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From Tragic Crash, Life-Saving Program Launched in Region BY NORMAN K. STYER

for a judgeship from Loudoun’s already overtaxed Circuit Court. Drug court, which includes weekly meetings with a judge, was deemed impossible with a shorthanded bench. But in a dramatic turn of events, in May 2018, the General Assembly voted to restore funding for every unfunded judgeship in the commonwealth. That gave the county government, which had already been studying a drug court, the go-ahead. On Jan. 2, county supervisors voted unanimously to set up a drug court to accommodate up to 25 people in the first year, with the help of $373,000 in county funding, five new hires, and $500,000 in federal grant money. And the people leading the new drug court—many of whom were involved in the last one—are optimistic. Now, there are more ways into the program, such as a plea deal, and the only major restriction on eligibility is a conviction for a violent felony.

Emergency responders in Northern Virginia are rolling out a first-of-its-kind program to help treat trauma patients in the field based on lessons learned at the site of a horrific Loudoun County crash. Inova Health System, Inova Trauma and Blood Donor Services, and the Northern Virginia EMS Council, in collaboration with the Fairfax County and Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Departments, have launched Field Available Component Transfusion Response (FACTR) to provide blood to entrapped trauma patients at crash scenes. In announcing the initiative, leaders from the agencies described FACTR as a groundbreaking program not available elsewhere in the U.S. that will provide lifesaving training and supplies to first responders—providing a dramatic increase in the level of care they can provide in the field. The program keeps large-volume massive transfusion blood products at area hospitals from where they can be rapidly deployed to rescue workers in the field. The program was a direct result of the September 2017 crash on Evergreen Mills Road south of Leesburg when a passenger car was hit broadside by a food truck with failing brakes. The driver, Erin Kaplan, died at the scene, but her mother and three children, all passengers in the car, were severely entrapped. As firefighters worked to cut the metal away, paramedics determined the patients would need blood before the hours-long extraction would be complete. They called to have additional blood from Inova Loudoun Hospital and StoneSprings Hospital delivered directly to the scene. That decision and the ability to transfuse blood products during the extrication was credited with helping the critically injured family members survive. After that incident, representatives from Loudoun and Fairfax Fire and Rescue departments, Inova Trauma Center, Inova Blood Donor Services and the Northern Virginia EMS Council began working to create a formal procedures

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Sarah Waybright uses a propane torch to flame-weed a row of soil to prepare for Gathering Springs Farm’s first round of planting. The new Middleburg-area farm hopes to provide agriculture education, as well as fresh produce, to the community. See story, Page 24.

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Drug Court Launches Anew BY RENSS GREENE Seven years since the county’s last attempt to offer a specialized program for addicts was dismantled, Loudoun launched a new, improved drug court Wednesday. A partnership between a broad spectrum of legal, human services, and law enforcement agencies, the drug court diverts people whose felony offenses are driven by their addiction, whether it be heroin or alcohol. Offenders get a chance to avoid jail time—and break the cycle of addiction and incarceration—by going instead to an intensive, outpatient treatment program. From 2004 to 2012, Loudoun tried operating a drug court, but county supervisors closed the program when they decided they weren’t getting their money’s worth. Between the restrictive conditions on who could qualify for the program, and a stricter policy for kicking out offenders who fell off the wagon, relatively few people entered the pro-

gram, and fewer successfully completed it. Only people who had violated probation on a non-violent drug offense—not including possession with intent to distribute—could be channeled into drug court. “With all these eligibility criteria, we kept limiting the number of possible participants, so that was one problem: we had a very small pool of people that were potentially eligible to get into the program,” said Director of Community Corrections Jim Freeman. “For those that did get into the program, we were very strict. People got terminated for various reasons of noncompliance, and so the net result was, we wound up with less than 95 participants total, and only 26 graduates, over a six-year program.” In 2016, as the opioid crisis raged, leaders in the county government and justice system started talks to reestablish a drug court based on the lessons learned from the last one. But those conversations were cut short when in 2017 the General Assembly stripped funding

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At Sully Elementary School in Sterling, Mike Smith, of the JK Community Farm near Airmont, signed cards and answered students’ questions during last Thursday’s lunch periods.

Student Promotion Touts Loudoun’s Agricultural All-stars BY NORMAN K. STYER Last Thursday was opening day in the baseball world and meant it also was a special day for many of Loudoun elementary school students. First, it meant stadium fare—hot dogs and nachos—were on the lunch menu. Also, it is the first day to pick up one of Loudoun’s farmer trading cards. It is the fourth year for the award-winning program from

Loudoun’s Department of Economic Development. The effort is designed to educate students about farming and food production while also building community links to the county’s agricultural community. This year, nine farmers were selected to be featured on the baseball card-like promotions, selected among nominations made by the public. Students are getting to meet the farmers through in-school autograph sessions that con-

tinued next week. At Sully Elementary School in Sterling, Mike Smith, of the JK Community Farm near Airmont, signed cards and answered students’ questions during Thursday’s lunch periods. It is the sixth year of farming for Smith, an Amelia County native who got introduced to sustainable agriculture at the College of William and ALL-STARS >> 47

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Lovettsville Resident Gets Kidney Transplant After 3-Year Search BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ After life-saving help from a stranger, Lovettsville resident Amy Samulenas is home recovering from kidney transplant surgery. The 38-year-old had been struggling with kidney disease since the age of 10, but was informed by her doctors three years ago that she needed a new kidney to save her life. Samulenas’ search for a donor was featured in a January issue of Loudoun Now, and quickly attracted international attention as her story was shared with the Air Force community thanks to her husband’s military career. About 40 people came forward to see if they would be a kidney match, Samulenas said. One of those was Matt Staggs, a technical sergeant in the Air Force and a Maryland resident. He read about Samulenas’ plight in a weekly newsletter published by the Public Affairs Office of the Air Force’s 70th Wing.

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Lovettsville resident Amy Samulenas and Air Force Technical Sergeant Matt Staggs share a moment before the March 14 surgery that transferred one of Stagg’s kidneys to Samulenas.

INDEX Loudoun Gov........................... 4 Leesburg................................. 8 Education.............................. 12 Public Safety......................... 16 Politics................................. 18 Nonprofit............................... 20 Biz........................................ 22 Our Towns............................. 24 LoCo Living........................... 28 Public and Legal Notices....... 32 Employment.......................... 40 Obituaries............................. 41 Resource Directory................ 42 Opinion................................. 44

County prepares for the big count

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Planning Commission Starts Clock on Finishing Loudoun’s Comp Plan BY RENSS GREENE The Loudoun County Planning Commission on March 26 formally endorsed its draft of the county’s new comprehensive plan, giving supervisors 90 days to finish their own review of the plan. The Planning Commission’s vote caps off three years of work so far on a plan that will guide the county’s community philosophy—and its decisions—on growth and development for years to come. It will replace the current plan, which is nearly 20 years old. Controversy in the plan has largely centered around the Transition Policy Area, which divides rural west from suburban east. The Planning Commission’s draft plan would greatly expand the allowable number of homes in the area, as well as set aside a part of the area for data center development. Conservationists and Planning Commissioners have argued whether allowing more development in that area erodes protections for the rural west or relieves pressure to develop there. Commissioners were seldom unanimous in those votes as they worked their way through the plan. Ultimately, one commissioner, Ad Barnes (Leesburg), voted against the plan as a whole over concerns about development in the Transition Policy Area. Commissioner Eugene Scheel (Catoctin) voted for the plan, but repeated concerns that the commission opted not to include new programs for pre-

serving agricultural land. The Planning Commission removed a county-funded Purchase of Development Rights program that was included in the existing plan, and opted not to include a Transfer of Development Rights program. Each would have given rural landowners options to sell the rights to development on their land, permanently protecting that land from development. In the case of Transfer of Development Rights, those rights could be applied to land elsewhere, increasing the allowable density of development in targeted areas. The early stages of the plan also brought in hundreds of Loudouners voicing their opinions, the overwhelming majority of whom called to protect the west and transition area from development. The majority of commissioners defended the plan, even if some didn’t agree with everything in it. “We did listen to you, we took your advice in some cases, but there needs to be balance between what is coming,” said Commissioner Jeff Salmon (Dulles), who chaired the 26-member stakeholder steering committee, comprised of a variety of industries and special interests, that shaped the first draft of the plan over two years of work. “The housing needs assessment says that there’s a lot of housing coming, and if you don’t plan for it, bad things happen. So we planned for it. We’ll see what the board does.” Commissioner Cliff Keirce (Broad

Run), who chaired the Planning Commission for much of its work on the plan and has been one of the most vocal advocates for it at community meetings, said the Planning Commission has preserved the distinction between east and west, but also allowed for growth. “We will continue to grow regardless of whether we add one additional housing unit to the county. People are still going to want to come here,” Keirce said. “If we don’t plan for that growth, what you end up seeing happening is you start to see the growth in patterns and areas that you really don’t want it.” He and others have argued that if more development is not allowed elsewhere, it will spread to the rural west—and that allowing data centers more places will likewise take pressure off of other types of business, which are seeing commercial land values skyrocket as data center developers pay up to a million dollars an acre for land. Commission Chairman Fred Jennings (Ashburn) said the county shouldn’t wait another 20 years to write the next plan. State code calls on the county to review the plan every five. “I would hope no one views it as the absolutely line-of-sight pathway for the next 20 years,” Jennings said. “It requires a real sustained effort to maintain the flexibility, to watch marCOMP PLAN >> 7

Supervisors Approve Lewis Bridge Rehab BY RENSS GREENE The Board of Supervisors has approved plans to rehabilitate the John G. Lewis Memorial Bridge on unpaved Featherbed Lane over the Catoctin Creek. According to a county report, the one-lane bridge dates to 1889, when it was built on the Leesburg and Alexandria Turnpike—today Rt. 7—over Goose Creek. In 1932, it was taken apart and moved to its current location over Catoctin Creek. In 1974, the Catoctin Creek Bridge, as it was then known, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as an example of 19th century engineering. In 2013, the bridge was renamed for John G. Lewis, who led that effort, along with work to preserve other historic structures and the creation of the Catoctin Creek Scenic River Advisory Committee. In 2004, the weight limit over the bridge was reduced from 15 tons to three after an inspection found cracking in the bridge’s steel. Since 2014, the Virginia Department of Transportation studied options for replacing or rehabilitating the bridge. The plan for the bridge calls for mounting the existing steel truss

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County supervisors have approved state plans to rehabilitate the John G. Lewis Memorial Bridge, which was built in 1889 over Goose Creek and today crosses Catoctin Creek via Featherbed Lane.

bridge on top of a new bridge of modern design, with an attempt to preserve the look of the old bridge with faux stone abutments and a deck of glue-laminated timber. Construction on the $5.6 million project is expected to begin in spring 2021, completely funded with state and federal money. During that work,

the bridge will be closed completely, with detours onto paved roads in the area. The detour is expected to last 18 months. Supervisors approved those plans unanimously at their meeting March 21. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Census Committee Starts Works BY RENSS GREENE A county committee tasked with making sure all residents are counted during the 2020 Census met for the first time Monday, exactly a year before Census Day. Loudoun’s 20-member Complete Count Committee was developed according to guidelines from the U.S. Census Bureau, which is preparing for the decennial census as mandated in the Constitution. It is tasked with getting as many people as possible counted, especially in hard-to-reach and historically under-counted populations, including underprivileged and immigrant populations. A lot is on the line: On top of guiding government representation, election districts, transportation planning, and federal programs, Census Bureau Partnership Specialist Alvenia McQueen told the panel that each person not counted means $2,000 a year lost. More than $675 billion a year in federal funding for local, state and tribal governments is at stake across the country. The committee will be tasked with making sure people are informed about the census and devising ways to reach as many people as possible. Next year’s census will also be different from previous years—the Census Bureau has less funding to work with, and for the first time the census can be answered online. Amid concerns that a question on this year’s census about citizenship will cause some people not to answer, McQueen stressed that census responses are confidential. “As a census bureau employee, I am bound legally to keep that information private and personal and confidential,” McQueen said. “We are bound to do that, and we are bound to do that for the rest of our lives whether work for the Census Bureau or not. We have had former presidents try to get the information—no can do.” Current or former Census Bureau employees who reveal respondent data, a felony offense, can face up to 5 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. The Trump administration’s attempt to place a question about citizenship on the census is awaiting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Loudoun County Public Library Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Miller—who is also expected to serve on Northern Virginia’s regional complete count committee—said the debate around the citizenship question is not for Loudoun’s committee. “I just want to remind the folks in this room that the questionCENSUS >> 6

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Fees Waived for Historic Cemetery Nonprofit At their meeting, committee members agreed to waive $10,415 in administrative fees for the nonprofit Ebenezer Cemetery Company, which maintains two historic churches dating to 1756 and 1855, both of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. The nonprofit also maintains a cemetery with burials dating back to at least

Loudoun’s Easternmost Agricultural District to End Supervisors also recommended terminating the Supercalifragilisticexpialidotiously Beautiful Agricultural and Forestal District—a name that tripped up a county planner in a Planning Commission meeting on the topic. That decision, like most legislative land use decisions, included a Planning Commission public hearing and deliberations before being referred with the commission’s recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. Often those decisions then go to the Transportation and Land Use Committee for further study and debate.

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The Board of Supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee’s March 21 meeting lasted one minute, 27 seconds. All four items on the committee’s agenda were proposed for consent, meaning they were passed with a single vote and without discussion. Any single board member can pull an item from the consent agenda, which is meant to quickly dispense with uncontroversial decisions. Meetings of the Board of Supervisors and its standing committees, which also include the Finance/Government Operations and Economic Development Committee, usually last for hours. The full Board of Supervisors’ business meetings begin at 5 p.m., and it is not altogether uncommon in this term for those meetings to last into the small hours of the morning—a problem that has prompted grumbling among supervisors and their aides.

1798, including the remains of at least one Revolutionary War veteran and numerous veterans of all other wars. The organization is applying to the county for permission to expand the cemetery. The nonprofit faces charges of $1,750 to adjust the boundary lines on county plats, $7,755 to file a site plan, and $910 for a grading permit. However, the county has a policy allowing supervisors to waive county fees to some nonprofits, and the authority to the Transportation and Land Use Committee to waive up to $36,000 in fees without a vote from the full Board of Supervisors. The committee had already previously waived $6,750 in fees for the cemetery project.

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Complete Count Committee Members The committee’s members now include: • TONY HOWARD, president and CEO, Loudoun Chamber • ANGEL CERRITOS, executive director, YMCA Loudoun County • CHARLOTTE FOSQUE, executive director, Blue Ridge Speech & Hearing Center • LISA KIMBALL, CEO, The Arc of Loudoun • MICHELLE THOMAS, president, Loudoun NAACP • PILAR ACOSTA, teaching assistant, Loudoun County Public Schools • RICK PEARSON, board member, Northern Virginia Community College • BEVERLY TATE, director of planning, Loudoun County Public Schools • SYED M. ASHRAF, co-chair, ADAMS Civic Engagement • MIKE TAYLOR, pastor, Community Church

<< FROM 4 naire could be asking you if you like giraffes, if you think yellow is pretty, or if you think people live on Mars—the concern of ours is not any question that’s on that form, of any way, shape, or form,” Miller said. “The concern of ours is to make sure that people complete that form.” McQueen also pointed out the Census comes during a federal election year. “So we are going to be inundated with all kinds of messaging, and so it’s going to be about … being proactive about keeping this whole thing pertinent and in people’s minds,” McQueen said. The committee is chaired by County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large), with committee Vice Chairwoman Nicole Acosta, director of Grants and Nonprofit Programs at the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties. Members of the committee are also assembling a number of subcommittees, aimed at sectors like media, government, housing, education, faith-based organizations or the business community. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Minute meeting << FROM 5 The county planner in question admitted she had never seen “Mary Poppins,” causing a stir. That district will be terminated at the end of its 10-year renewal period on July 17, as the owner has withdrawn all the parcels in it from the district, which totals almost 207 acres. It is by far the furthest south and east of the district, situated south of Braddock Road and mostly east of Gum Spring Road, near South Riding and the Village of Conklin. The nearest agricultural district, Middleburg East, is almost seven miles away. Committee members also recom-

• RAJESH (RAJ) KASARANENI, board chair, Loudoun Valley Estates II • GLENDA BLAKE, director, Department of Family Services • MARK MILLER, chairman, Loudoun County Public Library Board of Trustees • PHYLLIS J. RANDALL, county chairwoman • VALMARIE TURNER, assistant Loudoun County administrator • ROGER VANCE, mayor, Town of Hillsboro • CHERYL WATSON, assistant director, Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Developmental Services • NICOLE ACOSTA, Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties • ROBERT W. LAZARO JR., executive director, Northern Virginia Regional Commission • SREEDHAR NAGIREDDI, Loudoun County representative, Virginia State CCC

mended renewing the Middleburg East and Middleburg West Agricultural and Forestal Districts. Agricultural and Forestal Districts are meant to encourage and preserve those lands through, in part, tax benefits. Agricultural districts are assessed for real estate taxes at land use value, meaning at the value of the present use of the land, rather than the potential value of the land if sold. In Loudoun, where land can be much more valuable if parceled up and sold to developers, that can help lower real estate taxes by lowering the amount of value on which a property owner is taxed. Agricultural and Forestal Districts also require localities to go through a special public review process before taking any land in the district through eminent domain. Among other require-

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Comp plan << FROM 4 ket shifts, and to make sure that the plan maintains its durability.” The commission handed the plan to supervisors a few days before formally adopting it to buy the county board a little extra time to work on it. Some supervisors have already wondered openly about the consequences for exceeding the state-mandated 90day window for reviewing the plan. Supervisors were scheduled to hold their first work session on the plan Wednesday, April 3, with meetings scheduled through Wednesday, June 5. Supervisors will hold public hearings Wednesday, April 24 at 6 p.m. at the county government center in Leesburg, and Saturday, April 27 at 9 a.m. at the Loudoun County Public Schools administration building at 21000 Education Court, Ashburn. The Saturday meeting was relocated from the county government building because it will be held at the same time as Leesburg’s annual flower and garden show. Supervisors are scheduled to adopt the new comprehensive plan at their meeting Thursday, June 20 at 5 p.m. More information, including how to sign up to speak at the public hearing and information about the draft Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan, is online at www.loudoun.gov/ Loudoun2040. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Allred’s Growing ‘Rebellion’ Restaurateur Plans Meatball, Pizza Ventures BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ Don’t waste time. That’s a mantra restaurateur Curtis Allred repeats, wisdom imparted from his late father just prior to his death. “The problem with time is you believe you will have more. You only have this moment to be impactful. Be as good as you can be all the time,” he said. Judging from Allred’s busy schedule, wasting time does not seem to be something he does a lot of. Allred’s life has gotten significantly busier in the past couple of years, following the opening of his Delirium Café USA in

downtown Leesburg in May 2017. The international brand chose Allred, and by extension Leesburg, to be its flagship U.S. restaurant. It’s the latest among many stops for Allred, whose career in the restaurant industry has taken him to New York City, Washington, DC, and now his family’s adopted hometown of Leesburg for the past 11 years. And while running one establishment—not to mention a very busy one, given Delirium’s popularity in the international scene—would be enough to keep anyone busy, Allred is planning a summer opening for two new ventures. Yes, two. Balls of Glory, purveyor of all things

meatball, recently enjoyed a successful pop-up in space occupied by Delirium. Allred has been perfecting his meatball recipes throughout his career, and the menu will include everything from your traditional Italian meatball, to falafel balls, rum balls, wedding cake balls, vegan meatballs, and more, served in sandwiches, salads, or over pasta. The restaurant will open in the Loudoun Street space currently occupied by Señor Ramon Taqueria, once Señor Ramon’s moves to its new space at the corner of King and Loudoun streets, expected to happen ALLRED >> 45

Police Chief Recommends Town Maintain Independent Dispatch Responsibilities BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ As the Leesburg Town Council adopted its fiscal year 2020 budget last week, there was already clear indication about what the next hot topic before the council may be. The Town Council must decide whether it wants to consolidate its police dispatch operations with Loudoun County at a comprehensive Emergency Communications Center. As part of its consent agenda last week, the council adopted a three-tier approach recommended by Town Manager Kaj Dentler that does not bind them to a decision one way or another. That process includes initiating discussions with the county on the development of a Memorandum of Agreement; allocating $40,000 from the undesignated fund bal-

ance to hire a technical consultant to evaluate how the town would go about replacing its Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System, should it choose to not go on the county’s system; and scheduling a future work session on MOA discussions and the consultant recommendations. The consolidation of dispatch responsibilities is estimated to save the town $2 million, by not having to upgrade its CAD/RMS to have better communication capabilities with the county system. What is not known, however, is whether the Leesburg Police Department’s 13 dispatchers would be taken into county employ should the consolidation occur. That is one of the driving forces behind Leesburg Police Chief Gregory Brown’s preference to keep the dispatch system separate from the

county’s. “I have a responsibility to assure those individuals are kept whole and that we listen to what their needs and desires are. I understand the needs and goals of an organization outweighs individual needs. I understand that from a business perspective but I still need to take that into consideration. If that was my sole reason I probably wouldn’t have a leg to stand on, but my professional opinion is we can address the issues through technology and infrastructure to help us maintain our independence,” he said. Brown said his position about upgrading technology to keep the system with the town has not changed since he began as chief in 2017. He found fault with a study released DISPATCH >> 9

Town taxpayers may access and pay their 2019 personal property tax bills via the town website. Paper bills are in the process of being mailed and should arrive by the end of the week. Personal property tax bills are based on the assessed value of vehicles parked, stored, or garaged in the town as of Jan. 1. Vehicles purchased or moved into the town after Jan. 1 will not be billed for personal property taxes until 2020. However, the town will bill owners for the $25 annual vehicle license fee for new vehicles registered. Personal property tax payments are due May 6. Payments may be made online at leesburgva.gov/pptax. Business Tangible Personal Property tax payments are due June 19, and bills will be mailed to taxpayers in May. Questions about tax bills can be directed to 703-771-2726 or pptax@leesburgva.gov.

Yard Waste Collection Begins on Mondays Yard waste collection began for the season this week. The town’s trash and recycling contractor, Patriot Disposal Services, will collect yard waste for those living within the town corporate limits each Monday. A maximum of 10 bags, or 10 properly marked trash cans, will be picked up at each resident’s home per week. Yard waste is limited to grass clippings, leaves, weeds and small twigs and must be placed at the curb by 6 a.m. on the day of collection in biodegradable paper bags or in cans clearly marked as yard waste. The town will provide residents with free “Yard Waste” stickers if needed. Yard waste may not be placed in plastic bags or boxes, and cannot be mixed with trash or recycling. Dirt, mulch, root balls, rocks and sod are all prohibited. For more information, go to leesburgva.gov/yardwaste.

Rain Barrel Workshops Offered by Town EAC The Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Environmental Advisory Commission, will offer four rain barrel workshops in Leesburg during April and May. While the workshops are open to all, Leesburg residents can receive a discount on rain barrel purchases, through a Town of Leesburg program sponsored by the EAC. The rain barrel workshops will be held at Tuscarora Creek BRIEFS >> 9

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Students from Farmwell Station Middle School and Loudoun Valley High School present their iloom–Returns to Work project to judges during the March 28 Step Up competition. The team is among 10 finalists competing for top prizes next week.

Students ‘Step Up’ to Address Community Challenges BY NORMAN K. STYER Some of Loudoun County’s top young innovators put their creativity and commitment to community on display March 28 as part of Loudoun Youth Inc.’s annual Step Up competition. More than 60 teams of middle and high school students filled the School Board meeting room in Ashburn with their project that offered ways to better protect the environment, promote healthy living and help support their neighbors in need. The program encourages students across the county to identify an issue in their school, neighborhood or community, create a plan to address that issue, and implement the plan. Two

dozen community leaders listened to students present their project of projects, peppered them with questions and then completed scorecards on each one. At the end of the night, the top 10 projects were selected to advance to the finals, to be held April 11 at Brambleton Library. They’ll be competing for cash prizes from $250 to $1,000 to fund their plans. The advancing projects are: Bridges, by a team from Park View High School; COBRA: Cancer Onslaught By Raising Awareness, with team members from the Academy of Science, Briar Woods High School, Rock Ridge High School, Stone Bridge High School and Thomas Jefferson High School; From Me To You, by a team from Stone Hill Middle

School; iloom–Returns to Work, by students from Farmwell Station Middle School and Loudoun Valley High School; Resi-lution, by a team from Brambleton Middle School and Rock Ridge High School; STEM for Scouts, by students from the Academy of Engineering and Technology; StudentCounselor by a Brambleton Middle School team; TED-Ed Club Loudoun, by students from John Champe High School and Rock Ridge High School; The Kindness Project by a team from Freedom High School; and Under Her, created by River Bend Middle School and Potomac Falls High School students. nstyer@loudounnow.com

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Team COBRA—Cancer Onslaught By Raising Awareness—returns to the Step Up competition finals again this year. The students are from the Academy of Science, Briar Woods High School, Rock Ridge High School, Stone Bridge High School and Thomas Jefferson High School.

The Loudoun County government is partnering with Loudoun County Public Schools in a national pilot program designed to promote mental health wellness in teens. Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday announced Freedom High School in South Riding was one of two Virginia schools—and only eight in the U.S.—selected by the National Council on Behavioral Health and Lady Gaga’s Born this Way Foundation to pilot Teen MHFA this spring. The program provides in-person training designed for high school students to learn about mental illnesses and addictions, and help them identify and respond to friends who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem. Similar to CPR, students learn a fivestep action plan to help their friends who may be facing a mental health problem or crisis, such as suicide. Teen MHFA is an evidence-based training program from Australia. The National Council adapted the training with support from Born This Way Foundation and Well Being Trust. The pilot program is being evaluated by researchers from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health to assess its effectiveness. The training will be made available to the public following analysis of the pilot study. The program is the first of its kind developed for high school students in the U.S. The in-person training teaches high school students about mental illnesses and addictions, particularly how to identify and respond to a developing mental health or substance use problem among their friends and classmates. Similar to CPR, students learn a five-step action plan to help their friends who may be facing a mental health problem or crisis, such as suicidal thoughts. The teen Mental Health First Aid training is a companion course to Mental Health First Aid classes currently offered by the mental health department. The department offers two versions of the program, one for adults who interact with young people and one for adults in general. Classes are offered to the public at no cost throughout the year. Each eight-hour course is taught over a two-day period. More information, including course descriptions and information on how to register, is online at loudoun.gov/mhfirstaid.

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an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galápagos Islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavour ll; the second-place winner will receive a $10,000 college scholarship; and the student placing third will receive a $5,000 college scholarship. The top-10scoring students will each receive $1,000 in cash. Follow the national competition at natgeoed.org/experiences.

Are you spiritually hungry? Do you want to LIVE your Christian faith in a more challenging and effective way? Are you ready for more study, so that you can deepen your relationship with Christ and further the work of God’s kingdom on earth? Then you are invited to join the Fellows Program, a year-long discipleship program from the CS Lewis Institute – Loudoun County, designed for those men and women who are ready to be intentional about spiritual growth and God’s work. The Fellows Program’s lifechanging opportunity is The Fellows Program designed to be dramatically works! A survey of our spiritually transformative. Fellows found that 76% It runs for one academic would be willing to lead year (September – June), a discipleship group with summer readings in their home; 100% beforehand, and a retreat experienced an increase in September to formally in their involvement in initiate the year. Each ministry to their family month examines a different and community; 88% inbiblical theme, with an creased their involvement overall focus on spiritual in workplace ministry; formation, apologetics, and 84% said the program had “transformed evangelism and our or significantly impacted call to serve others. A their life.” combination of dynamic teachers and writers, experienced mentors, effective small groups and active engagement with Scripture produces mature believers who can articulate, defend and joyfully live out their Christian faith in every aspect of their life. It is a true feast for hungry souls seeking “more.” Please prayerfully consider joining us for this exciting next step in your journey with Christ. We will be accepting Loudoun County applications through May 15, 2019. Cost of the Program -- due to generous support of the program, there is no tuition cost to the Program. Each Fellow is only responsible for their books, materials and the cost of the retreat. For more information about the CS Lewis Institute and the Fellows Program, please go to www.cslewisinstitute.org or contact Tim Bradley at t.bradley@cslewisinstitute.org.

Anish Susarla, an eighth grader from Belmont Ridge Middle School, won the National Geographic GeoBee Virginia State Competition at Longwood University. He’ll represent Virginia during the national competition, which will be held May 19-22 at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, DC. In its 31st year, the National Geographic GeoBee is an academic competition for grades four through eight that challenges student knowledge of geography, cultures, physical features, history and earth science. More than 2.5 million students in nearly 10,000 schools competed in the GeoBee this year. After winning their School GeoBee, students took an online qualifying test and the top100-ranked students in each state advanced to the state competition. Susarla was among 54 GeoBee state champions to receive a medal, a $1,000 cash prize and a trip to the National Geographic GeoBee Championship. The national champion will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and

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Veteran NPR Journalist Visits Foxcroft School BY PATRICK SZABO Rachel Martin, the host of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and an award-winning journalist, visited Foxcroft School near Middleburg last Thursday to talk about her experiences covering important and historic issues throughout the world. About 150 students sat in on Martin’s talk, which aimed to empower the girls to stay informed and shoot for goals they might have previously thought were unattainable. Serving as NPR correspondent, she covered stories in Afghanistan amid the nation’s first democratic presidential election in 2004. Martin told the girls that journalism is “an important, critical part for democracy” and prompted them to take ownership of their citizenship by absorbing the news by more than just reading headlines or one story on a particular subject. “You’ve got to go other places—get out of your information bubble,” she said. Martin said there’s always another side to every issue and that while some might not like to hear that, it’s a fact. She gave an example, saying the liberal media, in its opposition to the Trump administration, isn’t keen on reporters not taking an explicit “anti-Trump” stance in their reporting. When asked about the most impactful story she’s covered, Martin said it’s the emotionally-taxing subjects that stick out to her, noting the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007 that killed 32 people as one of them.

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About 150 Foxcroft School students on Thursday sat in on a talk by NPR Journalist Rachel Martin about the importance of journalism and staying informed.

“You carry it in your soul,” she said. “It was awful.” Martin said that she regretted asking some students on campus that day to talk to her about the shooting. “I don’t really know the value of it—you should never pressure anyone to talk,” she said. Martin also talked about how living abroad in Berlin and covering stories internationally changed her perspective of the United States. “It made me love where I come from,” she said. “America

is a really flawed place in many ways, but it is an exceptional place.” In talking about how she originally wanted to be an attorney, Martin urged the girls to think about other career paths that they might want to take and to say out loud, “I’m going to do this … even if it sounds audacious.” Martin’s talk followed an announcement that the school had named her an Alison Harrison Goodyear Fellow—a designation that honors men and wom-

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Makersmiths’ KidWind Teams Bring Home Three Awards Eight students sponsored by Loudoun County’s Makersmiths, Inc. competed in the Northern Virginia KidWind Challenge held at Shenandoah University, bringing home three awards. Teams in KidWind were required to design and build functional wind turbines and demonstrate their understanding of wind energy technology and renewable energy issues. Makersmiths’ four-member middle school team, Wind Overload, received from Dominion Energy the Blades Award for best blade development and the Knowledge Award. Makersmiths four-member high school team, Too HAWT to Handle, won first place for overall performance in the Advanced Challenge Division. The high school

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Hillsboro’s Tucker Wins AIAA Achievement Award Megan L. Tucker, a STEAM specialist at Hillsboro Charter Academy is among three K–12 educators from across the U.S. awarded an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Educator Achievement Award. The program honors teachers’ efforts to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Tucker was recognized for inspiring a love of STEAM nationally for scholars and colleagues alike using aerospace education, with a mission to promote an “Aviation Fascination.” “Educators have a profound effect on the future—we all remember our favorite teachers, who taught us to see exciting possibilities in challenges,” stated Foundation Chairman Jim Maser. “These winners have inspired their students to reach for more and see a world full of fun challenges to solve. We are grateful for their dedication. Their influence on their students today will ripple out in ways we can only imagine.” Other winners were Charlotte Cook, a young astronaut specialist at Carver Magnet School in Little Rock, AR, and Patricia Palazzolo, a gifted education coordinator at Upper St. Clair High School in Upper St. Clair, PA. Each honoree received $5,000 for themselves and $5,000 for their school.

Woodgrove Debate Team Earns National Charter The National Speech and Debate Association has awarded charter membership to Woodgrove High School. Over the past three years, Woodgrove High School has earned more than 50 degrees for participation in speech and debate activities. Degrees are earned by students and coaches through speech and debate competition, community service, and leadership activities. Charter school membership is the highest school honor awarded by the association, supporting programs that build confidence, improve communication, and increase critical thinking skills.

Stone Bridge Junior Wins U.S. Chess Championship Virginia chess phenom Jennifer Yu, 17, a junior at Stone Bridge High School, won the U.S. Women’s Championship in St. Louis last weekend. She finished undefeated with 10 points. In the final round, she faced International Master and Woman Grandmaster Anna Zatonskih, a fourtime U.S. women’s chess champion. She is the first teen to win the championship since 2000, and recorded the second-highest score in tournament history, second only to Bobby Fisher in 1964. She won a $25,000 prize. Her next challenge will be qualifying for the World Cup to represent the U.S. in international competition.

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Case Dismissed for Teacher Accused of Student Relationship LOUDOUN NOW STAFF A Loudoun family court judge has dismissed the criminal charge filed against a Loudoun County Public School teacher who was alleged to have been involved in an inappropriate relationship with a juvenile student at Park View High School. The dismissal occurred Feb. 28 in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on the motion of the Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Joshua Steward that stated there was a lack of sufficient evidence to corroborate the allegations. Kimberly L. Winters, of Sterling, was charged Nov. 9, 2018, with taking indecent liberties by a custodian based on the allegations of a Park View graduate who claimed that he had a sexual relationship with her while he was a juvenile, between September and November in 2017. The allegations were asserted to be supported and verified by the graduate’s phone and e-mail records. Additionally, the graduate’s mother claimed that she had copies of allegedly incriminating phone and e-mail records. Further investigation found no evi-

dence of criminal conduct and showed only limited contact, which appeared to be school-related. When confronted with the lack of evidence the graduate’s mother told investigator she had been “bluffing.” Winters had denied any criminal conduct or actions with any juvenile and passed two separate lie detector tests during the investigation. According to a statement issued by her defense attorney, Winters consistently insisted that she never had, nor ever would, act inappropriately with a juvenile, and feels vindicated by the dismissal. “At this time, she is exploring her options, but feels the ordeal will make it extremely difficult for her to return to the classroom,” the firm stated. Under Loudoun County Public School policy, Winters had been on unpaid administrative leave since her arrest. Her attorney, Thomas K. Plofchan, said that while she is expected to regain her back pay, her future in the classroom remains uncertain because of the allegation and the publicity surrounding the case.

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After preparing to battle it out in one of the Loudoun Democrat’s most contested primaries, John Bell emerged unchallenged for the nomination in the 13th Senate District after the filing deadline passed on Friday. At one time, the race had six candidates. In recent weeks, Kyle Green dropped out; Justin Hannah decided to seek the nomination for County Sheriff; and Suhas Subramanyan left the race to seek the Democratic nomination for Bell’s 87th District seat in the state House of Delegates. At Friday’s deadline, Bell’s final two opponents— financial advisor Lucero Wiley and civil rights advocate Jasmine Moawad-Barrientos—dropped out, too. That leaves five contested races for Renss Greene/Loudoun Now the party’s June 11 primary. Del. John Bell (D-87) has secured the Democratic nomination in the 13th Senate District race In the state Senate, two incumbents after five would-be primary challengers dropped out. face challengers. In the 31st Senate District, Barbara Favola is challenged by Nicole Merlene. In the 33rd Dis- among four candidates: Suhas Subra- Ibrahim Moiz. trict, Jennifer Boysko is challenged by manyam, Hassan Ahmad, Akshay BhIn the constitutional office races, law Sharafat Hussain. amidipati, and Johanna Gusman. enforcement veteran Chris Harmison The race for Bell’s 87th District seat Another Democratic incumbent, and Army Reserve Intelligence officer in the House of Delegates is the most Sterling District Supervisor Ko- Justin Hannah are seeking the nominacontested. Voters will select from ran Saines, faces a challenge from tion for county sheriff.

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thing they’ve needed throughout the 10-month build. “They have gone outside the parameters of building a house,” he said. Slease said that moving into a home less than 4,000 feet from the Appalachian Trail is special because his great grandfather most likely traversed the area while fighting in the 14th Pennsylvania Calvary during the Civil War. Slease joined the Army in 1990 and experienced his first combat action during Desert Spring as an M1A1 Abrams tank driver in the 1st Infantry Division. During his more than two decades in the Army, Slease fought in campaigns in Desert Storm, Kuwait, Bosnia and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq. During his final deployment serving on route Grizzly, a heavily contested military supply route in Iraq’s Anbar province, three of his closest friends were killed in a series of attacks one month after the other. He was medically retired last November with a traumatic brain injury and battles PTSD, short-term memory loss and chronic depression as a result of losing his three good friends in combat. Slease and his family have rented a house in Purcellville for the past two

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Community Farm Readies for Plantathon To help kick off the growing season, the JK Community Farm is seeking teams of volunteers to participate in its first annual Plantathon. Volunteers will sow 9,000 vegetable plants on seven acres of land to help support the work of the farm, a nonprofit started by JK Moving Services to alleviate hunger in the community. The plantathon will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18. There are slots for more than 100 volunteers. The farm is located at 35516 Paxson Road near Airmont. To learn more and sign up, go to jkcommunityfarm.org/event/plantathon/.

Boulder Crest Named Nonprofit of the Year The Boulder Crest Institute for Posttraumatic Growth won the nonprofit of the year award during the fifth annual HillVets 100 Tribute Gala at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC. Opened in 2018, the Bluemont-based Boulder Crest Institute has four areas of operation—training, technology, research and evaluation, and social and policy change—to address mental health challenges facing military veterans. In addition to supporting Boulder Crest retreats in Bluemont and in Arizona, the Institute is tasked with scaling the Warrior PATHH programs across the nation and working to transform the nation’s approach to mental health. The HillVets 100 Gala is an event for the veteran and military community that highlights the most influential and impactful veterans, service members, and supporters from 2018.

Library Scofflaws Can Help Food Pantry Loudoun County Public Library customers can erase overdue book fines and help feed the hungry during the third annual Food for Fines food drive. Between Monday, April 8 and Sunday, April 14, the library will waive one dollar in late fees for each canned or boxed food item donated. The food will be given to Loudoun Hunger Re-

lief for distribution to local residents. Last year, the program resulted in donations of 8,908 pounds of food and the waiver of more than $8,600 in overdue fees. “The timing of the food drive is intended to highlight summer food insecurity and the need for additional food donations during the summer months,” said Library Director Chang Liu. “After talking with Loudoun Hunger Relief, we learned that demand for food goes up in the summer, yet food donations often go down. So we decided to move up the drive in order to help shore up the supply of high quality, nutritious food for Loudoun residents.” This time of year, Loudoun Hunger Relief is busy gearing up for summer break, when families with school-age children sometimes need extra support in lieu of school-based meal services. Items most in need include breakfast cereal, canned meats like tuna and chicken, rice, dry beans, canned tomato products and fruit in juice. Donations will be accepted at all nine library branches during regular hours. Items must be unopened, unexpired and nonperishable. The library cannot accept home-canned goods, soda or food that needs to be kept frozen or refrigerated. Library patrons who don’t have fines are welcome to donate as well. Details about the program can be found at library.loudoun.gov/ foodforfines.

Brain Injury Services recently celebrated the opening of its new office at the Leesburg Junction on Depot Court. The nonprofit is celebrating its 30th year and serves approximately 600 families annually who are survivors of acquired brain injuries, including but not limited to stroke, traumatic brain injury and cancer of the brain. The new Leesburg office offers fulltime adult case management. A variety of other services are offered at BIS’ main office location in Springfield, including counseling, pediatric case management, occupational therapy and volunteer/vocational services. “With growing client demand in Loudoun County, we hope to expand the services that are currently offered at the Leesburg office location in the future,” a press release states. For more information on BIS, go to braininjurysvcs.org.

enced runner,” stated Stacey Metcalfe, director of Government and Community Relations for Inova Loudoun Hospital. Since 2013, the Loudoun Half Races has donated nearly $100,000 to track and field and cross-country school programs in Loudoun County. On Saturday, April 6, the 8K and LoCo Mile Fun Run will be held at One Loudoun in Ashburn, starting at 8 a.m. On Sunday, April 7, the 13.1-mile half marathon will be held at Broad Run High School in Ashburn, starting at 7 a.m. Registration closes April 4. To register and for more details go to loudounhalf.org.

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Lansdowne Resort and Spa is under new management as Benchmark Resorts & Hotels returns to the market. Benchmark was the original operator of the 476-acre, 296room resort when it opened in 1991. Hong Kong-based Dejia LLC purchased the property in 2017 for $113 million. “We are delighted to expand our presence in Virginia with the return of this celebrated resort,” Benchmark CEO Alex Cabañas stated. “It’s impressive facilities, recreational options and location in one of America’s most scenic and historically rich areas, will offer the kind of experiential and unique travel, meeting and event opportunities that Benchmark is known to provide in each of our locations.” In Virginia, Benchmark also operates the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center and The Inn at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ Leesburg native Nathan Latka has another title to add to his résumé— bestseller. Latka’s book, “How to be a Capitalist without any Capital,” recently debuted at third on the Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list. True to its title, Latka’s book emphasizes that you don’t need to have a business degree or be wealthy to make money. Rather, it’s out-of-the-box thinking and being savvy that can make you rich. The book covers everything from investing in real estate, to spotting good businesses to invest in with little money, to some unique Airbnb rental tricks. Latka highlights items in his toolbox that have helped make him an accomplished businessman and entrepreneur at the age of 29. Latka grew up off Lime Kiln Road and went on to college at Virginia Tech. It was there that he started his first company, The Social Tee, a social media T-shirt design and marketing company. He then began Fan Page Factory, which, after several transitions, became Heyo. Five years after its inception, it was valued at more than $10 million. Now, Latka said he makes more than $100,000 in passive income a month, runs a private equity firm, and his Top Entrepreneurs podcast has more than 10 million downloads. He also hosts a popular web-based series, Latka Money, where he makes on-the-spot decisions as to whether to make deals with businesses. So what’s next for Latka? A trip to Richmond is a possibility. More specifically, a seat in the General Assembly. Latka says there are individuals pushing him “very, very hard” to consider a run for the 13th District Senate seat now held by retiring Republican Dick Black. If he does throw his hat in the ring, he’ll enter a crowded field that already includes six candidates, including Del. John Bell (D-86), Republican Mike Buscher and County Supervisors Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin) and Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run). “There’s been a lot of people at the state level saying they’re just not happy endorsing their candidates, both republicans and democrats. They’re saying, ‘Nathan, we need someone to come in that’s not extreme on one edge or another and run’. I don’t know if I’ll do it but it’s something I’m interested

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Leesburg native Nathan Latka’s business book recently hit the Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list, the latest in a long line of accomplishments for the 29-year-old.

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Fresh produce, harvested that morning at Willowsford Farm, was among the offerings on display at the Village at Leesburg on March 21 when EatLoco’s indoor farmer’s market opened at ChefScape. Local vendors offer everything from local meats and produce to vinegars and oils, sweets, jellies, breads, tea, and flowers—and all around drinks served up at Bar AhSo. The market will be open every Thursday from 3-7 p.m.

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Mothers Launch Birth Education Company Two working mothers with seven children between them have created an online childbirth education portal aimed that will offer families in the childbearing years access to experts in the field. Ashburn-based Arrow Birth Inc. will launch its arrowbirth. com website on April 5 and to unveil its full birthing educational product suite on May 12. Founded by Tara Campbell Lussier of Purcellville and Mari Stutzman Smith of Ashburn, the company will offer more than 35 documentary-style birth professional interviews with custom expert consulting for each client’s needs. “With Arrow Birth, families worldwide will now have convenient premium solutions for their childbirth education and consulting needs, furthering their experiences and improving their quality of life during this crucial time of transition,” Stutzman Smith stated. With every purchase, the company plans to make a contribution to help mothers and babies abroad through the MidJUMP TO >> 23

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Saunders Scholar winner Mahsa Riar displays the prototype hand for her company, Limitless Limb, which serves children in need of prosthetic limbs.

CyberIyer by Shrinath Iyer of Briar Woods High School, $500; College Compass by Anwith Telluri of Briar Woods High School, $500; Aperire by Hannah Zook of River Bend Middle School, $500; RNTL by Siddharth Sridhar of Eagle Ridge Middle School, $1,000; and Knobesity by Vishana Baskaran of Mercer Middle School, $1,000. The Loudoun Young Entrepreneurs Academy is organized by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce and the Loudoun Economic Development Authority, in Partnership with Mclean Insurance, Wells Fargo, Claude Moore Charitable Foundation. Learn more at loudounchamber.org/yea.

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Twenty-three student entrepreneurs made their pitches to this year’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy Investor Panel, with six projects sharing $5,000 in capital investments. The academy is an entrepreneurship training program that educates students on how to create, pitch, and launch their own businesses. Local business leaders mentor the middle and high school students to help them develop and launch their own business or nonprofit organization. Students spent six months preparing for the Shark Tank-like investor panel. Each student was given three minutes to pitch their business in hopes of receiving an investment. The top winning business was Limitless Limb, by Mahsa Riar, a sixth grader at Belmont Ridge Middle School. Her project helps children who were born without limbs cope with the high cost of prosthetic limbs and requirement to replace them as their body grows. Limitless Limb creates customized prosthetics using 3D printing technologies. In addition to the $1,500 Saunders Scholarship top prize, Mahsa will compete against the top student businesses from each YEA! Class around the world May 3 in Rochester, NY. Other winning projects were:

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Duo to Sell Organic Produce, Educate Community at Gathering Springs Farm BY PATRICK SZABO A dietician and professional athlete’s love for fresh and healthy food has translated into a partnership that not only will feed the community with all kinds of organic produce, but also an education on what goes into the process. Starting next month, friends Pam Jones and Sarah Waybright will begin selling produce at the Middleburg Farmers Market—produce they have harvested on their Gathering Springs Farm four miles north of the town using an intensive growing system with techniques like flame weeding and regenerative soil management. The duo will bring arugula, spinach, radishes, beats, scallions and assorted Asian greens like bok choy to the market in their first few visits before replanting a variety of other produce in their no-till growing beds. The friends also plan to connect with the community by hosting educational workshops on farming. The road that led them to this point began years ago, when Waybright, also a registered dietician, and Jones, a twotime Paralympic gold medalist who is unable to bend her right wrist, separately resolved to put healthy eating front and center in their lives. After winning the gold medal for rowing while representing Great Britain in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic games, Jones, 29, moved to Virginia to be with her American Paralympic rower husband and start work at Potomac Vegetable Farms in Vienna. There she met Waybright, 35, who had been working there for a year and was already involved with her own business, Why Food Works—a website that aims to help people better understand the ins and outs of personalized healthy eating. Waybright’s passion for nutrition melded with Jones’ desire to farm and achieve self-sufficiency when they attended the Food Tank Summit in Washington, DC last March. Jones said

BLUEMONT Great Country Farms to Open 2019 Season Great Country Farms will hold its annual opening day celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 5. Visitors are invited to the farm to enjoy five acres of play that will include a jumping pillow, a ninja course, animals that are ready to be fed, wagon rides and more. The farm’s Roosteraunt will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. serving lunch and ice cream and the Farm Market will be open and selling African Market Baskets and other items. The farm will be selling its famed cider donuts. Admission to the opening day festivities is $10 for adults and $8 for children. For more information, go to greatcountryfarms.com.

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Pam Jones and Sarah Waybright are less than a month away from selling their first batch of produce harvested on Gathering Springs Farm near Middleburg.

they hatched the idea to start a farm after several people asked if they had already done so. “It just seemed like a no-brainer,” she said. A few months later, they were planting their first string of produce on land that the Tunnel to Towers Foundation gave to Jones and her husband, a Marine veteran who lost both his legs in combat. Gathering Springs—a name that uses “gathering” in a way to denote food collection and communal oneness and “springs” to symbolize the emergence of life through food and the existence of a spring-fed pond on the property—emphasizes a no-till farming method with constantly rotating growing beds, a pest management system that employs the use of insects and compost- and wood chip-fertilization methods that keep the soil rich with nutrients. Those methods, which center on

the duo’s philosophy to “gather and grow,” are being put to the test with the friends hard at work preparing for their first day of sales at the Middleburg Community Farmers Market on Saturday, May 4. In addition to planting, they’re also planning classes to offer the public. Those include instruction on composting, soil health, container growing for residents to learn how to grow produce in their backyards, natural tie-dyeing using dye made from the farm’s food, yoga classes that feature a farm-to-table lunch and other courses geared toward crafts and food making. “I really want them to leave with an improved sense of the environment and health aspects of what our food system should be,” Waybright said. They eventually want to sell produce to local restaurants, set up a CommuGATHERING SPRINGS >> 26

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Dog Photo Shoot This Saturday The Town of Hillsboro will provide residents with a chance to have their dogs professionally photographed at 7:30 a.m. this Saturday, April 6 in front of the Old Stone School. Pet photographer Ellen Zangla will be on site taking photos of the “Hounds of Hillsboro” to add into the coffee table book called “Tails of Loudoun County” that she’s creating that will feature the dogs of Loudoun pictured in historic and scenic settings, in addition to cats, lizards and horses. The book sales will benefit the Friends of Loudoun County Animal Services and the Loudoun Community Cat Coalition. She hopes to raise $25,000. For more information on the photo shoot, email Councilwoman, and newly appointed Commissioner of Canines, Claudia Forbes at cforbes@hillsborova. gov.

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Church Volunteers Distribute Tons of Potatoes Approximately 150 volunteers from Harmony United Methodist Church gathered in the Loudoun Valley High School parking lot Saturday to pack thousands of potatoes for distribution to 30 area food banks. The Potato Drop event was organized through the Society of St. Andrew, which salvages tractor-trailer loads of potatoes and other produce that is rejected by commercial markets or potato chip factories because of imperfections in size, shape, sugar content or surface blemishes and redirects the food to shelters and food

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banks. The team from the Hamilton church sorted, re-bagged and distributed 42,500 pounds of white pota-

toes during the event. Last year, the program collected and distributed 6.8 million pounds of fresh produce nationally.

The Lovettsville Town Council voted unanimously to appoint Judy Taylor and Brett Nesselrodt to the LOVE MayFest Committee, which works to plan the town’s annual MayFest event The council also voted unanimously to appoint former interim Councilwoman Rebekah Ontiveros to the LOVE Summer Committee, which works to plan summertime events in the town. Those include Winter in July and Summer on the Green. To apply for a spot on one of the town’s five committees—inTOWN NOTES >> 26

Robbery Case Sent to Grand Jury; Community Rallies to Support Victim BY PATRICK SZABO

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Hillsboro Councilwoman Claudia Forbes signs a poster in the Hill Tom Market to support a 10year employee who testified against the man who allegedly robbed her at gunpoint.

Councilwoman Claudia Forbes also attended Tuesday’s preliminary hearing to let Pampha know that she was there for her. Forbes said that because “everyone knows everyone” in Hillsboro, this kind of support isn’t uncommon. “This is the way it works here,” she said. Cutshall said that it was important for people to know that Hillsboro residents aren’t going to put up with criminal activity, especially when criminals use weapons to scare victims. She said that while the market has been broken into and robbed before, Mainhart’s hold up was the “most egregious, violent and violating kind of situation” that’s ever happened there, and that she’s thrilled someone is standing trial for it.

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Four years after a West Virginia man allegedly robbed Hillsboro’s Hill Tom Market, his case is being sent to a grand jury while his victim is getting more community support than she could have asked for. Prosecutors allege that in January 2015, Dale Mainhart, 37, walked into the market, pointed a gun at a Nepalese immigrant and 10-year market employee named Pampha and demanded she hand over the around $350 in the cash register. After an hour and a half of testimony from five witnesses on Tuesday, Loudoun District Court Judge Dean Worcester determined there was enough evidence to send the case to a grand jury. If indicted when the grand jury meets next week, Mainhart’s case will move to the Circuit Court for trial. During her testimony, Pampha emphasized that she knew it was Mainhart who robbed her even though his face was hidden by a camouflaged ski mask. She noted that Mainhart had come into the market 10 minutes before the robbery to purchase a pack of Marlboro Reds and that she recognized his white skin, taller height, “large nose” and “loud voice.” A resident also provided the Sheriff ’s Office with footage of the getaway car from the video recording on his home security cameras. The footage showed an SUV accelerating westward along Rt. 9 about a quarter mile away from the market. Worcester deemed that footage to be adequate evidence although the time stamp was 2 hours and 53 minutes off. A former Sheriff ’s Office detective

ginia home where Mainhart had been living the time of the robbery, and that she also photographed the alleged getaway car at Two Twisted Posts Winery about five miles northwest of the market. Mainhart faces two felony charges— robbery and use of a firearm in committing a felony. Prosecutors opted not to pursue a third felony charge, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Knowing that Pampha was nervous to face the man who robbed her in court, Hillsboro residents showed their support by signing their names on posters that resident Carolyn Cutshall made and hung in the market. Those read “Hillsboro Has Your Back Pampha” and “Pamhpa You’re Our Hero.” “I just wanted her to know that we saw her doing the right thing and we appreciated it as a community,” Cutshall said. “She is such an integral part of the Hillsboro community.”

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Restaurant, Co-op to Host Farmer’s Feast Market Table Bistro and the Lovettsville Cooperative Market will co-host a Farmer’s Feast all-inclusive dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 at Market Table Bistro on East Broad Way. The dinner will feature a full menu of locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients to be paired with Virginia wines and served “family style,” according to a statement from the co-op. The cost is $75 per person and includes food, wine, tax and gratuity. Seating is limited and reservations are required. To make a reservation or learn more, call Market Table Bistro at 540-8223008 or email the co-op at info@lovettsville-grocery.com.

MIDDLEBURG Market Salamander to Host Wine Dinner Market Salamander will host a fourcourse wine dinner from 7-9 p.m. this Saturday, April 6. The $85-per-person dinner will feature wine from Loudoun’s newest winery—Walsh Family Wine near Hillsboro. Nick Forlano, the market’s new chef, will prepare the dishes to be paired specifically with Walsh wines picked by Nate Walsh. Reservations are required and can be made by emailing sguzman@salamanderhotels.com. For more information on the dinner, goto salamanderresort.com/dine/market-salamander.

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Gathering Springs << FROM 24 nity Supported Agriculture program that will allow customers to pay for their vegetables for the season but have the option to choose which ones they want at pickup times and accept customers’ table scraps to use as fertilizer for their crops, which could give customers a discount on their produce. “People don’t need to grow food to be involved in the food system,” Jones said. In the long-term, Jones and Waybright want to sell other organic food like eggs, berries and herbs, expand their growing area from 0.75 acres to

through Sunday, April 7. Owners of the 245-year-old, 25-acre farm invite guests to visit the property to get up close and personal with a few Clydesdales and to learn more about the property’s history; bed and breakfast, which includes one-bedroom and three-bedroom cottages and a multiroom traditional Quaker manor house; and wedding venue, which won the 2019 Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award. For more information on the farm or open house, go to sylvansidefarm.com or call 703-774-7025.

PURCELLVILLE Town Wide Clean Up this Saturday Purcellville’s Town Wide Cleanup will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. this Saturday, April 6. The town will again partner with Keep Loudoun Beautiful for the clean-up event, which will focus on roadside and trail beautification. Residents, families, individuals, sports teams and organizations, scouts, church groups and all other volunteers are invited to participate in the clean up. For more information, or to register, email Clay Grisius at Purcellville.klb@ gmail.com or Amie Ware at aware@purcellvilleva.gov.

Purcellville Seeks Art for Festival The Purcellville Arts Council is accepting submissions from area artists for this year’s Purcellville Music and Arts Festival, which will be held Saturday, April 27. Artists have until 5 p.m. on April 19 to submit a maximum of two pieces of artwork that reflect the area’s diverse and rich cultural presence. Accepted mediums include paintings, photographs, drawings, 3D works, quilts and sculptures. All work must be appropriate to display at a family-oriented festival and should include the artist’s contact information so that potential buyers can reach them. To submit work, go to purcellvilleva.gov/formcenter to fill out an application. For more information, visit purcellvillemusicandartsfestival.com or email Amie Ware at aware@purcellvilleva.gov.

3 acres, bring in free ranging chickens to roam the property’s 13 acres, sell at different farmers’ markets, host events and possibly set up a co-farming program for other local farmers who don’t need much growing space to rent a portion of the land to do so. “It’s definitely something that can be done,” Jones said. Jones and Waybright are looking to hold an open farm day in late June or early July for guests to take a tour of the property and participate in activities. Guests will have the chance to see how the duo intends to implement their vision to “gather and grow” into reality. “That’s probably what’s driving us forward,” Jones said. pszabo@loudounnow.com

After Talks Fail, Hillsboro Approves Condemnation for Road Project BY PATRICK SZABO

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The Town of Hillsboro will acquire through condemnation nearly 20 percent of John Robic’s intown property, which includes a long-abandoned gas station.

Under Virginia law, the town is allowed to use eminent domain to take private property for public use even though an agreement on compensation was not reached, as long as the town made “bona fide but ineffectual effort” to purchase the property. According to the resolution to authorize the acquisition by condemnation, “the town has made bona fide but ineffectual effort to purchase the necessary

right-of-way and easements.” Robic still has the option to negotiate a price for the 0.24 acres with the town. If a settlement is not reached, Robic will have the chance to present evidence in the courtroom related to the value of his property and any losses he feels might occur from the project. The court would then establish a final value. pszabo@loudounnow.com

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The Hillsboro Town Council on Thursday night voted unanimously to acquire 0.24 acres of private property by condemnation to make way for the town’s $22 million Route 9 Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Safety Project. The project will install roundabouts, sidewalks, curbs and gutters and improve the drainage and public utility infrastructure to better control traffic flow and keep pedestrians safe. John Robic owns 1.29 acres across four parcels along Charles Town Pike. The town needs to acquire or place easements on a portion of the properties to construct a single-lane roundabout at the Rt. 9/Stoney Point Road intersection, to extend the roadway and to build sidewalks. The town has made offers to purchase the property and easements, but Robic has rejected them. As part of the condemnation procedures, the town will escrow $24,389 and record a Certificate of Take for the acquisition in Circuit Court, which will hold a hearing to decide the value of the land and easements. According to the resolution to authorize the acquisition by condemnation, the town’s road project is consistent with the town’s Comprehensive Plan, is “necessary to the public health, safety, peace, good order, comfort, convenience and welfare of the town and its citizens” and “requires the acquisition of certain right-of-way and easement interests.”

Robert Hester, Volkert’s director of municipal and highway engineering and the manager of the town’s road project, said the town’s representatives met with Robic on four occasions and that, per Robic’s request, made multiple modifications to the project plans to address his concerns, including moving the property’s entrance and removing storm water management locations from the parcels. Hester said that Robic, who is also the developer of 40 780-square-foot dwelling units as part of a project called the Blue Ridge Country Inn just west of town, became uncooperative after a final modification was made, at which point it became clear that the town would need to condemn portions of his property. Erin Donahue, a real estate agent with Terra Real Estate Services, said she hand delivered to Robic the town’s offer to purchase nearly 20 percent of his property on Dec. 18 and met with him three more times to discuss the acquisition. She said that Robic did not want to make a counter offer and that he and the town were unable to come to a “mutually-agreeable resolution.” Donahue said that Robic said he had plans to build a beach area in the back of his property along the North Fork of the Catoctin Creek and of his desire to expand his building’s footprint to the east, into the road right of way. “It became clear that he didn’t want to move forward with an amicable transaction,” she said. “He didn’t want to engage.”

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Saturday, April 6, 3-6 p.m. Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Purcellville Experience a special afternoon of music and wine benefiting the Ryan Bartel Foundation. The event features the Lyrica Chamber Orchestra of Syracuse University performing Bach to The Beatles. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) will share stories as a special guest. Tickets are $60 in advance.

Dance-a-Palooza Dance Party for LAWS Saturday, April 6, 7-11 p.m. Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com DJ Kurtiz will be spinning the best dance hits from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and beyond to benefit Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter. Tickets are $10, $20 for VIP seats.

ON STAGE Jazz & Co Dance Concert Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, 3:30 p.m. Courtesy of the Randy Thompson Band

Americana star Randy Thompson, with his son Colin Thompson on guitar, headlines the April 6 show.

quality of [D.C. venues] without the commute east,” Garbe said. “The fact that Morgan is also such a huge part of the music community and has been since she was a teenager, there’s a really lovely community vibe going into the Barns. … It’s that combination of hometown vibe meets world class performances and also manages to include the best of area music.” Saturday’s show is a multigenerational family affair for Garbe. Randy Thompson is her former brother-inlaw and longtime friend and musical

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It will be the second time the dance party has supported LAWS, which, since

Details: franklinparkartscenter.org This pre-professional contemporary company from The Loudoun School of Ballet brings diverse and dynamic choreography to dynamic solo and group dance pieces. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students at the door.

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The Tally Ho Theater will be converted into Loudoun’s biggest dance hall Saturday night as Dance-a-Palooza returns for its third edition.

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mentor. The pair shared the stage at the Barns for the first-time last year. Garbe’s father attended the show and had a chance to talk with Morrison about his work. “On the break between concerts, he said ‘Hey I got an art show,’” Garbe said with a laugh. At 85, George Garbe, a retired U.S. Coast Guard captain who specializes in marine paintings, will have his first show. And he’ll be flanked by two well-

Dance-a-Palooza III:

The county’s biggest dance party returns to the Tally Ho Theater on Saturday night, offering a great night out while also raising money to support the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter. It’s the third edition of Dance-aPalooza, which is organized by David Harbour. He was looking for a way to have a positive impact on the community, but wasn’t very interested in a typical fundraiser. “I didn’t want to do a golf tournament and I’m terrible at bowling,” he said. “A lot of people like to dance but don’t want to drive all the way to D.C. to some night club.” Tally Ho provides a fun, safe environment to boogie close to home, he said. “Basically, we’re turning the Tally Ho Theater into Studio 54. It’s going to be the best dance music of all time from every decade,” he said.

‘Let It Be’ Fundraiser for the Ryan Bartel Foundation

Details: ryanbartelfoundation.org

BY JAN MERCKER Just across the Shenandoah River from Loudoun, the Barns of Rose Hill arts center is making a name by thinking globally—and locally. With musician and Loudoun native Morgan Morrison as program director, the venue draws top performers and visual artists from around the region and around the world. Morrison and her team are on a mission to spotlight regional talent while bringing in national and international acts. “You don’t need to go into the city where you need to fight traffic and pay for parking,” said Morrison, who grew up in western Loudoun and lives with her husband and bandmate David Van Deventer and their daughter in Harpers Ferry, WV. “There’s ample parking and ticket sales are reasonable. It’s a great way to experience art and it’s very chill getting there. If you want to regularly support live art, it’s such an easy thing to do to hop over the mountain into Clarke.” The Barns’ lineup for Saturday, April 6 checks all the boxes on Morrison’s list, featuring internationally acclaimed Americana star Randy Thompson and his band, just back from a European tour, along with local favorites Janet Emma & Seven West, led by longtime Loudouner Janet Emma Garbe. Saturday is also opening night for the “Across the Blue Ridge” art show at the Barns, featuring noted western Loudoun artists Kurt Schwarz and Jordan Xu with Garbe’s father, Warrenton-based oil painter George Garbe. For Janet Emma Garbe, the show means a return to a favorite venue with the added bonus of a spotlight for her father’s work. “It’s such an incredible resource because it has the vibe and acoustic

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1984, has worked to help women and children fleeing domestic violence. Today, the organization operates an emergency shelter and provides counseling, legal services, support groups, advocacy, and community outreach. LAWS also operates The Resourceful Woman thrift store in Leesburg and runs the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center, dedicated to child victims of abuse and/or neglect. In addition to the $10 entry fees ($20 for a VIP pass), funds will be raised through a raffle of nearly two dozen items—ranging from golf outings to Redskins memorabilia. Dance-a-Palooza II, held in October, raised $10,000 for the Loudoun First Responders Foundation. DJ Kurtiz will be spinning the tunes from 7 to 11 p.m. April 6. For tickets, go to tallyhotheater.com.

Shakespeare in the Burg: ‘Twelfth Night’ Saturday, April 6, 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Hill School Sheila Johnson Center for the Performing Arts, 130 S. Madison St., Middleburg Middleburg’s annual Shakespeare in the Burg festival returns with a charming production of “Twelfth Night” directed by Hill School alumnus Dan Hasse featuring a New York-based cast. Tickets are $45 in advance. Check the website for a full schedule of events.

Lucketts Bluegrass: Dave Adkins Band Saturday, April 6, 7 p.m. Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Lucketts Details: luckettsbluegrass.org Singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Adkins brings his band to the old schoolhouse for their debut Lucketts performance. Known for raw emotion and powerful vocals, Adkins offers a show that’s both inspirational and hard driving. Tickets are $17 for adults, $5 for youth ages 3 to 17.

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Ashburn Family Introduces Nashville’s Aubrey Grant to Local Audiences BY NORMAN K. STYER One evening last fall, Aubrey Grant was playing his regular show for tips at the Mellow Mushroom, a pizza place located amid Nashville’s famed honkytonks on Lower Broadway. As usual, there was a group of tourists in the audience soaking up Music City’s charm. It’s not unusual for these visitors to be wowed by the quality of the performers working the strip for a little money and the hope of making the connection that will open new doors of opportunity. On this day, Ashburn resident Peter Hegedus, his wife and some friends were in the audience during their first visit to Nashville. “We heard his voice outside. We walked inside and fell in love. His voice is so unique,” Hegedus said. Not only did they become instant fans, they committed to helping introduce Grant to a wider audience. First, that was helping to get him over the 5,000 likes threshold on Facebook at Christmas time. Then, in early January, Hegedus sent a proposal for Grant to come to Loudoun for a tour of Loudoun’s growing roster of music venues. Since then, he’s been learning the ropes of serving as a performer promoter to build a tour. Old 690 Brewery was the first to sign on and starting April 5, Grant will perform six shows during a two-week tour that will take him from Sterling to the West Virginia border. It will be the first visit to Loudoun for Grant, a Blacksburg native. Like many drawn to Music City, Grant’s road to Nashville had some curves. After earning a degree in musical theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, he moved to New York City to break into the business, eventually landing a role in an off-Broadway production. That was followed by

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a six-month stint performing with a troupe on a cruise ship touring the Caribbean. After that contract ended, he was set to return to New York City, but it didn’t feel right and, after a heart-toheart conversation with his father, he went to Nashville instead. That was five years ago. In addition to playing two or three shows a week on Lower Broadway, Grant has been writing songs and has released two EPs of original music—2015’s “Thinkin Bout You” and last year’s “Slow Burn.” He’s also co-written a song, “Stay With Me,” with chart-topping songwriter Phil Vassar that is included on Vassar’s latest recording. Grant said visitors to Nashville’s honky-tonks are often surprised by the quality of the performers playing for tips on the strip.

“We get a lot of people saying really complimentary things, like ‘why are you doing this,’” Grant said, but the support from the Hegedus family has been tremendous. It’s the first time strangers have offered to do so much to promote his career. “They took it very seriously,” he said. Not only will Grant be performing at Loudoun venues during his visit, Hegedus also has arranged for him to play for service men and women recovering at Walter Reed Hospital. Grant says his sets will be a mix of originals and special covers, country, blues, soul and rock—“anything that is meaningful to me”—as he shares a snapshot of his life with audiences. For details of Grant’s Loudoun tour and his background, go to aubreygrantmusic.com.

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Saturday, April 6, 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

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Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg

Details: doukeniewinery.com Doukenie’s Bistro Night series kicks off with modern acoustic roots music from Deane Kern.

Bring the whole family and enjoy a pancake and sausage breakfast followed by an epic egg hunt. Two seatings are available, and reservations are required. Cost is $25 for families of 4 or fewer, $35 for families of 5 or more.

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LWC Spring Native Plant Sale

Blacksburg-based Aubrey Grant is an enthusiastic singer/songwriter who captivates audiences with his unique vocal style, deep soulful roots and fun-loving personality.

Morven Park, 17195 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg Details: loudounwildlife.org Enhance your landscape with native flowers, shrubs, trees, vines and ferns from top vendors including Watermark Woods Nursery, Hill House Farm and Nursery and Nature by Design at Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s annual native plant sale.

Loudoun Master Gardeners: Planning and Preparing the Early Spring Garden Saturday, April 6, 1-2 p.m. Heritage Farm Museum, Claude Moore Park, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling Details: http:loudouncountymastergardeners.org Loudoun’s Master Gardeners get you ready for spring planting. Event is free and open to the public.

Loudoun Half Races 8K, Fun Run and Half Marathon Saturday, April 6, 8 a.m. and Sunday, April 7, 7 a.m. One Loudoun, 20626 Easthampton Plaza, Ashburn Details: loudounhalf.org. Sign up for the 8K or Fun Run Saturday or tackle a half marathon Sunday. Race day registration is $60 for the 8K, $95 for the half marathon.

Live Music: Ginada Pinata with the Short Hill Mountain Boys Friday, April 5, 8 p.m. B Chord Brewing Company, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill

Sunday, April 7, 3-5 p.m. Lovettsville Museum, 4 East Pennsylvania Ave., Lovettsville Details: lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org Lovettsville-based author Nancy Spannaus discusses her new book, which focuses on Alexander Hamilton’s contributions in creating and building the American nation and economic system and how those

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Details: bchordbrewing.com Ginada Pinata taps the influences of jazz, funk, rock, fusion, trance and drum and bass for organic and entertaining sound. Local favorites the Short Hill Mountain Boys open. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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of Rose Hill nonprofit, which continues to operate and maintain the venue. The performance venue, which opened in 2011, was designed with input from an acoustical engineer to provide a listening room environment that’s hard to find in the region, Morrison said. With a capacity of 175, the venue offers an intimate space but can also accommodate noteworthy acts. Favorite local and regional acts like the Thompson/ Garbe show and Morrison’s own band Furnace Mountain often bring their own audiences and pack the house, Morrison said. “It’s a very warm, very intimate space and the really cool thing is it’s very versatile. You can put out chairs and have theater style seating or you can take them out and have a dance party,” Morrison said The venue also hosts film screenings, community events and classes from yoga to art and beyond. For Morrison, that sense of creating community is an essential part of her role. At almost every concert or program, small world connections are made, and the April 6 show is likely to be no exception. “I love community building. I love connecting the dots. I love bringing people together. And of course, I love the music,” she said. “At just about every event there’s some connectivity going on.”

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<< FROM 28 known Gen X Loudoun-based painters, Schwarz and Xu. “We wanted to make dad’s show really count,” Garbe said. “This is the first real show, and he’s got two substantial artists giving him front and center.” Janet Garbe’s nephew (and George Garbe’s grandson) Colin Thompson, a rising star roots music guitarist, will also be appearing with his father’s band after joining him in Europe last month. Meanwhile, Garbe has also made some exciting updates to her band, including some very familiar faces to Loudouners. Seven West now features Lovettsville’s John Bestwick and Joe Hammett from the Short Hill Mountain Boys, David Hurt from Winchester-based Drymill Road on upright bass and The Woodshedders’ Jesse Shultzaberger on drums. Melissa Wright from Mink’s Miracle Medicine will join Garbe on vocals for several numbers, and Scott Pardue plays harmonica on a few tunes. For Morrison, providing opportunities for local and regional acts to be heard while also showcasing national touring acts like blues sensation Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton and international performers is a priority. “I think it’s great that our local bands can say they played at the same venue as [Irish traditional music superstars] Lunasa or the Alash Ensemble Tuvan throat singers,” Morrison said. “They’re sharing this space. … It’s a great mix and it’s all really high quality.” The two early 20th century dairy barns were donated to the town of Berryville and restored by the Barns

The Randy Thompson Band and Janet Emma & Seven West perform at the Barns of Rose Hill Saturday, April 6. The “Across the Blue Ridge” art show opens at 6:30 p.m. that evening, with dinner from Jordan Springs BBQ available for sale. Music begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For tickets or more information, go to barnsofrosehill.org.

Legal Notices TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TLSE-2019-0001 LOTS A LOVE DAYCARE Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the Leesburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider special exception application TLSE-2019-0001, Lots A Love Daycare. The request by Lots A Love Daycare is to allow for a home daycare (Family Day Home) of 10 to 12 children in a private residence. The subject property is located at 745 Bonnie Ridge Drive NE, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, and is an existing single family detached home lot that is zoned PRC, Low Density Residential. The property is further described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 14818-6366-000. Special Exception Application TLSE-2019-0001 is a request to allow a home daycare (Family Day Home) in a private residence for 10 to 12 children, subject to criteria of Section 3.4.12 of the Zoning Ordinance, as well as additional Use Standard criteria as found within Section 9.4.7. This special exception application is identified as case number TLSE-2019-0001. Additional information and copies of these applications 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 Scott E. Parker, Senior Planning Project Manager at 703-771-2771 or sparker@leesburgva.gov. At these hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the meeting should contact the Clerk of the 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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Live Music: Phil Vassar Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 6, 8 p.m.

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg

Monk’s BBQ, Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville

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Details: monksq.com Garber is a genre-bending multiinstrumentalist whose Blues/Americana/ Rock combines classic showmanship with a captivating singer-songwriter sensibility. No cover.

Live Music: Jeremy Garrett Sunday, April 7, 6 p.m. B Chord Brewing Company, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill Details: bchordbrewing.com Garrett returns to B Chord for a show packed with original songs and some looping with fiddle, guitar and mandolin. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Country music hitmaker and piano powerhouse Phil Vassar returns to the Tally Ho for an evening of fan favorites. Tickets are $35 in advance, $75 for VIP seats.

Music as Art with Jason Masi Thursday, April 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Art Sweet Art, 2B Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg Details: sweetartleesburg.com NoVa favorite singer/songwriter Jason Masi kicks off the gallery’s weekday concert series. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

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Sunday, April 14, races begin at noon

Sunday, April 7, 6-7 p.m.

Oatlands Historic House and Gardens, 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg

Purcellville Baptist Church, 601 Yaxley Drive, Purcellville Details: taylorhartmusic.com Loudoun-based Christian rocker Taylor Hart celebrates the release of his new record with a free concert. CDs will be available for a suggested donation of $10.

Details: loudounhunt.com Held each year at historic Oatlands, the Loudoun Hunt Point to Point races feature some of the most challenging timber and hurdle courses in Virginia with top riders. General admission parking is $40 at the gate.

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$20,500

Contractual Services

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$22,450

$22,200

Utilities,repairs,maintenance

$2,000

Donation

$1,000

Insurance

$3,000

$1,000

Interest Income

$80,000

$44,000

Activity Support

$500

$250

Miscellaneous

$1,500

$300

Supplies & Advertising

$20,000

$5,750

Miscellaneous

$3,000

$1,000

Reserve Contributions & Misc.

$60,450

$42,000

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$124,950

$88,000

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$124,950

$88,000

$36,000

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$29,000

Water Contractual Services

$25,100

$24,850

Trash Income

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$8,750

Water Operations, repairs/maintenance

$7,000

Grants Litter

$1,100

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$38,850

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$36,000

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$74,850

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$42,000

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$35,000

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$205,000

$244,000

Insurance

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$8,000

Rentals

$25,000

$15,000

Repairs & Maintenance

$175,000

$200,000

Donations

$40,000

$10,000

Furniture, Fixtures & Electronics

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$5,000

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$40,000

OSS reserves

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$23,000

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$311,000

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$325,000

$311,000

ABC LICENSE The Purcellville Pub Corporation, trading as The Purcellville Pub, 745 E. Main St., Purcellville, Leesburg, VA 20132-3178 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer on & off Premises and Mixed Beverage Restaurant license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Kevin Bednarz, Director Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200. 04/04/19 & 04/11/19

INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL BUDGET CIP Expenses: $8,505,000

$6,850,000

Infrastructure Outlays

$8,505,000

$6,850,000

Infrastructure Bond Proceeds

$300,000

Infrastructure Bond Repayment

$300,000

Total CIP Revenue

$8,805,000

$7,150,000

Total CIP Expenses

$8,505,000

$7,150,000

TOWN OF HILLSBORO TAX RATES AND FEES, VA. CODE AUTHORITY PROPOSED FY 2020 TAXES AND FEES Description

FY2020

FY2019

Real Estate and Pub. Serv. Corp. P. Property (Virginia Code Title 58.1, Ch.32 and §58.1-2606) *$0.17 per $100 of assessed value

$0.17*

Drinking Water Rates No FY2020 adjustments to drinking water rates are proposed; future years may have an inflation adjustment. Fixed charge $38.20 per month; Monthly consumption up to 5,000 gallons $11.22 per 1000 gallons,over 5000 to 10,000 gallons $13.46 per 1000 gallons, over 10,000 gallons $15.89 per 1000 gallons. (Virginia Code §15.2-2111, 15.2-2143) Business License (Virginia Code, Title 58.1, Chapter 37)

$30

Cigarette Tax (Virginia Code §58.1-3840)

$0.05 per pack

Zoning & Sign Permits No FY2020 adjustments (Virginia Code §15.2-2286)

Based on type of application

Motor Vehicle License (Virginia Code §46.2-752)

$25.00 per vehicle

Meals Tax (Virginia Code §58.1-3840)

4% of meals purchased

Transient Occupancy Tax (Virginia Code §58.1-3840)

5% of revenues

Trash Rates No FY2020 adjustment (Virginia Code §15.2-958)

$27

LoudounNow.com

CIP Revenue: Infrastructure: Road, Water/ Sewer Capital Fund

PROPOSED BUDGET AND RATES/FEES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

April 4, 2019

TOWN OF HILLSBORO, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Proposed Operating & Capital Budgets for Fiscal Year 2020 A PUBLIC HEARING on the proposed Operating and Capital Budget for FY2020 will be held at the Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro, Va., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., at which time all interested citizens will be heard. Copies of the Proposed FY2020 Budget may be examined at the Town Office at the Old Stone School during regular Town hours.

April 4, 2019

Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

DOAM-2018-0002 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND FACILITIES STANDARDS MANUAL (Development Ordinance Amendment)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§15.2-2204 and 15.2-2253, Chapter 1602 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, and a Resolution of Intent to Amend and an Agreement for Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Purposes both adopted by the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) on March 5, 2019, notice is hereby given of proposed amendments to the Loudoun County Facilities Standards Manual (FSM) in order to establish new, and revise, clarify, and/or delete existing, regulations and definitions, in regard to Emergency Vehicle Preemption, Fire Apparatus Access Roads, the Standard Curb and Gutter Individual Driveway Entrance Figure, and Latent Defect Indemnification Agreements and bonds. The general purpose of the proposed amendments is to establish standards for the installation of Emergency Vehicle Preemption on traffic signals for the safe passage of emergency vehicles and to improve emergency response times, revise standards pertaining to Fire Apparatus Access Roads to be consistent with the Loudoun County Fire Prevention Code, revise the Standard Curb and Gutter Individual Driveway Entrance Figure to be consistent with Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) requirements, and revise Latent Defect Indemnification Agreement and performance bond requirements to streamline the bonding process. These amendments will propose revisions to Chapters 4 and 8 of the FSM and such other Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the FSM as necessary to fully implement and maintain consistency with the foregoing amendments, or as otherwise necessary to correct typographical errors, section and subsection numbering, and formatting within, update internal cross-references to, and further clarify the requirements of, the above-mentioned Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the FSM. The proposed text amendments include, without limitation, the following: Description of proposed amendments to FSM Chapter 4, Transportation: • Amendments to Chapter 4 to establish new cross-references to Section 4.810, Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements. • Amendments to Section 4.200, Transportation Planning, to clarify existing and establish new requirements in regard to the number of access points for Planned Development Housing Districts of eighty (80) or more dwelling units served by Fire Apparatus Access Roads. • Amendments to Section 4.310, General Design Requirements, to clarify existing maximum street length requirements for roads ending in culs-de-sac or turn-arounds; establish new requirements for culs-de-sac or turn-arounds for Fire Apparatus Access Roads in regard to geometry (minimum cul-de-sac radius), minimum turning radius for landscaped islands within culs-de-sac, and minimum number of points of access; and delete existing requirements in regard to emergency vehicle access easement and travelway width, slope, and design vehicle (the requirements being deleted are being revised and relocated to Section 4.810, Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements). • Amendments to Section 4.330, Private Roadway Standards, to establish that all private roadways (Category A, Category B, and Category C roadways) deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads shall comply with Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements, and revise existing travelway widths for Category B Roadways that are not deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads. • Amendments to Section 4.400, Parking Geometric Standards, to establish that parking lot travelway aisles deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads shall comply with Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements, and revise the existing minimum width of travelway aisles adjacent to buildings and major site accessways that are not deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads. • Amendments to Section 4.800 to retitle this Section as Fire Apparatus Access Roads and Signs. • Amendments to Section 4.810, Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements, to clarify that this section is intended to supplement and not replace the separate requirements of the Loudoun County Fire Prevention Code, how conflicts with other regulations, ordinances, codes, or laws will be addressed, and the authority of the Fire Marshal to administer the requirements of this Section; revise the existing definition for “Fire Apparatus Access Road” and establish a new definition for “Aerial Fire Apparatus Access Road”; establish new, and/or revise and clarify existing, Fire Apparatus Access Road and Aerial Fire Apparatus Access Road standards and Figures in regard to minimum specifications (unobstructed width and vertical clearance, location, positioning, and proximity in regard to buildings and overhead utility and power lines); Fire Apparatus Access Roads designated as accessways for emergency vehicles (easement width and typical section); on-street parking; load bearing capacity; number of access points; provision of turn arounds; geometric standards (minimum turning radii and grade/slope); fire lane identification (signage and pavement painting); gates and barriers; and preemption systems for new traffic signals and modifications to existing signalized intersections. Description of proposed amendments to FSM Section 8.106, Construction Plans and Profiles (CPAP): • Amendments to establish new requirements to depict Fire Apparatus Access Roads and Signs on Construction Plans and Profiles. Description of proposed amendments to FSM Section 8.107, Site Plans (STPL) and Rural Economy Site Plans (REST): • Amendments to establish new requirements to depict Fire Apparatus Access Roads and Signs on Site Plans. Description of proposed amendments to FSM Section 8.305, Bond Procedures and Requirements: • Amendments to establish a new requirement for performance agreements and bonds to guarantee against latent defects and deficiencies for construction of physical improvements not maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). • Amendments to the requirements for performance agreement and bond release to establish new requirements and a new process for the reduction of certain performance bonds to the Latent Defect Indemnification Agreement (LDIA) bond amount, and clarify existing requirements for the letter of acceptance by entities responsible for maintaining physical improvements requiring private maintenance. • Amendments to the requirements for LDIAs and associated bonds to clarify existing requirements for the type of private physical improvements to be guaranteed by the LDIA agreement and bond, establish a new definition for “physical improvements,” clarify existing requirements for the commencement date of the LDIA and bond following written approval of physical improvements, establish new authority for the Director or designee to extend the 30-day period for repairs to physical improvements guaranteed by the LDIA and bond, and establish new

requirements for the calculation of different LDIA bond amounts if the original Performance Agreement does or does not include physical improvements maintained by VDOT. The public purposes of these amendments are to achieve the purposes listed in Sections 15.22200 and 15.2-2240 of the Code of Virginia and to assure the orderly subdivision of land and its development.

SIDP-2018-0003 FARMWELL HUNT SIGN PLAN (Sign Development Plan)

Gerard Glynn James, of Ashburn, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs, in order to increase the maximum height of three proposed PD-H Entrance Signs. The subject properties are being developed pursuant to ZMAP-1988-0027, Ashburn Center, located in the PDH-4 (Planned Development – Housing 4) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) alternative sign regulations for permitted signs may be requested with the submission of a Sign Development Plan. The subject properties are approximately 6.5 acres in size and are located on the north and south side of Faulkner Parkway (Route 640) between Ashburn Road (Route 641) and Hemingway Drive (Route 2090) and located in the south west corner of the intersection of Michener Drive (Route 2058) and Ashburn Village Boulevard (Route 2020) in the Ashburn Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

087-18-0397

N/A

088-45-8052

N/A

119-40-9577

N/A

The area is governed by the policies of the Revised General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Ashburn Community)) which designate this area for Residential uses at a recommended density of 1.0 to 4.0 dwelling units per acre.

SPEX-2018-0007 PRESTON KENNEL (Special Exception)

Preston Kennel LLC, of Vienna, Virginia, has submitted an application to permit a Kennel in the AR-1 (Agricultural Rural-1) zoning district. The application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed use is listed as a Special Exception use under Section 2-102. The subject property is approximately 7.67 acres in size and is located on the east side of Gleedsville Road (Route 650) north of Gallorette Place and south of Gap Road (Route 651), at 20688 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg, Virginia, in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 316-29-6400. The area is governed by the policies of the Revised General Plan (Rural Policy Area, Route 15 South Subarea), which designate this area for Rural Economy uses and Residential development at a density of 1 dwelling unit per 20 acres.

ZCPA-2018-0006 & SPEX-2018-0017 PROJECT SAMUEL

(Zoning Concept Plan Amendment & Special Exception) Ashburn Acquisition Co., LLC, of Overland Park, Kansas, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To amend the concept development plan and proffers approved with ZMAP-19900015, Loudoun Parkway Center, in order to develop data center uses; and 2) A Special Exception to permit an increase to the maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) from 0.6 to 1.0. The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, within the Ldn 65 or higher, and between the Ldn 60-65, aircraft noise contours. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and the proposed increase in the maximum FAR is permitted by Special Exception under Section 4-306. The subject property is approximately 27.62 acres in size and is located in the southeast quadrant of the Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607) and Shellhorn Road (Route 643) interchange, in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 090-48-5422. The area is governed by the policies of the Revised General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Ashburn Community)), which designate this area for Keynote Employment uses at a recommended FAR of up to 1.0.

ZMOD-2017-0017 & ZMOD-2017-0018 KINCORA SIGNS (Zoning Ordinance Modifications)

NA Dulles Real Estate Investor LLC., of East Setauket, New York, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To modify the applicable provisions of Section 5-1204 of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to implement a Comprehensive Sign Package that proposes changes to the total aggregate sign area, maximum number of signs, maximum area of any one sign, ground mounted background structure, illumination permitted, minimum setback from right-of-way, sign type permitted, maximum height, and additional requirements for an approximately 326 acre portion of the subject property located in the PD-MUB (Planned Development – Mixed Use Business) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance; and 2) To modify the applicable provisions of Section 523 of the 1972 Zoning Ordinance to implement a Comprehensive Sign Package pursuant to Section 700.2 of the 1972 Zoning Ordinance which proposes changes to the total aggregate sign area, maximum number of signs, maximum area of any one sign, illumination permitted, minimum setback from right-of-way, sign type permitted, and additional requirements for an approximately 51 acre portion of the subject property located in the PD-IP (Planned Development–Industrial Park) zoning district under the 1972 Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is being developed pursuant to ZMAP-2008-0021, Kincora Village Center, ZCPA-2012-0014, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

PROPERTY ADDRESS

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REZONING APPLICATION TLZM-2017-0004, CVS AT ALLMAN PROPERTY Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing on THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Rezoning application TLZM-2017-0004 CVS at Allman Property. The subject property consists of 3.69 acres situated on the southwest corner of the intersection of Greenway Drive at S. King Street. The parcel is zoned B-1, Community (Downtown) Business and H-1 Old and Historic District Overlay, and is further described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 273-49-2205-000.

041-19-4573

21391 Pacific Boulevard, Sterling, Virginia

040-19-3991

N/A

040-18-1263

20725 Wood Quay Drive, Sterling Virginia

040-28-4405

45122 Admiral Drive, Sterling, Virginia

040-18-4569

45161 Admiral Drive, Sterling, Virginia

040-18-4528

20768 Wood Quay Drive, Sterling, Virginia

Rezoning Application TLZM-2017-0004 is a request by JEM X, LLC for a Zoning Concept Plan and Proffer Amendment of the previously approved concept plan and proffers for TLZM-2008-0005. The amended plan proposes a 9,700 square foot pharmacy with drivethrough and a 22,500 square-foot two-story building housing up to 6,000 square feet of eating establishment without drive-in facility, 7,000 square feet of retail uses on the first floor and 9,500 square feet of office uses on the second floor. The Town Plan Land Use Policy Map designates this property as “Low Density Residential”, but acknowledges the Greenway Farm neighborhood commercial center may be developed in accordance with approved zoning, or as that zoning may be modified.

040-18-7369

45170 Kincora Drive, Sterling, Virginia

The following modifications are sought with this application:

040-18-3514

N/A

040-19-0276

N/A

042-49-5252

N/A

042-29-6582

21350 Pacific Boulevard, Sterling, Virginia

The area is governed by the policies of the Revised General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Sterling Community) and Route 28 Corridor Plan), the Countywide Retail Plan, the 2010 Countywide Transportation Plan, and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility Master Plan which designate this area for Route 28 Core uses and Route 28 Business uses at a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.60 to 1.0, and a portion of the property for Mixed-Use Office Center Development at an FAR of 1.0 to 1.5. Unless otherwise noted above, full and complete copies of the above-referenced amendments, applications, ordinances and/or plans, and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday or call 703-777-0220, or electronically at www.loudoun.gov/lola. This link also provides an additional opportunity for public input on active applications. Additionally, documents may be viewed and downloaded electronically the week before the hearing at www.loudoun.gov/pc. For further information, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. If you wish to sign up in advance of the hearing, please call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703777-0246 prior to 12:00 PM on the day of the public hearing. Speakers may also sign up at the hearing. Written comments are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Loudoun County Planning Commission, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, MSC #62, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, or by e-mail to loudounpc@loudoun.gov. If written comments are presented at the hearing, please provide ten (10) copies for distribution to the Commission and the Clerk’s records. All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Any individual representing and/or proposing to be the sole speaker on behalf of a citizen’s organization or civic association is encouraged to contact the Department of Planning and Zoning prior to the date of the public hearing if special arrangements for additional speaking time and/or audio-visual equipment will be requested. Such an organization representative will be allotted 6 minutes to speak, and the Chairman may grant additional time if the request is made prior to the date of the hearing and the need for additional time is reasonably justified. Citizens are encouraged to call the Department of Planning and Zoning on the day of the public hearing to confirm that an item is on the agenda, or, the most current agenda may be viewed on the Planning Commission’s website at www.loudoun.gov/pc. In the event that the second Thursday is a holiday or the meeting may not be held due to inclement weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend, the meeting will be moved to the third Tuesday of the month. In the event that Tuesday is a holiday or the Tuesday meeting may not be held due to inclement weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend, the meeting will be held on the following Thursday. The meeting will be held at a place determined by the Chairman. Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings at all other locations. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory or mental disability to participate in this meeting, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246. Please provide three days’ notice. BY ORDER OF: FRED JENNINGS, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

04/04/19 & 04/11/19

1. Modification of Town of Leesburg Zoning Ordinance (TLZO) Section 12.8.3, Screening and Buffer Yard Matrix modifying the 25-foot S2 screen along the southwestern boundary with the childcare use to allow a varying width buffer with a maximum width of 20 feet, minimum width of 10 feet containing 11 evergreen trees, 2 medium canopy trees and 79 shrubs intended to create a dense vegetative screen between the daycare and the rear elevation of the retail building ‘Part A’. 2. Modification of TLZO Section 12.8.3, Screening and Buffer Yard Matrix modifying the 25-foot S2 screen along the southern boundary to 10-foot width in an effort to create seamless interparcel access and clear line of sight between the 11 shared parking spaces on the Applicant’s property and the adjacent Stanfield property. 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 Christopher Murphy, Senior Planning Project Manager, at 703737-7009 or cmurphy@leesburgva.gov. At this hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the meeting should contact the Clerk of the Commission at (703) 771-2434 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 04/04/19 & 04/11/19

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A VARIANCE OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 5.4.3.C AND 10.4.5.C(3) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2201, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205, 15.2-2308, and 15.2-2309 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the TOWN OF LEESBURG BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS on TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to hear the following item: BZA Case number TLZV-2019-0001 – A variance request to allow an existing dwelling to encroach within the 10 foot side yard setback required by Section 5.4.3.C of the Zoning Ordinance and to allow an existing overhang to encroach more than the three (3) feet permitted by Section 10.4.5.C(3) of the Zoning Ordinance. The property is located at 210 Belmont Drive, SW and is more particularly described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN#) 231-25-9288-000. Full and complete copies of the above-referenced application and related documents may be examined in the Leesburg Department of Planning & Zoning in the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, 2nd floor, during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday), or by contacting Rob Walton, Assistant Zoning Administrator at (703) 7712766 or via email at rwalton@leesburgva.gov. At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views regarding this matter will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk to the Board three days in advance of the meeting date at (703) 737-7023. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 04/04/19 & 04/11/19

Kincora Village Center, and SPEX-2008-0054, Kincora Village – Office/Recreational Complex, located partially in the PD-MUB (Planned Development – Mixed Use Business) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and PD-IP (Planned Development–Industrial Park) zoning district under the 1972 Zoning Ordinance. These applications are governed by 1) The Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and modifications to the sign regulations applicable to a Planned Development District, zoning district, is authorized by Section 6-1511(B)(6) and is reviewed in accordance with Section 5-1202(D); and 2) The 1972 Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is located within the Route 28 Taxing District and is also located partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District) and partially within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 378 acres in size and is located in the southwest quadrant of the Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) and Sully Road (Route 28) interchange, in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows:

April 4, 2019

Legal Notices

April 4, 2019

Legal Notices SPECIAL PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will hold a public hearing, the first session of which will be held in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 6:00 p.m.

The second session will be held in the School Board Meeting Room, Loudoun County Public Schools’ Administrative Building, 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, Virginia on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the following: ridgelines and existing tree cover, natural and heritage resources, and sustainability.  Establish new maps in regard to Natural Resources, River and Stream Corridor Resources, Watersheds, Historic Districts, Airport Impact Overlay District, African American Historic Communities, Impaired Streams, and Limestone Overlay District.

CPRV-2016-0001 REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF A NEW LOUDOUN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Loudoun 2040 General Plan and The Loudoun 2040 Countywide Transportation Plan (Comprehensive Plan Review)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§15.2-2204, and 15.2-2226, a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 1, 2016, a Plan Charter approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 21, 2016, and a resolution adopted by the Planning Commission on March 26, 2019, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice of its intent to consider the adoption of a new Comprehensive Plan to be referred to as the Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan and which consists of the Loudoun 2040 General Plan and the Loudoun 2040 Countywide Transportation Plan. The Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan will supersede and replace the current Loudoun County Revised General Plan (revised July 23, 2001, as amended) (RGP) and the Loudoun County 2010 Countywide Transportation Plan (adopted June 15, 2010, as amended) (CTP), the Loudoun County Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility Master Plan (2003), the Greenways and Trails Plan (1994), the Toll Road Plan (1995), the Countywide Retail Policy Plan Amendment (1997, as amended), the Route 28 Keynote Employment Policies (2011), the Arcola Area/Route 50 Corridor Plan (2006), the Dulles North Area Management Plan (1993), the Dulles South Area Management Plan (1993), the Cub Run Area Management Plan (1989), and the Eastern Loudoun Area Management Plan (1980, reformatted 1994), in their entirety, in order to establish new policies, actions, strategies, provisions, and maps. Among other matters, the Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan is intended to promote long-term fiscal balance; to protect environmental, rural, and heritage resources; to facilitate the creation of high-quality communities; and to ensure that the timing and location of new development is coordinated with the provision of an adequate level of public services and facilities. A descriptive summary of each proposed chapter, the proposed reorganization of the chapters, and the new content of the draft Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan, dated March 13, 2019, which consists of the Loudoun 2040 General Plan and the Loudoun 2040 Countywide Transportation Plan, includes but is not limited to the following:

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Chapter 1, Introduction:  Establish a new policy hierarchy based on Policies, Strategies, and Actions, designed to achieve a stated Vision that highlight the trends, influences, and new approaches for a changing community.

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Chapter 2, Land Use:  Establish new policies, strategies, and actions for Quality Development, to create future development that positively contributes to the daily life of citizens through the consideration of key characteristics including but not limited to: integration of the natural and built environments, architecture appropriate for its context, pedestrian-friendly environments, multi-modal transportation opportunities, and active and inviting public spaces.  Establish new policies, strategies, and actions for Infill and Redevelopment to increase residential densities for infill properties with a focus on promoting the development of smaller lots, more attainable and diverse housing to offset the limited amount of land designated for new housing, and opportunities for adaptive reuse.  Establish new visions, policies, strategies, and actions for the following policy areas: o A new Urban Policy Area (UPA), encompassing areas around the Silver Line Metrorail Stations, proposed for vertical development providing for a mix of uses and intended for the County’s highest densities and intensities. o A redefined Suburban Policy Area (SPA), with emphasis on planning for new mixed-use development, infill development and revitalization as the amount of land available for future development is constrained. o A redefined Transition Policy Area (TPA), with targeted areas identified to allow for higher residential densities while maintaining a minimum of fifty percent open space while maintaining the previous policies of protecting environmental resources and open space. New limited areas have been designated for light industrial and limited commercial retail. o A redefined Rural Policy Area (RPA), carrying forward the County’s existing approach to land use, development patterns and densities with no major changes except to consolidate existing policies and guidelines. Two land areas comprised of approximately 1,400 acres previously in the RPA have been moved to the TPA. o Towns and Joint Land Management Areas (JLMA), carrying forward policies that focus on collaborating with the Towns on matters of common interest to preserve the identity of each Town and the provision of utilities to the JLMA with greater emphasis on protecting and enhancing gateways to the Towns and specific design guidelines to encourage community characteristics that compliment Town patterns.  Establish Place Types as a new more flexible land use model to guide the intent, form, character, and anticipated uses within each policy area.  Establish new non-regulatory Design Guidelines for specific policy areas to provide a framework for how the desired character of each policy area can be achieved.  Establish new maps in regard to Policy Areas, Priority Commercial Redevelopment Areas, Established Industrial Centers, Legacy Village Cores, Urban Policy Areas Place Types, Suburban Policy Area Place Types, Transition Policy Area Place Types, Rural Policy Area Place Types, JLMA Place Types, Route 28 Tax District Area, and Conservation Easements in Rural Policy Area.

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Chapter 3, Natural and Heritage Resources:  Establish new policies, strategies, and actions in regard to: water quality,

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Chapter 4, Housing:  Establish new policies, strategies, and actions in regard to: diversification of housing types including affordable and workforce housing near jobs, schools, and transportation facilities; public/private partnerships; and incentives to facilitate development of a continuum of housing choices.

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Chapter 5, Economic Development:  Establish new policies, strategies, and actions in regard to: economic leadership policies and strategies to continue the County’s success as an economic leader in the region; diversification strategies to grow targeted industry clusters; analysis on emerging market opportunities; workforce development in response to critical needs of existing and future businesses; placemaking strategies to help create walkable amenity-rich places; and input from business leaders and community at-large.

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Chapter 6, Fiscal Management and Public Infrastructure:  Establish new policies, strategies, and actions in regard to: innovation in public facility design, co-location, and shared use; publicly accessible and useable open space; funding to assist in acquisition of conservation easements or to defray costs to create easements; conversion of quarries to water reservoirs; alternative energy generation; visual impact of electrical substations and transmission lines; and use of open access conduit in new developments for future broadband.  Establish new maps in regard to: Existing Facilities, Small Area Plan Boundaries: 2018, Trails and Parks, and Water/Sewer Service Areas: 2018.

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Chapter 7, Implementation of the Plan:  Establish an implementation matrix that compiles the individual Policies, Strategies, and Actions described throughout the Loudoun 2040 General Plan and prioritizes, assigns responsibility, and tracks progress for each action item.

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The Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan Policy Maps:  Establish a new Plan Areas and Place Types Maps.

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Chapter 6, Regional, State and Local Coordination:  Establish new policies in regard to: regional transportation coordination to ensure that the County actively participates in transportation processes at the regional, state, and local levels.  Establish new policies in regard to: a future Potomac River Crossing between Loudoun County and Montgomery County, Maryland. Chapter 7, Environmental and Heritage Resources:  Establish new policies in regard to: transportation-related impacts on environmental resources including air and water quality, noise exposure, and heritage resources.  Establish new policies in regard to: the identification of James Monroe Highway (US Route 15) as The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Scenic Byway.

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Chapter 8, Prioritizing and Funding:  Establish new policies in regard to: the Board of Supervisors’ development of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) including prioritization of projects and funding opportunities.  Update various local, state, regional, federal, and public-private funding sources to represent the current funding opportunities available to the County.

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Chapter 9, Implementation of the Plan:  Establish new policies and strategies in regard to implementation of priority planned transportation projects including: corridor, environmental impact and alignment studies, and modifications to land use plans and ordinances, and interjurisdictional coordination.

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Planning Guidelines for Major Roadways Countywide:

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The Loudoun 2040 Countywide Transportation Plan Maps:

 Establish new appendices to provide guidance for County staff, the development community, and the general public for the planning, design, and coordination of improvements to major roads within the County, including specific information for certain roadway segments (such as, without limitation, location, end points, policy area, functional classification, number of travel lanes, right-of-way, provision of bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and typical cross sections).

 Establish a new Loudoun 2040 Countrywide Transportation Roadway Plan Map and Loudoun 2040 Countrywide Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Map.

DRAFT LOUDOUN 2040 COUNTYWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN •

Chapter 1, Introduction and Vision:  Establish a new overreaching vision to develop efficient infrastructure networks that safely connect people to places within the community, to the region, and to the world.

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Chapter 2, Countywide Transportation Network:  Establish new policies in regard to: the Characteristics of Planned Roadways to bring the Motor Vehicle Plan, Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, and Transit Infrastructure Plan together to define how each planned corridor in the County will facilitate travel for each mode of transportation.  Establish new policies in regard to: a new roadway classification designated as: Neighborhood Collector, that applies to existing and planned at-grade collector roads that serve to provide access within a neighborhood, carry greater amounts of traffic than a typical neighborhood street, and require special consideration to ensure safety and multimodal access.

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Chapter 3, The Built Environment – Transportation and Land Use:  Establish new policies in regard to: a transportation system that considers not only facilities needs but appropriate design for the unique surrounding planned environments in the UPA, SPA, TPA, and RPA, as well as for the County’s incorporated Towns and the JLMAs.  Establish new policies in regard to: implementation of a context-sensitive multimodal transportation system with facilities that are designed to fit the natural and built environment in which they currently or are planned to exist; the needs of different users of the multimodal transportation system, and travel options along every route (roads, sidewalks, bike lanes, asphalt trails, and transit infrastructure) to ensure multimodal connectivity.

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Chapter 4, Air Travel:  Establish new policies in regard to: air travel, and Washington Dulles International Airport, Leesburg Executive Airport, and private air travel facilities.  Establish new policies in regard to: the addition of an extension of the Air and Space Museum Parkway as an arterial corridor between Sully Road (VA Route 28) and Loudoun County Parkway (VA Route 606), to be located generally along the south side of the Washington Dulles International Airport.

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Chapter 5, Mitigating the Impacts of Development:  Establish new policies in regard to: coordination with development applicants and the completion of planned transportation infrastructure to include specific policies for: Land Development Review, Traffic Studies, Proffers, Parking Standards, and Traffic Management.  Establish new policies in regard to: Traffic Management and Operations Plans (TMOP) to mitigate the impacts of significant development proposals that may warrant substantial transportation system improvements based on peak usage, but would result in a substantially overbuilt network during most other times. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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April 4, 2019

Legal Notices

April 4, 2019

Legal Notices NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction. This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned,” as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice. YEAR MAKE MODEL

VIN

STORAGE

PHONE#

2005

TOYT

CAMRY

4T1BE32K35U43743

ASHBURN TOWING

703-585-8770

2006

MERC

MARINER 4M2CU98H16KJ07002

ROAD RUNNER

703-406-7507

04/04/19 & 04/11/19

NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction. This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned”, as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice. YEAR MAKE

MODEL

VIN

STORAGE

2002

CIVIC

1HGEM22912L007558

DOUBLE D TOW 703-777-7300

HONDA

PHONE#

03/28/19 & 04/04/19

INVITATION FOR BIDS BY THE TOWN OF HILLSBORO, VIRGINIA, FOR THE WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 1A PROJECT HDW-19-102

Full and complete copies of the above-referenced draft Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan, including the Loudoun 2040 General Plan and Loudoun 2040 Countywide Transportation Plan, and related documents may be examined at all Loudoun County Public Library branches during regular business hours, and in the Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday or call 703-777-0246, or electronically at www.loudoun.gov/loudoun2040. Additionally, there is an opportunity to view and provide public input on the draft Loudoun 2040 Comprehensive Plan at www.loudoun.gov/lola. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”). Any member of the public may address the Board of Supervisors on these matters; however, each member of the public wishing to address the Board may speak at only one of the sessions. All speakers will be limited to two minutes and 30 seconds so that all in attendance may have the opportunity to speak. Written comments are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Board of Supervisors, 1 Harrison Street, SE, Leesburg, Virginia 20177 or by e-mail to bos@loudoun.gov. If submitting written comments, information or materials at the hearing, 10 copies should be provided for distribution to the Board members and for the Clerk’s records. All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. For the Wednesday, April 24, 2019, public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on April 5, 2019, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on April 24, 2019. For the Saturday, April 27, 2019, public hearing, advanced signup will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on April 5, 2019, and no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 26, 2019. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. Citizens will also have the option to sign-up at the public hearing. Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory or mental disability to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings. BY ORDER OF: 04/04/19 & 04/11/19

PHYLLIS RANDALL, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

The Town of Hillsboro, Virginia, will open sealed bids at 3 p.m., local time, on Monday, April 29, 2019, at the Town offices located at 37098 Charles Town Pike, Second Floor, Hillsboro, VA, 20132 for the following Project: Construction of the Water System Improvements Phase 1A Project. The Town offices will be open at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 29, 2019, to receive delivery of sealed Bids. A mandatory pre-bid meeting and site visit will be held at 1:00 PM on April 8, 2019 at 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro, VA, 20132 Plans and Specifications may be viewed and downloaded at the Town website www.HillsboroVa.gov/ capitalbiddrinkingwater, and eVA at https://m.vendor.epro.cgipdc.com/Vendor/public/AllOpportunities. Bidders are responsible to check the Town website for updates. Plans and Specifications may also be examined at the following locations: Hillsboro Town Hall 37098 Charles Town Pike, Second Floor Hillsboro, VA 20132 540-486-8001 Hazen and Sawyer 4035 Ridge Top Road Suite 400 Fairfax, VA 22030 Each Bidder must show evidence that it is licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Town of Hillsboro reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. MBE/WBE firms are encouraged to bid. Bidders must comply the following: the President’s Executive Order #11246 prohibiting discrimination in employment regarding race, color, creed, sex, or national origin; the President’s Executive Orders #12138 and 11625 regarding utilization of MBE/WBE firms; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Davis Bacon Act; Section 436 of P. L. 113-76 American Iron and Steel; and that they do not or will not maintain or provide for their employees any facilities that are segregated on the basis of race, color, creed, or national origin. Unless canceled or rejected, a responsive bid from the lowest responsible bidder shall be accepted as submitted, except that if the bid from the lowest responsible bidder exceeds available funds, the public body may negotiate with the apparent low bidder to obtain a contract price within available funds. However, the negotiation may be undertaken only under conditions and procedures described in writing and approved by the public body prior to issuance of the Invitation to Bid and summarized therein. The bidder shall give notice in writing of his claim of right to withdraw his bid within two business days after the conclusion of the bid opening procedure and shall submit original work papers with such notice. Hard copies of contract documents may be purchased from Hazen and Sawyer, for $100.00 by a check payable to Hazen and Sawyer. For mailing add $20.00. April 04, 2019

ination f the n writing.

NE#

777-7300

NOTICE OF ABANDONED BICYCLES

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316, Case No.:

JJ040166-08-00; 09-00 JJ040167-08-00; 09-00 JJ040168-08-00; 09-00

Notice is hereby given that the bicycles described below were found and delivered to the Office of the Sheriff of Loudoun County; if the owners of the listed bicycles are not identified within sixty (60) days following the final publication of this notice, the individuals who found said bicycles shall be entitled to them if he/she desires. All unclaimed bicycles will be handled according to Chapter 228.04 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County.

Loudoun J & DR - Juvenile Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Samuel Lopez Fernandez, putative father, and; Unknown Father The object of this suit is to:

hold a hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Samuel Lopez Fernandez, putative father, Unknown Father, and Santos Marta SerranoFlores, mother pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-283, for Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano. Samuel Lopez Fernandez, putative father, Unknown Father and Santos Marta Serrano-Flores, mother of Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano are hereby notified that failure to appear on the hereinafter noticed date and time may result in the termination of residual parental rights with respect to Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano. Samuel Lopez Fernandez, putative father; Unknown Father and Santos Marta Serrano-Flores, mother of Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano are hereby further notified that if their residual parental rights are terminated, they will no longer have any legal rights with respect to said minor children, including, but not limited to, the right to visit Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano, nor any authority with respect to the care and supervision of Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano or the right to make health related decisions or determine the religious affiliation of Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano. Further, Samuel Lopez Fernandez, putative father, Unknown Father and Santos Marta Serrano-Flores, mother of Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano will have no legal and /or financial obligations with respect to Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano and the Department of Family Services of Loudoun County, Virginia may be granted the authority to place Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano for adoption and consent to the adoption of Allizon Lisset Lopez Serrano, Stephani Marisol Lopez Serrano, and Brian Giovanni Lopez Serrano.

It is ORDERED that Samuel Lopez Fernandez, putative father, and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect their interests on or before April 11, 2019 at 10:00 am. 3/28/19, 4/4/19

PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) The Town of Leesburg will accept sealed bids in the Procurement Ofﬁce, 25 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, until 3:00 p.m. on April 25, 2019 for the following:

Description

Case Number

Recovery Date

Recovery Location

Phone Number

Pink Magna Precious Pearls bicycle; serial #264135PKMB

SO190000266

1/4/2019

Gloucester PY/Loudoun County PY, Ashburn

571-258-3497

Granite Peake Roadmaster black bicycle, serial #G11010584

SO190001376

1/22/2019

Wingfoot Court, Ashburn

571-258-3497

Silver bicycle with blue lettering “Dyno/VFR”, serial #810868TJ

SO190001498

1/23/2019

Wrightwood Place, Sterling

571-258-3497

White/green Huffy Cranbrook bicycle, serial #SNHTC16M98778

SO190001721

1/26/2019

Fanshwa Sq/Redstone Ter, Ashburn

571-258-3497

03/28/19 & 04/04/19

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316, Case No.:

Loudoun J & DR - Juvenile Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

For additional information, visit: http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard 04/04/19

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § § 1-211.1; 8.01-316, -317, 20-104

Case No.:

Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Tammy Whitt, Mother, and Unknown Father The object of this suit is to:

hold a permanency planning hearing and review of foster care plan with goal of adoption, pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Logan Joseph O’Connor and Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Tammy Whitt, mother, and Unknown Father pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-283 for Logan Joseph O’Connor. Tammy Whitt, mother, and Unknown Father are hereby notified that failure to appear on the hereinafter noticed date and time may result in the entry of an Order approving a permanency goal of adoption as well as the termination of their residual parental rights with respect to Logan Joseph O’Connor. Tammy Whitt, mother, and Unknown Father are hereby further notified that if their residual parental rights are terminated, they will no longer have any legal rights with respect to said minor child, including, but not limited to, the right to visit Logan Joseph O’Connor; any authority with respect to the care and supervision of Logan Joseph O’Connor; or the right to make health related decisions or determine the religious affiliation of Logan Joseph O’Connor. Further, Tammy Whitt, mother, and Unknown Father will have no legal and /or financial obligations with respect to Logan Joseph O’Connor, and the Department of Family Services of Loudoun County, Virginia may be granted the authority to place Logan Joseph O’Connor for adoption and consent to the adoption of Logan Joseph O’Connor.

It is ORDERED that Tammy Whitt, Mother, and Unknown Father appear at the abovenamed Court and protect their interests on or before April 17, 2019 at 3:00 pm. 3/28/19, 4/4/19

CL 120229

Loudoun County Circuit Court 18 East Market St., Leesburg, VA 20176

For Sale

Zulaikha Rezaie /v. Ali Madad

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Logan Joseph O’ Connor

IFB NO. 500620-FY19-42 SANITARY SEWER LINING AND REHABILITATION (VARIOUS STREETS FY2019) The Town is soliciting sealed bids from qualiﬁed contractors for the installation of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP), sewer lateral rehabilitation with lined connection, grinding of laterals, installation of lateral seals and full wraps, maintenance of trafﬁc and all related incidentals. No pre-bid meeting will be held for this project.

JJ039184-08-00 JJ039184-09-00 JJ039184-10-00

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Divorce & Custody. It is ORDERED that Ali Madad appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interests on or before July 12, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. 04/04/19, 04/11/19, 04/18/19, 04/25/19

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § § 1-211.1; 8.01-316, -317, 20-104

Case No.:

CL 120152

Loudoun County Circuit Court 18 East Market St., Leesburg, VA 20176 Yolanda Robinson /v. Shawn Jordan Robinson The object of this suit is to: Finalize the divorce. It is ORDERED that Shawn Jordan Robinson appear at the above-named Court and protect his/ her interests on or before June 7, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. 04/04/19, 04/11/19, 04/18/19, 04/25/19

PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)

The Town of Leesburg will accept sealed bids in the Procurement Ofﬁce, 25 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, until 3:00 p.m. on May 2, 2019 for the following:

IFB NO. 500630-FY19-41 WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS REMOVAL SERVICES AT KENNETH B. ROLLINS WATER TREATMENT PLANT The Town of Leesburg is accepting competitive sealed bids to establish a term contract for Water Treatment Plant process residuals sludge removal at the Town’s Kenneth B. Rollins Water Treatment Plant. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Water Treatment Plant located at 43234 Edwards Ferry Road, Leesburg, VA 20176. For additional information, visit: http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard

04/04/19

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ASHTON DOWNS COMMUNITY YARD SALE Saturday, April 6th 8am-12pm In Leesburg, off Catoctin Circle across from Foxridge Park. Enter on Ashton Drive SW or Foxborough Drive SW. Look for signs. MANY HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING... SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

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April 4, 2019

CLES

Employment

April 4, 2019

Town of Leesburg Employment Opportunities Please visit www.leesburgva.gov/jobs for more information and to apply online. Resumes may be submitted as supplemental only. EOE/ADA.

Maintenance Engineer

Regular Full-Time Positions Position

Department

Salary Range

Closing Date

Certified Police Officer (VA DCJS)

Police

$53,233-$96,835 DOQ

Open until filled

Maintenance Worker I

Public Works and Capital Projects

$36,262-$62,082 DOQ

Open until filled

Utility Plant Technician Trainee or Utility Plant Technician

Utilities

$42,767-$79,129 DOQ

Open until filled

Position

Department

Hourly Rate

Closing Date

Library Associate

Thomas Balch Library

$21.93-$37.55 DOQ

Open until filled

Flexible Part-Time Position

Summer Part-Time Position Position

Department

Hourly Rate

Closing Date

Maintenance Worker

Utilities

$15.00

Open until filled

Position

Department

Hourly Rate

Closing Date

Maintenance Worker

Public Works and Capital Projects

$15.00

Open until filled

Temporary Part-Time Position

To review Ida Lee (Parks & Recreation) flexible part-time positions, please visit www.leesburgva.gov/jobs. Most positions will be filled at or near the minimum of the range. Dependent on qualifications. All Town vacancies may be viewed on Comcast Cable Channel 67 and Verizon FiOS Channel 35.

Comstock is currently seeking a Maintenance Engineer (for BLVD Loudoun and BLVD Reston in Northern VA). We want team members that are looking to grow with Comstock long-term! The ideal candidate is passionate about providing exceptional experiences to residents, cares for a community as if it’s their own, has a can-do attitude and enjoys collaborating! The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for all the plumbing, electrical, HVAC and painting at a luxury communities at BLVD Loudoun and BLVD Reston. S/he will float between the two properties and the maintenance team with day-to-day operations. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career with a growing company! We offer a competitive salary with potential for bonus, generous benefit package (e.g., Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match, Life), opportunities for advancement, annual professional development funds, employee discount, friendly work environment and more! To learn more about Comstock Companies and how you can grow your career with our expanding portfolio, please visit www.

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Education Specialist (Part-time) The Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District (LSWCD) is seeking a part-time Education Specialist to work 18 hours each week. The District office is located in Leesburg, VA. The successful candidate will assist in carrying out the Education objectives of the District. This includes educational outreach for K-12, focusing on environmental Education Specialist (Part-time) and conservation education. Minimum education and experience requirements include: any combination of education and experi-

ence equivalent to graduation highaschool supplemented Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District (LSWCD) isfrom seeking part-time Education by college level courses in education ialist to work 18 hours each The District office is located in of Leesburg, VA. The or week. an environmental field. Completion Project WILD, WET, and LEARNING TREE is a plus, as is essful candidate will assistmarketing in carryingexperience. out the Education objectives of the District. This schedule that may include days, evening, Requires the ability to work a flexible des educational outreach for K-12, focusing on environmental and conservation education. or weekends. Requires a valid driver’s license. Background check required.

mum education and experience requirements include: any combination of education and Starting salary: $15-$18/hr. depending on education and experience. No benefits are offered with this rience equivalent to graduation from high school supplemented by college level courses in For a complete jobWILD, description, contact SuzanneTREE Brown, District Operations Manager at suzie. ation or an environmentalposition. field. Completion of Project WET, and LEARNING brown@lswcd.org. lus, as is marketing experience. Requires the ability to work a flexible schedule that may de days, evening, or weekends. Requires a valid driver's license. Background check Candidates must submit an application packet that includes: 1) completed state application; 2) one red.

page narrative summarizing their experience and 3) cover letter. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu

ng salary: $15-$18/hr. depending on education experience. No benefits of a completed State and application. Applications thatare sayoffered “see resume” and incomplete applications will his position. For a complete job description, contact Suzanne Brown, District Operations not be considered. State application and narrative form is available at: lswcd.org and must be mailed ager at suzie.brown@lswcd.org.

to: Loudoun SWCD, Attention: Suzanne Brown, District Operations Manager, 30 Catoctin Circle, SE, 17,

idates must submit an application packet that includes: 1) completed state application; 2) postmarked by Wednesday, April Suite 218; Leesburg, VA 20175. Application packets must be page narrative summarizing their experience and 3) cover letter. Resumes will not be 2019. pted in lieu of a completed State application. Applications that say "see resume" and Loudoun SoilState and application Water Conservation District equal opportunity employer. mplete applications will notThe be considered. and narrative formisisan available wcd.org and must be mailed to: Loudoun SWCD, Attention: Suzanne Brown, District ations Manager, 30 Catoctin Circle, SE, Suite 218; Leesburg, VA 20175. Application ets must be postmarked by Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Hairstylist wanted

Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District is an equal opportunity employer.

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Construction Superintendent: Meridien Group, LLC is seeking a motivated, qualified individual to provide on-site coordination for all phases of construction projects, including coordinating subcontractors, material and equipment, ensuring that specifications are being strictly followed, and that work is proceeding on schedule and within budget. The Project Superintendent shall be responsible for scheduling, inspections, quality control, and job site safety. Part time with potential for full time.

Contact Info: Katherine Hicks 208 South King Street Suite 303 Leesburg, VA 20175 Send Resume to: khicks@meridiengroupllc.com Office: (703) 777-8285

Project Analyst: Meridien Group, LLC is seeking a motivated, qualified individual with strong analytical skills. Duties include, but are not limited to: Creating, managing and disbursing reports related to the project, maintaining project assets, communications and related database(s), evaluating and monitoring the overall project, reviewing and reporting the project’s budget and finances, routinely performing complete or component analysis, and notifying the entire project team about abnormalities or variances. The analyst will help the entire project team complete the project within its planned scope, schedule and budget, while serving as a liaison for the project’s technical, functional and non-functional teams. Part time with potential for full time. Contact Info: Katherine Hicks 208 South King Street Suite 303 Leesburg, VA 20175 Send Resume to: khicks@meridiengroupllc.com Office: (703) 777-8285 Busy family practice in Lansdowne, VA seeking a full time LPN or MA. Pediatric and or family practice experience preferred. EHR experience highly recommended. We offer health, dental and vision insurance as well as direct deposit, 401k and many other benefits. Please send your resume to lgray@lmgdoctors.com or fax to 703-726-0804, attention Lisa.

Attention Loudoun County! Home Instead Senior Care is looking for caring and compassionate CAREGivers to become a part of our team and join our mission of enhancing the lives of aging adults throughout the Loudoun County community. Home Instead provides a variety of non-medical services that allow seniors to remain in their home and meet the challenges of aging with dignity, care and compassion.

Why should you join Home Instead Senior Care? • Very rewarding - meet wonderful people, build fulfilling relationships, and make a difference in the lives of our clients. • Paid training in healthcare-industrybest practices. • Flexible scheduling - perfect for retirees, stay-at-home moms, or students. • Great supplemental income

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[OBITUARIES] gentle soul, a charming and witty character, a creative and artistic mind, and a free and happy spirit. He lived his life with zest. We will honor Robbie with a celebration of his life and our love for him in the coming months. Robbie is survived by his son, Adam Glen Robertson, his love and life partner, Marta JoAnne Gallagher, and her daughter, Lauren Anne Jewell. He is also survived by siblings Ed Robertson and wife Tammy of Nokesville, Virginia, Kelly Robertson and wife Lisa of Winchester Virginia, and Linda Ann Lumpkin of Colonial Beach, Virginia, numerous cousins and other relatives. Robbie also leaves behind an immense family of friends. Robbie lost his father, Edwin Chester Robertson, in 2001, his beloved mother, Ruby Mae Waddell West, in 2004, and his step-father, Elmer Clinton West, in 2006. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or the Spina Bifida Association of America.

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Helping to Set a New Course Starting this week, Loudoun rejoins the ranks of more than four dozen Virginia jurisdictions working to combat the criminal ramifications of substance abuse on an individualized level through an intensive Drug Court treatment program. The county was on the cutting edge of this work a decade ago, but dropped its program amid criticism it delivered too little for the investment of resources dedicated to it. During the intervening years, opioid addiction has become more deadly than car crashes, and drug court operations have become common across the state. Loudoun’s resurrected program was put together quickly after winning support from the Board of Supervisors just three months ago. This week’s launch was made possible by a dedicated group who work on the front lines of the justice system—Circuit Court judges and prosecutors and probations officers—who bear witness daily to tragic, lifederailing impacts of substance abuse. They know when it is time to get dangerous people off the streets, and they’ve seen the cases when the lock-them-up mentality does more harm than good—both for the individuals involved and for the community at-large. The community corrections team leading the Drug Court already has experience with the intensive counseling and supervision required to give offenders the tools and structure that will help them set a new course. Several times each week they’re meeting with individuals enrolled in the District Court’s Mental Health Docket program. Launched in July and led by Judge Deborah C. Welsh, the program already has made visible impacts on the lives of those enrolled. While participants are provided an ample safety net—everything from personal therapists to nutritionists—it’s a demanding program expected to take at least a year to complete, even for the most dedicated among them. Those in the Drug Court face similar journeys. They’ll have a huge team of supporters rooting for their success on the challenging road ahead. The opportunities offered can be lifechanging, perhaps life-saving. It’s a remarkable community investment and an important one.

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[ LETTERS ] Act Now Editor: On March 19, an armed man was arrested at a local high school after having freely entered the building able to roam the campus for more than an hour until he was apprehended. Neither students nor parents were given adequate information as to why a lockdown procedure was not performed either during the event or thereafter leaving people to speculate. Questions were being asked and rumors circulated, especially on social media. The safety of our schools should not be in any question at this juncture in time when mass shootings have sadly become commonplace events. It is the responsibility of our school system to ensure the safety of the citizens on school property at all times. Mistakes were made that Tuesday. A gun should not have been so easy to bring into a public school. Now is the time for action. All schools need a solid safety policy that is strictly followed at all times. No one should be able to gain access to schools without their identification being validated along with the purpose of their visit. Mistakes such as the event that occurred in Leesburg need to be a thing of the past. Safety on school property needs to be addressed and implemented immediately. Start following policy now and show us that changes are taking place. We do not want Loudoun County to become another statistic. — Deborah Morbeto, Leesburg

Lighten up Editor: Lighten up, Loudoun! You say you’re all about preserving the rural life here in Loudoun, but now you’re throwing down the gauntlet on small roadside businesses about their signs? Have you seen all the stupid real estate signs everywhere? I hope all these home builders are being run through

the muck about their signs like Paige and Virts and others who are just trying to make a living from the land. Lighten up and let the little guy selling local produce have some signs. Drop this fight, Loudoun. Geez. — Christine Breighner, Leesburg

An Appreciation Editor: Middleburg, Loudoun County, and Virginia treasure Robin Glen Robertson passed away March 23. Robbie was unrivaled in turning strangers into his true friends on a daily basis, and because he had a rare talent for packing more hours into his days than most people seem to have available in their weeks, he touched more than a few lifetimes-worth of people. Robbie was a gift to those who knew him—he was disarmingly warm, absolutely loving, genuinely hilarious, and supremely talented. The man imprinted on the world in a way that is difficult to wrap one’s head around. Robbie’s passing doesn’t leave a void; it leaves an incredibly distinct impression. No one will be able to deny: Robbie was a Renaissance Man. And thoroughly so. He was in touch with a raw joy of creativity and discovery that few people are able to enjoy. He was a musician who played multiple instruments—guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo, and probably anything else that makes noise. He was an illustrator and artist. All manner of Robertson original cards and drawings are scattered in the world, celebrating personal joys connecting their owners to Robbie. He was an historian and self-styled “Earth Detective,” too. He spent years metal detecting in Virginia. The curios and shadow boxes that he made, featuring his finds, are no doubt extremely valuable pieces of American history. Robbie was a bow & black powder hunter. His hunting and fishing trips were just a couple of ways in which he loved and cherished the country in which he was born & lived. JUMP TO >> 45

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[ LETTERS ] << FROM 44 All these passions and pursuits, in addition to others, made Robbie a hell of a storyteller. His tales of unearthing Civil War-era belt buckles, cannon fragments; narratives of stalking & harvesting elusive wild turkeys; descriptions of the trout dinners he made after a fishing trip—all of these were absolute joys to hear, and Robbie absolutely relished their telling. Usually, he’d find a way to arrive at some self-effacing punchline—how a sneeze (or other bodily-related noise of his) had startled the biggest turkey he’d ever seen, or how he’d been sure a big blip on the metal detector was going to be a cannon, but it turned out to be a silver ring that he suddenly produced as a gift for you. And so the world

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by mid-summer. As opposed to the Delirium concept, which can require some explanation to those not familiar with it, “people inherently understand meatballs,” Allred says. Still, he hopes to take his customers a bit out of their comfort zone, by offering different takes on the meatballs. “There’s been a homogenization of the food and beverage culture. I don’t want to do that,” he said. “I’m trying to get people to get out of their comfort zone by making something unique and delicious.” And that’s something he plans to replicate at his other new restaurant, Wild Wood Pizza in the Village at Leesburg. The pizza restaurant will be located near Cobb Theatres and will offer a family-oriented dining destination that is both reverent to pizza and a bit rebellious, too, he said. “You might say we’re reverent about rebellion,” Allred quipped. He had been working on the Wild Wood concept prior to Delirium’s opening, when he was still general manager at Shoe’s, Cup and Cork Club. He looked to his past experience working with establishments known for their pizzas, including Isabella’s in Manhattan and local legend Fireworks Pizza. A beloved food staple that pleases all ages, Allred said the challenge in opening a pizza restaurant is not explain-

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ing the concept, but what makes you unique. He said the space is reminiscent of the mid-90s Brooklyn hip-hop scene. A large mural, which Allred said looks like it was taken from a graffitied subway car, will be the focal point of the space. In a nod to pleasing both the reverent and rebellious palates, Allred said he will offer both purist-type pizzas, with classic Neapolitan styles, as well as more foodie-driven selections. He is eyeing a June opening for Wild Wood. He hopes to use both his training as a sommelier and Cicerone—the beer equivalent—to offer an exciting beverage assortment there, too. So, how is the husband and father-offive juggling all of this? “You just do,” he said, and he points back to the lesson imparted on him by his father. Allred adheres, except for a busy Friday and Saturday evening, to a general rule of unplugging at 10 p.m. nightly, and credits his wife for the support of the ventures. He said his focus right now is on opening the two new restaurants, but he is always looking for a new opportunity on the horizon. “I don’t know what’s next,” he said. But, until he figures that out, Allred said he hopes his restaurants will be part of creating positive memories for his guests to look back on. “[Customers] aren’t paying you for food anymore. What they’re really paying you for is the memory of the experience, and you hope you can make it a really good one.”

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The Peoples Constitution

Showdown Over the Wall

BY BEN LENHART Few recent political skirmishes better highlight how our Constitution acts like “guardrails” during a crisis—keeping each branch of government in line— than the current battle between Congress and President Trump over emergency funding for a border wall. This battle takes place over five acts.

Act 1 - Congress Gives President Emergency Powers Last month’s article explained how the Constitution gives the president very few emergency powers. The Constitution is stingy with presidential emergency powers for good reason: if a president can invoke emergency powers, without limit, to set aside our constitutional safeguards (even if he truly believed it necessary to deal with an emergency), Americans could all too easily lose their invaluable liberties, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion and due process protections). One needs only read the newspapers to see, sadly, how common this is around the globe. Rather than the Constitution, most of the president’s emergency powers come from laws passed by Congress (laws that can be revoked). For example, the “International Emergency Economic Powers Act” gives the president emergency power to deal with an extraordinary foreign threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. Once invoked, this law empowers the president to regulate many types of foreign business in ways he counld not without the emergency. Congress has also given emergency powers to the president in many military settings, and one such law is at the center of the current debate over the wall. In February, after a 35-day government shutdown, Congress passed a law providing for $1.4 billion in funding for border security including a fence, but this fell far short of the $5.7 billion that President Trump wanted for the border wall. This law did not include any emergency powers for the president.

Act 2 - The President Uses Emergency Powers Largely in response to Congress’s failure to fund the border wall, on Feb.15, the president declared an emergency on the southern border and announced his plan to use his emergency power to fund the border wall. He cited two laws to justify these emergency actions. First, he pointed to a law dealing with

emergency military construction (the “EMC” law) which states: “In the event of a declaration of war or the declaration by the President of a national emergency in accordance with the National Emergencies Act that requires use of the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense, without regard to any other provision of law, may undertake military construction projects … not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces. Such projects may be undertaken only within the total amount of funds that have been appropriated for military construction … that have not been obligated.” The president also cited the National Emergencies Act “(NEA”) of 1976. While this law grabs lots of press attention in the border wall dispute (due partly to its name), it will ultimately have less importance than the EMC law quoted above. Why? Because the EMC law is where Congress actually gives the president emergency power to undertake “emergency military construction projects.” In contrast, the NEA is mostly concerned with process —it lays out how the president can use emergency powers given to him by other laws (such as EMC) but it does not actually give him any substantive new emergency power. In fact, if the president declares an emergency under the NEA, he must first identify the precise law that gives him the power to do so. To meet this requirement for the border wall, the president mainly points to the EMC law.

Act 3 - Congress Tries to Stop the President’s Use of Emergency Powers In response to the president’s emergency declaration, on March 14, Congress passed a resolution stating that the border emergency declared by the president “is hereby terminated.” Is this the end of the story? Emergency over? The answer is “no.” Even though the plain language of the NEA gives Congress, the power, by itself, to end a presidentially declared emergency by a joint resolution of Congress (which is what Congress did here), the Supreme Court has ruled that such actions by Congress violate the Constitution. Why? Because of separation of powers: only Congress can pass laws, and only the executive can execute those laws. If Congress can effectively execute the laws—by vetoing any executive action that it does not like—this gives too much power to Congress: it makes Congress both the maker and keeper of the law. Congress’s resolution also runs afoul

of the constitutional requirement that that a law can only be made with “bicameralism” (passed by both houses of Congress) and “presentment” (presented and signed by the President.) A mere “joint resolution” by Congress does not comply with these requirements and does have the force of law. Thus, even though Congress tried to terminate the border-wall emergency declaration, this “termination” has no legal effect unless signed by the president (or unless Congress overrides a presidential veto).

Act 4 - The President Vetoes Congress Just a day later, President Trump vetoed Congress’s resolution to terminate the emergency. While Congress is free to override the veto, it has not done so yet, and most pundits think an override is impossible in this case.

Act 5 - The End Game Attention now turns to the third branch of government: the Courts. In Act 5, the Supreme Court will likely decide who is right. Will it be the president, who argues that he has valid emergency power to fund the border wall, or his critics who argue that he does not? Here are the key points to watch for in this final act. First, the famous Youngstown Steel case will be front and center. In Youngstown, the Supreme Court rejected President Truman’s argument that he had emergency power to take control of the countries’ steel mills to support the military effort in the Korean War. Youngstown is famous for setting up a three-part test—still used today—for analyzing whether a President’s action is constitutional. Part 1: the president’s authority is strongest when he acts in accordance with authorization from Congress. Part 2: the president’s authority is in a middle ground when he acts on a subject where Congress has been silent. Part 3: the president’s authority is weakest when he acts contrary to authorization from Congress. Both sides have ammunition here: President Trump will argue that he fits within Part 1 because his emergency declaration was made pursuant to the NEA and EMC laws. His critics will argue that is emergency action falls under Part 3 because Congress spoke loudly and clearly in 2019 when it authorized only $1.4 billion for border security measures. Second, does the EMC law support the president? President Trump’s crit-

ics will argue that the President’s arguments fail because the very law he cites for his “emergency” doesn’t apply to the border wall. The EMC Law requires that the emergency “requires use of the armed forces.” Are armed forces necessary to deal with the president’s border emergency? Next, the EMC requires that the project is “necessary to support use of the armed forces.” How, critics will argue, does the border wall qualify as a project that is necessary to “support armed forces”? Both President Trump and his critics will respond forcefully on all of these points, but they highlight where the battle lines will be drawn in the final act. Third, only Congress has the “Power of the Purse.” Indeed, Article One of the Constitution gives Congress— alone—the right to pass budgets and authorize spending. But it is perfectly fine for a president to take money already approved by Congress and use it many different ways, so long as that use is consistent with the laws passed by Congress. President Trump will argue that he is not trespassing on Congress’s power of the purse, but is merely using already approved funds to build the wall. Congress will respond that the president is using funds in ways that were not approved by Congress. The courts will weigh all of these factors in deciding whether to rule for or against President Trump. Over the years, many uses of presidential emergency power have been allowed, but the court has not hesitated to overrule the president when the president’s actions exceed the powers given to him by the Constitution. Finally, this dispute highlights a key fact that many Americans take for granted: however the court rules—for or against the President—he will follow the ruling of the court. This is not a given. Courts have no armies and no treasury. Presidents have both. With this vast disparity in power, history is littered with examples of rulers who ignored court orders or threw judges in jail (or worse), when they disagreed with the court. America has not suffered this fate, and our strong judiciary, while far from perfect, is admired the world over—thank you, John Marshall. Ben Lenhart is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has taught constitutional law at Georgetown Law Center for more than 20 years. He lives with his family and lots of animals on a farm near Hillsboro.

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Transplant << FROM 3 Staggs said he always knew he wanted to be an organ donor and immediately reached out to Walter Reed Medical Center to see if he was a match. “What thrills me most about this experience is that I got the opportunity to donate to someone else while I am still alive, and get to live to see that person enjoy their new life. And in this case, their new kidney,” he said. Samulenas and her husband, Brent, were at one of her dialysis appointments when they got the news there was a match and the donor was eager to help. A week after finding out, Samulenas and Staggs were both in the hospital for surgery. They met at Walter Reed for the first time the night before. “We were walking in the hospital hallways and I heard someone saying my name,” Samulenas recalled. “I saw my donor and all that I could say was ‘wow wow wow.’ Nothing else was going through my mind. It was an experience you never think you’re going to experience.”

All-stars << FROM 3 Mary. Last year, he was tapped to get the JK Community Farm, a charitable initiative of JK Moving Services, up and running. In just four months, with the help of 1,000 volunteers, the operation distributed more than 32,000 pounds of organic produce to area food pantries and food banks. This year, the garden will expand from four acres to seven acres, with more than 50,000 plants. While Smith had the farming part down pretty well before being recruit-

breadth, reach, and hopefully depth in trying to get folks successfully through the program,” Vernail said. “From our perspective, it gives us an opportunity to provide that treatment for the individual back in the community, and will help them further reintegrate and become a more productive member of the community and have enhanced self-esteem in their own way,” Razzano said. “When you open your door that wide, you make your net bigger, and you can accommodate more people, and that’s the whole idea,” Freeman said. The drug court team includes representatives from the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Community Corrections, the county Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Developmental Services, the county Department of Family Services, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office, the Leesburg Police Department, the Office of the Public Defender, the Virginia Department of Corrections Adult Probation and Parole, and Circuit Court Judges Douglas Fleming and Stephen Sincavage.

Staggs said it was a happy moment for both of them with “a lot of hugging and crying.” The two now consider each other family, referring to each other as brother and sister. They are both home from the hospital, recovering from their surgeries. Samulenas is on a host of anti-rejection medications, which come with their share of side effects. “But I’m not complaining,” she said. She and her husband are settling into their post-transplant life with their dogs Cyraneau and Maverick. Among the things she is looking forward to once recovered, other than no longer having to trek to Walter Reed three times a week for dialysis appointments, are things she didn’t previously have the stamina to do—white water rafting, hiking, tubing and indoor skydiving, to name a few. She cries while expressing her gratitude to Staggs, and for the support of her husband’s military community. “Somebody literally gave me a second chance at life,” she said. “Without it, I would’ve been gone in maybe a year or two. Words can’t describe my gratitude and my thanks.”

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program also highlights the importance of blood donations. “Inova Blood Donor Services provides blood products to nearly two dozen hospitals and health facilities in the Washington Metro area. The unique FACTR program will allow our donors to save even more lives,” he said. The program is supported by contributions from the Fredrick D. and Karen G. Schaufeld Family Foundation and Telos Corporation. “This gift is in honor of the professional men and women of Loudoun and Fairfax who have made it their life’s work to provide care and comfort to our community,” Fred Schaufeld said. “Our only request is that these individuals occasionally take the time to look into their own mirrors to see the angels who walk among us.” “I can think of no greater privilege than to provide the latest in lifesaving technology to those who so selflessly serve and protect our community,” said Telos CEO and Chairman John B. Wood. “We are proud to support our first responders by bringing a new level of innovation to the region’s EMS services.”

krodriguez@loudounnow.com ed to the Loudoun project, he said he was initially worried about the volunteer aspect. But he found that they have more help than they put to work, both with corporate teams and individuals who sign up on the farm website. “The volunteers are great. Everybody has a fantastic attitude,” Smith said. “We’re having an overwhelming amount of volunteer interest this year. It’s kind of a dream come true to have too many volunteers.” He said a big part of the early success is that community members know that everything they put in is helping to feed neighbors in need. “Any volunteers or donations that are made, people can

<< FROM 1 guide that type of response to similar incidents. “In situations such as the Evergreen Mills Road accident where patients face extended extrication time, paramedics now have a policy and process in place to administer lifesaving blood products directly on the scene,” said Keith Johnson, chief of Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System. “Although born from tragedy, the FACTR program is a resource that will save many lives.” “FACTR is a regional accomplishment available to all fire and rescue services in Northern Virginia. It will serve as a model for blood distribution and accountability. What this program demonstrates is the importance of collaboration across the continuum of healthcare. A patient’s hospital visit truly begins, not with registration, but when EMS arrives on scene,” according to Craig Evans, executive director of the Northern Virginia EMS Council. Terri Craddock, senior director of Inova Blood Donor Services, said the rest assured that it is going to a good cause, which is feeding the food insecure.” Food education also is part of the community farm mission and the staff is working with the school system’s nutrition department to develop curricula in the field. “That is a big part of why we are here today, is to promote food awareness, to help the kids understand what a farm is and where food comes from—that ketchup doesn’t grow on the plant,” Smith said. Smith’s farmer card shows him sitting in a tractor. On the back, where facts about each farmer are listed, students learn that his nickname is “Sweet Pota-

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to Mike” and that from farming, he has learned that “hard work and patience will give you better results in work and in life.” Other farmers featured in this year’s set are: Bill Bundy, of Red Gate Farm; Dr. Mike Gast, of Brookfield Farm; Eric Hilgartner, of Chrysalis Vineyard’s Ag District Center; Bonnie Kittrell, of Double 8 Alpaca Ranch; Sophia Maravell, of Potomac Vegetable Farms; Beth Sastre, of the Loudoun Cooperative Extension Office; Erik Schlener, Root and Marrow Farm; and Donnie Ulmer, of Milcreek Farm. nstyer@loudounnow.com

“Other than that, if it’s determined that your offense or your criminal behavior is fueled by your drug or alcohol addiction, you could be eligible for drug court in Virginia,” Freeman said. Drug court is no easy out for drug offenders. First, potential participants are screened for eligibility, including an assessment from the county Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Developmental Services. “Basically, that needs assessment will kind of identify the strengths and the needs that are necessary in order to support a treatment plan for the individual, as well as develop an individual service plan to meet those strengths and the needs,” said Department of Mental Health Deputy Director Joseph Razzano. If they are put into the program, they face an intensive, personalized treatment regime, including frequent random visits from law enforcement, drug tests, self-help groups, professional therapy sessions, job counseling, and a weekly trip to the courtroom. “There’s accountability everywhere

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Angela Vernail was involved in the previous drug court, and said that since that time, the treatments and mindset have evolved. “We are giving folks as much opportunity and chance to be successful as possible,” Vernail said. “Before, we were much more stringent in looking for how long we would keep the person in the program if they weren’t showing much progress. I think this time, going in, we’re all sort of recognizing the fact that probably we’re going to have to be a lot more patient than we were the last time.” She said the goal is to reduce that recidivism, or being arrested a second time, by addressing the reasons for that criminal behavior. “A lot of these populations have a dual diagnosis, with also some mental health issues,” Vernail said. “And that’s one of the great things about the drug court, is it’s focused on the sobriety issue as well as any potential mental health issues.” And she—and others—are optimistic about the new drug court, especially if more people can be funneled into the program. “Having an expanded population this time, I think, will give us a lot more

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you turn,” Freeman said. “You can’t go through seven days without having to face the judge, talk to him, and say how come you were late for your Tuesday night group. You don’t get that with regular probation, and it definitely gets their attention.” For that reason, in the past, some offenders who have been eligible for drug court have chosen jail time instead. But for those who stick the program out, the results are dramatic: According to the county government, only 19 percent of people who completed the county’s last drug court have since been arrested again, compared to a 49 percent recidivism rate for non-participants. The program can also be friendly to the taxpayer. With the cost of imprisoning a person even without mental or substance abuse problems running into tens of thousands of dollars annually, if the new drug court sees significant participation, it is expected to cost far less per participant. In 2018, the state Supreme Court reported that the 50 drug court dockets in Virginia save on average $19,234 per adult. From July 2017 to June 2018, as the number of drug court participants across the state grew, the courts found that cost saving across Virginia grew by nearly 26 percent to $11.1 million.

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