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AG Launches Schools Discrimination Inquiry BY RENSS GREENE

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County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) hosts a post-election press conference Wednesday, Nov. 6, where she renewed calls for a county police department.

Randall Pushes Police Department at Post Election Press Conference BY RENSS GREENE The day after Democrats won majorities on the local Board of Supervisors and in the state General Assembly, returning County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) hosted a press conference where she repeated her call to create a Loudoun County Police Department. “We don’t have to recreate this wheel,” Randall said. “We can look to Fairfax county, to Prince William county, to many other large counties around the commonwealth to understand how that

is done.” Randall pointed out that in other large counties, the sheriff ’s office only supervises the courts and jail, and said law enforcement should never be political. “Every four years, the sheriff ’s deputies are always worried about whether or not they get to keep their jobs based on if they supported somebody in an election,” Randall said. “That should not happen.” A former Loudoun detective is currently seeking a U.S. Supreme Court hearing for a wrongful termination law-

suit against Sheriff Michael L. Chapman after he was not re-sworn for supporting a different candidate in the Republican primary during the previous local election. Chapman has not responded to Loudoun Now’s requests for comments. But he has objected to the idea in other venues, including via a statement put out on the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts and Alert Loudoun, the county’s official

The state Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into allegations of discriminatory admissions practices at the Academies of Loudoun and systemic racism in the school system at large, after a request from the Loudoun NAACP. Loudoun NAACP President Michelle Thomas said the organization reached out to the AG’s office after the school district was sluggish to respond to complaints from parents, and even to share the results of its own equity assessment, which found a “hostile learning environment” where students faced no consequences for hateful actions. “We’ve produced plans for them, we’ve produced solutions for them, and they have implemented it in a halfhearted way,” Thomas said during a press conference Tuesday evening. “When that happens, it creates a strain on the partnership because our best intentions never become realized.” The school system had not previously disclosed the investigation. The letter informing the school division of the investigation is dated Oct. 3, more than a month before the NAACP’s press conference. “The question is, what are we going to do?” Thomas said. “It’s fine that they’re investigating. We know what they’re going to find. … That there’s discrimination, it’s rampant—it’s not just rampant, it’s systemic.” Loudoun NAACP Education Chairwoman Robin Reaves Burke said data she has collected shows that black students are underrepresented in the gifted and talented program, and are less likely to be put into the pipeline to attend the Academies of Loudoun. “The admission process of 2018-

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Purcellville Sorts Through Data Breach Stemming from 2017 Botched Investigation Police Officer Ups Lawsuit to $17M BY PATRICK SZABO Purcellville leaders faced a hefty price in the potential $9 million payout sought in a recently filed civil lawsuit by one of its police offers, but that price just went up. Purcellville Police Cpl. Kristopher Fraley’s $9.1 million civil lawsuit filed against the town on Sept. 19 initially claimed that the town, through the actions of several employees and contractors, conspired against him when he reported alleged misconduct by his superior. Fraley asserts in the suit that by suspending him, those defendants harmed his body, emotions and repuson Elser law firm found that the investigation into McAlister led by Vanegas and Nuckolls was not “fair, unbiased, and thorough” because Vanegas did not properly manage it and was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with Nuckolls. McAlister was reinstated to her position. The town subsequently lost track of the flash drive, although Bohince made a copy before handing it to Vanegas. That same month, Brian Reynolds, the publisher of the Loudoun Tribune who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Federal District Court in June as part of an alleged effort to defraud investors and lenders supporting his newspaper, claimed to be in possession of McAlister’s entire email box. In 2017, the Tribune’s website listed Nuckolls as the newspaper’s human resources director and business manager. The town then filed a claim with its insurance company, Virginia Risk Shar-

tation. But less than a month after that filing, Fraley amended his complaint to include six additional allegations, which now have him seeking an extra $8.1 million in relief. The suit details events alleged to have happened more than two years ago, when seven town police officers approached then-interim town manager Alex Vanegas with claims of misconduct against Police Chief Cynthia McAlister in August 2017. Vanegas hired human resources consultant Georgia Nuckolls to lead an investigation into the chief.

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FRALEY >> 54 ing Association. VRSA hired the Beazley cyber services company and the McDonald Hopkins law firm to conduct a forensics investigation using Bohince’s copy of the flash drive. The firms found that the 9.1-gigabyte flash drive includes 1,800 pieces of individual information at risk. On Oct. 17 this year, McDonald Hopkins sent letters out to individuals affected by the breach. Those include people who had been charged with or been victims of various crimes, people who have filed police reports and regional law enforcement officers. They include people living not only in Purcellville and Loudoun, but also in localities across the nation. Mekarski said that while in most cases, the information pertained to reports filed by McAlister’s department, some of it includes Homeland Security terrorDATA BREACH >> 54

Washington Spirit Plans 2021 Move to Loudoun BY PATRICK SZABO Loudoun will soon be home to another professional sports team. Steve Baldwin, the majority owner of the Washington Spirit National Women’s Soccer League team, announced Tuesday that by 2021, the team would begin training at the new training center that D.C. United is building at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park near Leesburg. Baldwin said the Spirit would also play four home games at Loudoun’s 5,000-seat stadium at Segra Field in its 2020 season, along with four games at its existing home at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, MD, and four at Audi Field in Washington, DC, where D.C. United has played since July 2018. In 2021, the women’s team will play seven games at Audi and five games at Segra—the field that Loudoun United FC has called home since August. “That’s big for us, we are delighted to be here in Loudoun County,” Baldwin said. “We’re going to have five crazy good experiences at Segra in 2021.” Baldwin said the Spirit would continue training in Boyds throughout the 2020 season but would relocate to

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Loudoun United Chief Operation Officer Adam Behnke, Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling), Washington Spirits forward Paige Nielsen, Spirit majority owner Steve Baldwin, County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large), Supervisor Matt Letourneau (R-Dulles), Spirits midfielder Tori Huster and Spirit Head Coach Richie Burke pose after the announcement that the Spirit would come to Loudoun.

Loudoun thereafter. He said the team would play one preseason game at the 5,300-seat SoccerPlex in subsequent years. Alongside Baldwin during the announcement in the County Government Center were Adam Behnke, the

chief operation officer of Loudoun United, Supervisor Matt Letourneau (R-Dulles) and County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). SPIRIT >> 53

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Two years later and the Town of Purcellville still finds itself dealing with the repercussions of a flawed investigation into the police chief that sparked other investigations and controversy. This time, it’s related to a 9-gigabyte flash drive that escaped the town’s control and may have disclosed the personal information of close to 2,000 people nationwide. Last month, a subcontractor of the town found that thousands of pieces of personal information contained on a flash drive in the possession of former interim town manager Alex Vanegas may have been shared with people outside the town government. In response, the firm sent letters to those affected by the breach, but did so on town stationary—a choice that led some recipients to question whether the letters were authentic. The Town Council also was unaware that the letters were sent out, which prompted an emergency meeting on Saturday afternoon to sort through the situation. According to a brief from Town Manager David Mekarski, during the investigation into now-discredited claims of misconduct against Police Chief Cynthia McAlister, Vanegas in fall 2017 directed IT Director Shannon Bohince to copy McAlister’s email box onto a flash drive. When Bohince delivered the drive to Vanegas, Bohince informed him that the drive should remain at the town hall. Vanegas agreed and delivered the drive to Georgia Nuckolls, the human resources consultant that he recommended be hired to help with the investigation, which resulted in McAlister being fired. In April 2018, Vanegas was fired after an investigation conducted by the Wil-

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Supervisors Send Proposed Target Shooting Restrictions to Public Hearing BY RENSS GREENE County supervisors will send a new local gun law to a public hearing in December, but there’s no guarantee the ordinance won’t change again before a vote. After a year and a half of debate, on Dec. 11 the county board will hold a public hearing on a new local law that reads: “the discharge of firearms for recreational or target shooting purposes shall be conducted in such a manner as to ensure that projectiles do not leave the boundaries of the property or parcel upon which the shooting is occurring, unless permission to do so has been granted by the adjacent landowner. A projectile leaving the boundaries of the property or parcel shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.” “Prima facie” is a legal term meaning, in this case, that a bullet leaving a property will mean the law is presumed to have been broken unless proven otherwise. County staff members will also consult with Commonwealth’s Attorney Nicole Wittmann about what would make an enforceable ordinance—after the former Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman and Sheriff Michael L. Chapman argued they could not effectively bring charges under existing law in previous incidents—and ask Wittmann to attend the public hearing. On Thursday evening, supervisors debated whether to also include language requiring a containment method—such as a berm—to prevent bullets leaving properties where target shooting occurs. “There is no such thing, in my

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Supervisors Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run) and Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge).

opinion... as a ‘containment method,’” said Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn). “I don’t even know what the heck that means. You can’t build a containment method big enough. If I shoot a high-powered rifled in the air, that round is going to travel a long ways. And I can do that, because anybody can be irresponsible. We can’t fix stupid.” Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run) led those pushing to require some way to contain gunfire. “The reason why I added this prima facie language is what that means is that once bullet leaves a property, it is evidence that there wasn’t an adequate method to contain that bullet,” Meyer

said. “… The definition of ‘adequate’ is that it keeps bullets on the property.” He argued the rules would allow prosecutors to charge everyone at a private shooting range with violating the new ordinance if any bullet left the property. Plowman and Chapman have argued they cannot prosecute under existing law unless they can prove which individual was responsible. Other supervisors simply pushed to finally take a concrete step after more than a year of back-and-forth in which the board also decided not to expand the areas where shooting is not allowed to include some of Loudoun’s newly SHOOTING RESTRICTIONS >> 5

County Board Considers Herbicide Restrictions BY RENSS GREENE A little over six months ago, the Leesburg Town Council voted to stop using glyphosate—an herbicide marketed in the U.S. since 1974 as RoundUp—along the town’s waterways. Now, county supervisors have directed staff members to conduct a review of all the herbicides and pesticides used in the county government’s landscape maintenance work. Leesburg 10-year-olds Elias Brock and Alia McGregor were once again leading the push to stop the use of glyphosate, over concerns that the herbicide could have negative health impacts. Chemical and agricultural technology giant Bayer-Monsanto, the parent company of RoundUp, has faced numerous high-profile lawsuits over the impact and scrutiny of the product’s potential health impacts, including possibly causing cancer. “Aila and I, and all the kids in Loudoun County, live downstream from your decisions,” Elias told supervisors. “What you choose to do or

not to do affects all of our futures.” “I am coming to you not only as a kid of this generation who is concerned about the awful chemicals being used in my county, but also as an adult of the next generation who will take responsibility for the ecosystem of this planet,” Alia said. “… Maybe you were once a kid who thought you could never make change, but you can now.” In April, after Elias, Lia and other town residents pushed the Town Council to abandon an herbicide called Aquaneat along Leesburg’s waterways, the council voted to explore other options. On the Town Branch, the town hired goats to clear vegetation to comply with regulations to keep the stream channel clear—a contract that ended up with two goats dying from presumed snake bites or an individual feeding them. Goats will likely not be the solution for Loudoun’s much larger landscape maintenance work. County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) proposed the

review. “It can’t be done through Loudoun County, because Loudoun County is too big,” Randall said, also pointing to the county’s common areas and areas along roadways. But, she said: “There are some very cost-effective means we could use, actually costing less than this.” “I’m almost surprised that we’re still using these chemicals today with all our knowledge about the problems, the health problems, they create,” said Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg). Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) asked county staff members to involve the county Health Department for an opinion on risks and the scientific evidence of herbicides’ potential danger to health. Supervisors approved the review on an 8-0-1 vote, with Supervisor Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian) off the dais. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day in Loudoun The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed Nov. 15 as America Recycles Day in Loudoun County. The county board’s proclamation calls upon the residents, businesses and organizations to “reaffirm their commitment to recycling and the environmental and economic benefits recycling brings to the community.” Recycling reduces the need to mine new ore, cut down more trees and deplete other natural resources. Recycling also produces significant energy savings, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. Recycling also reduces the amount of material being sent to landfills. Last year, curbside recycling in Loudoun netted over 32,000 tons of material and saved 61,500 cubic yards of available disposal capacity at the Loudoun County landfill. This year, in support of America Recycles Day, the county government encourages everyone to recycle and to focus on keeping unwanted waste out of recycling. The county provides detailed information on what should go in a recycling bin at loudoun.gov/recycle.

Update Planned for Courthouse Construction Project Loudoun County is hosting a public information meeting about the construction of the new Loudoun County District Courthouse. The public is invited to attend the meeting Thursday, Nov. 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Board Room of the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison St. SE, Leesburg. Representatives of the Loudoun County Department of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure, the Town of Leesburg and the general contractor, Costello Construction of Maryland Inc., will be on hand to discuss the work’s scope and potential impacts. The project is part of an expansion of the courts complex and includes the design and construction of a new 92,000-square-foot courthouse, the renovation of the existing courthouse and historic Valley Bank building, as well as improved parking and pedestrian access to the courts buildings. Additional information about the project, including a link to sign up for email and text updates on the project, can be found at loudoun.gov/ courts-expansion.

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<< FROM 4 developed areas. “We didn’t want to adjust the boundary lines. We can’t identify who did the shooting, so what is left?” said County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). “This is what is left.” “We’ve deferred it and deferred it and deferred it,” said Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg). “We should have done something last year, we should have done something earlier this year, and once again we’re not taking any action, we’re just deferring. … Quite frankly, I’m tired of deferring this while people get their homes shot up.” Supervisors also offered different versions of individual text conversations with Wittmann during Thursday’s meeting about which would be more enforceable. Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) expressed frustration with supervisors offering different legislation on the fly.

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rgreene@loudounnow.com “I’m confused as heck right now, and I’m extremely frustrated,” Letourneau said. “Did anybody ask the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office before today what the best language would be? And if not, why not?” On Monday morning, Wittmann declined to comment. “I’m not going to have that conversation with you, with all due respect,” Wittmann said. “I don’t think it’s appropriate. Those conversations were between us.” She suggested it’s “more appropriate for the county attorney to be involved at this point than the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office,” adding “maybe that’s a question better suited for Buta Biberaj.” Biberaj on Tuesday defeated Wittmann in the commonwealth’s attorney’s race and will take over the office Jan. 1. Wittmann hung up before the reporter could explain that the public hearing is scheduled while Wittmann is still in office. Loudoun Now has filed a FOIA request to review the text message exchanges, which are public record. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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County supervisors have taken one of the final steps in catching up their nearly 5,000 employees’ pay and job descriptions to public sector competitors in the region. Supervisors launched the project in May 2016, concerned about high turnover among county employees who were generally paid less than their peers in Northern Virginia. The threeyear project was designed to make Loudoun’s job descriptions and pay scales more organized and competitive. In the past two years, supervisors have approved higher-than-normal annual salary increases to catch Loudoun’s public servants up to their peers. This round of fixes is projected to cost $25.45 million, of which $11 million is already budgeted in the current fiscal year. Employees will begin seeing their pay adjusted in spring. No employees are expected to see pay cuts under the new plan, but many may see higher raises. The Board of Supervisors’ policy is that Loudoun’s paychecks will fall between 95 percent and 105 percent of comparator jurisdictions—designated by the Board of Supervisors as the City of Alexandria and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William. The county’s consultant, Evergreen Solutions, found 1,250 job titles on business cards in the Loudoun County government today. After analyzing those jobs based on their tasks and responsibilities, the consultant recommended simplifying those to 604 job titles. The consultant also recommended placing county employees into ranges based on their job titles, qualifications and experience. The new pay scales range from $27,316 a year at the low end to $306,000 at the high end for department directors. Loudoun’s most senior staffer, County Administrator Tim Hemstreet, has a salary set by the

Board of Supervisors, currently set at $243,646. Fire-rescue and Sheriff ’s Office employees will be placed into a 19-level step pay system, with two new ranks added to Loudoun County Combined Fire-Rescue and one more added to the Sheriff ’s Office. Firefighters will see five percent salary increases in their first two step increases, and three percent thereafter. The two new ranks, Firefighter II and Master Technician, would offer lower-ranking staff members more opportunities for promotion. The new rank in the Sheriff ’s Office would be a colonel, second to the sheriff and running the office in the sheriff ’s absence. Deputies, too, would see five percent increases in their first two raises and three percent increases thereafter. The senior-most officers in the sheriff ’s office in particular will see raises. The pay level for the six majors and the lieutenant colonel will be determined by increasing their salary by 12 percent, finding the next highest step from the new step plan, and placing them at the next step above that. Some work remains to be done. One report is still expected on issues with pay compression—when the differences among employees’ qualifications and time in service are not reflected in the differences in their pay. In some cases, according to county reports, new employees have been hired starting at salaries comparable to employees who have been with the county for years. The other will center around updated human resources policies. The final report on employee classification and compensation is expected in March. Supervisors approved the new policies 8-0-1, with Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run) off the dais for the vote.

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County supervisors officially recognized an exhibit that put the Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville in headlines across the nation and packed the center with visitors for the first-ever public exhibition of the original works of iconic painter Bob Ross. On Nov. 7, the county board adopted a resolution honoring Elizabeth Bracey, managing director of the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center, the center’s staff, and Joan Kowalski, the president and co-founder of Bob Ross Inc. in Sterling. Kowalski was Ross’s longtime business partner and instrumental in bringing the iconic painter and host of “The Joy of Painting” to television, and served on the county’s Arts Advisory Committee. According to the resolution, during the approximately monthlong exhibition, more than 15,000 people visited the center—about half of the total number that usually visit in an entire year. The exhibit also brought in $70,000 in merchandise revenue at a Bob Ross gift shop at the arts center. Kowalski gave Bracey much of the credit for the exhibit and its success. “She just completely boosted Loudoun County as like the place to be during a two-month period, and people all over the world were talking about it,” Kowalski said. “I watched one news program in Turkey—you couldn’t understand a word except for

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Bob Ross’s original paintings were coupled with quotes from his longtime television program, “Joy of Painting,” at an exhibit at Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville.

‘Elizabeth Bracey.’ She did a great job, and we’re so proud.” “It’s an international phenomenon and the county should be proud, as I am,” said Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Service Director Steve Torpy. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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After a less-than-busy first year of the county’s new Conservation Easement Assistance Program, county staff members have recommended supervisors loosen the program’s income requirement to open it up to more landowners. Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) first proposed the program, which sets up a $150,000 fund to help landowners pay part of the cost of putting land into conservation easements. Those easements permanently protect land from certain uses and involves periodic site visits from a government or land trust inspector to makes sure terms of that agreement are followed. The fund may cover up to half the cost of putting land into conservation easement, or up to $15,000, whichever is less. But the first application period in March only saw one application, which did not meet the income eligibility requirement. The property was owned by a family trust with assets beyond the program’s parameters. The second application period, in September, got only one application. That applicant listed a federal gross household income just above the area median income, but a Virginia adjusted gross income below it, a

situation supervisors and staff members had not anticipated. Because it meets all other requirements of the program, county staff members have recommended approving a $14,005 grant and replenishing the fund from the year-end county budget fund balance. Based on that limited response— which sees most of the money set aside for the program left untouched—and feedback from land trusts, supervisors may choose to raise the cap on income. County staff members have recommended 115 percent of area median income, or $139,495, and measuring that with state adjusted gross household income. For properties held in a trust or LLC, county officials recommended the income cap be based on the gross income of the beneficiaries or members. They have also recommended a rolling, year-long applications rather than two application periods. When the program was originally presented in July, Buffington proposed capping income at double the area median income, meaning households bringing in more than a quarter million dollars could still qualify for county funding.

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Staff, Consultants Wrap Up Town Plan Charette BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ Following five days of intensive scrutiny, Leesburg town staff and paid consultants were set to deliver this week their initial recommendations on revisions to the Town Plan. Tuesday marked the end of a fiveday-long design charette, during which staff members and consultants spent 12-hour days hunkered down in the lower level conference room of Ida Lee Park Recreation Center in a makeshift “design studio.” Matt Noonkester, of City Explained and a member of the consultant team, appeared before the Planning Commission Nov. 7 for an opening day update. He said there had already been significant public engagement on the plan, with a Community Ideas Exchange Workshop, On the Table discussions, and stakeholder interviews. He emphasized that more engagement events will be planned going forward, so the fiveday charette is far from the last time that the public will be able to weigh in. The end goal for the charette and, ultimately, the draft plan, is to bring together the public input, marry it with the data and analysis consultants and staff are working on, and also consider best practices of other communities nationwide. “Where all that comes together is where the plan is written,” he said. In addition to design drawings, consultants and staff planned to run data on computers and host a number of “deep dive” conversations with the public and stakeholders on specific topics throughout the next five days. There was at least

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The Town of Leesburg’s consultant team sprawled town maps out for public view during a five-day charette at the Ida Lee Recreation Center to gather input on initial changes to the town’s comprehensive plan.

one “a-ha moment,” Noonkester reported, when it was realized that town does not have a statement describing its character. Members of the public were further engaged during the five-day-long cha-

rette, with a series of “pop-up” meetings hosted throughout Leesburg Friday evening and Saturday morning, and the design studio open to the public throughout the charette. A final report on the major takeaways

from the design charette was expected to be presented to the Town Council at its Tuesday meeting, after this paper’s deadline. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Lopez: ‘They Gave Us Precious Liberty and We Can Never Forget’ BY NORMAN K. STYER A standing-room-only crowd gathered beneath a tent on the grounds of Dodona Manor in Leesburg on Monday morning to pay tribute to military veterans. It was the 15th year the George C. Marshall International Center hosted the county’s Veterans Day commemoration. Retired Admiral T. Joseph Lopez was the keynote speaker for this year’s program. Lopez served in the U.S. Navy for 39 years, retiring in 1999. He is one of just two flag officers in the history of the U.S. Navy who achieved four-star rank after direct commission from enlisted service. His last major assignments were serving simultaneously as the Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe/Commander of U.S. and Allied Bosnia Peace Keeping Forces in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Lopez paid tribute to Marshalls as “perhaps our greatest soldier statesman of modern history,” and praised the decades-long effort to save his Leesburg home from demolition and restore it will the support or private donations. “We are so grateful to the citizens of

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Retired Admiral T. Joseph Lopez was the keynote speaker for this year’s Veterans Day Sommoration

Leesburg for preservation of this national treasure,” Lopez said. “Our goal is and always will be real peace—the triumph of freedom, not just the absence of war. No one embodied that philosophy more and led our nation toward lasting peace better than Gen. George C. Marshall.” Lopez focused his remarks on the

lessons he learned visiting more than 60 countries during his Navy service and other in recent years. “The more I learned about the world and the many wonderful countries in it, the more extraordinary I find my own country,” he said. “We are not envied so much for our wealth but for our freedom. Our unique freedom and

individual rights are what sets Americans apart.” Among those rights, he said, was the right to be successful. He highlighted the importance of the community helping veterans when needed. “They have to right to succeed,” he said, adding that Marshall knew that those who provided military service also would excel in community leadership. “I’ve found veterans in all walks of life to be our greatest assets,” Lopez said. On the world stage, Lopez said the United States should stand as an inspiration to others. “If you only remember one thing today, remember this: As Americans, our greatest asset is our tradition of liberty. It is the idea of freedom that sets America apart. Freedom is the foundation of our democratic form of government. Freedom has allowed us to prosper. We are a prosperous country, but it is our liberty, not our prosperity, that counts,” he said. “From outside our borders, freedom will always be opposed by those who believe that our faith in the dignity of the individual threatens their oppressive rule. These threats from forces intent on imposing their way of life, or simply seeking VETERANS DAY >> 9

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Meritorious Service Two members of VFW Post 1177 in Leesburg were presented with commendations for meritorious and distinguished service during an Oct. 6 ceremony. Post Commander Raymond H. Delpesche, center, presented the awards to Tom Grant, right, and Phil Rusciolelli. Grant is the Loudoun County veterans program coordinator, helping connect former service men and women to support services in the community. Long-time post member Rusciolelli was recognized for his leadership in a long list of post activities, particularly the Buddy Poppy program that helps raise money to provide support for area veterans.

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taph carved on the memorial of the 2nd British Division on the grounds of the Battle of Kohima in Nagaland in northeast India: “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.” “In this generation, we need to be successful in our efforts to preserve the freedom for which the veterans of war fought,” Lopez said. “They gave us precious liberty and we can never forget.” nstyer@loudounnow.com

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Indy Nation Celebrates School Dedication BY AMIRA ZAIDI Students, administrators and community members formally celebrated the opening of Loudoun’s newest high school last Friday. Independence High School in Ashburn is the county’s 16th high school and the second opened by Principal John Gabriel, having previously opened John Champe High School in 2012. Built next to Brambleton Middle School, the Home of the Tigers opened with 1,071 students who previously attended Rock Ridge, Briar Woods and John Champe high schools. “I lost a lot of hair this summer,” Gabriel joked after a presentation showing the photographs during every stage of the school’s construction. The dedication ceremony was attended by Superintendent Eric Williams and School board members Chairman Jeff Morse (Dulles), Beth Huck (At Large), Chris Croll (Catoctin) and Tom Marshall (Leesburg), along with member-elect Ian Serotkin (Blue Ridge). Huck, whose daughter attends the school, highlighted a slogan written on the school wall that says, “show your stripes.” “Some of my work on the school board has been to promote acceptance of all types of students in our schools and to promote equity. I hope that you guys take that phrase at heart and feel comfortable showing your stripes and feel at home at Independence High School,” Huck said. The students’ efforts to embrace their diversity was demonstrated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, as Williams was joined on stage by students representing multiple groups—Student Council President Ainsley Hathaway, Junior Class President Sam Johnson, Sophomore Class Presidents Reese

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Principal John Gabriel helps students prepare for the formal ribbon-cutting during Friday’s dedication ceremony for Independence High School in Ashburn.

Brown and Hriday Unadkat, Freshman Class President Caleb Dickson, Black Student Union President Hudson Aikins, Gay-Straight Alliance President Sophia Howell, and Muslim Student Association President Zainab Iftikhar. Hathaway, who also serves as the tiger’s student School Board representative, talked about making the transition to a new school. “Initially, I was uncertain if I would be able to adjust with the change after

getting acclimated to my previous high school. The more I thought about it, the more I could imagine all the opportunities that I would be able to have if I made a switch. I imagined an environment full of positivity, encouragement, energy and spirit and this vision has come true. I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else now,” she said. Morse said the selection of the school’s name was significant. “Our future vision of Indy will be this beautiful campus dedicated to de-

livering a world-class education to you. We could’ve named the school after a creek or a pool or a run or a river, or a mill or a hill or a ridge or a bridge, but no. Independence is cool. And a diploma from this school is the one thing absolutely necessary for you to gain your independence,” he said. PTO President Tom Gurganous said the organization was working to make the school a cornerstone of the community and urged area parents to get involved.

Harper Park Students Take Lab Work Out of the Classroom BY NORMAN K. STYER Sixth grade science students at Harper Park Middle School got some experience in the field this week, learning more about the water quality in Goose Creek and the Potomac River. The classes—about 250 students in all—were transported to Confluence Park in River Creek on Monday and Tuesday to take and test water samples and learn about various parts of the ecosystem where the two waterways meet. “Think about a drop of water that lands at Harper Park. It can travel to our little creek out front, into Goose Norman K. Styer/Loudoun Now Creek, flow down here to the PotoStudents from Jenny Kilmartin’s sixth grade science class at Harper Park Middle School test mac and then into the Chesapeake water samples collected from Goose Creek during a fi eld trip to Confl uence Park in River Creek Bay,” science teacher Jenny Kilmartin told her students during a Monday on Monday morning. morning session, noting that plastics and other pollutants will follow the nership with members of River the students conduct their tests and same path. Creek’s Confluence Park Committee, explained their efforts to improve the The program was offered in part- with some even jumping in to help park’s environment with plantings of

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Harper Park Middle School Teacher Jenny Kilmartin provides instructions to members of her sixth grade science class as they take water samples from Goose Creek.

native plants and erosion controls. Teacher Muditha Karunaratne said the exercise helped the students make meaningful connections to the world around them and should be an experience that will stay with them forever.

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The Middleburg Community Charter School board of directors announced Tuesday that the school has been the recipient of a $200,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor. The school is launching the MCCS Challenge Grant Campaign to help secure those funds. This grant will match, dollar-for-dollar, all donations made through the end of the year to the county’s first public charter school. The money will be used to cover expenses and support academic goals that exceed funds allotted by Loudoun County Public Schools. Tose include capital improvements, staffing, technology upgrades, curriculum enrichment and busing services. The school will also use funds to boost its permanent endowment fund, which is managed in partnership by the Western Loudoun County Community Schools Foundation. “Our vision at MCCS is to provide the greatest possible school experience, meeting scholars at their learning level and style and equipping them with life skills to be innovative global citizens,” Principal Stephen Robinson said. “While honoring the truly remarkable history of Middleburg Elementary, we are keenly aware that our facilities need updating. We wish to make capital improvements to the building, which include repairing the floors and walls, upgrading the HVAC in the older portion of the school, and updating the bathrooms and cafeteria. Our long-term plan is to renovate the classrooms, front entrance, music lab and library to help

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Frye Trial Moved to March; Morrisonville Pushes Road Safety BY PATRICK SZABO Morrisonville village residents will have to wait until spring to know what will become of the man charged with killing their neighbor in a crash 11 months ago. But in the meantime, they’re continuing their push for road safety improvements. The five-day jury trial for the aggravated involuntary manslaughter case of Zachary Frye, the then-19-yearold who struck and killed Lauren McDarby along MorriFrye sonville Road in January 2019, has been moved from this November to March 16-20, 2020. If convicted, Frye faces up to 20 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of one year behind bars. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office, Frye struck McDarby while she was walking along Morrisonville Road at about 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 4. He had allegedly been drinking. Frye was originally charged with driving while intoxicated and involuntary manslaughter, but in April, at the request of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Judge Karen A. Henenberg agreed to amend the manslaugh-

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A small cross and flower garden along Morrisonville Road mark the sight where Lauren McDarby was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver Jan. 4, 2019.

ter charge to aggravated involuntary manslaughter—a decision that upped the time Frye could spend in prison if convicted by at least a decade. In June, Loudoun District Court Judge Dean Worcester also agreed with a request to

not prosecute the DWI charge. Frye, a self-employed firewood supplier, has been held in jail without bail since January. Moving closer to the trial, which is expected to include testimony from

at least 20 witnesses, prosecutors are seeking to introduce Frye’s blood test results as evidence. According to blood work performed by the Virginia Department of Forensic Science three hours after the Jan. 4 incident, Frye’s blood alcohol concentration was 0.218, nearly three times the legal limit. Following the crash, area residents formed the Morrisonville Community Alliance to address traffic and pedestrian safety concerns along the rural road, which features 35-mile-per-hour and 25-mile-per-hour speed limits and three 90-degree turns, one of which is where Frye’s car came to rest after hitting McDarby. The residents’ ideas included requesting VDOT to decrease speed limits and convert the Morrisonville/ Purcellville Road intersection into a three-way stop. Elizabeth Beer, one of the original organizers of the alliance, said that nothing has changed in Morrisonville since McDarby’s death, noting that this year’s election season, which wrapped up last week, might have impeded the residents’ ability to gather county support. While no residents have been harmed on the road since January, Beer said several neighbors’ pets have been killed. “It’s just mayhem,” she said. pszabo@loudounnow.com

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles Airport last week seized a shipment of counterfeit consumer goods that, if authentic, would have a manufacturer suggested retail price of more than $2 million. The inspectors initially examined the air cargo shipment of 2,601 coin purses, 459 purses, and three backpacks adorned with Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, Prada and Hermes brand names that arrived in 18 boxes from China on Sept 25. They suspected the products to be counterfeit and detained the shipment, which was destined to an address in Flushing, NY. Working with CBP’s Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising Centers for Excellence and Expertise, the agency’s trade experts, they verified through the trademark holders that the products were counterfeit, and seized the shipment Thursday. “Counterfeit consumer goods fund transnational criminal organizations, are manufactured in unregulated facilities and with substandard materials that may potentially harm American consumers, hurt our nation’s economy, and steal revenue and brand integrity from U.S. businesses and trademark holders,” stated Casey Durst, director of Field Operations for CBP’s Baltimore Field Office. “Customs and Border Protection will continue to work closely with our trade and consumer safety partners to intercept counterfeit consumer goods, especially products that can harm American consumers.” On a typical day in 2018, CBP offi-

Maryland Authorities Investigate Death of Loudoun Fisherman The body of a 64-year-old Loudoun man was found Saturday near Tilghman Island, three days after his boat was found washed up on Kent Island 20 miles away. The Maryland Natural Resources Police is investigating the case and awaiting a report from the Office of the Medical Examiner on the cause of death. According to the report, Jae Jin went fishing on the Chesapeake Bay Wednesday, Oct. 8 and stayed overnight on his boat. That boat was found ashore with its engine still running at 3:20 p.m. Thursday.

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Comfenergy Honored at 25th Loudoun Chamber Small Business Awards BY RENSS GREENE The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce last Friday celebrated the county’s small businesses for the 25th year. The Small Business of the Year this year: Comfenergy. “Without the Chamber staff and just the Chamber in itself, we wouldn’t be able to be doing what we’re doing here today,” said Comfenergy Vice President for Sales and Marketing Justin Dobson. “Almost everybody in this room owns a small business, works for a small business, or supports small business in some way, form or fashion.” According to Chamber president and CEO Tony Howard, that was more than 600 people—the largest attendance of any Loudoun Chamber event in history. Tarara Winery won both People’s Choice Award and Loudoun Destination Business of the Year. “We stand here and we receive this Destination of the Year for Loudoun County, but Loudoun County as a whole has become this incredible destination, and there’s no one winery, no one brewery, no one place—it’s all of us working together,” said Winemaker and General Manager Jordan Harris. He also said the winery today is a reflection of its founders’ desire to save a piece of green Loudoun: “The whole concept of Tarara was always that Whitie [Hubert] and Margaret [Hubert] together wanted to show people a really neat piece of property in Loudoun County, and keep a portion of Loudoun County as that rural green space and allow people to enjoy it.” And Leesburg coworking business 880 Harrison offered every finalist a free membership in its workspace. Clark Virtual Business Solutions won Virtual Business of the Year, which

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Former Loudon Chamber chairman and Toth Financial Vice President Mitch Sproul leads the crowd at the 25th Small Business Awards in singing “Baby Shark.”

owner Ronalyn Wentz said happened after she was encouraged to apply over several years. The Loudoun Free Clinic won Nonprofit Organization of the Year. Board Chairman Bill Schmidt said over the 25 years the Small Business Awards have been held, “Loudoun County has grown tremendously, but that means a lot of gaps, a lot of holes, a lot of big challenges. The Loudoun Free Clinic and all of the nonprofits in Loudoun County work hard every day to plug those gaps, to fill those holes and to build a safety net, for the least, most vulnerable citizens of Loudoun County.” But, he said, they cannot do it without the support of the community. Little Austria won Main Street Business of the Year.

“Having a business in Loudoun County is very special,” said cofounder Helene Gallent. “From the very beginning we have received nothing but support from so many, be it from the Loudoun Chamber, from ChefScape Kitchen where we started this, from the Rotary, and from Loudoun County Economic Development. We see and feel that everyone wants us to succeed, and we don’t take this for granted.” Conflict Kinetics won Technology Innovator of the Year. Founder Brian Stanley thanked his wife for going with him around the country as the business moved. “We’ve been in business now for quite a while, and we’ve moved now six times,” Stanley said. “We’ve landed in Loudoun County. We are absolutely loving the support and the people.” Maid Brigade won Superior Service Business of the Year. “It’s a near-impossible task to summarize in just one minute how much this award means to us,” said owner David Newland, pointing out the business has been at work for 31 years. Club Pilates won Health and Wellness Business of the Year. Owner Ryan Ask also thanked the Chamber community, saying “each one of you who I’ve talked to has helped me be right here.” Loudoun’s Top Entrepreneur of the Year was Northern Virginia Orthodontics founder Zack Casagrande, who could not attend the ceremony. The evening also included a brief interlude to sing “Baby Shark” to celebrate the Washington Nationals’ World Series victory while former Loudoun Chamber chairman and Toth Financial Vice President Mitch Sproul led the song and clap in a shark costume. rgreene@loudounnow.com

The American Institute of Architect presented its Virginia Honors award to the Loudoun County Design Cabinet during its Nov. 8 Visions for Architecture gala. The award recognizes organizations that have inspired, influenced, or complemented the architecture profession in Virginia through research, education, planning, legislation, architectural writing and more. “We’re thrilled to receive this honor, in recognition of Loudoun’s placemaking efforts through intentional design and architecture,” stated Loudoun Economic Development’s Executive Director Buddy Rizer. “Creative design is about more than just aesthetics—studies have linked it to an enhanced sense of community. Every new construction project creates opportunities to build Loudoun’s identity.” Loudoun Economic Development spearheaded the creation of the Design Cabinet in 2003 with the goal of promoting high-quality, environmentally sustainable, and culturally respectful architectural and landscape design in the county. The cabinet, comprised of private sector design professionals, holds charrettes to collaborate with business leaders on design standards and organizes the annual Signatures of Loudoun Design Awards that help incentivize and reward creative architecture and design in Loudoun. The Design Cabinet is also asked to collaborate on a variety of community design-related projects, such as streetscape improvement, campus planning, sustainable design, and modifications to the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. Learn more at loudoun. gov/3947/Design-Cabinet.

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BY BRIE ZURSCHMEIDE It began when her mother, Kim Castellano, lost her hair, lost her breasts, then lost her life. Over a year later, Riley Castellano teamed up with her best friend, Anna Lockhart, to turn their loss into something meaningful. The Our Perfect Warrior Foundation formally launched Oct. 26 during a celebration at Coaches Corner in Purcellville. The pair had been sitting on the idea of creating something special and helpful for their community and started with a few spitballs, pictures, ideas, and approached their school counselor with the idea of starting Our Perfect Warrior as a club. The nonprofit’s name is rooted in Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Perfect,” which talks about finding your perfect love, the best women you could imagine. It was a song Kim’s husband, Mike, posted after her death, including the lyric, “I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know.” “Because the Castellanos already had a lot of community support because of Kim, the word spread fast,” Anna said. Anna’s mother, Meagan Lockhart, was Kim’s best friend and is helping to get the nonprofit up and running. “We

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want to focus in on care packages for the patient and some for the family, from there if people need more, we are willing to do more, but for now we are focusing more on packages,” she said. To raise money, the launch party included sales of T-shirts and sweatshirts, raﬄes, and a silent auction. The event brought in $12,000.

Riley and Anna hope to be able to relieve families dealing with the daily challenges of cancer of some basic household needs. “We’ve already helped two families around Loudoun county as of right now, but we plan to get bigger,” Riley said. Learn more at ourperfectwarrior. org.

The Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club last week presented a $4,500 check this week to Boulder Crest Retreat for military and veteran wellness. Club President Susan Jane Stack and member Philip Martin made the presentation to Dusty Baxley, executive director of Boulder Crest’s Virginia operation. Boulder Crest, in Bluemont, is a pioneering nonprofit organization focused on the development of growth-based training programs to help veterans dealing with posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression and suicidality. “Rotary is pleased to continue our support of the important work of Boulder Crest in helping our veterans and their families,” Stack said. “Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club has been a very staunch group of service-oriented volunteers from everything to general cleanup to coming out and cooking beautiful meals for our combat veterans and their families. Thank you for your support and service to our community and this great nation,” Baxley said. NONPROFIT NOTES >> 17

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Rotary Club Leads Effort to Fill Kids’ Backpacks with Meals The Rotary Club of Leesburg on Saturday organized a meal-packing program that will benefit thousands of Loudoun families through the county’s network of Backpack Buddy organizations. The club worked with The Outreach Program, based in Iowa, to assemble 18,000 meal packets through an assembly line style process at the Boulder Crest Retreat in Bluemont. The effort was supported by more than 50 volunteers from the Heritage High School Interact Club, the Rotary Day Break Club, the Rotary Club of Ashburn, Ability Fitness Center, VFW Post 1177 and the Backpack Buddies Foundation

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U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) responds to a question during her Nov. 9 town hall meeting at Harmony Middle School.

Wexton: Avoiding Shutdown, Not Impeachment, is Most Pressing Concern BY NORMAN K. STYER U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton held her seventh town hall meeting of the year at Harmony Middle School near Hamilton on Saturday afternoon. While many of her constituents’ questions centered on the controversies surrounding the House’s presidential impeachment inquiry and attacks by—or on—President Donald J. Trump, Wexton said the most pressing issue facing congressional leaders this week is to pass an appropriations bill that will keep the federal government in operation. “Right now, the government is funded under a continuing resolution, but it only goes through Nov. 22. For those of us especially in this region, we cannot have another government shutdown. The impacts were devastating for our region,” Wexton said. “That’s going to be our top priority.” Among the three bills she shepherded to approval with bipartisan support this year was one aimed at insulating contractors and their employees from some of the impacts of government shutdowns. The bill would require federal regulators to issue regulatory guidance for financial institutions within 24 hours of a government shutdown to encourage lenders to help protect consumers and small businesses from some of the financial hardships that accompany missed paychecks. “Lurching from continuing resolution to continuing resolution is no way to run a railroad and certainly no way to run a country,” she said, adding that agencies from NASA to the Department of Defense struggle with longterm planning under those conditions. “It is inefficient. It is ineffective. … It would be fantastic if we would pass an appropriations bill and do the work that Congress did for decades before all this partisan bickering took hold and made is so that it is acceptable to shut down the government to make a political point.” Questioned about the impeachment

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Close to three years of graffiti covering a 200-foot-long tunnel under Rt. 7 connecting the Town of Round Hill with the Lakepoint Village neighborhood will soon get a fresh coat of paint.

“thanks for the blank canvas.” Moving forward, Ramsey said the town would repaint the tunnel as often as necessary and encourage the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office to deter future vandalism with targeted enforcement. Aside from the aesthetics inside the tunnel, the HOA also recently cleared brush from areas around the entrances and plans to remove graffiti from the trail. “We want to work cooperatively with the town and with the county,” Luppino-Esposito said. In the long-term, Ramsey said the town might seek a zoning determination from the county government regarding the proffers to see who should be responsible for the tunnel’s maintenance moving forward. But that won’t

happen until the town and HOA complete the necessary short-term maintenance. “Neither of us want any disagreement over final responsibility to deter necessary maintenance,” Ramsey said. Ramsey said the town, HOA, county and state all agree that permanent lighting should be installed in the tunnel, which is a key element in the town’s and county’s long-awaited Franklin Park Trail Project—a project that will see a selected construction firm install sidewalks and trails linking Round Hill’s Main Street and Loudoun Street with Purcellville’s Franklin Park by October 2021, with work set to begin in April next year. TUNNEL >> 25

New Hillsboro Road Project Bids Save Millions BY PATRICK SZABO Three months of reassessing and restructuring its long-planned Rt. 9 traffic calming project paid off for the Town of Hillsboro on Oct. 7 when a new round of construction bids fell within the budget. The project—which includes the construction of roundabouts at both ends of the town, new sidewalks and buried utility lines—was put out for a second round of bidding after the first round of contractor proposals in August all came in well over the town’s estimates. Three companies submitted bids during the second round. Sagres Construction Corp. bid $22.48 million, General Excavation bid $18.29 million, and Archer Western Corp. bid $14.33 million. All fell within the savings estimates that town engineers had projected. Of the three, two came in lower than the lowest bid from August, which came from General Excavation and was priced at $19.95 million.

Mayor Roger Vance said the decrease in price is directly attributable to the revised traffic plan the town worked out with VDOT, which will allow for the closure of Rt. 9 through the town more frequently than the original plan and allow construction crews to complete the work in just over a year, rather than three years. “It obviously was very effective in reducing the overall cost,” Vance said about amending the traffic plan. “The hard work that we did with VDOT … just made a world of difference.” Vance said he, Vice Mayor Amy Marasco and the town’s engineers would meet on Monday to go through the bids, with the hope of issuing a contract by the end of November. Marasco said the selected firm should provide the town with a proposed construction schedule shortly thereafter. Vance and Marasco are hoping work will get underway before the end of the year. But that work will come alongside a bit of lingering backlash. The new plan calls for Rt. 9 to be closed entirely through town on week-

days during construction, except for a single eastbound lane to be opened from 4-9 a.m. Beginning on Fridays at 2 p.m., one westbound lane will be opened until 6 p.m. on Sundays. Perhaps the most controversial part of the plan is a call for the road to be closed entirely through town for up to 60 non-consecutive days. Area residents and small business owners have raised objections during several town meetings and in emails to town, county and state leaders. Some business owners have asserted that by closing the highway through town, they would lose more than half of their annual revenue because visitors would avoid the area during the 14 months of construction. But Vance has emphasized that while the road closures will inevitably inconvenience some, those closures will allow for the project to complete in much less time than what the town had originally envisioned, which will ultiROAD PROJECT >> 25

[ TOWN NOTES ] LOVETTSVILLE Engle Tract Public Hearing Delayed The Lovettsville Planning Commission’s scheduled Dec. 11 public hearing on the proposed Engle Tract development has been pushed back by two months, at the request of the developer, Metropolitan Development Group. On Nov. 8, Metropolitan requested the town delay the hearing to ensure the resident concerns raised at the May 1 and Aug. 29 public information sessions can be addressed. When the commission holds its public hearing in early 2020, it will discuss Metropolitan’s proposed changes to the town comprehensive plan—recommendations that the 35-acre Engle Tract be designed for mixed use development. After the hearing, the commission will draft a recommendation on the comprehensive plan amendment for the Town Council to consider. The council will then hold its own public hearing before taking a vote to approve or deny a town plan amendment. If the plan change is approved, the developer could submit the rezoning application needed to implement plans to build 130 homes and 29,000 square feet of commercial space. To review the proposed comprehensive plan amendment, go to lovettsvilleva.gov/services/ commercial-and-industrial-development.

9th Annual Art Tour This Weekend The 9th annual Catoctin Holiday Art Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 16-17 in art studios around Lovettsville. Residents are invited to visit 21 local artists at nine studios within a 5-mile radius of the Town of Lovettsville in a self-guided tour. Artists include those working in the mediums of paint, wood, clay, metal and others. Tour-goers can purchase crafts like jewelry, furniture, ornaments, knives, ceramics, coloring books, baskets, refrigerator magnets and fiber art, like scarves. For more information, go to catoctinart.com.

MIDDLEBURG Artist to Discuss, Sign New Book The National Sporting Library & Museum will host a book signing and talk from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. TOWN NOTES >> 22

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Phyllis Randall – Chairwoman for Loudoun County Board of Supervisors: Sept. 2019: ‘As this is By Right Application it will not come before the Loudoun Board of Supervisors for a vote. My concerns…..This development can negatively impact the water yields of existing wells and increase land values of existing homes in St. Louis.” For more information on the deficiencies of the project and the risks to the community, groundwater, archeology, and the environment, and to sign the growing petition in opposition, please visit the following website: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ please-oppose-the-development-in-stlouisva/

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[ TOWN NOTES ] << FROM 20 Andre Pater, the artist who recently compiled “A Matter of Light: The Art of Andre Pater,” will be on hand to talk about his 240-page book, which features more than 200 paintings and drawings, along with writings, musings, observations and essays about Pater’s life and work. Admission to the talk is free for library members and $10 for the general public. To reserve a seat, email info@ nationalsporting.org or call 540-6876542 ext. 4. For more information, go to nationalsporting.org. To purchase Pater’s $85 book, go to andrepater.com.

Episcopal Church to Host Radio Performance The Middleburg’s Emmanuel Church will host a theatrical performance depicting the golden age of radio at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Nov 10 at the Parish House—105 East Washington St.. The performance, entitled “The Golden Age of Radio,” is part of the At The Parish House performing arts series and will bring back two old-time radio shows that were popular from the 1930s through the early 1960s. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are recommended, but not required. A donation of $10 is also suggested, but not required. For more information, call 540-687-6297 or go to emmanuelmiddleburg.org.

Community Center to Host Thanksgiving Dinner The Middleburg Community Center will host a community Thanksgiving dinner from 6-8 p.m. next Thursday, Nov. 21. Residents are invited to attend the free, week-early feast. The community center requests residents to RSVP by Thursday, Nov. 14 by calling 540-6876373 or emailing info@middleburgcommunitycenter.com. For more information, go to middleburgcommunitycenter.com.

ROUND HILL Town Expansion Meeting Scheduled for Nov. 20 Round Hill Mayor Scott Ramsey will hold a community meeting on a potential town expansion at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the town office. Residents living in the Fallswood neighborhood or on Mystic Lane are encouraged to attend the meeting to learn about a possible town boundary line adjustment that would bring their neighborhoods into the town limits. Ramsey will go through a presentation on the initiative before answering questions. Moving past then, Ramsey plans to hold more public information sessions with residents of other neighborhoods outside the town limits throughout November and December.

The town will also schedule personal appointments, per request, with area residents to discuss their specific situations. The town currently includes 255 households, while there are 1,400 others outside the town limits in the surrounding Joint Land Management Area. The Round Hill Center, the Western Loudoun Sheriff ’s Station, the future site of the Round Hill Volunteer Fire Department and two town parks also sit outside the town limits. Town staff and council members have been studying a town expansion and conducting public outreach for the last two years. The first community meeting was held in August 2017, in which about 120 area residents showed up. The second meeting was in September 2017. Those interested in hosting a neighborhood-specific meeting should email Town Administrator Melissa Hynes at mhynes@roundhillva.org. To submit feedback on the possible town expansion, email the Town Council at council@roundhillva.org. For more information, go to roundhillva. org/news/town-expansion-public-info-meeting.

PURCELLVILLE Photographer Bush to Visit Art Gallery The Purcellville Art Gallery will host

a special evening with local photographer Richard Bush from 6-7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 16 at its location off Main Street. Visitors are invited to meet with and view photography from Bush, who photographed the Woodstock music festival, as well as musicians like The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and The Rolling Stones. His work has been published in magazines including National Geographic and Time. vailable for purchase during the event. For more information, go to purcellvilleartgallery.com.

Theater Company to Perform ‘A Christmas Carol’ The Infinite Arts theater company will put on a performance of “A Christmas Carol” from 7:30-10 p.m. this Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 14-16 at the Franklin Park Arts Center. The show, which will be performed by middle and high school students, will depict the timeless classic that brings the Christmas spirit to Ebenezer Scrooge. Admission to each of the three showings is $13 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to infiniteartssummerstage. weebly.com. Infinite Arts was opened by Jason Augustowski and Jill Kerr in 2018 and has since provided middle and high TOWN NOTES >> 24

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The doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets are $8 per person, which can be paid at the door. For more information, go to franklinparkartscenter.org.

Poster Contest Submissions Open Through January The Town of Purcellville’s Tree and Environment Sustainability Committee and the Purcellville Arts Council are accepting student submissions for inclusion in the Wonder of Trees Poster Contest from now until 5 p.m. Jan. 31. The contest, which aims to engage students in learning about the benefits of planting trees, is open to any current student in the Purcellville area, includ-

ing students at all schools that feed into Woodgrove High School and Loudoun Valley High School. Homeschooled children are also welcome to submit. In all, the town will select nine winners— three from the elementary, middle and high school levels. The winning submissions will be featured in Town Hall throughout the month of April 2020 for Arbor Day. Submissions should show how planting trees helps the environment. That could be by portraying how they clean the air and water, trap carbon, provide food and shelter for wildlife or help people by providing food, resources, shade and health benefits. For rules and application forms, go to purcellvilleva.gov.

November Planning Commission Meeting Cancelled The Nov. 12 Planning Commission meeting has been cancelled, with no replacement date scheduled yet. At its next meeting, the Round Hill Planning Commission will discuss a comprehensive plan amendment it recently drafted that could extend municipal water and sewer service to three properties outside the town limits. The commission is incorporating public input it received at an Oct. 10 public hearing into its discussions and could make a recommendation to the Town Council at one of its next few meetings. Once that happens, the council will vote to approve or deny the town plan amendment. Read the draft plan amendment at loudounnow.com/RoundHill_CPAM.

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Johnson Brings WNBA Championship Trophy to Her Middleburg Resort BY PATRICK SZABO Similar to the Washington Mystics’ 3-2 series win in the WNBA Championship last month, the Town of Middleburg is 2 for 3 in its drive to host visits from championship trophies. The WNBA Championship Trophy, won by the Mystics for first time in team history on Oct. 10 against the Connecticut Sun, was on display at Salamander Resort & Spa last week, just as the Stanley Cup was last December after the Capitals won the championship. Sheila Johnson, the president and managing partner

of the Mystics and the vice chairman and partner of Monumental Sports Entertainment—the managing company of the Mystics, the NBA’s Wizards, the NHL’s Capitals and the AFL’s Valor—greeted women’s basketball fans as they marveled at the shining 2-foot-tall trophy. Although Leesburg temporarily changed the town’s name to Natsburg following the Washington Nationals’ Oct. 30 World Series win, it is not clear whether the MLB Commissioner’s Trophy will make a local appearance. pszabo@loudounnow.com

Road project << FROM 20 mately inconvenience residents less. While construction crews would have been restricted to a 20-hour workweek under the previous traffic plan, they’ll now be able to condense the work into longer days and an overall shorter timeline. “We’re really unleashing the contractor to make huge gains in productivity,” Vance said. Marasco said she and Vance took input from residents, business owners and Clarke County leaders into account when redoing the traffic plan. “We listened hard and did the best to balance all that,” she said. “We’re very pleased.” If the town selects a construction firm before December and gets the project rolling before the new year, area residents and regional commuters will need to plan on navigating clo-

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Details: novatalesandales.com Loudoun’s homegrown storytelling show returns to Old Ox with tales of double lives, first loves, and close calls. Tickets are $10 at the door.

An Evening with Linda Sitting Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m. Walsh Family Wine, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville Details: shorthillhistoricalsociety. org The Short Hill Historical Society presents a talk from author Linda Sittig on how history shapes women’s lives and present her latest book “Counting Crows.” Suggested donation is $5 per person. Wine will be available for sale.

ON STAGE ‘A Christmas Carol’ Thursday, Nov. 14, Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. Courtesy of The Band Sama

The Band Sama features (from left) Abby Armbruster, CJ Armbruster, Osama Malik and Steve Dalgetty, along with Luke Denton (not pictured).

on the entire recording. It’s a very pop, synth and electric guitar-based song that we completely reimagined to make it more fun and more accessible,” Malik said. For Malik, a chance to be part of the Los Angeles songwriting and music production scene in recent years has brought new energy and inspiration to his own career. Malik’s brother Ammar Malik is a well-known LA-based song-

writer who has co-written hits for Maroon 5 and other big names. For Malik, opportunities to collaborate with his brother and other professional songwriters has changed how he looks at his own work. “As I’ve been doing that, I’ve been revisiting my own approach to writing songs for myself and infusing all MALIK >> 37

Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org Infinite Arts presents a musical adaptation of the timeless classic that brings the Christmas spirit to Ebenezer Scrooge. Tickets are $13.

‘Crazytown’ Thursday, Nov. 14 and Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Woodgrove High School, 36811 Allder School Road, Purcellville

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Details: facebook.com/woodgrovetheatre Check out this modern comedy good for all ages about a small town where things seem a bit backwards and upside down... or maybe not?

‘Puffs’ Thursday, Nov. 14, Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. Heritage High School, 520 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg Details: heritagedrama.com Heritage Drama presents a comedy that cheers on the underdogs of the wizarding world, for Potter fans and newbies alike. Tickets are $10 in advance. Performances continue Nov. 21-23.

very different romantic problems. Tickets are $15. Performances continue Nov. 22-24.

Lucketts Bluegrass: Nothin’ Fancy

Details: crookedrunbrewing.com Relax with an evening of jazz from woodwind superstar Lisa Fiorilli and her jazz quartet. No cover.

Saturday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m.

Live Music: So Fetch 2000s Tribute

Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Lucketts

Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

Details: luckettsbluegrass.org A fixture on the bluegrass scene, this Virginia band continues to entertain audiences with their vocal blends, musicianship and humor. Tickets are $17 for adults, $5 for children ages 3 to 17.

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Saturday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.

From Avril to Outkast, Blink to Beyoncé, So Fetch covers your favorites from the beginning of the millennium. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 day of show.

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg

Live Music: Lisa Fiorilli Jazz Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Crooked Run Brewing, 205 Harrison St. SE, Leesburg

Details: macdowellsbrewkitchen.com 22 Late returns to MacDowell’s with classic and modern rock covers from western Loudoun.

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

Friday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com Bluesy rock with an edge and a little bit of old school R&B.

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‘Matilda, The Musical’ Friday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Belmont Ridge Middle School, 19045 Upper Belmont Place, Lansdowne Details: thepickwickplayers.com Pickwick Players present the musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic. Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. Performances continue Nov. 22 and 23. Tickets are $15 in advance, $12 for seniors and children 12 and under.

StageCoach Bandits Improv Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., doors open, 7:30 p.m., show begins StageCoach Theatre Company, 20937 Ashburn Road, Suites 115 and 120, Ashburn Details: stagecoachtc.com The Bandits perform short-form improv using suggestions from the audience. Shows are completely interactive and never the same. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

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Four Bands Move to Semifinals in Battle of the Bands BY THERESE HOWE Fans of Bluewreck, Broad Run Mutiny, StoneCold and Unsullied will get a chance to vote for their favorite act next week as the bands compete in Crooked Run Brewing’s Battle of the Bands semifinals. The event will culminate with the crowning of a winner on Nov. 29 at the brewery’s Sterling food hall. “The audience vote will send one band through to the next round and a judges vote will send one band through,” said Zak Cannon, general manager at Crooked Run. The judges comprise music industry professionals, local VIPs, and friends and employees of the brewery, he said. The winner of the final round on Nov. 29 will be based strictly on audience vote, taking home a cash prize of $1,500. Cannon said the contest will be an annual one, as part of the brewery’s commitment to featuring live music since before it expanded. When they

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To learn more about the bands, go to their Facebook pages at: BLUEWRECK: facebook.com/bluewreck BROAD RUN MUTINY: facebook.com/BroadRunMutiny STONECOLD: facebook.com/officialstonecoldband UNSULLIED: facebook.com/UnsulliedBand

expanded to Sterling in 2017, “we made sure to include a stage, lights, and a great house sound system in addition to great cocktails and biscuits. There is a lot to be said about artists and the energy they can bring to an establishment, and we provide a platform for people to share their creativity and that energy can transform a place when the performance is just right.” Twenty bands applied to compete in this year’s battle and eight were selected. After performances Nov. 1 and Nov. 8, four advanced to the semifinal round. “It was definitely difficult but the bands that were chosen have really

original sounds and while there is no specific genre featured, the roster of bands competing could appeal to a really wide audience. The bands range in sound from Americana to hard rock to funk and indie and are all extremely talented,” Cannon said. “The main requirement for the Battle of Bands entrants was that they had to perform original music,” he added. “Most places tend to book cover bands and, while those bands can be phenomenal too, it tends to limit the opportunities locally for original musicians to get on the stage. The Battle of the Bands can give them that opportunity.”

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Saturday, Nov. 16, @ 7 p.m. (doors) Tally Ho Theater tallyhotheater.com

Saturday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. Crooked Run Brewing—Sterling crookedrunbrewing.com

Gibson Brothers, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Saturday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. B Chord Brewing Company bchordbrewing.com

Malik of these things I’ve been learning and practicing for other artists, applying that medicine on myself,” he said. “Some of the songs on the EP were originally written to pitch to other artists and I just fell in love with them to keep and hang onto.” Another element of Malik’s creative burst comes from finding the right partners. Malik met bassist Steve Dalgetty when their wives set them up on a “man date.” He connected with Luke Denton, known to locals as part of the duo Sweetnova, when Denton was Malik’s daughter’s music teacher at Lucketts Elementary School a few years back. The Band Sama is rounded out by husband and wife team Abby Armbruster on violin and CJ Armbruster on percussion. Both Malik and Dalgetty are Northern Virginia natives—Malik grew up in Herndon and Dalgetty hails from Vienna. Malik took up the saxophone in elementary school and played in jam bands at JMU. “Being around that made me want to pick up a guitar,” Malik said. When Malik moved back to Northern Virginia after college, he started a band with his brother and some other talented Northern Virginia musicians. But while his bandmates took offers to continue their careers in New York and LA, Malik had already embarked on marriage and parenthood in his 20s. “I kind of stayed behind to focus on

The Band Sama plays an EP release party Saturday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. The band offers Loudouners a preview with a full show Saturday, Nov. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Vanish Brewery near Lucketts. For more information, go to thebandsama.com or facebook.com/thebandsama.

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Live Music: The Gibson Brothers with Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley Saturday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. B Chord Brewing, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill Details: bchordbrewing.com B Chord offers an intimate evening with two favorite duos. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

Live Music: Todd Brooks Thursday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m. Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg

an innovative five-course dinner prepared by former White House Chef and French Embassy Executive Chef Patrice Olivon paired with Stone Tower wines to benefit the Canines-N-Kids Foundation. Tickets are $150.

Crawling for a Cause Saturday, Nov. 16, 4-9 p.m. Downtown Leesburg Details: facebook.com/loudounbrewing Seven downtown Leesburg breweries get into the Thanksgiving spirit at this downtown crawl collecting non-perishable foods for Loudoun Hunger Relief and donating a portion of proceeds to VFW Post 1177

Vino Bistro Thanksgiving Wine Festival

Details: spankyspub.com

Saturday, Nov. 16, noon-4 p.m.

Brooks is a local favorite with a versatile range of covers from Michael Jackson to Luke Bryan.

Vino Bistro, 1605 Village Market Blvd. Suite 100, Leesburg

Live Music: Rowdy Ace

Taste 20 wines that pair perfectly with your Thanksgiving meal while enjoying samples of turkey and sides. Admission is $15 at the door.

Saturday, Nov. 16, 9 p.m. Downtown Saloon, 7 N. King St., Leesburg Details: facebook.com/downtownsaloon It’s a rowdy evening of country that rocks in downtown Leesburg.

LIBATIONS Cooking to Crush Cancer Friday, Nov. 15, 6-10 p.m. Stone Tower Winery, 19925 Hogback Mountain Road, Leesburg Details: caninesnkids.org Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime evening featuring

Details: vinobistroonline.com

COMING UP Loudoun Free Clinic Boots, Beer and BBQ Saturday, Nov. 22, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Shadow Creek Weddings and Events, 18090 Silcott Springs Road, Purcellville Details: loudounfreeclinic.org Enjoy great food, open bar and music from Juliana MacDowell and Friends to support the Loudoun Free Clinic. Tickets are $125. Advance purchase is recommended.

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family but was still passionate about music,” Malik said. Dalgetty, 36, who runs the wedding and family photography business An Endless Pursuit with his wife, Bernadette, was also a rocker in his teens and early 20s, playing in a “grungy garage band” in high school and a modern rock band while in college in Ohio. But when he returned to Northern Virginia and settled down, performing went by the wayside. “I had sort of a music drought for awhile until I met Osama,” Dalgetty said. “We love writing and playing music, and we’re hoping this springboards us into doing a whole lot more of that.” Now, the suburban dads are using the life experiences of their 30s as fodder for new songs about family and relationships. The EP’s title track, “I Want the World,” is a meditation on parenthood. “Looking back, I wasn’t ready to do anything [in my 20s]. I wasn’t equipped to be successful at going after it then,” Malik said. “Everything happens for a reason. … I wouldn’t trade the place that we’re in and the balance that we get to have,” Malik said. “We get to have these great family experiences and still chase dreams and pursue music.”

Rock Ridge High, West Point Alumni Glee Club Present ‘Freedom Isn’t Free’ Rock Ridge Performing Arts program and the renowned West Point Alumni Glee Club have teamed up to present “Johnny Vet: Freedom Isn’t Free,” with musical compositions performed by the Rock Ridge High School choir. It will be the first time high school students and veterans join together to make the music and story come alive onstage, according to the Glee Club. The show takes the audience on a tour from the start of Johnny and Jane Vet’s journey with “the shot heard round the world” in 1775 to the present day era of the Global War on Terror. Based on a book written by columnist and historian Capt. Douglas Cohn and Major Gen. Alan B. Salisbury and accompanied by original scores and popular songs of each era, Johnny Vet explores the true nature of these veterans: who they are, where they come from, the burdens they carry on and off the battlefield, the unique burdens their families shoulder particularly while deployed, and the issues they face when it’s time to come home and take off the uniform. The show also demonstrates the contributions veterans and their families have made and continue to make to the nation in their civilian communities. The West Point Alumni Glee Club participants are all alumni of the United States Military Academy who have been singing for veterans, service members and their families for over 12 years in the DC area. They average

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almost 20 years of active duty service. More than half of the singers are combat veterans. The production benefits the work of Code of Support Foundation, which, through its programs, provides critical one-on-one assistance to service members, veterans and their families who are struggling with their transition into our civilian communities. Learn more at codeofsupport.org. There are two performances: Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets and a trailer are at wpalumnigleeclub.org.

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE 8 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING TWO NEW ZONING DISTRICTS, PD-CCSC (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-COMMERCIAL CENTER-SMALL REGIONAL CENTER), AND PD-IP (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-INDUSTRIAL PARK)

TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX PROVISIONS OF THE TOWN CODE

Amending Article 8 Planned Development Districts to create the Planned Development-Commercial Center-Small Regional Center (PD-CC-SC) zoning district. The purpose of the PD-CC-SC District is to preserve development rights granted by previous development approvals by Loudoun County. This district shall be limited to only those developments incorporated into the Town of Leesburg and designated as PD-CC-SC by the Town Council. The PD-CC-SC zoning district will include permitted uses, special exception uses, intensity and dimensional standards, and parking, design, lighting, and signage standards. Amending Article 8 Planned Development Districts to create the Planned Development-Industrial Park (PD-IP) zoning district. The purpose of the PD-IP District is to preserve development rights granted by previous development approvals by Loudoun County. This district shall be limited to only those developments incorporated into the Town of Leesburg and designated as PD-IP by the Town Council. The PD-IP zoning district will include permitted uses, special exception uses, intensity and dimensional standards, and parking, design, lighting, and signage standards.

Copies and additional information regarding these proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling 703-771-2766 and asking for Michael Watkins, Zoning Administrator. This zoning ordinance amendment application is identified as case number TLOA-2019-0007. At this hearing all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 11/14 & 11/21/19

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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, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider the following amendments to the Zoning Ordinance:

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In accordance with sections 15.2-107; 15.2-1102; 15.2-1104; 15.2-1427; and 58.1-3700 through 58.1-3710 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on:

Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia

to consider the following amendments to the Leesburg Town Code: Section 20-242 (License fee and tax): Amending language to annually impose a flat license issuance fee on persons and businesses with annual gross receipts of $100,000 or less, and a calculated license tax on persons or businesses with annual gross receipts in excess of $100,000, to conform to state code requirements applicable to localities with populations greater than 50,000 rather than the requirements applicable to localities with populations of 25,000 to 50,000. (State code provisions applicable to such smaller localities generally authorizing a license tax on persons or businesses with annual gross receipts in excess of $50,000 and a license issuance fee of up to $50); and

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Appendix B – Fee Schedule, Section 20-242 (Business, professional and occupational license tax issuance fee: Increasing the amount of the annual license issuance fee applicable to persons and businesses with gross receipts of $100,000 or less, from $20 to $40. A copy of the proposed ordinance is available from the Town Clerk, located in Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.); questions should be directed to Clark G. Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services, 703-771-2720. At this hearing all persons desiring to express their views regarding these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at 703-771-2733, three day in advance. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 11/14 & 11/21/2019

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TLZM-20190002 COMPASS CREEK AMENDMENTS MAPPING CERTAIN PROPERTIES B-3 COMMUNITY RETAIL/COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, MA (MUNICIPAL AIRPORT), PD-CC-SC (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-COMERCIAL CENTER-SMALL REGIONAL CENTER), PD-IP (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-INDUSTRIAL PARK), AND R-E (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE). Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205, 15.2-2285, and 15-2.2286.A.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Zoning Map Amendment application TLZM2019-0002, Compass Creek Amendments. The properties include several parcels of land located adjacent to Battlefield Parkway SE, and Compass Creek Parkway SE as identified on the map below. The zoning map amendments include: 1. B-3, Community Retail/Commercial District. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping a certain property currently County zoned PD-CC-SC to B-3. This property is identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including a portion of 234-39-9964, (Leesburg Commercial LC), totaling approximately 6.9 acres. 2. MA, Municipal Airport. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain properties currently County zoned PD-IP and JMLA20 to Town MA. These properties are identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PIN), including part of 233-18-8634-001 and 192-25-8128-001 (Town of Leesburg), totaling approximately 100 acres. 3. PD-CC-SC, Planned Development-Commercial Center-Small Regional. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain properties currently County zoned PD-CC-SC to Town PD-CC-SC. These properties are identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including a portion of 234-39-9964 (Leesburg Commercial LC), 235-20-1426 and 235-20-1426-001 (Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust upon its consent and a future approved boundary line agreement), 234-29-0522 (Leesburg Commercial LC upon its consent for this parcel and a future approved boundary line agreement), and 234-29-4515 (Compass Creek Parkway LLC upon its consent and a future approved boundary line agreement) totaling approximately 34.1 acres. 4. PD-IP, Planned Development-Industrial Park. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping a certain property currently County zoned PD-IP to Town PD-IP. This parcel is identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including 234-48-3058 (Town of Leesburg), totaling approximately 7.2 acres. 5. R-E, Single Family Residential Estate. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain properties currently zoned County AR1 to Town R-E. These properties are identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PINs), including 233-17-6768, (Leesburg Commercial LC), totaling approximately one (1) acre. 6. I-1, Industrial Research Park. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain property currently zoned County PD-IP to Town I-1. This property is identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including a portion of 234-38-2798, totaling approximately 2.7 acres. The Town Plan designates the properties as “Regional Office” on the Land Use Policy Map. The Regional Office land use includes a floor area ratio (FAR) from 0.35 to 1.0. Proposed development on the properties will not exceed the Regional Office FAR limitation. 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 Michael Watkins, Zoning Administrator, at 703-737-7920 or mwatkins@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 Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REZONING APPLICATION TLZM-2018-0004, WESTPARK 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, November 26, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider rezoning application TLZM-2018-0004, Westpark. The applicant, U.S. Home Corporation, dba Lennar, is requesting approval of an application to rezone approximately 5.97 acres from the B-3, Community Retail/Commercial District and 6.54 acres from the R-E, Single-Family Residential District (12.51 acres total) to PRN, Planned Residential Neighborhood District. Also, the request seeks to rezone approximately 2.33 acres from the B-3 District to the R-E, Single-Family Residential Estate District. The applicant proposes 96 single-family attached dwelling units (townhouses) in the PRN District. The Town Plan designates the subject property as “Community Office” and “Open Space” on the Planned Land Use Policy Map. Residential use is not recommended at any density under the “Community Office” or “Open Space” designations. The applicant is proposing a density of 7.67 dwelling units per acre in the PRN District and no residential density on the R-E District-zoned remainder of the subject property, for an overall density of 0.67 dwelling units per acre for the subject property. The subject property consists of approximately 142.3 acres that contains 8.3 acres zoned B-3, Community Retail/Commercial and 134 acres zoned R-E, Single-Family Residential. The subject property is identified by the following Loudoun County Property Identification Numbers (PIN): 272-38-5124 and Tax Map Tax Map No. /47////////27E; PIN 272-17-3068 and Tax Map No. /47////////24B; and PIN 273-46-3338 and Tax Map No. /47////////24D. PIN 272-385124 is addressed as 59 Clubhouse Drive SW, Leesburg, Virginia 20175. PIN 272-17-3068 is addressed as 1223 Bradfield Drive SW, Leesburg Virginia 20175. The subject property is located south of Clubhouse Drive and west of Route 15 (S. King Street) in the southwest quadrant of the Town. Additional information and copies of this rezoning 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 Richard Klusek, Senior Planner at 703-771-2758 or rklusek@ 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. 11/14 & 11/21/19

Notice of Public Hearing Town of Lovettsville Planning Commission The Lovettsville Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item at their meeting at 7:30 pm on November 20, 2019 at the Lovettsville Town Office located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue: LVCU 2019-0002 Application for a Conditional Use Permit to Install Wireless Communication Equipment on the Town of Lovettsville Elevated Water Tank Located at 14-A Quarter Branch Road Consideration of an application for a Conditional Use Permit filed by MasTec Network Solutions on behalf of Verizon Wireless to install wireless communication equipment on the Town of Lovettsville elevated water tank located at 14-A Quarter Branch Road within the R-2 Residential Zoning District. The property is owned by the Town and is more particularly described as Parcel Identification Number 333-45-9227. The applicant proposes to install a total of six (6) antennas, remote radio heads (RRHs) and related cables and equipment on the water tank in addition to ground-level cabinets, a generator and propone tank on the site. The proposed zoning amendment is available for review at the Town Office between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm during weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. Call (540) 822-5788 for more information or contact Joshua A. Bateman, Zoning Administrator at jbateman@lovettsvilleva.gov. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly-scheduled meeting at the same time and place. 11/07/19 & 11/14/19

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The Board of Zoning Appeals meets as necessary the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA. Additional information concerning this quasi-judicial board is available from the Clerk of Council during normal business hours (Mon – Fri 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) at 703-771-2733 or eboeing@leesburgva.gov, or the Town of Leesburg website at www.leesburgva.gov. Please submit your letter of interest and resume materials by 5:00 p.m., December 2, 2019, to the Clerk of Council, at the Town of Leesburg, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 or via email to eboeing@leesburgva.gov. All interested parties will be forwarded to the Loudoun County Circuit Court for consideration.

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Legal Notices TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF A BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, VIRGINIA AND LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA Pursuant to Virginia Code § 15.2-3106, et seq., notice is hereby given that on:

Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA

the Town of Council of the Town of Leesburg will hold a public hearing to consider the following: Approval of a Boundary Line Agreement with Loudoun County, Virginia, (“County”) to change the existing boundary line between the Town of Leesburg (“Town”) and the County. The proposed boundary line change would incorporate into the municipal limits of the Town a land area containing 120.03 acres, more or less, being all of the property identified as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PINs) 233-17-6768, 234-39-9964, and +/- 2.9 acre portion of 234-38-2798, owned by Leesburg Commercial, LC; a 7.5 acre portion of 234-48-3058-001, owned by CC Skating, LLC; 233-18-8634-001 and 192-25-8128-001, owned by the Town of Leesburg; and a portion of the abutting right-of-way of Tolbert Lane that lies between PIN 233-17-6768 and the existing municipal limits of the Town containing 0.3132 acres, more or less of dedicated right-of-way; and a portion of the abutting right-of-way of Compass Creek Parkway fronting along the western side of PIN 234-39-9964 containing 1.69 acres, more or less, of dedicated right-of-way. The new location of the boundary line between the Town and the County would correspond generally along the right-of-way line of the Dulles Greenway between Tolbert Lane and the north side of Battlefield Parkway, and along the eastern side of the Dulles Greenway from Battlefield Parkway through a portion of PINs 234-48-3058-001 and 234-38-2798 to Compass Creek Parkway, and along the western side of Compass Creek Parkway and southern boundary line of 234-39-9964, and the western boundary line of 233-18-8634-001 and 192-25-8128-001 to Sycolin Road, and along the western right-of-way of Sycolin Road to the existing municipal limits of the Town. The property to the be incorporated into the Town is located adjacent to the current municipal limits of the Town, and within the area adjacent to the Town’s Freedom Park and Leesburg Municipal Airport, and Compass Creek development south of Battlefield Parkway, in the Catoctin Election District, and as depicted on the map.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a public hearing in the DULLES MEETING ROOM, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

APPL-2019-0014 Alternative Motor Group LCVA Holdings, LLC, of Springfield, Virginia, and Jordan LLC D/B/A Alternative Motor Group of Sterling, Virginia, have submitted an application for an appeal of the July 24, 2019 Notice of Violation of Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance (Zoning Ordinance) Sections 1-103(C), 6-1000, and 6-1300, which indicated the following violations: 1) use of the subject property in a manner not in conformity with the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance; 2) operation of a “motor vehicle sales” use beyond the scope of the approved zoning permit (Z80277120101); and 3) establishment of a “motor vehicle sales” use in the CLI (Commercial/Light Industry) zoning district without an approved special exception. The subject property is zoned CLI (Commercial/ Light Industry) under the Zoning Ordinance, and is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour, and the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District – Chantilly Crush Stone Note Area. The subject property is approximately 0.76 acre in size and is located east of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 606) and on the northwest side of the intersection of Vance Road (Route 621) and John Mosby Highway (Route 50), at 43112 John Mosby Highway, Chantilly, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 127-36-2240.

VARI-2019-0002 David Williams Home InterBuild, Inc., of Purcellville, Virginia, has submitted an application for a variance to permit a reasonable deviation from the following provisions of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance (Zoning Ordinance) in order to replace the existing single-family detached dwelling with a new single-family detached dwelling located approximately 10 feet from the western property line, 12.4 feet from the eastern property line, 20 feet from the southern property line and 2.7 feet from a private access easement: 1) Section 2-103(A)(3)(c), Lot and Building Requirements, Minimum Yards, which requires that no structure shall be located within 25 feet of any property line or within 35 feet from any private access easement. The subject property is zoned AR-1 (Agricultural Rural - 1) under the Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is approximately 0.26 acre in size and is located on the south side of East Colonial Highway (Route 7), and approximately 0.25 mile east of the intersection of East Colonial Highway and Northwoods Place (Route 1132) at 39345 East Colonial Highway, Hamilton, Virginia, in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 382-20-4294.

VARI-2019-0003 Poplar Hill Subdivision MCM Building Enterprises, LLC, of Round Hill, Virginia, has submitted an application for a variance to permit a reasonable deviation from the following provisions of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance (Zoning Ordinance) in order to subdivide the subject property without providing a sidewalk and/or trail along Yatton Road (Route 712): 1) Section 2-1005(D)(3)(a), General Development Requirements, Neighborhood Development Standards, Sidewalks, Provision of Sidewalks and/or Trails, which requires that a sidewalk and/or trail be provided along one side of all streets to provide access to the town or neighborhood center, public buildings, schools, parks, and other destinations. The subject property is zoned JLMA-1 (Joint Land Management Area 1) and JLMA-3 (Joint Land Management Area – 3) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and is located partially within the Floodplain Overlay District (FOD). The subject property is approximately 25.13 acres in size (the approximately 17.87-acre portion of the subject property that is zoned JLMA-1 is the subject of this VARI-2019-0003) and is located on the west side of Yatton Road, approximately 0.1 mile south of the intersection of Sassafras Drive (Route 1316) and Yatton Road at 17829 Yatton Road, Round Hill, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 585-37-9923.

A copy of the draft Boundary Line Agreement is on file in the Town Clerk’s office, located in Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling Eileen Boeing, Town Clerk, at 703-771-2733

Full and complete copies of the above-referenced application(s) and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call (703) 777-0246.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at 703771-2733, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. If any member of the public requires a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to participate in a public meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200/ TTY-711. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice. Nan M. Joseph Forbes, Chairman

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11/07/19 & 11/14/19

LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS/PROPOSALS FOR: FURNISHING, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION OF POLE MOUNTED SPEED DISPLAY (PMSD) SIGNS, IFB (RFQ) No. 118782, until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, December 3, 2019. PARTICULATE BLOCKING HOODS, RFP (RFQ) No. 124782, until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, November 21, 2019. SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT, RFP (RFQ) No. 111780, until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, December 3, 2019. Solicitation forms are available by downloading them from the website at www.loudoun. gov/procurement at no cost. Solicitation forms may also be picked up at the Division of Procurement at 1 Harrison Street, 4th Floor, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays or call (703) 777-0403. WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 11/14/19

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ABC LICENSE

7-Eleven Inc and Grewal LLC, trading as 7-Eleven 40054A, 21880 Ryan Center Parkway, Ashburn, Virginia 20147-6998

Hot Pot Legend Ashburn LLC, trading as Hot Pot Legend 20462 Exchange St., Ashburn, VA 20147-5921

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer On and Off Premises & Mixed Beverage Restaurant license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

David Seltzer, VP, 7-Eleven Inc and Bhardevbachan Grewal, Manager Member,Grewal LLC

Tien Chang, Managing Member Ming Chou, Managing Member

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.

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SPEX-2019-0026 HAMILTON SERVICE STATION

ZCPA-2019-0004, ZMOD-2019-0007 & ZMOD-2019-0008 GRAMERCY DISTRICT

(Special Exception)

M S M Holdings, L.L.C., of Hamilton, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Special Exception for the termination of a non-conforming status of an existing Automobile Service Station use and establish this use as a lawfully existing use and install a canopy over the fueling stations in the AR‑1 (Agricultural Rural–1) zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and a non‑conforming use or structure may be deemed to be in conformity with the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and allowed to continue and to expand as a lawfully existing use or structure through the issuance of Special Exception approval in accordance with Section 1‑405. The subject property is located in the AR‑1 (Agricultural Rural–1) zoning district. The subject property is approximately 0.485 acres in size and is located on the north side of East Colonial Highway (Business Route 7), east of Northwoods Place (Route 1132) at 39258 East Colonial Highway, Hamilton, Virginia in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 382‑39‑6715. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Rural Policy Area, Rural North Place Type), which designate this area for complementary Agricultural, Rural Business, and Tourism uses that constitute Loudoun’s Rural Economy and low‑density Rural Residential uses at a density of up to one dwelling unit per 20 acres.

ZCPA-2019-0011 & ZMOD-2019-0028 HEIFETZ LANDSCAPE BUFFER

(Zoning Concept Plan Amendment & Zoning Modification) Andrew Heifetz and Amy Heifetz of Chantilly, Virginia, have submitted an application to amend the Concept Development Plan (“CDP”) and Proffers approved with ZMAP‑1991‑0005 and ZCPA‑1995‑0006, South Riding, in order to eliminate the 25‑foot‑wide landscape buffer to allow for the construction of a sport court, with no resulting change in density in the PD‑H4 (Planned Development‑Housing) zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION §4‑109(C)(2), Planned Development – Housing, Site Planning – External Relationships, Uses adjacent to single‑ family, agricultural, or residential districts or land bays allowing residential uses.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION Reduce the permanent open space buffer along the rear boundary of the subject property from 50 feet to 0 feet.

BG Loudoun Station, L.L.C., of Chantilly, Virginia, has submitted an application to amend the Concept Development Plan (“CDP”) and Proffers approved with ZMAP‑2002‑0005, Loudoun Station, ZCPA‑2012‑0001, Loudoun Station, and ZCPA‑2015‑0014, Loudoun Station/Gramercy District in order to: 1) Increase permitted density; 2) Establish a new proffer statement specific to the Gramercy District; 3) Permit off‑site parking; 4) Establish new design guidelines; and 5) Eliminate proffered requirement to establish a Sub-Association and Sub-Design Review Board. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§4‑1102(C), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Location, Size and Components, District Subareas.

Permit only one district subarea, the Inner Core, within the PD‑TRC zoning district. Revision of modification approved with ZCPA-2015-0014.

§4‑1106(E)(1), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Lot Requirements, Other Yard Requirements, Adjacent to Roads.

Reduce the required setback from an arterial road from 100 feet to 20 feet for buildings on PINs 089‑45‑6692 and 089‑ 36‑0535.

§4‑1107(B)(1), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Building Requirements, Building Height, Maximum Height.

Increase the maximum permitted building height from 175 feet to 225 feet within the Inner Core of the PD‑TRC zoning district. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZCPA-2015-0014.

§4‑1108(A)(1), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Number of Dwelling Units Per Acre, Inner and Outer Core Subareas.

Increase the number of dwelling units per acre in the Inner Core at the rail phase from 50 dwelling units per acre to 152 dwelling units per acre.

§4‑1102(C)(1), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Location, Size and Components, District Subareas, Inner Core And

The subject property is located in the PD‑H4 (Planned Development‑Housing) zoning district. The subject property is approximately 0.294 acre in size and is located on the east side of Mink Meadows Street (Route 2210), east of Iverson Drive (Route 2244) at 43651 Mink Meadows Street, Chantilly, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 099‑46‑4205. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area, Suburban Neighborhood Place Type), which designate this area primarily for Single Family detached and attached Residential uses that are integrated in a walkable street pattern at a recommended density of up to 4 dwelling units per acre.

ZMAP-2019-0007, SPEX-2019-0014, ZMOD-2019-0013 & ZMOD-2019-0014 STERLING MEADOW (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)

Sterling Meadow, LLC, of Ashburn, Virginia, have submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 9.985 acres from the PD‑CC‑SC (Planned Development‑Commercial Center‑Small Regional Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the R‑16 (Townhouse/Multifamily Residential) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit development of 166 stacked Multi‑Family Residences at a density of 16.6 dwelling units per acre; and 2) A Special Exception to permit the modification of Section 7‑903(C)(2)(a) and (c) to reduce the front and rear yard requirements for multi‑family structures from 25 feet to 14 feet. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the modification of the minimum yard requirements for affordable dwelling unit developments is authorized by Special Exception under Section 7‑903(C)(3), R‑16 Townhouse/Multi‑family District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards. The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§3‑608(B), R‑16 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential, Additional Development Standards, Off Street Parking.

Eliminate the requirement off street parking for multifamily dwellings is only permitted when off street parking is sufficiently bermed and screened so that the parking areas are not visible from the street.

§3‑610(A), R‑16 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential, Development Setback and Access From Major Roads, Private Streets.

(Zoning Concept Plan Amendment & Zoning Modifications)

Permit commercial uses be accessed from private streets.

The subject property is approximately 9.985 acres composed of one parcel and a portion of a larger parcel and is located on the south side of Tripleseven Road (Route 777), south of Westwick Court (Route 1660), at 45980 Regal Plaza, Sterling, Virginia, in the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PINs: 029‑40‑8452 and 029‑40‑8502 (portion). The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy) in the Suburban Mixed Use Place Type, which support a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural, and Recreational uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0.

R R

Utilize gross square footage in lieu of gross land area to determine the percentage of uses in the Inner Core of the PD-TRC zoning district.

E F

§4‑1109(A) and (C), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Mix of Uses, Inner and Outer Core Subareas.

E D

§4‑1109(A) and (C), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Mix of Uses, Inner and Outer Core Subareas.

D E

Reduce the cumulative minimum of Office, Commercial and Retail Services in the Inner Core of the PD‑TRC zoning district to a combined 15 percent. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZMAP-20020005. Eliminate the requirement that the minimum percentage in all categories must be achieved in order to exceed the minimum percentage in any one category within the PD‑TRC zoning district. Reaffirmation of modification approved with ZMAP-2002-0005.

§4‑1109(D), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Mix of Uses, Inner and Outer Core Subareas.

Allow single-use buildings within the Inner Core.

§4‑1110(D), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Land Use Arrangement and Use Limitations.

Permit a maximum block length of 600 feet without the need for a mid‑block through alley.

§4‑1111(C), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Off Street Parking Facility, Freestanding.

Permit use of architectural elements or landscaping on or adjacent to freestanding parking structures to shield vehicles parked within such structures from the view of motorists using the street. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZCPA-20150014.

§4‑1112, PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Building Orientation.

Permit buildings and their principal entrances to be oriented away from adjacent neighborhood and collector streets and towards surface parking lots and adjacent neighborhood and collector streets within the PD‑TRC zoning district as an interim condition until such time as parking structures are constructed. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZCPA-20150014.

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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, November 19, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

Legal Notices Within the Inner Core subarea of the Subject Property, a minimum of 30%, as opposed to the required minimum of 70%, of first floor building frontage of Loudoun Station Drive (f/k/a Loudoun Station Boulevard – West) shall contain pedestrian‑ oriented development. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZMAP-20020005.

§4‑1113(B), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Pedestrian‑ Oriented Building Placement and Uses.

Permit off‑street parking lots between the principal entrance of a building and the street within the PD‑TRC zoning district as an interim condition until such time as parking structures are constructed. Reaffirmation of modification approved with ZCPA-2015-0014.

§4‑1117(B), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Parking Requirements.

R R

Permit, after rail service is available, surface parking to meet up to 100% of the parking requirements of new buildings in the Inner Core subarea.

§4‑1117(I), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Parking Requirements.

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§4‑1121(B), PD‑TRC‑Transit Related Center, Inner and Outer Core Subareas, Development Setback and Access from Major Roads, Private Streets.

E D

§5‑900(A)(2), Access and Setbacks from Specific Roads and W&OD Trail, Building and Parking Setbacks From Roads, Route 267. §5‑1406(E)(2), Buffering and Screening, Determination of Buffer Yard Requirements, Special Situations.

D E

Permit private streets to serve all residential and non-residential uses within the PDTRC zoning district. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZMAP-20020005. Reduce the required setback from the Dulles Greenway (Route 267) from 150 feet to 20 feet for buildings on PINs 089‑ 45‑6692 and 089‑36‑0535. Eliminate the required Type 3 Buffer Yard along the property line adjoining the Dulles Greenway. Re-affirmation of modification approved with ZMAP-2002-0005.

The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60, aircraft noise contour. The subject property is approximately 13.82 acres in size and is located on the northeast side of the Dulles Greenway (Route 267), southeast of Ashburn Village Boulevard (Route 2020), and northwest of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows: PIN 089‑36‑1174

PROPERTY ADDRESS N/A

089‑45‑6692

N/A

089‑36‑0535

N/A

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Urban Policy Area (Urban Transit Center Place Type)) which designate this area for a mix of Multi‑Family Residential, Office, Retail and Service Commercial uses at a minimum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2.0 for areas within ¼ mile of a Metrorail Station and a minimum FAR of 1.4 for areas more than ¼ mile from a Metrorail Station.

ZMAP-2019-0003 & SPEX-2019-0003 LUCK/HAYDEN/LOUDOUN WATER PROPERTY (Zoning Map Amendment & Special Exception)

Luck Stone Corporation of Richmond, Virginia and Loudoun Water of Ashburn, Virginia have submitted applications for the following 1) To rezone approximately 61.2 acres from the MR‑HI (Mineral Resource – Heavy Industry) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD‑GI (Planned Development – General Industry) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to develop up to 1,066,338 square feet of data center uses and uses accessory to data center uses including but not limited to office space and building accessory to and in support of data center uses; and, 2) A Special Exception to modify the conditions of approval and special exception plat associated with SPEX‑2009‑0021 in order to relocate primary site access. The subject property is located partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District), outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour(s), within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District ‑ Luck Stone Quarry and Luck Stone Quarry Note Area, and partially within the Reservoir Protection Area. The subject property is approximately 112.38 acres in size and is located on the north side of the Dulles Greenway and on the west side of Goose Creek in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

194‑49‑8227 (portion of)

42350 Red Triangle Lane, Leesburg, Virginia

152‑25‑5356 (portion of)

N/A

153‑35‑5865

42400 Clearwater Glen Circle, Leesburg, Virginia

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Transition Policy Area (Transition Light Industrial and Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction Place Types)), which designate this area for light industrial, industrial, and mineral extraction uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 0.60.

ZCPA-2019-0001, ZCPA-2019-0012 & SPEX-2019-0004 LUCK STONE WEST QUARRY (Zoning Concept Plan Amendments & Special Exception) Luck Stone Corporation of Richmond, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To amend the Concept Development Plan (“CDP”) and Proffers associated with ZMAP‑2009‑ 0004, in order to revise previously approved quarry limits; 2) To amend the CDP and Proffers associated with ZMAP‑2009‑0003, in order to revise previously approved overburden storage area associated with quarry uses; and 3) A Special Exception to permit quarrying uses and to amend the quarry pit limits approved with SPEX‑2009‑0027. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed uses are listed as a Special Exception use under Section 3‑1004(A), pursuant to Sections 3‑1007 and 3‑1008. The subject property is located partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District), outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour(s), within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District ‑ Luck Stone Quarry and Luck Stone Quarry Note Area, and partially within the Reservoir Protection Area. The portion of the property that is subject to requested CDP/Proffer revisions is approximately 314.1 acres in size. The portion of the property that is subject to the Special Exception is approximately 98.8 acres in size, and located generally within the same limits of the above applications. The property is located on the north side of the Dulles Greenway and on the west side of Goose Creek in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows:

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151‑16‑0598 (portion of)

41551 Cochran Mill Road, Leesburg, Virginia

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152‑36‑1675

20136 Stonewater Lane, Leesburg, Virginia

152‑25‑5356 (portion of)

N/A

ZMAP-2019-0018 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP REGARDING EXPANSION AND REDUCTION OF THE QUARRY NOTIFICATION OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR LUCK STONE LEESBURG QUARRY

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Pursuant to Sections 15.2‑2204 and 15.2‑2285 of the Code of Virginia, Section 6‑1200 of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and a Resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October 17, 2019, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice of a proposed amendment to the Zoning Map for the purpose of amending the boundaries of the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District. The QN amendment is proposed in conjunction with proposed amendments to the Luck Stone Leesburg Quarry as proposed by ZMAP‑2019‑0003 & SPEX‑2019‑0003, Luck/Hayden/Loudoun Water Property, and ZCPA‑2019‑0001, ZCPA‑2019‑0012 & SPEX‑2019‑0004, Luck Stone West Quarry. Proposed amendments to the Luck Stone Leesburg Quarry would expand the existing boundaries of the QN in certain areas to encompass additional properties and additional portions of properties that would be located within 3,000 feet of the expanded quarry area, and reduce the existing boundaries of the QN in other areas to remove properties or portions of properties that are no longer within 3,000 feet of property approved for quarry uses. The area proposed to be mapped and zoned as QN is generally located south of the W&OD Trail, east and north of Sycolin Road (Route 625), and west of Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659), in the Catoctin Election District, and includes lots and parcels located within the Goose Creek Village subdivision. Properties that are located within, or partially within, the area proposed to be mapped and zoned as QN are more particularly described as follows:

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115‑17‑0716

20380 Farmgate Terrace, Ashburn VA

193‑36‑4150

N/A

193‑26‑9072

20254 Sycolin Rd, Leesburg VA

193‑26‑9027

20280 Sycolin Rd Leesburg VA

114‑19‑4181

19891 Naple Lakes Terr., Ashburn VA

114‑39‑3106

43409 Ballantine Pl, Ashburn VA

191‑30‑3253

894 Rhonda Pl SE, Leesburg VA

191‑40‑6654

836 Hawks Run Ct SE, Leesburg VA

237‑39‑5293

41453 Hogeland Mill Rd, Leesburg VA

112‑16‑8485

19120 Chartered Creek Pl, Leesburg VA

112‑16‑8776

19124 Chartered Creek Pl, Leesburg VA

193‑46‑2814

41087 Cochran Mill Rd, Leesburg VA

193‑36‑3375

N/A

153‑28‑4438

N/A

153‑28‑3852

42740 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4053

42742 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4253

42744 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4453

42746 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4553

42748 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4753

42750 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑5054

42752 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

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Legal Notices PROPERTY ADDRESS 42741 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4462

42743 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4662

42745 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑4963

42747 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑5877

42754 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑6177

42756 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑6377

42758 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑6577

42760 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑6878

42762 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑7078

42764 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑7378

42766 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑7679

42770 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑38‑7979

42772 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

192‑16‑3634

20028 Sycolin Rd, Leesburg VA

192‑16‑6682

N/A

153‑39‑2701

42827 Churchhill Downs Dr., Ash., VA

153‑28‑6154

20580 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20582 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20584 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20586 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20588 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20590 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20592 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20594 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20596 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20598 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20600 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20602 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20604 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20606 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20608 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20610 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20612 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20614 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20616 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153‑28‑6154

20618 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

PROPERTY ADDRESS

153‑28‑1023 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101 153‑27‑9101

20649 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA 42694 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42696 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42698 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42700 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42702 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42704 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42706 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42708 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42710 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42712 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42714 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42716 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

The proposed amendment of the Zoning Map to expand the boundaries of the QN would not change the general usages and density ranges permitted by the underlying zoning districts for the above listed properties. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Transition Policy Area (Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction, Transition Light Industrial, and Transition Large Lot Neighborhood) and Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction, Suburban Employment, Suburban Mixed Use, and Suburban Neighborhood)), which support: 1) Mineral extraction at densities up to 0.60 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the Transition Policy Area (Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction); 2) Low‑traffic light industrial and employment uses at densities up to 0.60 FAR in the Transition Policy Area (Transition Light Industrial); 3) Residential uses at densities up to one dwelling unit per 10 acres in the Transition Policy Area (Transition Large Lot Neighborhood); 4) Large manufacturing and other productive uses at densities up to 0.60 FAR in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction); 5) Employment uses at densities up to 1.0 FAR in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Employment); 6) Compact, pedestrian‑oriented environments with a mix of residential, commercial, entertainment, cultural, and recreational amenities at densities up to 1.0 FAR (up to 1.5 FAR may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements) in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use); and, 7) Predominantly residential uses on medium‑to‑large lots at densities up to 4 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) or up to 6 du/ac for infill development, or non‑residential densities up to 1.0 FAR in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Neighborhood). The public purposes for this amendment is to achieve the purposes of zoning set forth in Section 15.2‑2200 and 15.2‑2283 of the Code of Virginia, including, without limitation, furtherance of the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice, and facilitating the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community.

Properties that are proposed to be removed from the QN overlay district are described as follows: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

154‑45‑5373 153‑16‑3488 153‑27‑8675 153‑27‑8478 153‑27‑8380 153‑27‑8282 153‑27‑8184 153‑27‑7986 153‑27‑7888 153‑27‑7691 153‑27‑7593 153‑28‑1473 153‑27‑7396 153‑27‑7298 153‑28‑0197 153‑28‑0397 153‑27‑7100 153‑27‑6902 153‑28‑0006 153‑28‑0206 153‑28‑0406 153‑28‑0606 153‑28‑0807 153‑28‑1007 153‑28‑0215 153‑28‑1116 153‑28‑0218 153‑28‑1119 153‑28‑1021

20776 Sycolin Rd Ashburn VA 20810 Sycolin Rd Ashburn VA 20685 Sycolin Rd Ashburn VA 20683 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20681 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20679 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20677 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20675 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20673 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20671 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20667 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA N/A 20665 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 20663 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 42702 Redpath Terr., Ashburn VA 42704 Redpath Terr., Ashburn VA 20661 Redpath Terr., Ashburn VA 20659 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA 42721 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42723 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42725 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42727 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42729 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 42731 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA 20639 Lister Terr., Ashburn VA 20655 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA 20637 Lister Terr., Ashburn VA 20653 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA 20651 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA

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PIN 153‑28‑4262

Legal Notices ZMAP-2019-0012, ZMOD-2019-0030, ZMOD-2019-0031, ZMOD-20190032, ZMOD-2019-0033, ZMOD-2019-0034, & SPEX-2019-0025 CATTAIL RUN (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception, and Zoning Modifications)

Cattail Leesburg, L.C. of McLean, Virginia, has submitted an application to rezone approximately 95.26 acres from the JLMA‑3 (Joint Land Management Area ‑3) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and the RC (Rural Commercial) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD‑H3 (Planned Development – Housing 3) zoning district administered as R‑8 (Residential ‑8) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to develop up to 250 dwelling units, which may include between 175 and 200 single family detached dwelling units and between 50 and 75 single family attached dwelling units. A portion of the subject property is located within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District). The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance and Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance (LSDO) modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§3‑506(D), R‑8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements, Length/Width Ratio.

Increase the maximum length/width ratio from 6:1 to 7:1.

§3‑507(E)(2), R‑8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements for Traditional Design Option for Single Family Detached, Lot Design Requirements.

Reduce the minimum required garage setback from 20 feet to 10 feet behind the front line of the unit.

§3‑507(G) R‑8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements for Traditional Design Option for Single Family Detached, Minimum Buffer.

Eliminate the requirement for a 50‑foot, Type 2 buffer yard and screening along the northern rezoning boundary for lots adjacent to park land/ open space and along the boundary with the property subject to ZMAP‑2018‑0007.

§3‑509(C) R‑8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements for Traditional Design Option for Single Family Detached, Additional Development Standards, Minimum Buffer.

§3‑511(A), Development Setback and Access from Major Roads, Private Streets.

Include single family detached units in the list of uses permitted to be served by private streets

§4‑110(B), Planned Development‑ Housing, Site Planning – Internal Relationships.

Include single family detached units in the list of uses permitted to be served by private streets.

§4‑110(I)(2), Planned Development‑ Housing, Site Planning – Internal Relationships, Uses adjacent to single‑ family residential, or agricultural and residential districts or land bays allowing residential uses.

Eliminate the requirement for a 50‑foot, Type 2 buffer yard and screening for of less than 20,000 square feet that are adjacent to park land/open space and along the boundary with the property subject to ZMAP‑2018‑0007.

§5‑102(C), Accessory Uses and Structures, Use Limitations.

Permit accessory uses and structures to be within the required side and rear yard setbacks.

§5‑200(B)(6)(a), Permitted Structures in Required Yards and Setbacks, In any yard or setback, except the front yard or setback.

Reduce the minimum distance between structures from sixteen feet to minimum ten feet.

LSDO SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§1245.02.1 Development Standards, Private Access Easement Roads and Private Streets, Class III Roads.

Permit all lots to be served by private access easements or Class III Roads in the PD‑H4/R‑8 Zoning District.

The modification of the lot and building requirements for affordable dwelling unit developments is authorized by Special Exception under Section 7‑803, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

Le §7‑803(C)(1)(c), R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear.

Reduce the minimum rear yard from 25 feet to 5 feet for accessory structures.

§7‑803(C)(2)(a), R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Front.

Reduce the minimum front yard from 15 feet to 12 feet for rear load units.

§7‑803(C)(2)(b), R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Side.

§7‑803(C)(2)(c) R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear.

Reduce the minimum side yard from 8 feet to 5 feet for end units And Eliminate the minimum side yard requirement for accessory structures. Reduce the minimum rear yard from 15 feet to 5 feet for accessory structures.

The subject property is approximately 95.26 acres in size and is located on the east side of Battlefield Parkway, north of Fort Evans Road and south of Edwards Ferry Road in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

147‑16‑4251

N/A

147‑19‑1857

N/A

147‑27‑7012

N/A

147‑28‑4907

N/A

147‑37‑7210

N/A

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area), in the Leesburg JLMA Residential Neighborhood place type which designates this area for predominately residential uses at a density of four dwelling units per acre. 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 703-777-0246 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.

§7‑803(B)(1), R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Lot width, Single family detached, suburban.

Reduce the minimum lot width from 40 feet to 5 feet for pipestem lots.

§7‑803(C)(1)(a), R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards,Front.

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.

Reduce the minimum front yard from 15 feet to 12 feet.

BY ORDER OF:

§7‑803(C)(1)(b), R‑8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Side.

Reduce the minimum side yard from 8 feet to 5 feet for principal structures And Eliminate the minimum side yard requirement for accessory structures.

FRED JENNINGS, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION 10/31, 11/07 & 11/14/19

Legal Notices NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TLZM-20190002 COMPASS CREEK AMENDMENTS MAPPING CERTAIN PROPERTIES B-3 COMMUNITY RETAIL/COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, I-1 (INDUSTRIAL/RESEARCH PARK), MA (MUNICIPAL AIRPORT), PD-CC-SC (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-COMERCIAL CENTER-SMALL REGIONAL CENTER), PD-IP (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-INDUSTRIAL PARK), AND R-E (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE). Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205, 15.2-2285, and 15-2.2286.A.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Zoning Map Amendment application TLZM-2019-0002, Compass Creek Amendments. The properties include several parcels of land located adjacent to Battlefield Parkway SE, and Compass Creek Parkway SE as identified on the map below.

PD-IP to Town I-1. This property is identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including a portion of 234-38-2798, totaling approximately 2.7 acres. The Town Plan designates the properties as “Regional Office” on the Land Use Policy Map. The Regional Office land use includes a floor area ratio (FAR) from 0.35 to 1.0. Proposed development on the properties will not exceed the Regional Office FAR limitation. 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 Michael Watkins, Zoning Administrator, at 703-737-7920 or mwatkins@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 Commission at (703) 771-2434 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 11/7/19 & 11/14/19

Town of Leesburg: Proposed Boundary Line Adjustment 2019

233-17-6768

The zoning map amendments include: 1.

B-3, Community Retail/Commercial District. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping a certain property currently County zoned PD-CC-SC to B-3. This property is identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including a portion of 234-39-9964, (Leesburg Commercial LC), totaling approximately 6.9 acres. MA, Municipal Airport. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain properties currently County zoned PD-IP and JMLA20 to Town MA. These properties are identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PIN), including part of 233-18-8634-001 and 192-258128-001 (Town of Leesburg), totaling approximately 100 acres.

234-38-2798 (+/- 2.9 Ac)

PD-IP, Planned Development-Industrial Park. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping a certain property currently County zoned PD-IP to Town PD-IP. This parcel is identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including 234-48-3058-001 (Town of Leesburg), totaling approximately 7.2 acres.

R-E, Single Family Residential Estate. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain properties currently zoned County AR1 to Town R-E. These properties are identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PINs), including 233-17-6768, (Leesburg Commercial LC), totaling approximately one (1) acre. I-1, Industrial Research Park. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain property currently zoned County

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TOWN OF HILLSBORO PLANNING COMMISSION The Town of Hillsboro Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2019, to hear public comments on the following:

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF HILLSBORO, VIRGINIA The intent is for the Planning Commission to consider for approval, and recommend to the Hillsboro Town Council for adoption, the 2019 draft of the Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Hillsboro, Virginia to supersede and replace the current Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Hillsboro, Virginia (August 17, 2004).

233-18-8634-001

234-39-9964 235-20-1426-000 & 001

PD-CC-SC, Planned Development-Commercial Center-Small Regional. A map amendment initiated by the Town of Leesburg to amend the Official Zoning Map by mapping certain properties currently County zoned PD-CC-SC to Town PD-CC-SC. These properties are identified by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN), including a portion of 234-39-9964 (Leesburg Commercial LC), 235-20-1426 and 235-20-1426-001 (Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust upon its consent and a future approved boundary line agreement), 234-29-0522 (Leesburg Commercial LC upon its consent for this parcel and a future approved boundary line agreement), and 234-294515 (Compass Creek Parkway LLC upon its consent and a future approved boundary line agreement) totaling approximately 34.1 acres.

234-48-3058-001 (+/- 7.5 Ac)

234-29-0522

192-25-8128-001

234-29-4515

Legend Area to be incorporated into Leesburg Current Town Limits of Leesburg

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ043128-02-00

Loudoun County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Tyson Curtis Holt Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Shane Curtis Holt, putative father and, Laurel Elizabeth Veto, mother

Section 15.2-2223 of the Code of Virginia requires the local planning commission to prepare, and recommend to the Town Council for adoption, a comprehensive plan for the physical development of the Town. The Hillsboro Planning Commission has reviewed the current Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Hillsboro, Virginia (August 17, 2004) and prepared the November 6, 2019, DRAFT Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Hillsboro, Virginia. After the public hearing, the Planning Commission may approve, amend and approve, or disapprove the draft plan.

The object of this suit is to: hold a foster care review hearing and review of foster care plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282 and 16.1281 for Tyson Curtis Holt.

The hearing will take place at the Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro, VA 20132. A full and complete copy of the November 6, 2019, DRAFT Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Hillsboro, Virginia can be reviewed online at http://www.hillsborova.gov/newpage or in the Town Office from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. Questions may be directed to David MacDuffee, Chairman, Hillsboro Planning Commission, at 540-486-8001 or by email at planningcommissioner@hillsborova.gov.

It is ORDERED that Shane Curtis Holt, putative father and Laurel Elizabeth Veto, mother appear at the above-named Court and protect their interests on or before December 17, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

11/14 & 11/21/19

11/7, 11/14, 11/21, & 11/28/19

PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The Town of Leesburg will accept sealed proposals in the Procurement Ofﬁce, 25 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, until 3:00 p.m. on December 11, 2019 for the following:

RFP NO. 100412-FY20-25 SOUND AND STAGE SERVICES FOR SELECT TOWN EVENTS The Town of Leesburg is soliciting sealed proposals from qualiﬁed ﬁrms interested in sound and stage services for three major events held annually, to include; Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival, Leesburg Independence Day Celebration, and TASTE Leesburg. For additional information, visit: http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard 11/14/19

TOWN OF LEESBURG

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF ABANDONED BICYCLES

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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.

Description

Case Number

Recovery Date

Recovery Location

Phone Number

Black/red Hyper Spinfit 700C bicycle

SO170017797

9/28/2017

Dulles Crossing Plaza, Sterling

571-258-3497

Lime Shared multicolored Ride Share Electric Scooter

SO190016221

9/04/2019

300 block Sterling Bl., Sterling

571-258-3497

Blue High Plains Schwinn bicycle

SO190019859

10/23/2019

Palisade Py/ Tripleseven Rd., Sterling

571-258-3497

Hyperbike Co. Metro bicycle

2015-005784

4/14/2015

Unknown

571-258-7960 11/14 & 11/21/19

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. YR. MAKE 2002

CHEVY

2013 2002

MODEL AVALANCHE

VIN

STORAGE

PHONE#

3GNEK13TX2G276980

BLAIRS TOWING

703-661-8200

VOLKSWAGON

1VWBP7A38DC095639

BLAIRS TOWING

703-661-8200

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE

4A3AE85H52E033615

DOUBLE D TOWING

703-777-7300

2002

ACURA

3.2TL

19UUA56692A038915

ROADRUNNER WRECKER

703-450-7555

2006

SCION

JTKDE177X60136231

AL’S TOWING

703-435-8888

11/07/19 & 11/14/19

MODEL

VIN

STORAGE

PHONE#

UKN

BAYLINER BOAT

UKN

DOUBLE D TOWING

703-777-7300

2017

JEEP

WRANGLER

1C4AJWAGXHL599421

ASHBURN TOWING

703-585-8770

1998

GMC

SIERRA

1GTEK19R3WE512712

ASHBURN TOWING

703-585-8770

11/14 & 11/21/19

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-1800, 15.2-2100, notice is hereby given that on:

Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA

the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A STANDARD SPACE LEASE AGREEMENT GRANTING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO LEASE A 1,150 SQUARE-FOOT OFFICE SPACE OWNED BY THE TOWN OF LEESBURG AND LOCATED AT 1001 SYCOLIN ROAD, SE, SUITE 3 IN THE STANLEY CAULKINS TERMINAL BUILDING AT THE LEESBURG EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, LEESBURG, VIRGINIA AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING TO SUCH GRANT. A copy of the proposed ordinance is available from the Town Clerk, located in Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.); or by calling Eileen Boeing, Town Clerk, at 703-771-2733. At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at 703771-2733, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 11/14 & 11/21/2019

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY

Case No: CA 19-3324

LIONEL G. DUCKWITZ and MARSHA A. DUCKWITZ, a/k/a MARSHA A. WEBB Plaintiffs v. BANCSMITHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, et al, Defendants

ORDER OF PUBLICATION THE OBJECT OF THIS SUIT is for Plaintiffs, LIONEL G. DUCKWITZ and

MARSHA A. DUCKWITZ, a/k/a MARSHA A. WEBB, to obtain the release and

sicharge of record of a certain deed of trust recorded June 3, 1985 in Deed Book 0866 at Page 0114 among the land records of Loudound County, Virginia, decuring a Note payable to

BANCSMITHS MORTGAGE COMPANY

and encumbering a parcel of real property located in Loudoun County, Virginia and having a street address of 115 Magnolia Road, Sterling, VA 20164.

IT APPEARs by Affidavit filed herein that BANCSMITHS MORTGAGE COMPANY is a foreign corporation whose corporate existence has been dissolved pursuant to Articles of Dissolution filed with the State of Maryland, and that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the whereabouts of BANCSMITHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, and therefore, IT IS ORDERED that BANCSMITHS MORTGAGE COMPANY appear before

the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Virginia, 18 East Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 on or before January 3, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. and protect its interests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above Order be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks in Loudoun Now, a newspaper of general circulation in Loudoun County, Virginia. Loudoun Now is located at 15 N. King St., Suite 101, Leesburg VA 20176. The Clerk of this Court shall post this Order at the front door of the Courthouse, and shall mail a copy of this Order to BANCSMITHS MORTGAGE COMPANY at their last known address at 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 10/31, 11/07, 11/14 & 11/21/19

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ043324-02-00; JJ043324-03-00; JJ043324-04-00; JJ043324-05-00,

Loudoun County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Fnu Today Morisho Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Zahabu Rukiya, mother; Salumu Morisho, putative father; and Unknown Father The object of this suit is to: hold a permanency planning hearing and review of foster care plan with a goal of adoption, pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Fnu Today Morisho, and Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Zahabu Rukiya, mother, Salumu Morisho, putative father and Unknown father, pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-283 for Fnu Today Morisho. Zahabu Rukiya, mother, Salumu Morisho, putative father 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 Fnu Today Morisho. Zahabu Rukiya, mother, Salumu Morisho, putative father 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 Fnu Today Morisho; any authority with respect to the care and supervision of Fnu Today Morisho; or the right to make health related decisions or determine the religious affiliation for Fnu Today Morisho. Further, Zahabu Rukiya, mother, Salumu Morisho, putative father and Unknown father will have no legal and / or financial obligations with respect to Fnu Today Morisho, and the Department of Family Services of Loudoun County, Virginia may be granted the authority to place Fnu Today Morisho for adoption and consent to the adoption of Fnu Today Morisho. It is ORDERED that Zahabu Rukiya, mother; Salumu Morisho, putative father; and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect their interests on or before November 25, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. 11/7, 11/14, & 11/21/19

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David Redd Young III On Monday, November 4, 2019 in Lovettsville, VA. Beloved son of the late David and June (Lopiparo) Young. Loving father of Matthew and Garrett Young. Brother of Erica Young and Monica Stensby and grandfather of Sapphire, Ashton, Benjamin, Arthur and Anastasia. A memorial mass will be held on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 10:00am at St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church 37700 St. Francis Court, Purcellville, Va. with interment to follow at Union Cemetery in Leesburg, Va. Please share online condolences with the family at www. loudounfuneralchapel.com

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Police Talk The proposal by the newly re-elected county chairwoman to move the debate over the merits of creating a police force to the top of the 2020 priority list comes as a bit of a surprise; it is not a suggestion that has gotten serious attention for several years. However, it is a discussion worth having, and, perhaps, worth asking the voters to formally weigh in on. At its core, the question is how to most effectively address the law enforcement needs of one of the largest and fastest growing counties in the commonwealth. Every other Virginia jurisdiction of Loudoun’s size has already made the transition to a police department, with little evidence that those decisions resulted in poorer service or greater taxpayer discontent. Also, the consideration of the police department option should not be viewed as a performance evaluation of the current office holder. It is a question of whether it is time to change the government structure, similar to the decisions to move from appointed to elected School Board members or to add the position of county Chairman-at-Large. Someday, there might be a reason to move to a county executive form of government. These considerations are inherent with the evolution of growing communities. There are many elements that will be examined if the talks move forward. Does a police department make fiscal sense? Would a police department attract more qualified office candidates or provide better job security? Would there be differences in service levels or response times? So far, the debate has focused on perceptions of control. Is a police chief who can be hired and fired by a Board of Supervisors vote likely to be more or less responsive than a sheriff, who—barring some finding of malfeasance—enjoys four years of guaranteed job security? Should the county’s chief law enforcement officer be expected to raise campaign donations, opening him or her to accusations of favoritism or impropriety? Should voters be permitted to elect a chief law enforcement officer who isn’t even required to meet the qualification to be one of his officers? Could a Board of Supervisors use a police chief position to reward some political hack? Let’s have that discussion.

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[ LETTERS ] Restore Trust Editor: In her recent letter, Ms. Francine Works flippantly dismisses opponents of the recent “diverse school libraries” initiative by saying that public protests over it are “nothing new” and that “it is not the school’s job to parent your children.” No, such protests are not new, and that’s exactly the problem. Given national media coverage of past protests in other localities over the same issue, I can’t imagine that Loudoun’s professional educators were ignorant or naïve about the possibility of the same thing happening here. Communication with parents about the project from the beginning was the best way—and perhaps the only way—to address it. But there was no communication about the program at any point, which leaves us with two possible conclusions. The first is that Loudoun County school officials were so disorganized that they failed to send even a single e-mail to parents at any point despite knowing that a public uproar could result. A bureaucratic failure on that scale should make us question whether the officials involved are competent to oversee our children’s education. The second is that school officials chose not to communicate with parents so they could execute a fait accompli before any public criticism arose. That would be inexcusable. While Ms. Works is correct that it’s not the schools’ job to parent our children, it is school officials’ responsibility to not undermine parents. Public education can’t possibly succeed if it’s not a cooperative endeavor between parents and educators. By failing, for whatever reason, to communicate about an initiative that would grant students access to material containing hard profanity, graphic discussions about sex, and other explicit content that some parents might find objectionable, our educators breached the trust that makes the

cooperative endeavor possible. I am under no illusions about whether these books are here to stay in the school libraries, nor do I support censorship. But if our school officials want to restore trust with Loudoun parents, I would suggest that a first step to restoring trust with parents could be for the School Board to direct that all school library networks be configured to notify a parent by e-mail or SMS message any time a student checks out any book containing graphic content. That would allow the books to remain available to students and teachers while empowering parents to monitor their children’s exposure to controversial materials. — Mark Henshaw, Leesburg

Almost Copacetic Editor: As the current School Board member representing the Leesburg District, I am happy to see Beth Barts succeed me on the Board after two non-consecutive terms representing the Leesburg District. I am very grateful for the voters in 2019, who voted for Beth, as I was in 2015 and 2007 for electing me to the Board that first year and returning me to the Board after a four-year hiatus for my second term that now ends this Dec. 31. I am so very appreciative of the experience afforded me by the voters of Leesburg. I hope I did a credible job for my varied constituency and on behalf of the students in our schools. The people I met, parents, students, teachers, principals, staff and colleagues have enriched my life. My only regret to date is that the gentleman with whom I serve, Eric Hornberger, representing the Ashburn District, lost his bid for re-election as an independent. In saying this, I do LETTERS >> 53

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Inquiry << FROM 1 2019 stated they were going to implement a holistic approach to admissions, and what we are finding through the data is that that wasn’t the case,” Burke said. “Students were essentially ranked by test score”—tests, she said, that have been shown to be racially biased. “This is not a divisive issue,” said Loudoun NAACP Vice President Amanda Tandy. “This is an inclusive issue. We’re not talking about somebody else’s kids, we’re talking about Loudoun County’s kids. So, it’s very important that we see that as fixing a situation that impacts all of our children.” Thomas said her own daughter had experienced racist treatment at Belmont Ridge Middle School when a male student put pencil lead on his finger, said “I’m black now, I can use

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The Spirit has played all seven of its seasons in the NWSL at the Maryland SoccerPlex. During the 2019 season, the team played two of its home games at the 20,000-seat Audi Field. When asked about the Spirit’s move from grass to artificial turf at Segra Field, Baldwin said that, while professional soccer players all want to play on real grass, the team is fully supportive of the decision to move to Loudoun. Moving into 2020, soccer fans might be curious to see which team can win more games on that artificial turf. Since Loudoun United played its first game at Segra Field on Aug. 9, the men’s team racked up five wins, five losses and two draws. Loudoun United’s inaugural season ended with an 11-17-6 record. The Spirit closed out its season with a 9-8-7 record. Baldwin said Spirit tickets for the 2020 season would be available as early as next week on Ticketmaster. pszabo@loudounnow.com the n-word,” and started repeating the racial epithet. And she called on parents to share their own children’s stories of discriminatory treatment with the Loudoun NAACP, by emailing education@ LoudounNAACP.org and by attending a town hall meeting at Riverside High School Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14. She said there, attendees will also help come up with solutions. “There will be no complaints given to the school system without a solution,” Thomas said. “You cannot expect those who have oppressed you for years to come up with solutions that will set you free.” The school system issued a prepared statement in response to media inquiries, writing that administrators are cooperating fully with the investigation. According to that statement, the school system has also provided the Attorney General’s Office with a partial response already, but did not provide the contents of that response. rgreene@loudounnow.com

[ LETTERS ] << FROM 52 not mean to imply that the election of Mr. Mahedavi was a mistake on the part of the Ashburn District voters, only that, inadvertently, it also was a big loss to the Loudoun County Public Schools, good government and proven dedication to the education of all our students. Eric Hornberger did his homework

and was thoroughly immersed in the byzantine nature of a large school system. Most importantly, he was a friend and mentor of everyone on the board. His absence will be sorely felt on the new School Board. Fortunately, Jeff Morse and Brenda Sheridan remain for the transition. — Tom Marshall, Leesburg

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Behnke said Philip A. Bolen Park is quickly becoming Northern Virginia’s soccer hub, noting that it could at some point also be viewed as North America’s soccer hub. “I think were on the precipice of something extremely special,” he said. Letourneau said that when the county was working to attract Loudoun United a few years ago, the Washington Spirit was additionally on the minds of supervisors and county staff members. He said the county is furthering its discussions with D.C. United in attempts to gain more support from the organization. Randall said the partnership that the county has experienced with Loudoun United and D.C. United in the last year has been fantastic. She said that because Loudoun Soccer is one of the strongest youth soccer clubs in the nation, there will inevitably be boys and girls in Loudoun who attend Spirit and Loudoun United games at Segra Field who will wind up playing for one of the teams one day. “This will be a very, very strong partnership,” she said. The deal to bring the Washington Spirit to Loudoun comes 14 months after the county landed a similar deal with D.C. United that brought Loudoun United to town. D.C. United is working to build a training center at Philip A. Bolen for its first team and second division players and to house its youth development program and business operations offices.

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Fraley << FROM 3 Around the same time, Fraley reported to Vanegas and Nuckolls that former Sgt. Clark McDaniel had attempted to spread a rumor that McAlister was having an extramarital affair with a town employee. According to his lawsuit, Fraley was unaware that Vanegas and Nuckolls were participants in the alleged conspiracy to unseat McAlister, along with some Town Council members and police officers. Less than a week after Vanegas, Nuckolls and former acting police chief Joseph Schroeck opened an investigation into Fraley, Northern Virginia Pre-Employment & Polygraph Services owner and operator Daryll DeBow conducted a lie-detector test on Fraley that was rigged to ensure the results would show signs of deception, the lawsuit alleges. Fraley was subsequently suspended

Data breach << FROM 3 ism alerts and communications between McAlister and Attorney General Mark Herring’s office and the FBI. He pointed out that the town has determined that no security-related incidents resulted from the breach. The letters from McDonald Hopkins were sent using the town’s letterhead, but included the firm’s address and phone number, rather than the town’s. That

from duty and, when the investigation concluded, a unanimous Town Council vote of no confidence in McAlister led to her firing in November 2017. A few weeks later, the Town Council learned that Nuckolls and Vanegas were involved in a personal relationship. The council then placed Vanegas on administrative leave as it reviewed the investigation he and Nuckolls had conducted on McAlister. Even as Nuckolls’ work on the investigation was called into question, Fraley remained on leave for nearly 10 months. He was reinstated to the force Aug. 1, 2018, the day after the Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP law firm concluded there were serious flaws in Vanegas’ and Nuckolls’ original investigation. McAlister was also reinstated that day. In July, McAlister filed a $16 million civil lawsuit against the town, Vanegas, Nuckolls and six police officers. Fraley followed in September with his $9.1 million lawsuit against the town gov-

ernment, Vanegas, Nuckolls, Schroeck, McDaniel and DeBow and his company. The lawsuit originally included seven complaints against the defendants—the neglectful hiring and retention of Nuckolls, against the town and Vanegas; statutory conspiracy, against all defendants; common law conspiracy, against all defendants; tortious interference with an employment contract, against all defendants except the town; a violation of a Virginia law that makes it unlawful for a government agency to discriminate or retaliate against one of its employees if they file a complaint in good faith, against the town; intentional infliction of emotional distress, against all defendants; and gross negligence, against DeBow and his polygraph company. There are now six new complaints. Those are for false imprisonment, against all defendants; three violations of the 14th Amendment that resulted in bodily injury, harm to Fraley’s reputation and the denial of due process, against all defendants; a violation of the

Fourth Amendment, or illegal search and seizure, against all defendants; and municipal/supervisory liability against Vanegas and Schroeck in relation to their responsibility for Nuckolls’, McDaniel’s and Debow’s actions, and against the town in relation to its responsibility for Vanegas’ and Schroeck’s actions. The suit seeks $1 million in compensatory damages for each of the 13 complaints. All complaints also seek $350,000 in punitive damages, excluding the complaint involving the violation of the Virginia law regarding good faith reports. The town has not filed responses to either lawsuit. Combined, the Town of Purcellville faces a payment of up to $33.2 million in damages. In all, the town has spent $901,166.41 on costs associated with the multiple investigations, according to a March 4 expenditure summary.

sparked concern among many of the recipients, as they were unsure about the authenticity of the letters. Although the firm reviewed the letters with the town staff before sending them, the staff did not inform the Town Council that the letters were going out. Upon hearing concern about the letters, Vice Mayor Tip Stinnette called the emergency meeting Saturday to allow the town staff to bring the council up to speed. In the meeting, the council identified 20 questions that the town staff is now working to answer, alongside McDonald Hopkins. Stinnette said those questions and answers would be posted

to an FAQ page on the town website. Of the 20 questions, Stinnette said council members were interested in understanding the chain of custody that the flash drive went through two years ago, where it is now and why McDonald Hopkins determined that 1,800 specific individuals were at risk. But they were most concerned about getting a report or summary of McDonald Hopkins’ analysis. “I think that’s critically important,” Stinnette said. As for the need to convene in an emergency meeting in the first place, Mekarski said he could have done a better job giving the Town Council advanced no-

tice that the letters were being sent out. “Our job as custodian of their personal information was to ensure that the abhorrent behavior that inflicted the town administration would not victimize other innocent individuals,” he wrote in an email to council members prior to Saturday’s meeting. The data breach incident could be connected to Nuckolls and her association with Reynolds. According to snapshots of the Loudoun Tribune website using Wayback Machine, Nuckolls was listed as the newspaper’s HR Director/ Business Manager as late as July 11, 2017. The breach could also be tied to the $17.2 million lawsuit that Purcellville Police Cpl. Kristopher Fraley recently filed against the town—a lawsuit that Fraley originally filed on Sept. 19 for $9.1 million claiming that several town employees and contractors conspired against him when he reported alleged misconduct by his superior during the Vanegas-initiated investigation in fall 2017. Stinnette said that while the town was just about to reach a settlement with Fraley before he filed the suit, Fraley backed out of the deal upon seeing that several pieces of his personal information had been posted on Facebook. Since then, Fraley has amended his lawsuit and is now seeking an additional $8.1 million in damages. Moving forward from Saturday’s meeting, Mekarski said the town is focused on risk mitigation and ensuring that people respond to the letters and have the chance to take the insurance company up on the opportunity to enroll in a free identity theft protection program. The Town Council was expected to discuss the situation further at its meeting this Tuesday, Nov. 12. Stinnette said the council would discuss whether McDonald Hopkins felt that the 1,800 affected individuals were at minimal or great risk, or somewhere in between. “We are taking this seriously, we have more questions than we have answers and we are going to do our level best to get everybody answers to their questions,” Stinnette said.

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Beyond Local Issues “I know that there are federal issues and state issues, but I am of the belief that almost every federal issue, and almost every state issue, can impact local politics,” Randall said. Among the new faces at the press conference: supervisor-elect Juli E. Briskman, who first made headlines two years ago when a photo of her flipping off President Donald J. Trump’s motorcade from her bike went viral, and she was subsequently fired from her job as a federal contractor. With Tuesday’s victory, she unseated second-term supervisors Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian) and in January will supervise the district containing the Trump National Golf Club along on the Potomac River. “It was actually two years ago today that the story went viral that I had actually been fired from my job for expressing my opinion about this administration, and yesterday and last night, Algonkian District backed me up on that, and all of Loudoun County rejected soundly the entire Trump agenda,” Briskman said. The only Republican to take part in the Wednesday morning forum was

is, honestly, for me, not very enjoyable.” And he said is not very concerned about the new board. “Everybody who runs for this local office, if they were running for any reason other than the fact that they want to work on local issues and improve the community, they’re going to find out right away that this is not the place to be,” Letourneau said. “Because when you’re sitting in a six-hour meeting dealing with a zoning ordinance, all of those big, national, partisan issues that people fight about are the furthest things from your mind.” rgreene@loudounnow.com

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public notification system. In that releasee, Chapman quoted himself from and linked to an interview with WMLA radio host Larry O’Connor. In the interview, Chapman questioned motivations and responsibility of launching a Loudoun police deparment. He said the sheriff ’s office provides “a good check and balance” within county government. In the release, Chapman quotes himself from the interview saying, “the citizens need to know exactly what this is all about … taking their right away to select their chief law enforcement officer and basically having an entire bureaucracy between them and the chief law enforcement officer.” This is not the first time Randall has argued for a police department in Loudoun, nor is she the first to make the argument. In 2012, at the beginning of Chapman’s first term, the Loudoun County Government Reform Commission offered an opinion on potentially starting a police department, strongly recommending against the idea. The reform commission found the transition would cost Loudoun more both through transitional costs and possibly reduced state payroll assistance, for a result that may not markedly improve the service Loudoun was already getting. The most recent county in Virginia to make the switch is Prince George County near Petersburg. Prince George is a much smaller county than Loudoun, with a population of just over 28,000 when the police department split off from the county sheriff ’s office in 1995 and a population today of a little under 38,000. And Donald Hunter has been on every side of that conversation both and before and after the switch, having served in the police department, the sheriff ’s office, as county sheriff after the split, and today as chairman of the Prince George Board of Supervisors. While things are very different for rural Prince George County—which Hunter said has at most a little over 70 police officers and sheriff ’s deputies, compared to Loudoun’s more than 600 sworn officers—he said he “wouldn’t advise against” a police department. “I wouldn’t say it’s a bad thing to take the duties of the law enforcement part away from the sheriff,” Hunter said. “You’re not really taking it away from him, you’re just not making it his primary duty.” In Prince George, as in other Virginia counties with police departments, the sheriff ’s office is responsible for service of process, the courts, prisoner transport, and in Loudoun would be responsible for the jail. Prince George has no local jail, being a member of the Riverside Regional Jail Authority. The police department handles law en-

Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who on Tuesday won a third term on the board by the largest margin of victory of any local Republican. He said he came “out of respect for the chair and my new colleagues, in the spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation.” “The campaign that I ran, and the issues that I ran on, were not partisan issues,” Letourneau said. “Traffic’s not a partisan issue. Development’s not a partisan issue. All of the things that we deal with at the board, really, and I think that’s what’s made being in local government so enjoyable, particularly in a time when the national dialogue

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forcement matters, although the sheriff is still empowered to enforce the law, as well under the Virginia Constitution. Unusually in Prince George, the police department had already existed before the split, joined with and became equal to the sheriff ’s office, which also carried out law enforcement at the time. “The sheriff and the chief get along very well,” Hunter said. “The only time you would have a problem is if you have a personality conflict between those two.” But, he acknowledged, the change could be much bigger for Loudoun. For one thing, setting up a police department in Loudoun would require a referendum, putting the question directly to Loudoun voters. Randall also said she would wait to hear from Chapman about his campaign proposal to put a sheriff ’s deputy School Resource Office in every elementary school. Chapman and Randall’s Republican challenger, John C. L. Whitbeck Jr., first proposed that during supervisors’ Fiscal Year 2020 budget deliberations in January. Chapman had not asked the board for the funding to do that. The current board asked Chapman for a proposal to begin that process this year, but none was forthcoming; it wasn’t until June that the sheriff ’s office laid out a $13 million proposal. “If the sheriff believes that SROs are what we need to do in the school system for the safety of our children, let’s have that conversation, but if it is or if it was for a talking point for a campaign, that is not appropriate and should never happen,” Randall said. “So at some point, we will hear from the sheriff, and we’ll find out if that’s something that he believes should happen, or if that ended with the campaign yesterday.” She also said the county board would be less reticent to get involved in some state and federal issues.

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