on-time rates for the same period in 2013, according to federal figures.

Of the nation’s 29 largest airports, the highest on-timedeparture rate for the period was found at Salt Lake City (85.8 percent), followed by Seattle (85.3 percent) and Portland (84.6 percent). Two other airports – Miami and Minneapolis/St. Paul – posted rates in excess of 80 percent.

Reagan National ranked seventh best among the 29 biggest facilities.

Chicago’s two main airports were lowest on the list, with Midway posting an on-time-departure rate of 60.2 percent and O’Hare 65 percent. Baltimore was third from the bottom, followed by Newark-Liberty (66.3 percent) and Denver (69.2 percent). Dulles was just out of the bottom five, in 24th place.

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supply is not influenced by “geopolitical goings on around the world,” he said. Natural gas costs $1.25 to $2 per gallon less than heavier gasoline or diesel fuel.

Also participating in the forum were county government representatives promoting the expansion of commuter bus service to connect residents with Metrorail’s new Silver Line service. Judy Galen with Loudoun County Commuter Services said that starting last Monday residents can catch the Wiehle Express bus for $1 from several park and ride lots throughout Loudoun and get dropped off at the new WiehleReston East Station.

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arrivals, at 75.5 percent (ranking 14th nationally), compared to 74.1 percent (19th) for BWI and 73.1 percent (22nd) for Dulles.

Salt Lake City, Seattle, Miami, Phoenix and MinneapolisSt. Paul all had on-time arrival rates of 80 percent or higher.

Newark, Chicago-O’Hare, New York-LaGuardia and Fort Lauderdale all were below 70 percent.

Nationally, 74.1 percent of 2.4 million flights arrived on time during the first five months of the year, with 21.3 percent late, 3.3 percent canceled and a small fraction diverted.

Hawaiian, Alaska and Delta were the carriers most likely to have flights arrive on time. The worst arrival-on-time rates were reported by two regional carriers—ExpressJet and Envoy—followed by Southwest Airlines.

ExpressJet also canceled the most flights (5.8 percent) among reporting carriers in May, followed by Envoy (4.3 percent) and JetBlue (2.4 percent).

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orthern Virginia – The Northern Virginia Chamber Partnership today released its inaugural Virginia General Assembly Legislative Scorecard, a report that details the voting records of the Partnership’s Senate and House of Delegates members on the bills that address the issues outlined in the Partnership’s 2014 Legislative Agenda.

Comprised of the Dulles Regional, Greater Reston and Loudoun County chambers of commerce, the Northern Virginia Chamber Partnership recently completed its fifth year of working in Richmond to represent the economic and quality of life interests of the businesses and residents in Loudoun County and western Fairfax County.

“As the voice of business for our region, our Partnership actively engages our legislators on issues such as education reform, economic development, job growth, transportation, and other pro-business issues. As a follow-up to the General Assembly, the Partnership decided to do a Legislative Scorecard to keep Northern Virginia employers and citizens informed about how our legislators are voting on the issues that matter to business. As we expected, we were very pleased to see that our General Assembly delegation, as a whole, has been extremely supportive of the Northern Virginia Chamber Partnership’s economic prosperity and quality of life agenda,” said Dulles Regional Chamber President and CEO Eileen Curtis.

The Scorecard only reflects votes taken during the regular General Assembly session and only those votes that took place on the floor of the House and/or Senate. Many members of the Partnership’s delegation provided leadership in defeating legislation that was in conflict with the Partnership’s priorities, which is not reflected in the Scorecard in most cases given those bills did not receive a floor vote. Prior to all floor votes, the Partnership

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communicated its position on each bill and reminded the legislators that these bills would be included in the Scorecard.

“Scorecards are a valuable tool to communicate how our legislators are voting on those bills that do make it to a floor vote in each respective body in a quantifiable way. That being said, they are imperfect as they don’t take into account factors such as: sponsoring bills, speaking for or against bills, votes in committee and offering pro-business amendments. But we do believe this format is the most straightforward way of identifying legislator’s support for the Partnership’s initiatives,” said Greater Reston Chamber President & CEO, Mark Ingrao.

In addition, while not included in the Scorecard as an actual vote that could be scored, the Partnership considers every legislator’s work “incomplete,” given they failed to pass a budget during the regular General Assembly session, and did not resolve the issue of providing health insurance to 400,000 uninsured Virginians.

“We are proud to unveil this Legislative Scorecard to provide our members and the communities we represent with a better understanding of how our state legislators are voting on the issues that will impact the economy and quality of life in Northern Virginia. While most legislators earned high marks for their voting records on the Partnership’s priorities, each of them deserves an incomplete grade for failing to leverage billions in Federal aid to adopt a market-based approach to expanding health care coverage for all Virginians,” said Loudoun County President & CEO Tony Howard.

The purpose of the Scorecard is to help Northern Virginia’s business leaders recognize those legislators who support the Partnership’s efforts to improve the business climate and quality of life in Northern Virginia and to promote a dialogue with those legislators whose votes don’t align with Partnership priorities.

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• L4 Capital Partners, the developer of Courthouse Square on the former Loudoun Times-Mirror property at 9 E. Market St. in Leesburg, has appointed of Vaaler Commercial Real Estate as its exclusive leasing agent. The project includes 125,000 square feet of LEED Silverdesigned office and retail. “We can tell the story [of Leesburg] better than anyone.

Nancy Hill, my senior agent, and I have lived and worked in the downtown for years, through several economic cycles,” Rich Vaaler, principal broker of the firm, said. ”Together we have leased more office space in Leesburg than any other company, and we can’t wait to get started at

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• Black Box Marketing Group has opened in Ashburn to help area businesses improve the effectiveness of their marketing initiatives and solve their most pressing marketing challenges. Founded by Robert Miller, Black Box Marketing Group provides a full complement of marketing, branding, advertising services to businesses in B2B and B2C industries. Prior to founding Black Box Marketing, Miller served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Middleburg Bank, where the marketing initiatives he created helped the bank expand into new markets, launch new delivery channels, increase client acquisition, boost market share, and capture the No. 1 position in Loudoun County. He was also responsible for the creation of Mosby, Middleburg Bank’s beloved “spokes-fox.”

He also has helped build the brands for industry leaders such as Panasonic, Coors Light, Fannie Mae and Chili’s Grill & Bar, as well as for start-ups and regional and local organizations. “At Black Box Marketing, we believe the best marketing is built from the inside out. That’s why we dig deep into a company’s business, understanding their vision, mission, and goals, along with their challenges. We believe if we know their business inside and out, we can create the big ideas that change the future of a business,” Miller said. To learn more, go to www. blackboxmarketinggroup.com.

Chamber members enjoy summer events such as the Loudoun Young Professionals networking social at Loudoun Station/BLVD Apartments, the July Business Showcase Breakfast at Belmont Country Club and the After-Hours Mixer at 1757 Golf Club.

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You’ to the 1,325 Loudoun County Chamber members for their commitment to help drive the success of this organization, our community and their fellow businesses, non-profit organizations and government partners. Loudoun is extremely fortunate to have the Washington region’s most active and engaged business community, one that is dedicated to helping the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce achieve its vison of creating a world class quality of life for all our citizens and businesses,” said President & CEO Tony Howard.

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• Catoctin Creek Distilling Company has installed a new semi-automated bottling line at its Purcellville headquarters. The system, manufactured by Liquid Packaging Solutions of LaPorte, IN, is 100 percent American-made and will allow the distillery to expand its capacity dramatically to 10,000 or more bottles per month. Also, the distillery can offer bottling services to other area beverage producers. The award-winning distillery has become known for its community volunteer bottling days, and while the new equipment will allow the distillery to bottle the majority of their products more quickly, they still plan to host bottling workshops on a quasi-monthly basis. “Since we started five years ago, the bottling workshops have been a fun way to connect with customers and to provide a hands-on experience for our fans,” founder Scott Harris said. “For that reason, we will continue to do them. The workshops are so much fun, and we get a lot of positive feedback from people when we do them.”

The bottling line should be fully operational by the end of the month and tours will be offered.

hanks to a highly engaged and committed local business community, the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce has been recognized as the third largest Chamber of Commerce in the Washington, D.C. region, beating out a number of local heavyweights such as the Fairfax County, Montgomery County and Arlington chambers and the Washington Board of Trade.

The Loudoun County Chamber also demonstrated the greatest membership growth of any chamber on the Washington Business Journal’s annual list of the region’s Top 25.

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ome sales across Virginia for the second quarter of 2014 were down 5.7 percent from the same period last year, with the median sales price also slipping.

The decline in total sales was broad-based, with only one of seven geographic areas of the commonwealth seeing an increase compared to a year before. Median sales prices, however, posted increases in three of seven areas.

A total of 28,248 properties went to closing in April, May and June, according to figures reported by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR). That’s down from 29,962 sales in the same period in 2013, although sales were higher than in the comparable quarters in 2011 and 2012.

The year-over-year decline from 2013 to 2014 was greater than was experienced in the

first quarter, where sales dropped 4.7 percent from a year before.

“Almost every region of the state experienced a slower pace of sales,” noted the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides data analysis for VAR. It was the Northern Virginia region that saw the most dramatic decline, falling 9.7 percent from 14,194 sales in the second quarter of 2013 to 12,823 in 2014.

In VAR’s geography, “Northern Virginia” is a much larger area than simply the inner and outer suburbs of Washington. It includes the counties of Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Westmoreland and the cities of Alexandria, Fair-

fax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester.

Declines in other geographic areas were 9.4 percent in Southwest Virginia, to 326; 2.9 percent in Hampton Roads, to 6,253; 2.3 percent in Roanoke/Lynchburg/Blacksburg, to 2,188; 2.3 percent in Southside Virginia, to 430; and 1.9 percent in Central Virginia, to 4,597.

In the Central Valley area, sales were up 1.7 percent to 1,621.

Of homes that went to closing during the second quarter, the median sales price of $267,000 was down 1.1 percent from $269,900.

In Northern Virginia, the median sales price of $385,000 was unchanged. Increases were posted in Central Virginia (up 4 percent to $208,000), Central Valley (2.3 percent to $225,000) and Hampton Roads (1.4 percent to $214,500). Declines occurred in Roanoke/ Lynchburg/Blacksburg (down 2.4 percent to $161,000), Southside Virginia (down 2.4 percent to $80,000) and Southwest Virginia (down 0.9 percent to $114,000).

Owing to seasonal trends, “we can expect prices to decrease next quarter, but the degree to which prices decrease with depend on latesummer demand,” Virginia Tech analysts said.

The analysts remained optimistic: “If interest rates remain very low and unemployment decreases, prices may remain fairly steady through the third quarter.”

Sales volume for the quarter stood at $9.34 billion, down 5.8 percent from a year before.

The median sales price in May was $263,000 statewide, compared to a national median of $213,600. The Virginia median has remained $45,000 to $65,000 higher than the national median each month during the past year.

Of homes that went to closing in the second quarter, the number of days required between listing and ratified sales contract stood at 73, a slight increase from the 71 days required

a year before.

The average 30-year, fixed-rate interest rate on home mortgages during the second quarter was 4.23 percent, according to FreddieMac, the lowest since the second quarter of 2013.

“As rates have continued to decrease in July, low rates may begin to affect the pace of sales,” the analysts suggested.

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in the parking lot was an electric Chevy Volt from Ted Britt Chevrolet in Sterling; a Ford-C Max Energi, and Fusion Energy, both hybrids from Ford Motor Company; an electric Tesla Model S from Tesla Tysons Corner; hybrid Toyota Highlander from AutoNation Toyota Leesburg; an electric Volkswagen e-Golf from Volkswagen of America; a clean diesel Audi A8 L TDI from Audi of America; and a compressed natural gas vehicle provided by Norris.

Wilburn Hardison Jr., business development manager for BMW of Sterling dealership, said the workshop was a great way to learn about fuel-efficient opportunities and to stay on top of the competition.

The event was an eye opener for Victor Van Rees, vice president of federal marketing and sales for EFX Media. Rees said the Arlingtonbased company that specializes in interactive and video production is always looking for new clean energy options to offer its clients. “We’re finding that costs have come down [compared to 5 years ago] and people can get a quality product without breaking the bank,” he said. n

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• Sterling-based Excel Group has opened a new warehouse in Elkridge, MD, and plans a move to a larger warehouse in Camp Hill, PA. The moves are needed to continue to accommodate the company’s growth in the Mid-Atlantic region. “Our priority is to accommodate our customers by any means necessary,” Chris Marchetti, president and CEO, said. “This move was a great deal of help in continuing that mission. We are excited about having the extended operating space and what that will do for our continued expansion.”

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• Madison Wealth Management has joined the Loudoun Impact Fund, comprised of philanthropically minded citizens and corporations. LIF grants help to fill in the gaps for programs, causes or places in Loudoun County that are deserving of attention but may be flying under the radar of public awareness. Specifically, the fund invests its resources to: scale up important initiatives that can drive big changes in the county; support the needs of Loudoun families, children and youth; and promote education, the arts and the environment. LIF is part of the The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, which provides grants and helps build endowments. “Madison joined LIF to further our philanthropic commitment to communities in which we work and live. We believe LIF provides an ideal way for members to give in a targeted and well informed fashion with tools to measure the impact of our efforts,” President Jim McDermott said. During the 2014-15 grant cycle, LIF has $50,000 available to distribute. The grant focus this year will be primarily youth programs. Learn more about the Loudoun Impact Fund at www.cfnova.org.

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The Bulldogs have reached the Virginia High School League playoffs each of the past 12 seasons. Stone Bridge won the VHSL Group AAA Division 5 state championship in 2007 and has reached the state finals four other times.

But in this “what have you done lately?” world, to some that doesn’t stack up against the more recent success of Ashburn rivals Broad Run and Briar Woods. The Spartans won the Group AA Division 4 state titles in 2008 and ’09, while the Falcons claimed the AA Division 4 crown three straight seasons from 2010-12 and reached the new Group 5A championship game last fall.

Senior lineman Aaron Crawford wants to bring Stone Bridge back to the forefront in the minds of eastern Loudoun football fans.

The 6-foot-2, 305-pound defensive tackle and offensive guard led the Bulldogs in quarterback sacks and ranked among the top five on the team in total tackles last season, and he expects

he and his teammates to lead Stone Bridge back to the top in 2014.

“Growing up, in Little League, we won championships and that’s a mindset that’s been inserted in me my entire life,” Crawford said. “Coach [Mickey] Thompson has always had championships and gotten to the big games.

They’ve been fortunate to win before, but it’s really big for us in the program since the last Courtesy of Tom Lighton one was in 2007. We just Stone Bridge senior lineman Aaron Crawford has committed to the University of North Carolina for football. want to bring another one home.” to me right now,” Crawford said. “The program am right now.”

Thompson has been the head coach at goes back to Coach Thompson, the way he has Where Crawford is right now is a good Stone Bridge since the school opened in 2000 always been able to string together winning place. His size and success at Stone Bridge drew and he has posted a 143-29 record over 14 seasons. He seems to find the talent within our considerable interest from college recruiters seasons. Thompson and assistant coaches Kyle team and have them excel, which is what he’s over the past two seasons and Crawford made Wrenn and Derek Barlow (who left the Bull- done with me and some of our other players. a verbal commitment last spring to attend the dogs in the offseason for a position at Wood- Coach Wrenn was the head JV coach when University of North Carolina next fall. grove) have had a great influence on Crawford, I started and has come along with me as my “A couple of things drew me to North who joined the varsity team as a freshman. offensive line coach, and Coach Barlow ran the Carolina,” Crawford said. “One is their under“Stone Bridge football means everything defense and helped get me prepared for where I Continued on Next Page

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Brittany Basinger was the 2013 Gatorade Virginia Girls Soccer Player of the Year at Woodgrove before going to Penn State, where she was named to the all-Big Ten freshman team last fall.

rittany Basinger’s rise through the youth national team ranks began with an impromptu visit by the future head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team.

In December of 2011, Paul Ellis invited his sister Jill to watch his club team, FC Virginia ECNL. Paul was in Sanford, FL, at the time with his team for a tournament, while also getting the chance to visit with his parents who lived nearby. Jill arrived to visit with family as well, but took her brother up on his invitation.

Her side trip became an unplanned scouting mission.

While she watched FC Virginia ECNL play, Jill, then the U.S. Soccer Women’s development director before being named in May to oversee the U.S. Women’s National Team, was impressed enough with Basinger, one of the team’s starting defenders, that she wanted to bring the then-Wood-

grove High School junior into the next U17 national camp for further evaluation.

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recalled Jill asking him. “We’ve got to get her into the U17 pool.”

There was no time to waste.

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latter stages of finalizing its roster for World Cup qualifying in May. But Jill Ellis was determined to get Basinger a look.

She told Paul she would follow up. Paul, meanwhile, informed Basinger’s parents that Brittany might receive a call.

“It was something I had not thought of, but my parents had gotten word,” Basinger said. “They told me at dinner. It was surreal. All my hard work was paying off.”

It became official in February when Basinger reported to a training camp in California.

She was a late addition, but Basinger proved she belonged. She hasn’t slowed down since.

She started for the U.S. team that won the CONCACAF qualifying tournament and then started again when the U.S. competed in the U17 World Cup in the fall of 2012.

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“I think it’s every little girl’s dream to play for your country,” said Basinger, who is second on the U.S. team in minutes played this year in international matches with 1,088. “I feel like my family inspired me to keep pushing as hard as I can.”

As a member of the U10 team that was then called Loudoun Elite, Basinger played midfielder for Ellis. But as Basinger developed as a player, Ellis believed her skills and physical makeup made her more effective as an outside defender.

Basinger’s endurance level was a big plus.

So was her attacking ability. The result allowed her to go up and down the field without losing a step. She was an offensive threat who could go wide and cross the ball into the goal mouth and a defensive stalwart who could keep opponents on their heels.

“I felt like central midfield was holding her back,” Paul Ellis said. “The move to defense gave her more freedom.”

Basinger hesitated at first about making the move. It was new to her and she wasn’t sure what to do. But Basinger worked hard to learn her new position so that by the time Jill Ellis saw her she was in her element.

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“The other thing is they have a tendency to send a lot of [defensive] linemen to the NFL,” he added. “That’s a dream of mine, and those two together really sealed the deal for me. The relationship I had with the coaches was special.

Coach Keith Gilmore really took care of me in the recruiting process and really looked after me. All of the players I met looked after me as well and it’s beautiful down there. Putting that all together made a good package and I thought it was right for me.”

Over the past year, Crawford has added other tools to his arsenal to ensure he is ready for the rigors of NCAA Division I football. In addition to his practice time at Stone Bridge, he has been working out at both Performance Edge Competitive Sports Training in Lansdowne and at MASE Training Sports Performance & Fitness Center in Sterling, which is run by former Redskins linebacker Eddie Mason.

David Mikel, chief executive officer and head strength coach at Performance Edge, has experience working with NFL teams such as the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos, as well as NFL Europe (the now-defunct development league sponsored by the NFL). He and his staff have trained many college and professional athletes, including former Stone Bridge stars Zach Thompson and Jonathan Allen. Thompson went on to be a standout defensive lineman at Wake Forest University and is currently in training camp with the New York Jets, while Allen, an all-state and all-American defensive end with the Bulldogs, is playing at perennial national power Alabama.

Mikel said programs at Performance Edge

are geared to the position of the player and his/ her goals to determine what type of lifting and intensity loads the player needs. They then design a program for that individual’s ability.

“It’s really unique as it’s based on making them better and focusing on their skills and needs,” Mikel said. “Instead of having everybody do the same thing and try to keep up or fall behind, we adjust accordingly on the fly.

We go through monthly phases of strength, power, speed and agility and help them progress toward their season.

“When he first got here, he was pretty raw,” Mikel said of Crawford. “He is a big kid, but was lacking some of the finer motor skills.

Like a lot of kids, it’s taken a little bit of time for him to buy in. The bigger and stronger kids have a tendency to think ‘I’m good enough. I’m already beating everybody.’ Sometimes the kids have to learn the hard way by not doing too much or eating properly. We give the tools and guidance, but they have to buy into it.

“As we tell them, their biggest opponent is not the guy across the line, but himself,” Mikel added. “You can compete to the level of the person you’re playing against and that might be good enough to defeat him, but maybe not the next guy. So you have to think about how much better you can make yourself. A lot of times it’s a mental block more than physical, and once they buy in and realize they can do anything if they push hard with the right instruction, they do really well.”

So far, Crawford is buying into the Performance Edge program.

“Working here has been great,” Crawford said. “It really helped me bring myself to the next level. Dave was great in bringing me in and helping me grow and getting stronger. I work on strength and power here and have been able to put together a good program.”

“He’s doing great,” Mikel said. “His strength has increased and his power has come up. Coach Thompson said ‘Wow, he’s gotten so much better.’ He’s really been buying into it this past year and made huge strides. He’s still working on flexibility, but he’s doing pretty well.”

Crawford expects all of the hard work will have one result.

“Winning is all that I care about,” Crawford said. “It’s no fun if you’re losing. I’ve been able to see how the older guys came in and got to work, how that helped them to win. It gave me the same mindset to do the same.

“I’m not trying to focus on individual achievements for I feel I’ve already done a pretty good job of being known” by college recruiters, Crawford said. “Really, the biggest goal this year is winning a championship. That’s all I care about.” n

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Eating, Drinking and Hanging Out At One Loudoun country. May said his staff is working on fall programming for the barn and the plaza, as well as the development’s clubhouse, which is still under construction and slated for completion in November. This fall, the clubhouse site will be the new home of the Ashburn Farmers Market, a member of the Loudoun Valley Homegrown Markets Cooperative currently located at a shopping center off Ashburn Village Boulevard. The market will move to the clubhouse site Sept. 6 and will be renamed the One Loudoun Farmers Market.

As the development’s planned restaurants come online, they’re drawing a mix of 20-somethings, young families and empty nesters. For Alicia Keen, 23, who lives in Leesburg and owns a Pilates studio in Ashburn, Bar Louie is a favorite hangout.

“I like the atmosphere—it’s a cool place and the food is delicious,” Keen said. One Loudoun’s central location is appealing to her group of friends scattered across Loudoun and Fairfax counties, and they regularly meet up for its $5 burger night on Tuesdays.

“Half my friends live in Leesburg and half live in Herndon,” Keen said.

“It’s a good meeting spot.”

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onceived a decade ago as a new downtown for Loudoun County, One Loudoun is beginning to live up to that promise.

For commuters who pass by on Rt. 7, the project appears as just one more group of buildings rising out of the most recent construction boom. Those who take the exit are finding a hip new place to shop, eat or just hang out. And while many of the One Loudoun’s amenities are still in the works, a sense of its urban vibe finally is emerging.

One Loudoun has a decidedly urban feel by design. With brownstonestyle townhouses on small lots as well as single-family homes and downtownstyle common spaces, including its fountain plaza surrounded by restaurants and the aptly named Central Park, a 100-acre green space located between commercial and residential areas.

“Our vision has always been to create a more urban, walkable environment where you can live work and play

all in the same place,” said Bill May, the development’s managing director. “The kind of environment that up until now has not existed in Loudoun County…

We thought there was enough critical mass in the area to support and sustain a real downtown area.”

That urban feel was an important selling point for Stephanie Knackstedt and her family. Knackstedt moved to Ashburn Farm from Old Town Alexandria with her husband Chris and daughter Madison, now 8, at the beginning of this decade because of Loudoun’s highly rated school system. But as One Loudoun’s residential component came online, Knackstedt saw it as a way to have the best of both worlds.

“The whole idea of being able to park your car on the weekends, being able to walk to some of the fun events or the restaurants is really nice,” she said.

“It’s pretty hectic during the week and for us it was the thought of going home and not having to get in your car again and being able to relax and walk to the grocery store and walk to the restaurants and walk to the park and meet your neighbors.”

Both Knackstedt and her husband commute to work, and One Loudoun’s location at the nexus of Rt. 7 and Loudoun County Parkway was a big part of the neighborhood’s appeal, as was its more urban feel. “It reminds us of Old Town and we like that,” Knackstedt said.

Residents have been flocking to monthly Saturday evening open-air concerts at the development’s central fountain plaza this summer and children’s concerts featuring the popular kids’ band Rocknoceros. The developer showed World Cup soccer matches on permanent large screens on the plaza, which also offers free Wi-Fi. The centrally located Alamo Drafthouse has been up and running for over a year and draws residents from across the region with its mix of films, including regular repertory classics, food and beverages.

This spring, the developer celebrated the completion of a rebuilt barn, moved from a nearby property, as the anchor of its amphitheater entertainment area just beyond the retail plaza.

The barn’s inaugural event was this year’s Loudoun YouthFest concert featuring top teen bands from around the

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“Charlotte’s Web: The Musical”

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Photoworks Darkroom Demo

“Anything Goes”

8 p.m., Potomac Falls High School, Sterling.

Contact: www.sterlingplaymmilyakers.com Sterling Playmakers presents Cole Porter’s classic musical. Show runs weekends through Aug. 10. Tickets are $15 in advance or at the door.

“Charlotte’s Web: The Musical”

7 p.m., See July 31 listing.

Middleburg Sidewalk Sale

10 a.m.-5 p.m., townwide. Contact: www.

visitmiddleburgva.com Middleburg’s distinctive shops offer special summer discounts during this annual threeday event.

This adults-only evening features live music at the lakeside pavilion. Tickets are $20 and include a flight of wine.

National Conference Center Screen on the Green

Saturday, Aug. 2

8:30 p.m., 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Lansdowne. Contact: conferencecenter.com Free, family-friendly outdoor movies. This week’s feature is “Babe”.

Friday Night Flights

6-9 p.m., Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg. Contact: www.tarara.com

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Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for kids (16 and under) and free for Friends of Oatlands members.

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Monk’s BBQ offers the opportunity to share your pride and joy with like minded folks. Come show off your wheels and enjoy some home made BBQ.

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10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, 13266 Taylorstown Road, Leesburg. Contact: 540-822-5331 The church will be selling country ham or fried chicken dinners, hot dogs, chili and hand dipped ice cream. Live country and gospel music by the James Boys at noon. Event is open to the public. Free will offering benefits church mission programs.

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7-9 p.m., Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: www.acousticonthegreen.com Leesburg’s own Don Chapman brings his acoustic act of classic rock, pop and originals.

His song list includes covers from the Beatles, Byrds, Eagles, America, Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket to Duncan Sheik, John Mayer and other contemporary performers.

Lisa Lim and Larry Burnett will join Chapman on stage.

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pany conveyed a school site to the county for the construction of Steuart W. Weller Elementary, which opened in the fall of 2008. But by the end nd, the current restaurant offerings of 2008, the economy had crashed and residential are just the beginning. Loudoun’s resbuilding at the development was put on hold taurant culture is getting ready for a until late 2010. So far, the developer has sold 379 shift with the advent of some of the houses, of which 295 have been completed and county’s first celebrity chef-driven restaurants conveyed to owners. The developer is currently at One Loudoun. Bryan Voltaggio will open his in discussions about building apartments at One second Family Meal restaurant near the alreadyLoudoun. open Fresh Market grocery store later this year. hile things are moving along And Robert Wiedmaier, known for DC hotspots at One Loudoun, the road has like Marcel’s and Brasserie Beck, will open his not been without a few bumps. first Italian-style restaurant at One Loudoun Ground was broken at One Lounext year. doun more than a year ago for the construction Voltaggio’s company has several different of a stadium for the Loudoun Hounds minor restaurant concepts, from fine dining to more league baseball team, but construction of Edelcasual. The chef said he and his staff work to man Financial Field has been on hold as the make sure the concept fits the community and investment group behind the franchise works One Loudoun fits Family Meal’s high-end comto put together a financing package, leaving an fort food model. empty space at the community’s gateway on Rt. 7.

“It’s about taking really approachable family Also still in the planning stages are a hotel fare and using great ingredients and focusing deal and construction of the World Trade Center on technique,” he said. “One Loudoun is a fast Dulles Airport, which would be a member of the international World Trade Centers Association and would help foreign companies launch projects in the United States.

May said the developer had originally envisioned the community as appealing to younger first-time homebuyers, but he’s been surprised by its popularity with empty nesters looking to downsize, drawn in part by the lawn care services included in the development’s HOA fees.

“It’s a bigger mix than we originally thought perhaps that we would get,” May said, adding that the generational diversity is an asset. “An integral part of being a real place is having that multigenerational community.

Leesburg Today/Danielle Nadler I think that’s critiBar Louie is one restaurant that is already drawing crowds to One Loudoun. cally important.”

Celebrity chefs Bryan Voltaggio and Robert Wiedmaier each have plans to open One Loudoun’s restaurants in the development. new “downtown” also is drawing growing community and seems to be appealing residents from nearby older adult communities to families. The other great thing about that Potomac Green and Ashby Ponds for shopping development is we like mixed-use tenants like and dining. retail and office space.”

“From a socialization point they’re very One Loudoun also will feature upscale much a part of One Loudoun,” May said. regional chains popular in more urban settings Ed Good and his wife Margaret recently like Arlington, Bethesda and Reston, including moved to the neighboring Potomac Green Uncle Julio’s Mexican, Matchbox and a branch 55-plus community from Waterford, and the of the Arlington farm-to-table favorite Copretail, restaurant and cultural offerings at One perwood Tavern. According to May, leases have Loudoun were a big part of the appeal. Breakfast been signed with a number of ethnic eateries and lunch at Fresh Market and Zoës Kitchen have and the Redskins Grille, operated by the G3 made the unpacking process easier. restaurant group through a licensing agreement “We’ve been going every day for lunch and with NFL and slated to open next spring. breakfast,” Good said. “We certainly like having The blossoming downtown vibe has been a Fresh Market close by. We like having the Alamo long time in the making. Developer Miller and close by. We like the outdoor concerts with our Smith began planning One Loudoun 10 years grandchildren. It’s going to be very interesting to ago and took title to the land in 2007. The comsee what else goes in there.” n

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9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro.

Contact: www.hillsborofarmersmarket.org Event features books signings, author readings, a book sale, storytelling, live music and

“Anything Goes”

8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Conference Rooms A and B, Leesburg. Contact: 703-858-8818 This pediatrician-designed class for boys and girls ages 11-13 covers childcare essentials, injury management and more. $75 cost includes a handbook and snacks. Participants should bring a packed lunch. Advance registration is required.

8 p.m., See Aug. 1 listing.

“Charlotte’s Web: The Musical” 7 p.m., See July 31 listing.

Middleburg Sidewalk Sale 10 a.m.-5 p.m., See Aug. 1 listing.

Sunset Movies at Loudoun Station

7 p.m., Loudoun Station, 43805 Central Station Drive, Ashburn. Contact: loudounstation.com

5-8 p.m., Village at Leesburg Fountain Court, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Contact: www.villageatleesburg.com Julian Rose performs acoustic pop music.

Inova Loudoun Safe Sitter Class

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Bluemont Concert Series: Pan Masters

7 p.m., Loudoun County Courthouse, 18 E. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: www.bluemont. org Bluemont closes its summer season with one of its most popular shows: the Pan Master Steel Drum Orchestra. The band’s eclectic repertoire ranges from traditional island calypso, reggae, and soca to unique interpretations of Stevie Wonder, the Beatles, J.S. Bach and more. Requested donation is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and Bluemont members and $2 for children.

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Summer Reading Day At Hillsboro Farmers Market and Kane Miller children’s books, as well as storytelling and crafts from Purcellville Library hourly from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

The market also features live music from Kipyn Martin and Todd Coyle and children’s activities.

Market hours are 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with Leepson’s reading from his biography of Francis Scott Key at 11 a.m.

The market takes place at Hillsboro’s Old Stone School at 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. For more information, go to www. hillsborofarmersmarket.org.

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Wladyka, who describes her work as “a merge between realism and abstract,” specializes in a combination of found objects and traditional painting on canvas. She uses both acrylics and watercolors and uses vibrant colors on recycled windows, wooden cupboard doors and other found materials.

An artist’s reception is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9. North Gate Vineyard is located at 16031 Hillsboro Road in Bernadette Wladyka’s paintings will be on disPurcellville.

9 p.m., Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com A great evening of alternative country, Americana, rock and blues from back-to-back DCarea favorites. Concert benefits the Juveniles Diabetes Research Fund. Tickets are $10 in advance.

9:30 a.m., Oatlands Gardens, 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg. Contact: dtsumuki@aol.com Enjoy yoga with Denise Moore in Oatlands’ gardens (or in the Carriage House if it rains).

Suggested $20 cash donation (a portion of proceeds go to Oatlands). Advance registration is required.

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Middleburg Sidewalk Sale

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Dance 4 Tomorrow Fundraising Walk

3 p.m., Rotary Pavilion, Franklin Park, Purcellville. Contact: www.dance4tomorrow.org The new Loudoun-based nonprofit, which works to raise awareness of mental health disorders, sponsors a 3.5 mile walk to benefit Grafton Integrated Health Network.

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Village at Leesburg Kids Club: Blue Sky Puppets 10 a.m., Village at Leesburg Community Room, 1601 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg.

Contact: www.villageatleesburg.com The popular Blue Sky Puppets give a free performance. Open to the public.

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9:15-11:30 a.m., Christian Fellowship Church, 21673 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn. Contact: www. everydaylifewithgod.org/mops Mothers with newborns through kindergarten-age children are invited to join this group providing support to mothers of young children. Meetings include speakers, crafts and fellowship and continue most first and third Fridays.

NAMI Family Support Group

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

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American Legion Bingo

Leaders of Leesburg Toastmasters Club

Leesburg Speakeasies Toastmasters Club

Sunday, Aug. 3

Arcola United Methodist Church Encounter Praise and Worship

Monday, Aug. 4

Next Chapter Book Club

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Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) Purcellville

9:30-11:30 a.m., St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 711 W. Main St., Purcellville. Contact: www.purcellvillemops.com The Mothers of Preschoolers group is open to area women with newborns through kindergarten-age children. Meetings are a chance to forge friendships, find support and make connections while enjoying snacks, coffee and crafts. Childcare, including playtime, crafts and snacks, is provided.

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Ashburn Area Woman’s Club

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

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7-9 p.m., Hamilton-area location. Contact: Jim Christian, 540-338-4543, Bill Harrison, 703-7774586 or Blake Netherwood, 571-436-4445 The Hamilton Ruritan Club holds a dinner meeting and informational session for potential new members. Call to register and for specific meeting location. Meetings will continue on the first Thursday of each month.

Leesburg Kiwanis

6:30-7:30 p.m., Lightfoot Restaurant, 11 N. King St. Leesburg. Contact: www.leesburgkiwanis.org Service club meets every first Thursday.

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Contact: rroseberry@paxtoncampus.org or 703-777-1939 New members are welcome at this book club for adults with cognitive disabilities.

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

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11 a.m., Leesburg Executive Airport, Third Floor Conference Room, 1001 Sycolin Road SE, Leesburg. Contact: 703-596-6929 Practice public speaking skills with others. Club meets every first Saturday.

7:30 - 9p.m., Friendship House, 16480 Meadowview Court, Leesburg. Contact: naminovaloudoun@aol.com The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers a free family support group in Loudoun County for family members of adults, adolescents and children living with mental health challenges. The group meets the first Tuesday of every month.

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Live Music: The Fixx

Thursday, Aug. 7

Historic Preservation Talk

10 a.m., Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195.

Tom Scofield, the Town of Leesburg’s new preservation planner, discusses his work and plans for the town’s historic district.

Composting Lecture

loudouncountymastergardeners.org Learn to make free fertilizer and soil conditioner through composting. Environmental educator Debra Maes and Master Gardener Sam Allaire share their expertise at this lecture sponsored by Loudoun County Master Gardeners.

8:30 p.m., Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg. Contact: tallyholeesburg.com The famed ’80s New Wave/rock band, known for the classic “One Thing Leads To Another,” present a by-request show allowing advance ticket holders to vote for the set list online.

Tickets are $29 in advance/$34 at the door.

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Photographic interpretations of O’Keeffe’s Black Place and White Place will be displayed.

Above is Sullins’ photographic interpretation of O’Keefe’s 1941 oil Black Place No 2.

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9 year old colonial at the top of the hill w/ of cul-de-sac backing to stream.

Community offers spectacular views.

Guest House w/over 1K Sq. Ft. interest in the environment and energy efficient with potential for rental income. Additional Spring House building. night sky with no city lights. with storageEnjoy spacethe and unbelievable natural spring.

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PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM EVERYWHERE $475,000 GREAT VALUE IN Custom built 4 level home w/approx 3,150 Finished $50,000 LOUDOUN COUNTY Sq. Ft. on 2 levels. Private, choice 3 acre lot w/360 degree from everyhills, sun filled Priced views to Sell!!!

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LOUDOUN COUNTY LEASE NOTICE The Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County is seeking to lease a minimum of 14,000 gross square feet to a maximum of 16,000 gross square feet of commercial store front space (shell space preferred) on an accessible ground floor level for the County to build-out and use as a space for the new Sterling Library. The preferred lease term is an initial term of five (5) years, with three (3) five (5)-year lease extensions.

The County prefers a facility that is visible from major roads and/or faces the parking lot that supports the facility, with an interior that is as open as possible to allow for maximum flexibility in the Library’s design and build-out.

Additionally, the facility must meet the following minimum criteria: 1) The zoning of the parcel upon which the facility is located must permit a public library use; 2) The facility must be located within a one (1)-mile radius of the location of the existing Sterling Library, at 120 Enterprise Street, Sterling, Virginia 20164; 3) The front of the facility must have one (1) defined, accessible main entrance for exclusive use by the Library as well as one (1) separate staff/delivery entrance; 4) When build-out of the Library is complete, the facility must meet all Federal, State, and County laws, regulations, and ordinances, including, but not limited to, fire prevention, life safety, Virginians with Disabilities Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act; and 5) The facility must meet the parking requirements of the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance for a public library use.

This is a request for information only. All proposals in regard to the facility must be received (4 copies) at the addresses below no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 22, 2014. Such proposals must provide a complete description of the facility that includes the minimum following information:

Lease negotiations are subject to funding for this project which will require voter approval of general obligation bond financing in the November 2014 Referendum. If approved, lease negotiations will commence thereafter with anticipated lease execution in the spring/summer of 2015.

Provide three (3) copies to: Harry Klaff Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. 1850 Towers Crescent Plaza, Suite 300 Vienna, VA 22182 Telephone: 703-485-8822 Email: harry.klaff@am.jll.com

The purpose of the rezoning application request is to amend the approved Concept Development Plan and Proffers as follows: • Revise the transportation and development phasing plan regarding the unbuilt portions of Hope Parkway. • Amend the permitted uses by allowing Light Intensity Industrial uses to locate in Oaklawn Land Bays A and B, a Recreational Facility in either Land Bay A or B, and a Repair Service Establishment and Service Station without gas pumps in Oaklawn Land Bay D. • Reallocate permitted office and other commercial uses among the Oaklawn Land Bays to accommodate the added uses. • Allow the approved hotel/motel/conference center to be in either Land Bay A or B. • Amend the proffer requiring H-2 Corridor Design approval for development in Land Bay B. Overall, a total of 1,549,500 square feet of commercial development is proposed in the PEC and PRC Zoning Districts combined onsite. There is no increase in the approved density as the total development square footages do not change from previous approvals. The allowable overall density is 0.40 and the overall proposed overall density is 0.38. Individual lots may have a maximum density of 0.60 provided the overall density is not exceeded. The property is further described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PINs): 233-38-8942, 233-39-6464, 233-39-6106, 233-30-2511, 233-30-1486, 233-304276, 233-29-0512, 233-29-6350, 233-29-9822, 233-20-0550, 233-20-3806, 233-19-8457, 233-10-1658, and 233-30-2941 and includes the following addresses 524 and 534 Trimble Plaza, as well as 304, 309, and 311 Kellys Ford Plaza. Several of the other parcels have no assigned addresses to date. The Town Plan designates this property as “Regional Officeâ€? and “Office/Light Industrialâ€? on the Land Use Policy Map with a desired density of 0.35 to 1.0 FAR. Additional information and copies of this application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by contacting Irish Grandfield, Senior Planner, at 703-771-2766 or igrandfield@leesburgva.gov.

At these hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the Town Council meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

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2. The County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) of the parcel upon which the facility is located.

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4. Interior floor plan indicating the locations of all columns, entrances, and exits.

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The subject property consists of vacant land in Oaklawn commercial development Land Bays A, B, C, D, G, MUC1, and MUC2. The site includes 94.7 acres bordered by the Dulles Greenway to the west, the Stratford residential development to the north, the Oaklawn residential development to the east, Battlefield Parkway and the Leesburg Municipal Airport to the south. 78.2 acres of the property are zoned PEC, Planned Employment Center District and the remaining 16.5 acres is zoned Planned Residential Community (PRC).

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Lead Groundskeeper—Parks and Recreation.................................................................................................$45,995-$77,577 DOQ............................................................................................Closing Date: August 6, 2014 REQUIRED: HS/GED; min. of 18 years of age; five years exp. in landscape work or parks maintenance with some supervisory experience, and an emphasis on athletic field maintenance and management; possess a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record; Pesticide Applicator’s Certification PREFERRED: Associate’s Degree in recreation and parks, horticulture, or related field; Seven years of exp. in grounds maintenance or horticulture, including three years of supervisory experience, with an emphasis on athletic field maintenance and management; experience in athletic field maintenance; bilingual in English/Spanish

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Curator of Manuscripts and Archives—Thomas Balch Library......................................................................$49,949-$83,837 DOQ........................................................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: Master’s Degree in American History, Archival Administration, Public History, Library Science or related field with specialization in archives and manuscripts; min. of five years experience in a special collections library or equivalent combination of education and experience; Must be available to work occasional evening and weekend hours PREFERRED: Master’s Degree in American History or Public History with archival coursework and a Master’s Degree in Library Science; Records Management experience; min. of 10 years of upwardly responsible positions in special collections or academic libraries; archival certification; bilingual in English/Spanish

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Dispatcher/Police Communications Technician--Police.................................................................................$45,136-$74,472 DOQ........................................................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: HS/GED; some experience as a telephone operator, dispatcher or related work; must be able to successfully complete required training and certification program as a condition of employment PREFERRED: Public Safety dispatching experience; current VA DCJS Dispatcher Certification; currently certified in VCIN/NCIC; bilingual in English/Spanish

CONTRACTUAL POSITION Tennis Professional--Parks and Recreation.....................................................................................................$20.60-$23.69/hr.*...............................................................................................Closing Date: Open until Filled REQUIRED: USPTA or USPTR Level III certification; min. of one year of experience teaching tennis; CPR and Standard First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 90 days of employment; various days/times; minimum of 20 hrs./week *Competitive salary plus commission on private and group lessons; health benefits available Flexible Part-time Positions—Parks and Recreation Department For a listing of our flexible part-time positions in our Parks and Recreation Department, please see www.leesburgva.gov/jobs *Most positions will be filled at or near the minimum of the range. *Dependent on Qualifications.

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In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Capital Caring 2900 Telestar Court Falls Church, VA 22042; or to a charity of the sender’s choice. Please share condolences with the family at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com.

A longtime resident of the county, Jody came to Loudoun with her family in 1976 after four years with Peace Corps in Fiji and Afghanistan. In 1979, after three years in Waterford, polly B. shaffer the Haags settled in Hamilton VA. 52, of Leesburg, died Sunday, 20 July 2014.

She was born to William and Elaine SehJody was born January 3, 1941 in Philadel- nert, in Baltimore, MD. Polly graduated from phia Pennsylvania and moved at a very young Loyola College, Baltimore, MD. with a Bachage to her mother’s hometown of Shenando- elor of Science in Physics. She was married to ah, Pennsylvania. At age of seven, she moved Brad L. Shaffer. to Tucson, Arizona, where she met and later married her husband of fifty-two years, Rich- Polly B. Shaffer was a Defense Intelligence ard. The early years of their marriage were Senior Executive and a member of the Naspent in Hawaii where Richard was pursuing tional Geospatial Intelligence Agency. She a doctorate at the University of Hawaii. served as the Industry Innovation Advocate and Procurement Integrity Ombudsman.

Many members of the community knew Polly was a recognized expert in e-Business Jody well from her years of working at the and e-Enterprise transformations, and EnterVillage Market in Hamilton, the former IGA prise Architecting and Engineering. Prior to store in Purcellville, and, for the past several joining the government she had a successful years, at The Natural Mercantile in Hamilton, career in industry as a Strategic Planner, Prowhere her smiling face and warm friendli- gram Manager and Lead Systems Engineer. ness endeared her to the many customers she assisted.

Polly was a philanthropist and champion for animal causes, her favorite being LabraJody was also frequently seen at the many dor retriever rescues and wild mustang and musical performances of her son and daugh- burro protection organizations. Most recentter and grandson, her proud smiling face ly she rescued ten mustangs in Nevada from and enthusiasm never failing to make her slaughter and ensured they were adopted. new and fast friends. Reflecting on Jody, one thinks “abundantly giving and nurturing.�

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the Return to FreeShe loved to garden and wanted nothing dom American Wild Horse Preservation and more than to see her family together enjoy- Sanctuary. Please share condolences with the ing a home cooked meal. She often spoke of family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com. her delight in each new day and was invariably bright and positive; a trait she displayed to the very end. Someone who knew her well Mary ellen harding aptly described her as, “the personification of Mrs. Mary Ellen Harding, 91 of Ashburn, love.�

Virginia passed away on Wednesday, July 23, In addition to her husband, Jody is survived 2014.

A memorial for Jody is being planned for a later date at Goose Creek Friends Meeting in Lincoln, Virginia. Please contacttroyandpaulahaag@gmail.com with your information and we will notify everyone when details have been finalized.

Donations can be made in her memory to the Foundation of the State Arboretum (FOSA) either online at http://blandy.virginia.edu/

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to American Diabetes Association, Memorial Donations, PO Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, diabetes.org. Please share condolences with the family. www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com.

Graveside services were held at 11 am on Monday, July 28, 2014 at Leesburg Union Cemetery 323 North King Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, with the Pastor Louis Schwebius officiating.

Josephine (Jody) Haag, 73, died July 21 of pancreatic cancer at her home in the loving care of her family; surrounded by music, love and the close proximity of her beloved garden.

by a son, Troy Haag and his wife Paula, of Front Royal; a daughter, Heidi Haag Novak and her husband Greg, of Tucson; a grandson, Maxfield Haag, of Ashburn; granddaughters Rachel and Chloe Haag, of Tucson; and granddaughter, Tawny Vaught of Wilmington NC.

Interment followed at Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Herndon, VA.

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46, of Bluemont, VA, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

She was born Friday, December 1, 1967 in Washington, DC. Michelle was raised in Loudoun where she graduated from Loudoun County High School class of 1987. She graduated from Longwood College majoring in English and Business.

Michelle was a very active vivacious woman. She helped many people live a healthy life style, through instructing step aerobics at Ida Lee Park and Worldgate, and as manager of Jenny Craig in Leesburg.

Evelyn Victoria James, 82, of Paeonian Springs, VA, went to her eternal home on July 24, 2014.

Loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and devoted member of the Family Bible Fellowship. She was born June 30, 1932 in Sunny Ridge, Virginia to the late William F. and Susie V. Marcus. She was a homemaker and lived with her husband of 64 years, Earl James. She is survived by her husband Earl, sons, Earl Michael, Donnie Eugene, Jerry Allen, Jimmy Lawrence, daughters, Sandra Victoria, Cynthia Ann, Linda Diane, Nancy Ellen and preceded in death by her daughter Barbara Sue; Six grandchildren and Nine great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Mary Hepner of Winchester, VA and brother Herman Marcus of Greenville, VA and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg, VA from 6 to 8 P.M. on Monday July 28th and on Tuesday July 29th from 10 to 11 A.M. Services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday July 29th at 11 A.M. and will be officiated by Pastors Robert Glascock and Jason Walker. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Hamilton, VA. Contributions can be made to Family Bible Fellowship. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

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She was a wine hostess at the Twin Oaks Winery in Bluemont, VA, and also loved dancing and hosting as a DJ in her spare time.

Mrs. Harding was born on Sunday, Novem- She especially enjoyed beach vacations with ber 5, 1922 in Leesburg, VA. A native of Lou- her Mother to whom she was very close. doun, she was a daughter of the late John L. Carr and the late Louise Atwell Carr. Mary Michelle leaves her beloved family to cherEllen graduated from Leesburg High School. ish her memory including, her husband Scott Please visit www.colonialfuneralhome.com to As a young woman, during WWII, she F. Hash of Bluemont, VA, her mother, Shirley express online condolences to the family. worked for the Quarter Master’s Office in Fay Cornett of Leesburg, VA, and friend John Washington, DC. Virts of Lovettsville, VA, her father and step mother, John H. & Nancy M. Rodgers, of PurMary Ellen met and married Rudolph I. Har- cellville, VA, her uncle, Joseph Cornett & Janet ding on October 26 1949. She later worked Bykowski of Spotsylvania, VA, her father-inas Assistant Post Master at the Ashburn Post law, Randy Hash of Bluemont, VA, and best Office, until she went to work for Loudoun buddy, her cat Woody; plus other family and County and worked as a Deputy Registrar many friends whose lives she touched. until retiring.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 AM on Since 2010, Mrs. Harding resided at Meadow Thursday at Leesburg Baptist Community

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Charles “Rick� Phelps, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. He is survived by his wife Carolynn Phelps, brother, Donnie Phelps, son Darren Phelps and step-daughter, Tanya Neeley. Those that knew him know he loved the outdoors and to read. He will be fondly remembered by the family and friends whose lives he touched. Please send condolences to www.colonialfuneralhome.com.

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Holly Sue Barnett, 49, VA passed Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Employed as a Real Estate Appraiser and volunteer EMT. Survived by mom, Florence Schwamb O’Hey of Leesburg, VA, two sons, Joseph and Matthew Barnett, brother, John Henry O’Hey,2 nieces.She was predeceased by brother, Timothy O’Hey. Services will be at 11:00 AM on Leesburg/Ashburn Wednesday at Combo Leesburg Presbyterian Church. Interment $ to Leesburg Union SIXTEENTH Cemetery.

PAGEDonations 199 anne MClaren Caldwell Greater Springfield Volunteer Fire DepartAnne McLaren Caldwell, 88, of Ashburn, VA $ PAGE (H/V) 315 ment #22, PO BoxEIGHTH 833 Springfield, VA 22150 passed away on July 26, 2014. Graveside servicwww.loudounfuneralchapel QUARTER PAGE $ 480 es are scheduled for Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at (H/V) 1:00 pm at Fairfax Memorial Park, 9900 Brad$ BONUS QUARTER riChard Mark Cook 599 (H/V) dock Road, Fairfax, VA. Family and friends will 60 PAGE of Leesburg,died $ on be assembling at the cemetery administration Richard Mark Cook,HALF 820 (H/V) Friday, July 25,2014.“Mark� was Lovettsville building on the grounds of Fairfax Memorial $ BONUS HALF 999 Loudoun Valley High Park (703)323-5202. Please send condolences and graduated from School. He worked as a handyman for Beato www.colonialfuneralhome.com $ THREE-QUARTER 1,135 ver’s Roofing, Potomac Farm and local au$ FULL PAGE by his compan1,429 thor Judy Randal. Survived susan l. Jenkins ion Anna Stull of Leesburg, brother, Robert & Susan L. Jenkins, 51, of Ashburn, VA, passed $ BACK PAGE 1,700 Cook of Leesburg, daughter Mandy Davis, 3 away peacefully on Thursday, July 24, 2014 nieces and 2 nephews, friends, Betty Harding at her residence surrounded by her family.

She is survived by her husband, Paul Jenkins; and Henry Haynes. Interment will be held at children, Amanda Jackson, Tammy Hawes a later date in Lovettsville Union Cemetery. & Kristy Fullingim; grandchildren Nicolus, www.loudounfuneralchapel.com Amethyst, Camdyn & Abigail; siblings, Richard, Debby, Kay, Randy and Julie. A memorial service was held at 11:00 AM on Monday, July 28, 2014 at Loudoun Funeral Chapel. Please share condolences with the family at www. www.leesburgtoday.com LoudounFuneralChapel.com.

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Myrtie M. Lebkicker a former Alexandria City resident and then residing in Leesburg ralPh w. Conrad, Jr since 1988, died on July 27, 2014 at Spring ArRalph W. Conrad, Jr., passed from this life bor a Senior Care Facility in Leesburg, VA. on July 28, 2014, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was born June 15, 1938, Myrtie was born in Burkesville, KY on Januin Danville, VA, the only child of Ralph and ary 04, 1919 she was the last surviving child Ruby Thomas Conrad. of John and Mavis Radford. She worked for C&P Telephone Company on Mt Vernon Ave Growing up in Charlottesville, VA, and in Alexandria and was promoted to supervigraduating from Lane High School, it was exsor and spent the rest of her career at the Penpected that he would attend UVA, which he tagon where, she retired in 1980. She was a did. However, he felt the Marine Corp was member of the Martha Washington Chapter more to his liking, so leaving the university, No. 42 Order of the Eastern Star. Myrtie volhe enlisted in 1961 and served six years. unteered with the Loudoun Hospital and she was also active in the Winchester Antique Car After his military service, he continued with Club with her husband Richard D. Lebkicker his education in the areas of accounting and who predeceased her on March 1, 1995. She business management. His primary life’s was also a wonderful seamstress and quilter work was in the service industry, retiring with and had a very keen sense of humor.

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Hadley of Deltona, FL (Dempsey Hadley) Marion Moon of Alexandria, VA, Cheryl His retirement years started with enhancing Oakes of Mayfield, KY and James Henderhis property on Cider Mill Rd. in Hillsboro son of Leesburg, VA (Ginny Henderson); into a park-like atmosphere. He also volun12 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, teered with the Loudoun Sheriff ’s Auxiliary 20 great-great grandchildren and numerous and the Loudoun Juvenile Courts where he nieces and nephews . was awarded Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in 2000. However, the world of educaVisitation with be held at Loudoun Funeral tion caught his attention and he reentered the Chapel 158 Catoctin Circle, S.E. Leesburg, work force as a Special Education Aide. He VA on Thursday July 31, 2014 from 6-8 PM. worked for eight years at Blue Ridge Middle A Celebration of Life Service will be held FriSchool before taking a second retirement in day from 1:00 – 2:00 PM at the funeral home.

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hen was the last time a massive, over-budget infrastructure project opened to such public fanfare, accolades and excitement?

The week’s opening of the Silver Line in neighboring Fairfax County highlights the opportunities rail connections afford residents and businesses.

It also made clear how much work is yet to be done to prepare for Metro’s arrival in Loudoun—in as little as four years.

A trip on the Silver Line’s Phase 1 tracks zooming through Tysons Corner’s towering skyline provides a stark contrast to the open fields that Phase 2 will bisect en route from Dulles Airport to the terminus near Ashburn’s Rt. 772 intersection along the Dulles Greenway. On paper, there is a skyline of buildings on the Loudoun side of the border, too. And on paper, there are parking garages offering commuters thousands of spaces. And on paper, the rail line will spur development in a special tax district to help pay for it all. After a decade or more of planning, there is still much more to be done as the concept of bringing “rail to Loudoun” hardens into reality.

As commuters settle into new routines over the next few weeks, state and local leaders should be focused on all the tasks to be done so they can host a similar public celebration in the summer of 2018. Phase 2, you’re on the clock.

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ne comment that should not be quickly forgotten from Saturday’s celebratory speeches was a suggestion from Gov. Terry McAuliffe that the state government may contribute more to offset the cost area residents will pay for the construction. For every dollar, or million dollars, the General Assembly commits to the project, planned toll hikes can be reduced or delayed on the Dulles Toll Road—and the state government can come closer to covering its original commitment to pay 50 percent of the total project cost.

As regional transportation planners work to keep the commonwealth’s economic engine humming along, the state government should not be let off the hook on this project.

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One, a two-story reconfiguration, rotates the building to face forward, increases setback distance, adds parking instead of relocating the Memorial Garden and, makes use of original 1930s-era classroom additions, which were restored after a 1976 fire destroyed other parts of the school.

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Despite pre-school continuing without interruption or reduction throughout Lucketts Community Center’s renovation, county staff members told citizens in 2012 that Lovettsville pre-school would be discontinued during renovation. Such threats, omission of the building’s school history and empty promises

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for public input during design effectively advanced the staff-recommended “demolish old/build new” option that will cost taxpayers more than renovation. County records obtained last month through the Virginia Freedom of Information Act reveal staff’s motivation—their architect said demolition would be easier. Indeed, influential staff’s agenda favoring demolition was confirmed last week by the public statement of the highly respected Loudoun Laurels medal winner who told supervisors she was directed in 2012: “Shut up, the county already decided it was to be torn down.”

Written questions were submitted weeks ago, including several related to safety: When was the preschool classroom lead-based paint abatement completed, as recommended in March 2012? Why was that report withheld from the public until recently revealed in the FOIA request? Where are the county’s logistical plans for maintaining full programming on site during conContinued on Next Page

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struction? Or are these “details” left to the lowbid winning builder? My district representative won’t answer.

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IMPROVED AIR AND WATER QUALITY

Continuing to restore air and water quality are major challenges facing Virginia and the entire Chesapeake Bay region. The redevelopment of Tysons and other areas of Fairfax should reduce the emissions of pollutants from thousands of cars per day and allow for improved water quality infrastructure to reduce the flow of pollution from stormwater.

With this concentrated growth, the need to expand utilities and services into new areas will be reduced. At the regional level, planners for the Council of Governments expect that the development in Tysons and along the Silver Line will reduce future population growth in other areas of the region such as Fauquier and Culpeper.

PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE RURAL ECONOMY

Communities that provide rural economic services (agriculture, recreational opportunities, open space, water supply) will be under less pressure to convert land to suburban development. The potential competition between conservation strategies and speculative development proposals will be reduced. The combination of smart growth development linked to transit and Virginia residents’ efforts to conserve rural land will enable the commonwealth to achieve a win-win outcome that meets economic, fiscal and conservation goals.

As with any major change of this scale, there are plenty of opportunities and challenges that remain, such as funding the second phase to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County; making sure the promised investments in local roads, local transit and sidewalks are made in a timely fashion; implementing the commitments on new and improved stormwater systems; and constantly working to improve the mix of uses and amenities in the new and redevelopment communities in Tysons, Reston and Loudoun. But the fact remains that the region’s future is far better with the opening of the Silver Line than any other investment in the past 40 years.

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Dear Editor: Your article about sales tax holidays “Virginia’s Back-To-School Tax Holiday Returns This Weekend” suggests that sales tax holidays are a great deal for shoppers, when, in fact, sales tax holidays aren’t really worth celebrating.

These holidays are poorly targeted, costly and represent a lost opportunity to get tax fairness right.

A three-day sales tax holiday does nothing to provide relief to low-income taxpayers the other 362 days of the year. Holidays offer too little relief to the families that need it most and they require you to shop when the state says so. Wealthy families benefit from the holiday too and they have an even greater ability to shift their shopping to take advantage of the tax break.

Sales tax holidays also cost money. Virginia can’t afford to stop collecting taxes. Revenue lost through sales tax holidays will have to be made up somewhere else, either through painful spending cuts or increasing other taxes.

Well-intentioned policymakers need to understand that sales tax holidays are simply too insignificant, poorly targeted and too temporary to make a state’s tax structure more fair. Taxpayers should not accept tax-free weekends as a replacement for real reforms that eliminate unnecessary breaks at the top and solve the problems that will still be there, long after this year’s holiday has passed.

Kelly Davis, Whitewater, WI Midwest Director, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

The congestion, stress and unreliability of long driving commutes have made many jobs less accessible for residents from Loudoun County to Prince George’s County. The Silver Line will provide an improved connection to some of the highest concentrations of jobs in the region. Even a small percentage of trips reduced on the Dulles Toll Road, I-66 and the Beltway can make a major difference in congestion and commute times for those who need to drive, especially around Tysons.

Increased transit access to the retail stores, especially Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria should boost economy.

An increase in transit access should expand the sales at both Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria, which will benefit the economy and local and state tax revenues. Let’s be honest, a good portion of Virginia relies on and benefits from the incredible retail activity at Tysons. The commonwealth has made a relatively small investment compared to the major economic return that will result from the new metro line. From a transportation perspective, if a significant percentage of existing and new visitors use the Silver Line, there may be less automobile traffic at the malls than currently, especially during peak holiday periods.

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Perhaps the biggest impact of the Silver Line will be the changing pattern of land development in Virginia and the region. If the land near the new stations along the Silver Line develops as planned with a mix of residential, retail, commercial and public amenities, an increasing percentage of the population in Northern Virginia will have access to a wide range of opportunities to live, work and play without having to drive an automobile.

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Dear Editor: I live in a private community. At the entrance are large signs posted “No Solicitors,” “Private Parking,” “No Street Parking.”

On July 26 there was at least one campaign worker for Barbara Comstock, Republican candidate for Congress in my district, parked on the street, going from door to door, distributing campaign literature, and soliciting votes for Ms. Comstock.

The rules posted apply to everyone, including these people. Their disregard towards them is indicative of their attitude.

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Dear Editor: For millions of kids across the United States, going to school means getting enough to eat. Low-income families have long relied on programs like the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program to provide their children with nutritious free and reduced-price meals—helping them to stretch their budgets and making sure that their children are able to grow up healthy. In fact, here in Loudoun, 19 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. But what happens to these families when school isn’t in session?

Fortunately, the Summer Food Service Program was developed to help bridge this gap. This program allows schools, government agencies, camps, religious institutions, and community organizations to get funding from the United States Department of Agriculture for meals and snacks to be served to children in need during long school breaks. Any child under the age of 18 who qualifies for free or reduced price meals can get free meals and snacks throughout the summer months at participating sites.

Despite this program, many kids miss out.

The USDA reports that while approximately 21.5 million children received free or reducedprice lunches through the NSLP on an average school day in 2012, only about 3.3 million kids received meals on an average day in the month of July. This means that roughly 18.2 million kids missed out on free meals each day. Issues like inadequate transportation options, administrative barriers, and complicated enrollment procedures can all deter participation, but one of the biggest problems is lack of awareness. Way too often, people don’t know that these programs exist, where to find them, or how to apply.

I was invited by the Virginia Fair Share Education Fund to visit the summer meals program in action at Sugarland Elementary this week. Because more than 50 percent of the students at Sugarland Elementary qualify for free or reduced price lunches, the program may serve a free and nutritious hot lunch to any child under 18 who wants it. The program at Sugarland Elementary operates through a partnership with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and volunteers from participating churches, schools, and community groups, and is open to all children under the age of 18. This eliminates the need for burdensome administrative requirements, greatly reducing major barriers to participation.

It also lessens the stigma of getting free meals for kids and families who don’t want to be labeled as poor, and gives kids from different economic backgrounds an opportunity to socialize over the summer.

We have the tools to fight childhood hunger. The success of the Sugarland Elementary

he opening of the Silver Line on Saturday is a major event that is an important step toward a better future for the Washington metropolitan region and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

For decades, Tysons has been an example of 20th century development, urban and suburban areas that don’t quite work—too many cars, no sidewalks and not enough green space.

The community’s investment in the Silver Line presents us with a once-in-ageneration opportunity to improve our travel and commutes, restore air and water quality, enhance our ability to preserve the rural economy and ultimately, transform the quality of life in communities along the new metro line and in the region as a whole.

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While I’m glad for the convenience, I’ve never understood why the local business community was pushing so hard for this in Loudoun (unless, of course, a bunch of developers hoped to prof it from the land sales...nah). This line is only going to f acilit ate the f light of people with money to spend OUT of Loudoun.

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Tools for School helps provide more than 500 students with the supplies they’ll need for class, an effort that has been ongoing for the past 16 years.

The organization works with families that are pre-qualified, based on need, through an application process. Parents can pick up applications from The Salvation Army office at 10 Cardinal Park Dr. SE in Leesburg now through Aug. 15.

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Dominion is proposing a new electric transmission line in Loudoun County Dominion is committed to providing safe and reliable service to its customers as demand for electricity has continued to grow steadily in northern Virginia. Dominion’s ability to continue maintaining dependable electric service to homes and businesses is more important than ever and critical to the sustainable success and stability of the local economy. Our mission is to meet these obligations — and do so in and environmentally responsible manner.

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Dominion will file an application with Virginia’s State Corporation Commission later this year to propose the removal and replacement of transmission structures within the boundaries of the existing right-of-way corridor between our Brambleton and Mosby substations.

NO ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS PROPOSAL. We invite the public to stop by our upcoming community open house to learn more about this project; members from our team of experts will be available to answer your questions.

For more information regarding the proposed Brambleton-Mosby 500kV Transmission Line Project, please visit our website at www.dom.com, search: Loudoun Or call 888-291-0190 Mon. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. 15 or email powerline@dom.com 7 LEESBURG

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“We’ve been working toward this since I was 7 years old,” Nelson said in an interview with Leesburg Today this week. “We all cried, even the groomers. It was the happiest moment of my life.”

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Alexis Nelson

Where – at all our participating restaurants who will serve their specially crafted Farm-to-Fork Loudoun menu sourcing from the farms and wineries listed below!

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From a young age, Nelson knew she’d fallen in love with an expensive sport and she would need to help pay for it. She started working at horse barns to help cover boarding costs by the time she was in second grade. She now balances three jobs—at TGI Fridays in Leesburg, Velocity Wings in Purcellville and Timber Dream Farm in Purcellville. Her mother works two jobs, one as a teacher in Fairfax County and another in customer service to help pay for everything that comes with owning an eventing horse.

“There’s the boarding, the trailer, lessons, farrier, vet, dentist, feed, competition fees— gosh, there’s so much,” Nelson said, listing her expenses. “Wealthier families can do it, but my family definitely doesn’t have the money that other families have, so we had to really work to afford him.”

The hard work, on and off Casper, has paid off.

Symansky said just over a year ago, when she started working with Nelson and Casper, she would not have believed they would go on to win the top national competition. “We worked together and kind of turned things around,” she said.

Nelson credits Symansky, as well as her regional coaches and coordinators who prepared her for last week’s competition—Sinead Halpin, Meg Kep and Rich Frankel—for all she’s

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“He was so athletic,” she said. “He threw me off so many times, and the things he could do to get me off were incredible. But also the things he could do with me on, how high he could jump for his size and breed was just amazing.”

With the help of various professional trainers, including Symansky, Nelson broke and trained Casper—a five-year-old horse that was bred to be a western pleasure horse—to compete against horses that stand a full two hands above him.

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t was a pony ride at the county fair when she was 2 years old that inspired Nelson’s love of riding. She begged her parents to take horseback-riding lessons, until they finally agreed five years later to enroll her at Affinity Farm in Aldie.

That’s where she first met Casper, a giveaway horse dropped off from an Appaloosa breeding farm.

“I remember him just sitting in the field because everyone was too scared to work with him,” she said, quickly adding, “He was naughty.”

Lynn Symansky, Nelson’s current coach, remembers watching Casper stop at a two-foot fence and refuse to go over. “That’s where this horse started.”

But Nelson, then 11-years-old, saw something in Casper that she was determined to draw out of him.

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been able to accomplish. But the recent Loudoun Valley High School graduate says she’s just getting started.

She plans to study for a year or two at Northern Virginia Community College, before transferring to James Madison University. And meanwhile, she and Casper will train for the two-star North American Junior and Young Rider Championships, for 19- to 21-year-old riders.

And from there?

“Basically, I want to end up like Lynn (Symansky),” she said of her coach, who’s competed in some of the world’s top equestrian events. “I’d love to go professional, eventually have my own barn and train and sell horses, and compete.”

Symansky has just as high hopes for Nelson and Casper. “I think they’re going to go back to young riders to the two-star level, and then who knows,” she said. “You never would’ve thought they’d go this far when she first got him, so I think they have a lot of potential to keep going.” n

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