Loudoun Now for June 2, 2016

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SPARKING CREATIVITY

One Loudoun Offers Indoor Sports Complex in Housing Boost Bid

BY RENSS GREENE

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ne Loudoun wants to build an 80,000-squarefoot indoor recreation center and hand the keys over, lock, stock and barrel, to Loudoun County.

In exchange, One Loudoun wants to add 685 apartment units, 40 townhouses, and a mini warehouse self-storage facility on its 358-acre property.

“The difference between this type of proffered contribution, which would be constructed by One Loudoun and turned over wholesale, ready-to-go, to the county, is that it’s a revenue-generating tourism attraction,” said Colleen Gillis, a partner at law firm Cooley LLP who represents One Loudoun.

According to Gillis, the center would have room for 12 volleyball courts, six basketball courts, or three NBAsized basketball courts, depending on how it’s configured, in addition to offices and seating. She said One Loudoun envisions building the recreation facility instead of paying the county capital contributions that would normally be associated with the additional housing. In this case, according to staff reports, that would come to $13,135,233 to offset the impact of the new housing.

“We envision this as being run like a business, such that, yes, there would be maintenance, but that the tickets for the operation of a facility like this would more than cover any sort of maintenance challenges associated with it,” Gillis said.

The facility will be complete before One Loudoun finishes building the homes permitted under its current zoning, Gillis said, and the additional housing requested in its application will develop as the market allows.

A location for the indoor recreation center has not been set. Among other options, the developer is considering building it above a parking garage.

Loudoun has been floated as the location for other major sports facilities. The Virginia Investment Partnership planned to build a stadium at One Loudoun for a minor league baseball franchise, the Loudoun Hounds, and a North American Soccer League team, the Virginia Cavalry, but the stadium lease was terminated when construction failed to start. One Loudoun’s developers won the lengthy legal battle with VIP and retains the zoning rights to build a stadium along Rt. 7. Last year, DC United even considered relocating its stadium to Loudoun.

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Rust. Once the nemesis of metal sculptor Brian Kirk, he now harnesses iron oxide to create unusual prints. Crafted in his home studio near Purcellville, Kirk’s artwork can be viewed during the Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour this month, and soon, at a Leesburg park and an Ashburn brewery. See story, Page 26.

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County looks for new partner to build Metro parking garages

A look at Ida Lee Park’s past and future

Purcellville Cannons head coach Brett Fuller poses in the stands of Fireman’s Field, the team’s new home field. The baseball team is a labor of love for the Fuller family. Not pictured are Brett’s father and partial team owner, Donald Fuller, and Brett’s son and team general manager Ridge Fuller, who could not make the photo because he was at the hospital awaiting the delivery of his newborn son.

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Cannons Bring Minor League Baseball to Purcellville

BY JOHN MCNEILLY

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idge Fuller, the Purcellville Cannons’ general manager and third-base coach, is bursting with enthusiasm about his team’s upcoming season of summer league baseball. As he likes to say it, they’re “loaded for bear.”

But he’s even more pumped about the Cannons’ brand new home: the historic ball park known as Fireman’s Field in Purcellville.

“Purcellville has been extremely welcoming to our team,” 25-year-old Fuller said. “And Fireman’s Field is an amazing facility with a rich history of baseball.

We tell our players, ‘you’re going to be playing in the best baseball venue in the entire league.’ We’re absolutely thrilled

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PURCELLVILLE CANNONS First home game: Friday, June 3, 7 p.m., against the New Market Rebels Fireman’s Field, 250 Nursery Ave., Purcellville More info: 703-777-0343 or purcellvillecannons.com Tickets (walk-up) Adults: $5 Seniors (65+): $3 Children* (12 and younger): $2 Early bird season tickets are $45 each, or $100 for a family. Must be purchased by June 3. * Children wearing little league uniforms will be admitted for free (accompanied by a paying adult).

PARKING: Parking is free, if somewhat limited. Public

champion—and the team is allowed to provide players one meal a day, often provided by sponsors.

“This is a great way for amateur college players to spend their summers.

They get to sharpen their baseball skills while playing a very high level of competitive baseball,” Fuller said.

The VBL is similar to Single-A minor league baseball (the first of three rungs to make it into the big leagues). Fuller notes that of the 30 collegiate summer leagues going on across the country, his league ranked fourth overall for player talent.

“Our league motto isn’t called ‘The Gateway to the Majors’ for nothing,” Fuller said with a laugh.

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DRINKS: Food vendors will offer a wide variety of non-alcoholic options.

Plus, local craft beers will be served in the outfield-area Beer Garden after the first few games.

No personal coolers or alcohol are allowed inside the park.

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SEASON: 44 games lasting from June 2 until July 26. A two-week postseason playoff to determine the VBL champion follows. All games wrap up no later than Aug. 9.

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Education .................. 14 Loudoun Moment ....... 20 Biz ............................ 22 LoCo Living ............... 26 Classifieds ................ 33 Opinion ..................... 36

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The Purcellville Cannons play their first-ever home game at Fireman’s Field on Friday, June 3, against the New Market Rebels, at 7pm. To learn more about the team or to view the full schedule of games, go to purcellvillecannons.com.

to call this place home.”

The Cannons play in the Valley Baseball League, consisting of 11 teams, all in Virginia. The league goes back to 1897, when it was formed as a Class D professional minor league. (It switched to a collegiate summer league in 1961.)

The teams are made up of invited college players who want to improve their game while out of school and gain exposure to Major League Baseball scouts.

The Cannons also have a rich tradition: they’ve won seven VBL championships since joining the league in 1958.

Because the VBL is both NCAA- and MLB-sanctioned, the players aren’t paid or compensated for their play. They live with host families during the 44-game season—all of June and July, with a brief post-season to determine a league

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Supervisor Ron Meyer, Jr.

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Construction is underway at the Loudoun Gateway Metro station, located near Rt. 606 and the Dulles Greenway.

CRUNCH TIME ON METRO PARKING

Board Looks for Contract to Build Silver Line Garages

BY RENSS GREENE Loudoun County has walked away from negotiations with the company that was going to build and operate two parking garages at Loudoun’s future Metro stations.

The county is required by its agreement with Metro to have the garages up and operating by the time the Silver Line extension opens, but a publicprivate partnership with New Jerseybased Nexus Properties has failed to materialize. The county had begun negotiations with Nexus for a publicprivate partnership, wherein the com-

pany would design, build, and operate parking garages at the Loudoun Gateway (Rt. 606) and Ashburn (Rt. 772) stations.

“Unfortunately, let’s just say, their request got bigger and bigger, and as much as we tried to accommodate them, it was somewhat of a moving target and we just couldn’t get there,” said Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn).

Supervisors declined to give details of the negotiations, but Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said Nexus requested “restrictions on what the county could do, and what was go-

ing on with other transportation in the county.”

“They were looking for certain protections that we thought exceeded what was reasonable,” Letourneau said.

Typically, in a public-private partnership, the private firm takes on the financial burden of design and construction and then collects revenues from the operations. Now, the county will instead hire a firm to design and build the garages and manage their operations. Supervisors hope it will be a much faster process.

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Meyer Appointed to Loudoun’s New NVTC Seat Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run) has been appointed to Loudoun’s newly created second seat on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, which oversees the Metropolitan Washington Area Transit Authority.

“NVTC’s primary focus is transit, and soon, the commission will be receiving toll revenue from the forthcoming I-66 tolls,” Meyer said in an emailed statement. “Loudoun makes up around 18 percent of the traffic on I-66 inside the beltway, and it is imperative we fight to receive proportional transportation funding from these tolls.”

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It also has six members from the General Assembly—including five whose districts include parts of Loudoun County. Minchew serves on the NVTC, joined by Sen. Richard H. Black (R-13), Sen. Jennifer T. Wexton (D-33), Del. Dave A. LaRock (R-33), and Del. James M. LeMunyon (R-67). Minchew, LaRock, LeMunyon, and Wexton also signed on to HB 181 as patrons, joined by Loudoun delegates John J. Bell (D87), Jennifer B. Boysko (D-86), and Kathleen Murphy (D-34).

Robin Resigns as EDA Counsel Steve Robin, the general counsel to the county’s Economic Development Authority for the past 35 years, has tendered his resignation from that position, effective Sept. 30.

The EDA is a governmental body that helps promote economic activity in the county in several ways— chiefly by issuing bonds at below market rates for qualifying entities, by assisting the county government with the distribution of business incentive grants, and by being an issuer of bonds for certain county government projects. ”I’ve been privileged to participate in over $1 billion of economic development funding over the course of roughly 50 projects during my term with the EDA,” Robin said.

A Harvard Law School graduate, Robin came to Loudoun in 1973 and

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worked from 1973 to 1976 as an assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney.

From there he became County Attorney for Loudoun before starting a zoning practice in 1978.

In 1981, he became General Counsel to the EDA as an adjunct to the zoning practice. Over that time, he served with five EDA chairmen and nine Boards of Supervisors.

“The job of lawyer for the EDA has been a great vehicle for witnessing the transformation of this county,” Robin said.

Robin his wife, Martha, have no plans to leave the county. ”Not as long as I can still get my errands done and have my tennis game no more than a five minute drive from the house,” he said.

“We don’t want to be in a position where we’re up against the deadline and we can be taken advantage of because everybody knows that we need to have these done by a certain time,” Letourneau said.

Loudoun will also seek interest from private contractors to operate the garages, rather than operating the garages itself.

“The county does not necessarily intend to be in the parking garage business,” Letourneau said. He said other areas have seen strong interest from private operators for Metro garages.

He also said hopefully that contract will include paying off construction of the garages with operating revenue.

“The good news is, we were smart, we kept all of the money to build those garages in the Capital Improvement Program,” Buona said. The county’s CIP still includes $130 million reserved over the next three years for construction of three Metro parking garages—including the two Nexus was to build. It has set aside debt capacity to finance up to that amount over the next three years, and anticipates paying it off no later than 2039.

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“In my district, Loudoun will be getting access to three Silver Line stations when Phase 2 opens in 2020,” Meyer stated. “My top priority is to make the most out of Loudoun’s investment in Metro; for that investment to pay off, Metro needs vast reforms. NVTC’s oversight should play a major role in advocating for these improvements, and I look forward to joining Supervisor Letourneau in these efforts.”

Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) is Loudoun’s current representative to NVTC. Loudoun was granted a second seat on NVTC after Del. J. Randall Minchew (R-10)’s House Bill 181 passed and was signed into law earlier this year.

“Loudoun is going to be on the hook for paying 4.8 percent of the management and operational costs of WMATA,” Minchew said at that time. “We on NVTC have to make absolutely certain that WMATA does not have any cost overruns, any bloated budgets, and that the money that they spend is spent wisely.”

Meyer joins 20 current NVTC commissioners, including five from Fairfax County, three from Arlington County, two from the City of Alexandria, and one each from the cities of Falls Church and Fairfax.

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Black History Committee Offers Heritage Bus Tour

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Land near Ida Lee Park is among several key properties in Leesburg that is under consideration for major developments.

DEVELOPING LEESBURG

More Homes Could Go Up Near Ida Lee Park

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

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lmost 20 years ago, a generous donation to the Town of Leesburg came in the form of 138 acres of vacant property. While much of that land remains untouched, save for necessary maintenance, at its epicenter is some of the active recreation uses most craved by town residents—a recreation center, tennis facility and outdoor water park, all of which in their relatively early existence have created a following that goes beyond the town’s borders.

But perhaps what town residents have come most to prize over the years is the acres of land that remain passive—the rolling hills and fields that allow for a leisurely afternoon stroll, a game of catch, a vibrant walk with a canine companion, or even a great seat to catch the annual Fourth of July fireworks.

Leesburg sits at a critical crossroads, as its leaders decide how much of the town’s open space to open up for development, or how older developments can be transformed into thriving commercial spaces. In a series of articles, Loudoun Now will highlight properties that have the potential for major development, or redevelopment. Both Ida Lee’s current property—often under consideration for more recreational attractions, including a skate park—and the property to its east, proposed for residential development, are among several key properties in town that may soon see big changes.

The Rust family began the process of donating 138 acres, known as Greenwood Farm, to the Town of Leesburg in 1985. The family had few stipulations for how the land would be used, other than desiring that it not have a

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Land for Ida Lee Park was given to the town in 1985.

pass-through road disturbing the land, and that it be named for William F. Rust Jr.’s grandmother Ida Lee. “Everything we’ve done we’ve tried to do it right and make sure it all ties in together without having a significant impact to the agrarian and natural feel of the park,” said Parks and Recreation Director Rich Williams, who has witnessed firsthand much of the growth in the park over the last decade.

Over the years, uses have been added. The recreation center and Rust Library attracted their share of regular patrons, and the soccer and lacrosse fields along the northern and eastern edges of the park have been a staple for local leagues. After a generous $5.25 million bequest by the late A.V. Symington, parks and recreation staff polled residents as to what they would

like to see added to the park property. In a nod to the desire to keep most of the park passive, the overwhelming majority favored using the funds to acquire land to the east of the park, about 40 acres owned by the O’Connor family. Adding an outdoor pool/water park and tennis center came in second and third, respectively.

Unfortunately for the town, it soon became clear that the money donated by Symington would not be nearly sufficient to acquire the land. And now that property could soon be the site of some new development.

Bill Ackman, head of the town’s Plan Review Department, confirmed that there is an active subdivision application on the property. The proposal DEVELOPING LEESBURG >> 7

Last fall’s inaugural Heritage Bus Tour was so successful that the Black History Committee of Friends of the Thomas Balch Library is offering another one June 25.

The tour will start at 9 a.m. from the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg and end there at about 4:30 p.m.

The tour will explore historic routes through Leesburg and Purcellville and take in various black heritage sites in Waterford, such as the John Wesley Church and the Second Street School—one of the first schools for black children in the county.

Participants also will visit sites at Gleedsville and Middleburg, as well as Oatlands Historic House and Gardens.

Organizer Alicia Cohen, a Journey Through Hallowed Ground cultural tourism ambassador, is a volunteer for the Black History Committee. Her goal is to share the history of Loudoun’s African-American communities and to preserve it in the face of the county’s growth and development.

The tour features volunteer interpreters—Mary Randolph, Phyllis Cook-Taylor, Luis Jett and Mattie Turner, all Loudoun natives who know their subject well.

The tour sites were selected based on three well-researched publications outlining the history of African-Americans, their communities and their contributions in Loudoun County.

One of the sites, Gleedsville, featured freed people from the Oatlands Plantation who established a small settlement on the nearby ridge known as Negro Mountain. The community got its name from their leader, John “Jack” Gleed. The small white frame Mount Olive Methodist Episcopal Church was built

by African-American families from Gleedsville after the Civil War. Today, it is owned by the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Loudoun, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Another site of importance is the Loudoun County Courthouse, where slave auctions were held. The National Park Service has designated the courthouse as an Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.

A box lunch will be included in the $75 tour fee. Registration will close June 10.

For tour information and to register, contact Cohen at 703606-3275 or online at aaheritagelocova@gmail.com.

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Rob Fulcer, a 14-year member of the town’s Parks and Recreation Commission, said commissioners were opposed to the placement of the skate park within Ida Lee. “Some of us have seen some particular parks just become so jammed you can’t get in and out,” he said.

He said the goal of commissioners, and town staff as well, has been to keep the active uses to the middle of the park, with the outer border mostly open space.

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allows for 28 single-family homes on one-acre lots. The applicant recently got an extension on the application to keep it active; otherwise it would have expired this February.

Williams said that he believes the new development, if it does go forward, will not pose a major impact to Ida Lee, but town staff will make sure it is respectful of any new neighbors when planning events on parkland.

With land acquisition out of the question, the funds donated by Symington did make possible the opening of a tennis center in 2007 and outdoor water park in 2009. But since then, there has not been much change to report at the park. And while the master plan for Ida Lee shows little in the way of major future projects—the addition of another field, as well as more parking and a wedding garden, are among the few small uses listed—the goal remains to keep much of the property undisturbed, Williams said.

“You’ve got to have that mix of active and passive recreation in my opinion; that’s what makes Ida Lee so special,” Williams said. “The community, the staff and everybody is very protective of the park and want to keep it that way. It’s not just staff driven; it comes from the community as well.”

But that does not mean there have not been attempts to place other uses within the park’s confines. In recent years, both the dog park, currently housed at Olde Izaak Walton Park, and the skate park in Catoctin Circle have been brought up by council members

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Residents Voice Concern Over Crescent Parke Development

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ A rezoning application for one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts of land in Leesburg—in an area long eyed for redevelopment—arrived before the Town Council for its review last week.

Prior to opening the public hearing May 24, Mayor David Butler made it clear that the applicant, developer of the proposed Crescent Parke, should not expect a quick decision. He pointed to the council’s rules of procedure.

“Complex or controversial land use items, and I think this [application] applies to both, scheduled on the agenda for public hearing will be placed on the work session agenda,” at the subsequent set of council meetings, he said.

That would bring the rezoning application before the council at its June 13 work session, with a potential vote at the meeting the following evening.

The application seeks approval for 198 townhouses, 96 stacked townhouses and 96 multifamily dwelling units.

Nonresidential uses would include a maximum of 110,550 square feet of office space, 137,175 square feet of retail, an area for a future hotel, and a 2,000-square-foot community room.

The 53-acre site stretches from the terminus of Gateway Drive to Davis Drive along the edge of the Leesburg Bypass.

The land assemblage also includes the Olde Izaak Walton Park, land currently leased by the town but which developer Lansdowne Development Group would donate to the town.

Last Tuesday, the public was given its first chance before the council to offer feedback on the rezoning, and many urged caution or restraint in approv-

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A rendering of Crescent Parke, a 53-acre development proposed to include 198 townhouses, 96 stacked townhouses and 96 multifamily dwelling units.

ing major facets of the project. Vanderbilt Terrace resident Doris Darnes pointed to the Planning Commission’s lengthy review of the application, which stretched into months, with the applicant at one time taking some weeks to integrate recommended changes. Ultimately, the commission passed the application to the council with no recommendation, when a majority could not be found to support approval.

“Please heed the advice of the Leesburg Planning Commission,” Darnes said. “Don’t be swayed by myriad proffers from developers. Do what’s best for the Town of Leesburg.”

Neighbors like Darnes are concerned about the impact of the development on local traffic, the further loss of green space and the lack of a sufficient buffer between the property and its neighbors, not to mention Rt. 15 and land reserved for a future extension of the Dulles Greenway.

Bettina Guerre, also of Vanderbilt Terrace, questioned why the council

would approve such an application with so many drawbacks.

“Shouldn’t we be more concerned with saving green space,” she questioned. “We need to keep Leesburg historic and charming and preserve the remaining green space for residents, wildlife and future generations.”

But Christine Gleckner, a land use planner for Walsh Colucci representing the applicant, pointed to all the applicant has promised the town in terms of proffers to offset its impacts. In addition to the donation of Olde Izaak Walton Park, the developer is pledging $9 million up front for the construction of a Davis Avenue road extension to Gateway Drive, including the construction of a bridge over Tuscarora Creek. This is in addition to $6.5 million in cash contributions, representing a contribution of more than $17,000 per residential unit.

“We’re presenting to you the idea that Crescent Parke is a well thought out, mixed-use community to enhance this

end of the Crescent District and serve as a catalyst for development nearby,” she said.

But while the town’s own planning and zoning staff has concluded that the application is “technically compatible” with Leesburg’s zoning requirements, senior planner Michael Watkins said they are not swayed that it is the type of development envisioned when the Crescent District Master Plan was drawn up years ago.

“Staff does not agree that the application implements the intent of the Crescent District,” he said.

The Crescent District Master Plan was drawn up over a decade ago and the plan espoused the use of form-based code over traditional zoning. Formbased code emphasizes form over use and envisions a pedestrian-friendly, walkable area that offers a mix of uses.

Those who have spoken out against the proposed development, both the public and on the commission level, have questioned whether approval of this development would set the wrong tone in not sticking to what the goals of the plan for the Crescent District were.

Also set to be debated by the council is the proffers offered by the applicant.

Although, as Gleckner pointed out, cash contributions by the applicant are considerable, Planning Commissioners had previously vocalized their preference to see the applicant include some funds for the rehabilitation of parts of Olde Izaak Walton Park, namely the pond and the multipurpose building often used for programs by the Parks and Recreation Department. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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maintaining a landmark educational experience for young people considering a career in law, the 20th Judicial Circuit’s Law Camp. There, students meet and interact with professionals in both classroom lecture and moot court environments.

A keen preservationist, he has worked diligently to protect and serve Loudoun County’s historic courthouse building in Leesburg. He also serves on the Board of the Friends of the Thomas Balch Library.

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Journalist Margaret Morton has covered Loudoun County since 1992, first for Leesburg Today and currently for Loudoun Now.

Margaret Morton

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Chief Judge Thomas D. Horne retired from the Loudoun County Circuit Court in December 2013, as the circuit’s longest serving judge.

Judge Thomas D. Horne When Chief Judge Thomas D. Horne retired from the Loudoun County Circuit Court in December 2013, he had served longer than any other judge in the circuit.

Horne is a 1965 graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, and a 1969 graduate of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.

For three years, from 1980 to 1982, he served as the county’s commonwealth’s attorney. He first took the bench in 1982, and served for the next 31 years until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

In addition to his long and distinguished history as a judge, Horne was a driving force in establishing and

The dean of the active Loudoun County press corps, Margaret Morton is a 1958 graduate of Edinburgh University in Scotland.

In 1966, she left her native Britain to come to America after marrying a Virginian, W. Brown Morton III, later an Episcopal priest and Professor of Historic Preservation at Mary Washington University.

Morton entered the world of journalism in 1992 joining the staff of Leesburg Today in September of that year. Last year, she became a founding member of the writing staff of Loudoun Now, recently recognized as the New Business of the Year by the Town of Leesburg.

With nearly a quarter century of experience, Morton has covered Loudoun, its history, its people and its places, with grace, style, wit and integrity, exemplifying the highest standards of both journalism and community service.

An active preservationist, Morton, who served on Loudoun County’s first Historic District Review Board, has been a dedicated, active, personal and professional supporter of a host of county nonprofit and charitable activities.

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Loudoun Laurels Chairman Joe May announced Monday that legendary Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne and journalist Margaret Morton will be the 2016 honorees at the Loudoun Laurels Gala, Sept. 30 at Belmont Country Club in Ashburn.

“Judge Horne and Margaret Morton exemplify the very best of the traditions of public service, stewardship, and personal contributions to the life and history of Loudoun County,” May stated in making the announcement.

“Their lives and work are role models for us all to follow and admire, and we are all, every single one of us, in their debt in some way.”

“Their stories will not only add immense understanding and depth to the Thomas Balch Library’s permanent research collections on the history of the county,” May stated, “they will be preserved online for young citizens and future generations seeking role models and standard-setters for how to live lives of stewardship and service.”

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[ PUBLIC SAFETY ] Indictments Issued in 2015 Fatal Leesburg Stabbing A year after James R. Sealey was fatally stabbed in a 7-Eleven parking lot, a Loudoun County grand jury has indicted a suspect in the case.

Anthony Bry- Bryant ant Jr., 23, of Springfield, is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the March 28, 2015, stabbing of the 22-year-old Montclair, NJ man. Bryant was identified as one of several subjects involved in an early morning altercation in the parking lot of the convenience store at 22 Plaza Street NE. Leesburg Police officers were called to the scene just before 3 a.m. and found Sealey in the back seat of a vehicle suffering from a stab wound to his upper leg area. He was transported by ambulance to the Inova Loudoun Hospital and then flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital where he died.

Based on evidence provided by investigators, a Loudoun County grand jury last week handed up indictments for voluntary manslaughter, aggravated malicious wounding, and stabbing during the commission of a felony.

Bryant was located and arrested today in Fairfax. He is being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

Child’s Testimony Puts Father In Home the Night of Mother’s Death The first-degree murder trial of Braulio Castillo entered its third Castillo week Tuesday.

The case may have taken a significant turn on Friday when Castillo’s youngest son testified that he saw his father in his mother’s home the night before her body was found hanging in a shower.

The statements of 8-year-old Zachary Castillo provided the first witness account of Castillo having been inside the home. Jonathan Castillo testified that his father asked questions about his mother’s home security system, including cameras and the entry codes.

Defense attorneys highlighted inconsistencies in the children’s testimonies.

Castillo faces a sentence of life in prison if convicted of killing his estranged wife, Michelle.

Prosecutors say that Castillo snuck into the home and strangled his wife in her bedroom while four of their five children slept nearby. He then took her body to a basement bathroom and staged the scene to make it appear to be a suicide.

Prior to Friday’s testimony, evidence linking Castillo to the scene was limited to forensic material and a neigh-

bor’s graining surveillance video that showed a man running into the home and then leaving several hours later.

The trial is scheduled to continue through June 10.

Former School PTA President Charged with Embezzlement Russell Sharifi, former Creighton’s Corner Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association president, was indicted May 15 on the charge of felony embezzleSharifi ment.

Sharifi, 41, of Ashburn, is charged with embezzling $13,000 from the organization. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office, the information came to light in March after unauthorized charges were discovered in the PTA’s financial records.

“The PTA Executive Board wishes to reassure the Creighton’s Corner community that we remain focused on providing outstanding support to our school’s staff, families and students,” said current CCEPTA President Beth Cook in an emailed statement. “We urge our parents and community to continue to rally behind our PTA and school as they always have, and to help us prevent recent unfortunate events from obscuring our shared mission to provide the best outcomes for our children and our school.”

The sheriff ’s office says the money was embezzled between September 2015 and February 2016 during Sharifi’s tenure as PTA president.

Wayde Byard, public information officer for Loudoun County Public Schools, said while the PTAs support the schools, they operate independently of the school division. “LCPS is not involved in any financial oversight,” he added.

Sheriff’s Office Issues Peddler Warning Warmer weather brings an increase in door-to-door solicitors and the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office has issued a reminder that most solicitors are required to register with the agency in advance.

The county code exempts those representing nonprofits, places of worship, and community services from registration.

As part of this registration, a background check is completed and information on their employer is obtained.

The sheriff ’s office then issues an identification card showing they are a registered solicitor. If requested, the solicitors are required to provide their identification card.

Solicitation hours are limited to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays. Soliciting is not permitted on Sunday’s or state or national holidays.

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BY MARGARET MORTON What seemed like a routine council path to adoption of Purcellville’s fiscal year 2017 budget was derailed last week by a new debate over proposed utility rate hikes.

State law requires the budget to be adopted by June 30, and Town Manager Robert W. Lohr Jr. urged the council not to press that deadline too closely.

He said he hoped a vote could be taken at the next council meeting on June 14.

During the May 24 meeting, Lohr reviewed the council’s five months of budget work, which resulted in a reduction of $242,000 from the proposed spending plan to hold the real estate tax rate at 22.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.

The final budget includes a $10,860,549 General Fund; $541,394 for the Parks and Recreation Fund; $9,003,973 Utility Fund; and $1,214,538 for capital projects.

It was the proposal to raise water and sewer rates that sparked debate.

The town is planning to increase water rates by 3 percent and sewer rates by 5 percent starting this year. Additional rate hikes are likely in future years, based on the recommendations of a consultant and the town’s financial advisors who have been working with the town for some years to end the

tensive discussion of the utility financing plan, said he was surprised by the proposed rate hikes. “I cannot accept rate increases year after year,” he said, adding he was not ready to vote on the budget.

Lohr urged the council to review the consultant reports, but said, without an increase in development, there are few options to avoid charging higher rates.

practice of using General Fund revenues to subsidize the utility system.

Rate hikes as high as 7 percent per year could be needed, according to recommendations presented to the council in March.

Councilman John Nave, who was present for the consultants’ presentation in March but not for an earlier work session at which there was ex-

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BUDGET ON HOLD

“What happens if we don’t grow or we don’t increase [rates]? We’ll be financially insolvent in 2021,” Lohr said. “If we don’t look at some kind of plan we won’t be able to pay our bills.”

The council was divided on whether to take action. Joan Lehr and Doug McCollum said they were ready to vote that night. Vice Mayor Patrick McConville said he was ready to vote, but would defer because others, including Councilwoman Kelli Grim and Nave, wanted more time.

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During the May 21 Purcellville Music & Arts Festival, more than 50 residents provided input on options for revising the Town Plan.

More Town Plan Input Sought The Planning Commission invites residents to continue sharing their

ideas as part of the town’s comprehensive plan revisions.

Senior Planner Daniel Galindo said it was not too late to enter the discussions. Comments may be made online at planpurcellville.com. Three potential development scenarios, created from public input received since January have been posted for public feedback. Each reflects different approaches to managing population growth, economic development and open space preservation.

The earlier rounds of public input revealed a broad, shared vision for the town’s future, according to Galindo.

On May 19, more than 30 residents participated in small group discussions on how the town should grow

over the next 20 years—some stating they would like the town to stay the same size as it is now, while others expressed support for limited, managed growth.

On May 21, at the Purcellville Music & Arts Festival, more than 50 people made a first evaluation of the three scenarios, and Galindo hopes many more will participate. Residents have until June 17 to comment online. The next comprehensive plan public input event is tentatively scheduled for July 23.

For more information, go to PlanPucellville.com or contact Galindo at 540-338-7421.

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To many residents, the Round Hill Town Office won’t be the same after June 30 when longtime Treasurer Betty Wolford retires.

For more than 40 years, her calm friendliness has been Betty Wolford welcomed by residents calling the office for help on one problem or another. Now approaching her 75th birthday, Wolford said it is time to step down.

She first worked for the town in 1978, recruited by husband John H. Wolford, who was first elected mayor in 1977, to help provide coverage while the town treasurer was away on vacations in Florida. Gradually, Wolford’s role extended to longer stints until, in 1981, she was hired as fulltime treasurer.

She continued to work for the town after her husband retired from the mayor’s seat in 1996. In 2000, Wolford left Round Hill to take up the treasurer’s position in Middleburg. Four years later, however, she returned to Round Hill as treasurer, and has been there ever since.

“I love working with people, that’s my favorite part of the job,” she said.

She also likes Round Hill’s informal, laid-back small town feel.

“You get to know all the people that live in the area, you keep up more with what’s going on, and I like [Round Hill’s] friendliness and kindness,” she said.

Town Administrator Buster Nicholson particularly cited that characteristic, recalling the wealth of information

Wolford willingly shared with him when he came to the town almost three years ago.

“I was really amazed at her knowledge going back over the years; every time you’d ask her about anything, she knew all the history—on anything.

That was very helpful for a newbie like myself, on how and why we did things.”

Noting that town residents have known Wolford for decades, Nicholson said, “Everyone that walks in here, they love her, they think very highly of her.”

He said it was to the town’s credit that those in charge appreciated the quality and stability of Wolford’s service. “This is not a cliché; she truly does go ‘above and beyond.’ You can always count on her to get it done—and get it done correctly. The town depends on her.”

The town is reviewing applications for Wolford’s successor, and she has agreed to return as a consultant to help with the transition.

With one month to go in the town’s employ, Wolford is already eyeing what she wants to do in retirement.

“First, I want to clean house and get rid of 50 years’ accumulations,” she said. Another big objective is to spend more time with family and friends, both in the locality and farther afield.

She can also do “more stuff ” with her sisters-in-law in Fairfax, as well as with good friends in Charleston, SC. Apart from the visits with friends and family, there’s quiet relaxation time at home. Wolford’s favorite pursuits are gardening and reading—mainly history and mysteries.

She’s looking forward to climbing into the hammock in the garden for a long read. “That’s my idea of heaven.” mmorton@loudounnow.com

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A partnership between the Town of Purcellville, the Northern Virginia Regional Commission and the Local Energy Alliance Program has resulted in the launch of the “Solarize Purcellville” program.

The program will offer discounted pricing on solar panels from June 1 to July 31.

Momentum for solar power is growing across Virginia and the move to apply for the energy assessments has the support of Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser. “I encourage every Purcellville household to apply for the commitment-free energy assessment to determine how solar energy can add value and savings to their home,” Fraser said in a statement. “This program enables our citizens to support the advancement of green energy efforts locally and statewide.”

Solarize Purcellville seeks to build on successful programs that have been established in other Northern Virginia communities. Residents can receive free solar site assessments and access bulk purchasing discounts. The resources at LEAP

will help streamline the process and provide all the information necessary for residents in considering the value of adding solar panels to their property.

The program also provides a 30 percent federal tax credit, which has been extended through 2019.

With growing support for solar energy, area installers are able to offer lower prices to Solarize participants through bulk purchasing and reduced travel as well as helping offset marketing costs. LEAP will help participants gain the 30 percent federal tax credit and assist them in navigating the Solar Renewable Energy Credit market.

According to the NVRC, recent studies show that solarized homes are appraised with a premium of 3 to 6 percent based on the region, affording a price boost of between $10,000 and $22,000. Solar customers regularly see 8 percent or better return on their investments.

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Town Panel to Unveil Art Barrels The Purcellville Economic Development Advisory Committee will hold a grand unveiling of its community art Painted Barrels project.

On Saturday, June 4, more than 30 oak barrels painted by local artists will be on public display from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Purcellville Farmers Market at the Shoppes at Maple & Main.

Each artist volunteered to depict a town or western Loudoun theme on the barrels. Project coordinator and EDAC member Michael Oaks was impressed by the artists’ creativity, noting the wide range of contributors—from two 11-year-old students to participants from VSA Arts of Loudoun County and top professionals.

After the display Saturday, the barrels will be placed around town at local businesses that have sponsored a barrel. The project will cap off Nov. 12, when the barrels will be auctioned off at the Bush Tabernacle. All the monies raised will go to seed next year’s community project, Oaks said. For more information, contact him at 540-751-0707.

Lovettsville Movies on the Green Schedule Set The arrival of summer is a reminder that the town’s outdoor movie series is about to begin.

Movies are as follows: kickoff night, June 20, “Star Trek II-Wrath of Khan;” teen night, June 24, “School of Rock;” quote-along night, July 8, “Princess Bride;” sing-along night, July 22, “Mary Poppins;” space night, Aug. 12, “Guardians of the Galaxy;” kids’ night, Aug. 26, “The Peanuts Movie.”

Middleburg Broadway Comes to Town The Middleburg Concert Series welcomes soloists Abby Foy Middleton and Benjamin Curtis to a summer concert Sunday, June 5, celebrating Broadway musicals.

Middleburg Concert Series musicians Alan Saucedo (cello), Cynthia Saucedo (violin), Daniel Miller (piano) and singers Karen Chase and Miho Sato also will perform. The concert will be held at the Middleburg United Methodist Church and will benefit the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation. The series aims to contribute to the community by presenting one concert

each year to benefit an area charity.

Middleton and Curtis are both graduates of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and have won plaudits for their performances in numerous operas, operettas and musicals.

Donations are requested and will be given to the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation. A reception sponsored by the Middleburg Bank will follow the performance, where the public can meet the artists. For more information, email middleburgconcertseries@gmail. com or call 540-303-7127.

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Fresh sausage from Temple Hall Farm Regional Park is offered, plus a good cup of coffee from Lovettsville’s Catoctin Coffee Company.

The breakfast is sponsored by Aldie Heritage Association and Rogan Miller Zimmerman Law Firm. The mill is at 39401 John Mosby Highway in Aldie. Tickets, at $18 for adults and $10 for age 10 and younger, must be purchased in advance.

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Round Hill Mixed Media Exhibit Entries Sought The Round Hill Arts Center invites area artists to participate in “Greetings from Loudoun,” a multimedia exhibit. Work in any medium will be accepted on a space-available basis. There is no entry fee.

Participants are asked to submit paintings, photographs, sculpture, fiber art, metalwork—anything that reflects life in Loudoun County— past, present and imagined future.

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Brian Evans, a volunteer docent at the George C. Marshall International Center, shows students at Stone Hill Middle School a helmet that is typically on display at the Marshall House in Leesburg.

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Marshall Center Brings the Field Trip to the Classroom

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here’s a lot of historical significance in the 521 square miles that make up Loudoun.

So much so, that it’s tricky to get all of the county’s 76,000 students to its battlefields, one-room schoolhouses and museums.

But one area foundation has gotten creative, launching a program to bring the field trip to the classroom.

Over the past two months, the George C. Marshall International Center’s team of a dozen-plus docents have brought their knowledge of the World War II general, former U.S. secretary of state

and Leesburg resident to hundreds of seventh-graders.

The volunteer docents can typically be found leading guided tours of Marshall’s former home, now called The Marshall House, on Edwards Ferry Road in Leesburg. But Cliff Gold, the center’s director of Educational Outreach, and a few docents came up with an idea to offer a miniature version of that guided tour to students at Loudoun schools.

Gold worked with history teachers at three middle schools—Stone Hill and Farmwell Station in Ashburn and River Bend in Cascades—to time the docents’ visits around when the students were learning about the Cold War and World

War II. During a recent visit to Stone Hill Middle School, docents Brian Evans and Chang Liu told the students that Marshall was one of those rare leaders who cared more about the betterment of the country than furthering their political career. “He is one of those individuals who did that excellently,” Evans said.

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Johnson Named Shenandoah University Teacher of the Year

BY DANIELLE NADLER Sterling Middle School’s Janette Johnson is the 2016 recipient of the Shenandoah University Teacher of the Year Award.

Johnson has spent her entire 39-year career teaching health and physical education at Sterling Middle School.

As her award was announced at the Loudoun County School Board meeting May 24, she told board members that she “sort of felt like an imposter.”

“I thank my lucky stars every day that the parents of Sterling Park have entrusted their children to me because they’ve taught me far more than I’ve taught them,” she said.

Each year, Shenandoah University recognizes a Loudoun County Public Schools teacher for excellence in the specialized areas of education. Teachers are nominated by their peers and students, as well as by parents, parent-teacher organizations and administrators.

In Johnson’s nomination packet, she was described as a “pillar of SMS and

the Sterling Park Community,” and “one who repeatedly performs above and beyond expectations.”

During her tenure at Sterling Middle School, she has stayed busy in and outJohnson side of the classroom to help students and colleagues. For more than 10 years, Johnson spearheaded “Project Graduation” for all Loudoun’s public high schools, funded by a grant she secured from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation. She authored and implemented the school system’s Family Life Education curriculum for eighth grade, and authored and piloted the mental health curriculum for all eighth graders in the school district.

She is a founding member of the Sterling Middle School Advisory Committee, which provides each student with an advisor for their entire middle

school career, and she often mentors new teachers at the school.

The list of volunteer activities she’s been involved in over the years is long, and includes: three years of participation in the NFL Play 60 program with the Washington Redskins; more than 35 years of providing intramural sports opportunities; and more than 10 years of coordinating Hoops for Heart. She has also worked with LINK to fill the food pantry for the summer, helped students fill Easter baskets for senior citizens at Heritage Hall and fill Christmas stockings for children at Inova Loudoun Hospital.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Georgia, a master’s degree in physical education from the University of California, Berkeley, and has completed more than 40 hours of additional graduate study with George Mason University and the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. dnadler@loudounnow.com

Farmwell Station Middle School in Ashburn and J. Michael Lunsford Middle School in Aldie were among eight Virginia schools to win the 2016 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence, the highest award under the Virginia Index of Performance.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the state Board of Education announced May 24 that 278 schools and two school divisions earned VIP awards for advanced learning and achievement. The VIP incentive program recognizes schools that exceed state and federal accountability standards and achieve excellence goals established by the governor and the board.

“These schools epitomize academic excellence and the innovation, teamwork and commitment to high standards that have made Virginia’s public schools among the nation’s best,” McAuliffe stated.

Two Virginia school divisions and 104 schools—including 10 Loudoun County schools— earned the Board of Education Excellence Award for meeting all state and federal accountability benchmarks and for making significant progress.

The Loudoun County schools on that list were: Belmont Ridge Middle, Belmont Station Elementary, Briar Woods High, Emerick Elementary, Legacy Elementary, Little River Elementary, Mill Run Elementary, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary, Stone Bridge High and Sycolin Creek Elementary.

The Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award went to 166 schools statewide for meeting all state and federal benchmarks and making progress toward the goals of the governor and the Board of Education. The 18 Loudoun County schools that earned this award were: Aldie Elementary, Arcola Elementary, Broad Run High, Buffalo Trail Elementary, Eagle Ridge Middle, Hamilton Elementary, John Champe High, Loudoun Valley High, Lowes Island Elementary, Lucketts Elementary, Meadowland Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Pinebrook Elementary, Round Hill Elementary, Sanders Corner Elementary, Stone Hill Middle, Waterford Elementary and Woodgrove High.

Town Hall Meeting Focuses On Teen Suicide Several in the mental health community are pulling together to host a town hall discussion on the rise in suicide among Loudoun teens.

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Loudoun’s legal community on Thursday celebrated the accomplishments of six high school seniors who overcame domestic abuse, homelessness, and depression to graduate and pursue college degrees.

The Loudoun County Chapter of Beat the Odds bolstered the students’ efforts by awarding scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. The chapter was founded by the Loudoun County Bar Association and the Sheriff ’s Office. Since 1993, the organization has awarded more than $130,000 in scholarships to 49 students.

Teachers and counselors nominated this year’s scholarship winners.

The top winner this year was Kenneth Kratz from Woodgrove High School. He was nominated by counselor Donna Kelly, who met him during his freshman year. Trouble at home, including a drug abusing father and incidents of domestic abuse, left Kratz depressed and suicidal. Kelly referred him for an emergency evaluation that resulted in a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Kratz’s struggles continued until his mother, who was suffering from cancer, left the house and took him with her. It was then that Kratz began to see a hopeful future. His grades improved and he challenged himself with tougher classes in school.

Speaking in the county’s old courthouse Thursday evening, Kratz was confident and articulate, telling the crowd of his plans to pursue a doctoral degree in political science.

“It is so easy to focus on the tears, the suffering, the anguish that caused me twice to attempt to take my life,” he said. “But today I do not want my message to be one of simple survival.”

His advice to others is to believe wholeheartedly that life will be better and then endeavor to make it so. “Today I stand before you the happiest I’ve ever been in my life,” he said.

“Do not give up,” Kratz said.

“Though the struggle may be great and the silent suffering unbearable, it will one day end. And it will end with a life more joyful and greater that you ever could have imagine.”

Kelly said the transformation his freshman year was remarkable and she had little doubt that “Dr. Kratz” would succeed.

Kratz was awarded a $10,000 scholarship and a laptop.

A special merit award was given to Hawatu Davowah of Freedom High School. Davowah overcame an abusive and demeaning mother to succeed in school and to pursue international studies in college. She was awarded $5,000 and a laptop.

Rami Zein, of Rock Ridge High School, was awarded a $3,000 merit scholarship. Zein, who is gay, was ostracized by his family and was kicked out of the house after parental beatings and a stint at military school failed to realign his sexual orientation. Left homeless, Zein lived with friends and other families, couch surfing as he completed school. This year he was one of only 10 male students selected to attend the Pace School for the

Performing Arts. Zein said he would continue to be a voice for those made homeless because of their sexual orientation, many of who succumb to the dangers of street life. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” he said.

A $3,000 merit award also was presented to Sarah Siaf, of Broad Run High School. She overcome severe depression and anxiety and will attend Virginia Commonwealth University’s Honor College.

Honorable mention scholarships were awarded to Caitlin Toland of Heritage High School and Julissa Martinez of Rock Ridge High School. “‘Relentless’ seems to be the theme of the evening and all of you certainly are relentless,” Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Pamela Brooks said, adding that another “R” word also described the group. “You are each remarkable and we are all blessed that you have shared your stories with us, and I think we are all blessed that you are part of our community.”

Beat the Odds is supported by a number of fundraisers throughout the year. On Aug. 19, the second annual National Pan-Hellenic Council golf event contributes proceeds to the program. Information on the event, including registration and sponsorship opportunities, can be found at golf.nphclcevents.com.

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The program will provide resources for parents, students and other community members. Jeff Jackson, a licensed marriage and family therapist, will give a presentation on the teen brain and indicators of risk.

Neil McNerney, a licensed professional counselor with The Wellness Connection and a Loudoun County parent, will speak about how parents can support their children during the loss of a classmate, as well as how to talk to teens about safety issues.

The event is planned in collaboration with Loudoun Youth Inc., The Wellness Connection and the staff of John Champe High School. Other groups scheduled to participate are: Dominion Center for Behavioral Health Services, Insight into Action, North Spring Hospital, Loudoun County Mental Health Services, and Friends of Loudoun Mental Health.

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Enrichment Academy Hosts STEM Lab Nova Enrichment Academy invites families to attend its free STEM Lab from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4.

The program will include plenty of opportunity to see robots, 3D printers, green energy production and electronic circuits at work. The key attraction will include an underwater robot that students will get a chance to pilot.

Nova Enrichment Academy is a private institution that offers STEM education extension programs for children, as well as teacher certification and other professional development courses for adults. ford Elementary School in Sterling, where she currently serves as assistant principal. Before her tenure at Guilford, she taught second and fifth grade at Great Seneca Creek Elementary School in Germantown, MD, and worked as a first grade teacher and administrative intern at Rosa Lee Carter Elementary in Brambleton. She begins her new position July 1.

Kathryn M. Garvey will step in as principal of Seneca Ridge Middle School, effective July 1, following the retirement of Principal Mark

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Saturday’s event will take place at the academy, located at 22621 Amending Terrace, Suite 153, in Ashburn.

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McDermott. Garvey has worked as a Spanish teacher at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax County Public Schools; as an assistant principal at Dominion High School; and as an assistant principal at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School.

“Welcome to the neighborhood,” School Board member Debbie Rose (Algonkian) said to Garvey when the announcement was made during the May 24 board meeting. “We are thrilled you’re going to be starting your principalship at Seneca Ridge.”

to ever win the award.

“We volunteer out of respect and admiration for Gen. Marshall,” said Liu, who also serves as director of library services of the Loudoun County Public Library. “He’s a modern American hero.”

Erin Rice, a Stone Hill history teacher, said working through lessons on World War II, particularly the Holocaust, can be heavy for students. Learning about Marshall’s legacy offers a welcome reprieve.

“His work is inspiring. It’s about problem solving—and solving a problem through diplomacy rather than through fighting,” she said.

She pointed out to her students that following World War I, some U.S. leaders set out to punish the country’s enemies. But Marshall’s plan after World War II was to partner with those countries that opposed the U.S. during the war and help them rebuild. “Now, they’re some of our best allies, especially Germany,” Rice said. “Marshall played a huge role in that.”

She said the Marshall Center docents’ strategy to offer students a taste of their typical tour meant she didn’t have to come up with $200 to rent a bus for an afternoon. Her class is also scheduled to get a virtual tour of the International Spy Museum next week.

“When they can experience some of these things while still in the classroom,” she said, “it’s wonderful.” dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Loudoun’s Cricket Boom Highlights Field Shortage

BY BRIANA HEDDEN A sport that’s little known to those who grew up in the United States is quickly becoming one of the most played games in Loudoun.

The growing number of families who have moved to the county from India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries have brought with them their love of cricket. The game uses a bat and a ball that is harder and heavier than a baseball, but also pits two teams against each other, each vying for the most runs.

Standard cricket fields are one and a half times the size of a soccer field, which means they require a lot of open space. Cricket players and fans are finding that’s hard to come by in Loudoun.

The Loudoun County Cricket League started pressing for more fields, speaking at Board of Supervisors meetings this spring. The league is likely the fastest growing sports organization in the county, expanding from five teams in 2009 to 48 adult teams and five youth teams this year. With 25 players per team, that brings the total league to 1,300 players.

And those players have few places to play the sport. Loudoun has one field designed specifically for cricket, at Mickie Gordon Memorial Park near Middleburg. To make do until more fields can be built, Loudoun County’s Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department has made modifications to fields at Brambleton Community Park and Phillip A. Bolen Park in Leesburg to accommodate cricket, by adding pitches, a strip of short grass between wickets. It cost about $20,000 to build a cricket pitch on a field.

“After cricket really exploded over the last couple of years, we wanted to take care of them as much as we could,” Loudoun Parks and Recreation Director Steve Torpy said.

But the make-shift cricket fields around the county are not always available, because, for much of the time, they’re booked by Loudoun’s even larger soccer or baseball leagues.

“This season we had four games washed out due to rains and we were unable to reschedule them due to lack of field availability,” said Harsha Sarjapur, founder of the Facebook group Loudoun County Indian Community.

“This is a huge frustration in the cricket community.”

The cricket league is petitioning supervisors for at least three more cricket fields, specifically one more at Mickie Gordon Memorial Park, one at Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park, and another field in Phillip A. Bolen Park.

Torpy has been working with the cricket league to try to find them more fields, but he said the county is short on open space.

“Cricket fields are now being considered whenever a large, open space becomes available,” Torpy said. His department is also beginning to work

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Loudoun Tigers bowler Alok Mudhale throws during a cricket match at Phillip A. Bolen Park in Leesburg. Cricket, one of the world’s most played sports, is gaining popularity in Loudoun.

with Loudoun County Public Schools so leagues, including cricket, can play on middle and high school fields.

Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who represents a district with a high Indian and Pakistan population, agrees there’s a need for more

cricket fields. Most recently, he advocated a cricket pitch to be added to a field at Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park. But, as popular as cricket is, the community is competing with even larger leagues for open space and field time. He noted the Dulles South Little

League, which has 1,200 players alone, is one of 15 little leagues in Loudoun.

Letourneau estimates Loudoun faces a deficit of 150 to 175 sports fields.

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Loudoun Remembers The Fallen

BY NORMAN K. STYER The sacrifices of the nation’s military veterans were remembered in ceremonies around Loudoun during the three-day holiday weekend.

The largest Memorial Day Observance took place on the steps of the county courthouse Monday morning. Retired Lt. Gen. John A. Dubia was the featured speaker on the 150th anniversary of the holiday’s establishment.

“From 1775 to 2016, Americans have fought in some 83 conflicts—some large, some small,” the Leesburg resident noted. “But the sacrifice of all those fallen heroes should not and cannot be forgotten.”

“Not only our fallen comrades do we recognize and honor, but we salute those who serve today in war zones across the globe or in dangerous situations here in our homeland,” Dubia said, spurring a round of applause when he remarked on the current deployment of the Leesburg-based Army National Guard company to Qatar.

During the ceremony, Mayor David S. Butler recalled during his youth seeing the poor treatment received by soldiers returning from Vietnam. “They were leered at. They were spit on. They were shunned,” he said.

“And I remember thinking even as a young boy, this was not the way to honor the 58,228 service members who were killed during that war. You didn’t have to like the war, but these people put themselves in harm’s way to help the country.”

The Leesburg ceremony also featured the laying of wreaths at the war memorials in the courthouse square, including for the first time the Revolutionary War memorial that was dedicated in November.

A day earlier at the Evergreen Sportsplex south of Leesburg, teams took a break from a weekend soccer tournament to honor veterans. The ceremony included remarks from Pastor James Cha and his wife Faith, two first-generation Americans who credited the United States and its military for their freedom.

Their parents in Korea suffered under Japanese occupation that ended with Japan’s defeat during World War II. During a full day of family activities Saturday in Round Hill, participants at the Hometown Festival also paused to reflect on the service of the nation’s military. The featured speaker for the ceremony was Laszlo Palko, Lovettsville’s town manager, who enlisted in the U.S. Army following the Sept. 11 attacks. He served in Afghanistan where he managed rebuilding projects and then as a part of a funeral honor guard returning the bodies of those killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan to their families in the Northeast region.

“They were the best of the best among us. Their loss was a tremendous loss of human capital for our country and damage to our heart and soul,” Palko said.

Citizens have a responsibility to make up for that loss, he said.

“Every day we need to work harder and harder to be more hard working, self-sacrificing and provide service to our community and our nation as these heroes would have. We lost so much when they lost their lives. … They would have come back here and been the leaders of communities, of the communities of Round Hill, Lovettsville and Virginia.”

Not all programs to honor fallen veterans involved formal ceremonies and the laying of wreaths. At One Loudoun on Monday morning, more that 500 participants got up early to participate in the Ringing In Hope 10K/5K/Fun Run. Proceeds from the event benefited the Boulder Crest Retreat for wounded veterans and their families in Bluemont. South Riding’s Brian Szabos set the pace in the featured 10K race, completing the course in 37 minutes and 12 seconds—a half minute ahead of the next fastest runner. nstyer@loudounnow.com

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Leesburg’s courthouse square Monday. Memorial Day events were held throughout Loudoun.

Hundreds of runners started off their Memorial Day at One Loudoun, competing in the Ringing in Hope race and raising money for the Boulder Crest wounded veteran’s retreat in Bluemont.

Speaking during a ceremony at the Evergreen Sportsplex on Sunday, Pastor James Cha and his wife Faith credited America’s military for helping their parents survive in occupied Korea and for their family to start a new life in the United States.

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BY RENSS GREENE Fairfax residents Antonio and Maha Maradiaga dreamed of opening their brewery in Fairfax County, and they really tried.

“So when we initially started, the rules that the zoning department was going by were, we could have a tasting room if it was no more than 20 percent of our space,” Antonio Maradiaga said. “As we went on, the space continued to decrease until, the last we talked, it was 10 percent.”

The Maradiagas began crowdfunding their brewery’s launch two years ago, and the family is ready to get started, but the restrictions and other regulatory headaches in the county to the east had the Maradiaga’s brewery, Twinpanzee Brewing Company, on hold.

And that’s when they talked to Loudoun County Department of Economic Development.

“I’m on a first name basis with a lot of people in Loudoun County, which is quite different from Fairfax County,” Maradiaga said. “In Fairfax County, there’s one individual I managed to kind of strike up a conversation with, and was quite receptive, but other than that, I would send emails and get no response.”

By contrast, he said, Loudoun’s people call him.

“We are really in tune with what’s happening in the craft beer industry, and they were actually one of the breweries

in planning that were on our radar,” said Kelli Boles, Loudoun’s Agricultural Development Officer. “We’re paying attention to social media. We’re paying attention to who’s talking to who.”

In the past few years, Loudoun has positioned itself as Northern Virginia’s home for craft brewing, and the number of craft and farm breweries has ballooned, and Visit Loudoun’s LoCo Ale Trail has seven different itineraries across the county.

“It wasn’t something that happened over night,” Boles said. “We knew and were well aware of this craft beverage industry boom that was coming.”

Now, she said, new breweries find supportive elected officials and relatively few restrictions on farm breweries.

“What I’ve found is that the craft brewers, they’re a very collaborative group of people,” said Loudoun County Economic Development Assistant Director Miguel Salinas. “So when they see that level of collaboration, in terms of county infrastructure and regulation, they want to be here.”

New brewers in Loudoun also step into a business community that has been growing and sharing for years.

Maradiaga said Graham and Chris Burns, owners of Old Ox Brewery, are among the brewers his family have met so far.

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After facing a lot of red tape in Fairfax County, Antonio and Maha Maradiaga decided to open Twinpanzee Brewing Company in Loudoun County, which designed its regulations with breweries in mind.

and learn from their experiences.

“It’s fun to see the new entrants come in, because everybody has a different approach, everybody has a different story,” Burns said. “While everybody faces the same challenges and uses the same ingredients, just like cooking, everybody’s approach to a similar beer style is always different, and it’s fun to see their interpretations.”

The Maradiagas have narrowed their options down to two locations in Sterling. When they have a site finalized, Antonio Maradiaga said, they plan to be open within six months, if not sooner.

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his 8-year-old twin boys. A lawyer had advised the Maradiagas that their first draft for a name might conflict with a larger company. One of their sons suggested the new name.

“One day, our son, he just comes up, he goes, ‘why don’t you call it Twinpanzee?’” Maradiaga said. “He said, ‘well, you guys always call us monkeys and chimps, and we’re twins, and you’re opening the brewery for us…’”

“We’ll be looking forward to their grand opening,” Burns said. “And I’m sure we’ll be there to toast their success.” rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Workforce Resource Center Offers Career Advice Forum

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A rendering of the Dulles World project approved by the Loudoun Board of Supervisors in 2014.

Dulles World Moves Ahead with New Partnership The Dulles World Center at the junction of Rt. 28 and the Dulles Toll Road has a new financial backer and a new name.

DWC Holdings LLC is a partnership of Chicago-based Origami Capital Partners and an affiliate Greenfield Partners, of Westfield, CT. The 85-acre site—adjacent to the Silver Line’s Innovation Center metro station—is approved for construction of a mixed-use gateway.

The property is approved for up to 5.5 million square feet of density including 400,000 square feet of retail space, 1,265 multifamily residential units, 3.5 million square feet of office space and 350 hotel rooms. In addition to setting the stage for $1 billion in construction, the new partnership has given the project a new name: The Hub.

Job seekers are encouraged to attend the Loudoun Workforce Resource Center’s first Employer Panel Discussion, to be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, June 9.

The “Steer Your Career” event will take place at the Workforce Resource Center, 102 Heritage Way in Leesburg.

Representatives from the Loudoun County Public Schools Department of Transportation, Salamander Hotels & Resorts, and Veterans Management Services will share information regarding their organizations, job openings, job requirements and candidate qualifications.

LCPS, the largest employer in Loudoun County, maintains a fleet of 800 buses. The LCPS Department of Transportation is hiring bus drivers and bus attendants. Starting pay for bus drivers is $17.92 per hour and bus attendants is $14.74 per hour.

Both positions offer benefits and paid training.

Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg features 168 rooms and suites, a luxury spa, full-service equestrian center, conference and

banquet facilities, and more. The company is recruiting for a variety of hospitality positions including server, host/hostess, cook, front desk agent, spa concierge and spa pool attendant.

Veterans Management Services, Inc. is a federal government contractor with expertise in project management, information technology, federal acquisition and grants and finance/accounting. With nearly 150 employees, Veterans Management Services has openings for a software specialist, contract specialist, project manager, network specialist and more. Veterans are encouraged to apply.

The panel discussion is free and open to the public. Registration is requested at tinyurl.com/employerpanel. For more information about the panel discussion and the Workforce Resource Center go to loudoun. gov/wrc.

Creative College Connections, LifeMark Securities Celebrate Leesburg Opening The Town of Leesburg will celebrate two new business openings as part of the First Friday activities downtown.

At 4:30 p.m. June 3, Mayor David Butler will officiate a ribbon cutting to mark the grand opening of LifeMark Securities’ new Leesburg office at 604 S. King St., in the Waverly Park

office complex. LifeMark Securities is a full-service financial planning firm.

Owner Linda Black has more than 18 years of experience in the financial services industry and is a Chartered Financial Counselor (ChFC), a Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) and a Global Fiduciary Steward (GFC). For more information, go to lindajblack.com.

An hour later, the mayor will officiate a ribbon cutting to mark the grand opening of Creative College Connections’ new location at 101 N. King St. Creative College Connections is an educational consulting practice specializing in assisting families with making plans and decisions about college. For more information, go to creativecollegeconnections. com.

Optometrist Sachinski Joins Dr. Stine in Middleburg Dr. Chip Stine, a board-certified optometrist operating in Middleburg for more than 25 years, has added optometrist Nadia Sachinski to his staff. The practice has five doctors who provide full-time emergency, surgical and routine eye care. Crosen and Company Opticians, a separate optical department provides frame and lens selections, adjustments and repair needs. For more information, go to middleburgeyecenter.com.

Support Grows for Greater Hillsboro Business Alliance

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With its recent push to establish the Greater Hillsboro Business Alliance, the town is set to become the hub of a thriving, widespread rural economy.

support for, and unity to help garner political support.”

For Marasco Newton, the infrastructure project ties back to the alliance. “We need to coordinate with existing businesses. On the other hand, once it is all

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An initiative kicked off by the Hillsboro Town Council is gaining interest from a variety of businesses in northwestern Loudoun.

Hillsboro may be one of the smallest towns in Virginia, but it’s surrounded by an area that boasts a sizeable number of rural and professional businesses—wineries, breweries, B&Bs, crop and vegetable producers, pig and horse farms, craft artisans, photographers and musicians, to restaurants, insurance companies, Realtors, web and marketing professionals.

Organizing those businesses into the Greater Hillsboro Business Alliance is part of the town’s larger endeavor to make Hillsboro the economic hub and tourist destination in northwestern Loudoun.

Two dozen business owners participated in a May 3 meeting to introduce the idea. It was a good first meeting, according to Hillsboro Mayor Roger Vance, who with Councilwoman and Bed and Breakfast owner Amy Marasco Newton, sat down with Loudoun Now for an interview on the project.

“It greatly exceeded my expectations for enthusiasm. They see the need; they like being in at the beginning and defining it,” Vance said.

A week later, at a reception at Donny Virts’ CEA hydroponic farm on Rt. 9 east of Hillsboro, between 70 and 75 people showed up.

“We looked at the Rt. 9 corridor, but we had people from all over. We told them ‘pass the word with all the businesses you work with.’” That business network idea appealed to both small and larger entrepreneurs, Vance said. So far, more than 100 businesses have expressed interest in the idea.

During the first meeting, Vance said the group agreed to think big. “We selected the July 2 Independence Day celebration, to raise $10,000 to hold the annual fireworks show and to showcase as many of the businesses as possible.”

The alliance saved the fireworks—led

by Old Ox Brewing Company, that made a significant donation and then challenged others to contribute. By the second meeting, on May 10, everyone was on board with the business showcase idea.

What struck Marasco Newton was that at both meetings, “people really connected and networked.” Pig farmers talked to B&B owners, someone needed a bookkeeper, a preservation construction builder wanted an engineer, she said.

“It was amazing how many did not know those businesses existed in the area,” Vance said.

A big concern for the group is to get the Hillsboro postal identity back. It has been more than a decade since the Postal Service absorbed the town’s 20123 ZIP code into Purcellville’s 20132.

“Everyone shared their frustrations,” Marasco Newton said, noting that Breaux Vineyards, for example, in Neersville, is identified as Purcellville. And that’s confusing to visitors, particularly to her B&B guests. On her Facebook page, her B&B is listed as being in the historic district, but visitors think it’s in Purcellville.

That is an issue the two raised with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10), who are exploring options to restore Hillsboro’s mail identity. Also, the group is assessing the viability of reopening

the original post office building—which dates back to the 1880s and most recently housed Hunt Country Jewelers.

Vance stressed the need to unify in order for the community to have a strong voice in issues affecting it—such as the current controversy over the AT&T facility on Short Hill Mountain.

“For the first time, we’re looking at western Loudoun businesses—how to promote them and network—for residents, businesses and visitors,” Vance said.

The next meeting is planned for Monday, June 6, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Old Stone School. The focus will be on organizational topics and the specifics of the Independence Day initiative. All are welcome. The group also plans to hold quarterly social network meetings.

“There’s an extraordinary pool of talent here,” Vance said. “How can we make a model to bring those people together, so we can accomplish a lot more—that’s the motivation for us. We’ve got all these projects—water sewer and road improvements—that we desperately need

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Brian Kirk poses with one of his sculptures at his home just outside of Purcellville. Rust prints made from the metal plates used to make the sculpture will be on display at Old Ox Brewery in Ashburn through the end of August.

METAL AND RUST Sculptor Brian Kirk Finds Magic in The Unexpected

BY JAN MERCKER

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ometimes the best art happens by accident.

Years ago, sculptor Brian Kirk left a piece of steel on a cardboard box for a few weeks and was fascinated by the pattern left by rust on the surface. Over the past decade, he’s been experimenting with creating rust prints on paper—and the unexpected (and sometimes other-worldly) images that result.

“Metal” a show of Kirk’s rust prints opens Wednesday, June 8, at Ashburn’s Old Ox Brewery.

“To me, rust was like the worst possible thing to deal with because I work with steel,” Kirk said. “I never envisioned when I left that first pattern that it was going to turn into this.”

After that initial discovery, Kirk started experimenting with scrap metal plates, finding and working with unusual shapes. Using thick, high quality watercolor paper—and lots of trial and error—Kirk began honing his rust print process. During his first attempts, he found that the metal often stuck to the paper, a problem he solved by coating the paper with a liquid soap solution. He also moved from spraying the materials with a hose to soaking them

in a water bath, his “Cryptos” using a large sculpture inflatable kids’ (made up of pool for larger a pattern of pieces.

Xs and Os), “I’m not the Kirk used first one to do the O and X it, that’s for plates for rust sure. I’ve seen prints—a perit other places, fect fit for the but no one ever Old Ox show. says how to do His large metal Brian Kirk’s rust prints will be on display at Old Ox it so I had to “Hand” sculpBrewery through August. experiment a ture served as lot,” he said. the basis for one of his larger scale rust Kirk uses what he calls a “sandwich” prints. model to make the prints—leaving the Kirk grew up in Prince Georges metal plate between two pieces of pa- County MD, then son of a scientist at per. The top and bottom layer create the Naval Research Laboratory. His very different results, with different father was also a naturalist and rock levels of relief in the rust patterns. hound, and Kirk credits early expedi“The bottom plates are usually a little tions with his dad for passion for natumore juicy,” Kirk said. “A little thicker, ral forms and found objects. And Kirk’s a little more rustic—no pun intended.” interest in the sciences comes through And that “juicy” quality creates fas- in his exploration of the chemical procinating pieces that often surprise even cesses involved in the rust prints. the artist himself.

“It’s always been a blend for me,” he After starting with found shapes in said. scrap yards, Kirk began designing his Kirk, who moved to Loudoun in the own plates, which he has cut by la- mid-1980s, graduated from St. Mary’s ser. He often uses a metal plate for a College of Maryland and launched his print and then incorporates it into a career with art therapy and family sermetal sculpture. Before assembling vices positions with the Department of

FYI “Metal” exhibit by Brian Kirk Meet-the-artist reception 7-9 p.m. Friday July 1 Exhibit runs July 8-Aug. 31 Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn Details: loudounarts.org Defense in Germany and Belgium.

When he and his family returned to the states from Europe, they settled in Loudoun. Kirk began working for the county’s Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs and doing weekly artist-in-residence programs with Loudoun County Public Schools. It was then that he discovered his love of teaching. “I found my calling,” he said.

Kirk was hired as a full-time art teacher and has been head of the art department at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn since its opening in 1999.

Getting a master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, he has taught classes for VCU and continues to teach welding at the Art League in Alexandria.

Kirk has also spent time in Mexico and Asia, taking part in art fellowships in Japan and China. These influences are in evidence in the art-filled garden at the home Kirk shares with his wife, painter Judy Carraway. A former barn on the lush western Loudoun property houses Kirk’s welding and printmaking studio. At 63, he is still passionate about the hot and often difficult work of welding and is also enthusiastic KIRK >> 31

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FUN FOR A CAUSE BILLY’S BEER AND BBQ FESTIVAL Saturday, June 4, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fireman’s Field, 250 Nursery Ave.; Purcellville.

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BOULDER CREST HOEDOWN FOR OUR HEROES Saturday, June 4, 5-9 p.m.; Boulder Crest Retreat, 18370 Bluemont Village Lane, Bluemont.

Details: bouldercrestretreat.org Enjoy barbecue, beer, wine, tours and live music in support of Boulder Crest’s mission to help veterans and their families transition to civilian life.

Tickets are $100 per person..

SMASHING WALNUTS WALK & FITNESS CHALLENGE Sunday, June 5, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Heritage High School.

Details: smashingwalnuts.org

ASHBURN ROTARY CHARITY CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT Sunday, June 5, 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn.

Details: rotaryclubofashburnva.org All ages are welcome at this event benefiting the Steuart Weller Project.

Great prizes for top teams. Entry fee is $20.

RHINOS WITHOUT BORDERS BENEFIT GALA Sunday, June 5, 3-6 p.m.; Stone Tower Winery, 19925 Hogback Mountain Road, Leesburg.

Details: stontetowerwinery.com Filmmakers, conservationists, and National Geographic Explorers-in-residence Beverly and Dereck Joubert present their conservation project Rhinos Without Borders, which works to relocate rhinos from South Africa to Botswana. Tickets are $150 and include the presentation, a glass of sparkling wine, two wine tickets, food, live music and an auction.

ON STAGE SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL 1950S CABARET Friday, June 3, 7:30 p.m.; Waterford Old School 40222 Fairfax St., Waterford; Saturday, June 4, 6:30 p.m.; Savoir Fare Catering, 1 W. Loudoun St., Round Hill.

Details: stagecoachtc.com StageCoach Theatre Company presents a review of the music that created the soundtrack of America. Tickets are $28 for the Waterford show and $65 for the Round Hill show (Saturday tickets include a buffet dinner).

Advance reservations are required.

BOSTON BRASS WITH LOUDOUN SYMPHONIC WINDS Saturday, June 4, 7:30 p.m.; John Champe High School, 41535 Sacred Mountain St.; Aldie.

Details: boston-brass.bpt.me The nationally acclaimed Boston Brass band joins forces with the Loudoun Symphonic Winds for an evening of great music. Tickets are $15.

MIDDLEBURG CONCERT SERIES: BROADWAY MEDLEY

540-303-7127 The concert features vocalists Abby Foy Middleton and Benjamin Curtis, with a list of musical collaborators.

Admission is free, and donations are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

MUSIC WITH A CAUSE: ALL CHOPIN CONCERT Sunday, June 5, 4 p.m.; St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 711 W. Main St., Purcellville.

Details: standrew-pres.org Artistic director Brian Ganz launches a new music series benefiting area nonprofits. This week’s concert features several Chopin studies for solo piano and benefits Heart Marks Art Therapy.

Tickets are $15 at the door.

MAX MAJOR: ‘THINK AGAIN’ Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville.

Details: franklinparkartscenter.org Mentalist Max Major will use a combination of magic, psychology, hypnosis and suggestion to demonstrate the untapped powers of the mind. Tickets are $25-$75.

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This benefit for Billy Grey features craft beers from 19 area breweries and a barbecue competition featuring local establishments, along with live music. Admission includes unlimited tastings and a commemorative glass.

Tickets are $40 in advance, $60 at the gate.

The Smashing Walnuts Foundation sponsors a family-oriented walk-a-thon (for individuals and teams) in support of childhood brain cancer research.

Fundraising levels start at $25.

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More than 200 people participated in the Smashing Walnuts Walk-a-Thon last year. The event, now called the Smashing Walnuts Walk and Fitness Challenge, is scheduled for Sunday and expected to draw an even larger crowd.

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Smashing Walnuts Walk, Fitness Challenge Runs Sunday At Heritage

BY LESLIE LEE III There will be a twist to this year’s Smashing Walnuts Foundation’s annual charity walk.

“In the past it’s just been a walk. This year we’re turning it into a walk and fitness challenge,” Smashing Walnuts Foundation Executive Director Ellyn Miller said.

On Sunday, June 5, at Heritage High School, participants will be asked to not just join the walk-a-thon but also to compete in fitness feats at sponsor booths throughout the race.

“The walk-a-thon has always been great, but we really wanted to find a way for our sponsors to interact with our attendees,” event chairwoman Amanda Gauldin said. “So that’s where the fitness challenge came in.”

In its fourth year, the event raises money for childhood brain cancer research. Last year, the event raised about $10,000, and already Sunday’s event has pledges totaling $16,500, Gauldin credits the spike in interest to the introduction of the fitness challenge.

The Smashing Walnuts Foundation was founded by Leesburg residents Ellyn and Mark Miller, whose daughter Gabriella was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a rare brain cancer with a 100 percent mortality rate.

Gabriella became a fierce—and nationally known—advocate for children with cancer and, in one interview, she blurted out, “Talk is bull---,” to express the importance of action to help her and other children diagnosed with cancer.

Gabriella died in 2013 at the age of 10, but the Millers have carried on her fight.

“My daughter’s dead. I can’t do anything about that,” Ellyn Miller said. “When she was diagnosed, I couldn’t do anything to change that, but if I can do something now for the children that are yet to be diagnosed so they won’t have that same outcome, then I need to.”

The mission of the Smashing Walnuts Foundation is to “crack” the cure for childhood brain cancer by increasing the funding for research. “We chose research because we found out the fact that there was so little money that goes directly to childhood cancer research,” Miller said.

Cancer drugs can cost upwards of a billion dollars to develop, but just $195 million—4 percent—of the National

FYI Smashing Walnuts Walk and Fitness Challenge 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, June 5 Heritage High School 520 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg Fundraising levels start at $25.

Start a team, join a team or sign up as an individual.

Details: crowdrise.com/ WalkandFitnessChallenge 2016 Cancer Institute’s annual budget is allocated to studying the 12 most common types of childhood cancer. A bipartisan effort brought “The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act” through the U.S. House and Senate, and President Barack Obama signed the bill into law in April of 2014, with the Millers present. The bill appropriates $126 million to childhood disease research over 10 years.

While the survival rates of leukemia have quadrupled since 1960, childhood brain cancer is still extremely deadly.

“Almost one and a half kids a day will be diagnosed with the same cancer as Gabriella, and they’ll all die within 9 to 12 months,” Miller said. “The prognosis is 100 percent fatal. We live in the 21st century; why do we still have these prognoses for these children?”

“Our community here in Loudoun County is absolutely amazing,” Miller said. “They really reach out and embrace families in need. They’ve been really amazing with childhood cancer and I feel really fortunate that we live in such an amazing community.”

Sunday’s walk and fitness challenge is for participants of all ages, and to give the youngest participants a nudge, the foundation will provide a catered dinner for teachers and staff at the registered elementary school that raises the most money. “We want kids to get involved and get excited because the things they do can make a big difference,” Miller said.

Learn more about the Smashing Walnuts Foundation at facebook.com/ SmashingWalnuts and smashingwalnuts. org.

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NIGHTLIFE THE REAGAN YEARS Friday, June 3, 8:30 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St.; Leesburg.

Details: tallyholeesburg.com Get your tickets early for this 80s nostalgia trip: these fun shows almost always sell out in advance. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Saturday, June 4, 8:30 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St.; Leesburg.

Details: tallyholeesburg.com A group of seasoned musicians recreate the best of the Steve Perry era of the 70s/80s supergroup. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of show.

National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert will make an exclusive appearance at Stone Tower on Sunday to discuss their efforts to save rhinos from a rise in illegal poaching in South African.

They founded Rhinos without Borders in an effort to save the rhino from extinction by moving them to Botswana where poaching is virtually non-existent.

Stone Tower Winery founders Michael and Kristi Huber met the Jouberts on a recent trip to South Africa and offered to host a fundraiser during the Jouberts’ next visit to Washington.

There were once more than 100 species of rhinos, but only five exist today. Since 1960, the population of black rhinos in Africa has decreased

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Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane Purcellville.

Details: franklinparkartscenter.org The prolific singer/songwriter and his trio take audiences around the world with his wide influences—from the Himalayas to the bayou. Tickets are $15.

from 60,000 to 25,000. More than 1,000 rhinos are killed each year for their horns, which can bring more than $60,000 per pound on the black market. With rhino poaching at an all-time high, concerned conservationists need to be proactive.

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“So many people are unaware of the tragic situation taking place. We’re here to raise awareness and take a stand to support the work of Rhinos Without Borders,” Michael Huber said.

The fundraising event is co-hosted

by John Fahey, chairman emeritus of the National Geographic Society, and his wife, Heidi, along with Jeff and Lauri Zell, of JM Zell Partners. The event includes wine tastings and food prepared by some of the area’s finest caterers.

The June 5 event runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, or to buy tickets for the event, go to stonetowerwinery.com.

To learn more about the organization or to donate directly, go to: rhinoswithoutborders.com. this Annapolis-based guitar/bass duo.

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Circuit Court Office Hosts Archives Open House June 3 Downtown Leesburg’s First Friday activities aren’t just for those looking for art, live music or a dinner out, there’s a history lesson in the offering, too.

From 6 to 8 p.m. on June 3, Historic Records Manager Eric Larson will open the Loudoun’s Circuit Court archives for a public tour. Under the theme of “Mold, War, and Grants; Preserving Loudoun’s Historic Court Papers,” the program will allow visitors to see some of the county’s most historic documents—land records, wills, birth and death notices, slave auctions and free black papers, deeds, judgments—even the signature of

George Washington—among them.

Loudoun County is one of only five jurisdictions in Virginia to have its entire records collection complete— dating back to its formation from western Fairfax County in 1757. That those records still exist is attributed to the foresight of Clerk of the Court George K. Fox Jr., with the assistance of Chief Justice Asa Rogers who ordered the documents to be taken to safety as Union forces closed in on Leesburg in 1862.

During the open house, staff members will show how the records are being digitized and preserved.

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Saturday, June 4, 4-7 p.m.; North Gate Vineyard, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville.

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Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m.; Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195

Nature photographer Liz Friedman showcases her close-up images of local flora and fauna.

ART IN THE TRAIN STATION Sunday, June 5, noon-4 p.m.; Purcellville Train Station, 200 N. 21st St., Purcellville. Details: facebook.com/ loudounvalleyarts Enjoy works from a range of local artists and musicians, local food and free wine tastings from Otium Cellars.

Author Edward Lengel discusses his book “First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His—And The Nation’s—Prosperity.” Event is free and open to the public but advance registration is recommended.

ARTIST RECEPTION: IT’S A BEACH THING Saturday, June 4, 5-8 p.m., Arts In The Village, 1601 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg.

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LOUDOUN COTILLION PARENT RECEPTION Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.; Piedmont’s Table, The Golf Club at Lansdowne, 44050 Woodridge Parkway, Leesburg.

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Arts in The Village celebrates cool ocean breezes and warm beach sand with a reception for painter Karen Hutchingson and jewelry artist Julie Bahun.

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The next few weeks are jam-packed for the artist. As the school year comes to a close, Kirk is preparing for the opening of the “Metal” show, the sixth in the Loudoun Arts Council’s artWorks series, which pairs local artists with area breweries and wineries. Old Ox, located in an industrial park in Ashburn, has been the pilot site for the program. And LAC will be bringing new venues into the fold this year. The council will be opening online applications—from both artists and venues— at its website in the next few weeks, and has also developed a system to allow art lovers to instantly buy the art on display using their smart phones.

Kirk is also participating in the annual Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour June 18 and 19, opening his studio (near Woodgrove High School outside of Purcellville) to the public.

While the Old Ox show will focus on his rust prints, the studio tour is a chance to show off his sculptures in their natural environment and engage with art lovers and buyers. Two of Kirk’s metal sculptures were also selected for the Town of Leesburg’s Raflo Park Sculpture Garden on Harrison Street and will be installed at the end of this month.

The Loudoun Chapter of the National League of Junior Cotillions hosts a reception for parents of students entering grades K-12 who are interested in the program’s fall offerings.

COMING UP THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH Friday, June 10, 8:30 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St.; Leesburg.

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This will be the 30th year for the annual car show sponsored by the Leesburg Business Association and the Northern Virginia Rods and Classics Car Club.

The streets will be closed to traffic from 5-10 p.m. as the historic district is converted to a large outdoor showroom featuring every to Bob Dylan. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show.

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vintage of antique cars and custom cruisers. The rain date is Sunday, June 5.

Proceeds from the show will benefit the C.S. Monroe Auto Body and Graphic Arts Department.

Automobiles made in 1990 or earlier are welcome to participate.

Staging will take place at 4 pm at Tuscarora High School. The cost to participate is $20. For additional information, contact Carolyn Craig at 703-864-1665. music by Trampled By Turtles and other great acts. The festival Benefits Boulder Crest Retreat. General admission is $45, and VIP tickets are $100. Event is rain or shine and for adults 21 and older only, so book a sitter.

Kirk’s studio will be open for the Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour, Saturday June 18 and Sunday, June 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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[ OBITUARIES ] David Knox Gillogly David Knox Gillogly, 91, of Leesburg, Virginia, passed away, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at his home at Morningside House, Leesburg. A celebration of life service will be held at 1:00 pm, Sunday, June 5 at Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun, 20460 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg.

Reverend John Manwell will be officiating. A reception will be held following the service. Memorials may be made to Loudoun Interfaith Relief or the charity of your choice. Dave was born September 26, 1924 in Crystal Falls, Michigan to Elton and Florence Gillogly. He grew up in Ashland, Ohio and graduated from Ashland High School in 1942 and then later at the University of Miami. He was married to the former Elizabeth Bryant of Chicago, Illinois. Dave was an economist with the Office of Management and Budget. He was active with the Loudoun Democratic Party. In his retirement years he enjoyed reading, bridge, and spending time with his children and grandchildren. David is survived by his cousin-brother, Maurice Boyd and his wife Anna; his two sons, David Knox Gillogly, Jr. of Eugene, Oregon, Daniel Bryant Gillogly and his wife Lisa of Lovettsville, daughter Lisa Gillogly of Kingston, Georgia; two granddaughters, Rebecca Gillogly and Amy Gillogly Riedel. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother George, his sister Martha Jane, and his wife Elizabeth. www.colonialfuneralhome.com

Mary Margaret Meadows Mary Margaret Meadows, (November 13, 1948 – May 19, 2016), 67, passed away on May 19 in Leesburg, VA. She was born in Morgantown, WV where she grew up before moving to Leesburg as a young adult.

Mary Margaret attended St. Francis De Sales in Morgantown and De Sales Heights Academy in Parkersburg WV. She earned a BA and Master’s degree in Industrial Relations from West Virginia University, where she was an active member and leader in the Delta Gamma Sorority. Later, Mary Margaret completed a Fellows in Change Management Program and earned a Graduate Certificate as a Skilled Facilitator from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. Mary Margaret had a 30-year career with Loudoun County Government; at the time of her death, she was the Assistant Director of Business Operations for the Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services. She also applied her strong leadership skills to many volunteer activities, including work with Loudoun Credit Union, Loudoun United Way, Leadership Loudoun, and Loudoun Friends of Mental Health.

Mary Margaret was a vivacious, tenacious, and perceptive person with a magnetic personality and a quirky fashion sense. She was a foodie with varied tastes who loved wine (especially Merlot), organic dishes, and Costco food court pizza. She loved to travel, especially to Italy, and she also enjoyed reading, knitting, walking, and socializing.

Mary Margaret was passionate about her relationships with others and was loved by many. One of her most cherished relationships was with her “pup” Mimi Merlot, whom she treated like her baby; they faithfully and lovingly watched over and cared for one another since 2009.

Mary Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Mary Jo Baliker. She is survived by her sister Janice (John) Light, of Boca Raton, FL; brother Thomas (Diane) Baliker, of Greenville SC; nephews Thomas Grover Light, and Michael and Christian Baliker; and niece Camille Baliker. A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 24, 2016 at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Morgantown, WV. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in Mary Margaret’s name to the giver’s charity of choice.

Frederick Lawrence Morefield Frederick Lawrence Morefield, aged 80, died peacefully at home in Sleepy Hollow, New York on May 22nd.

He was born on March 5, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John Alfred Morefield and Ardella Vogt Morefield. Mr. Morefield graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1953 and received his B.S. and M.S. in Economics and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1950s.

In 1965 he earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

In 1966, Mr. Morefield married Betty Louise Kramer in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After living in London, England; Helsinki, Finland; and San Juan, Puerto Rico, the couple spent 21 years living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York and later in Hillsboro, Virginia. All the while they maintained a vacation home in Luttenberg, The Netherlands where they spent many months each year.

Mr. Morefield worked in the international petroleum industry for 18 years before moving to the health care industry, including roles as Chief Financial Officer of the New York City public health system, VP of the International Division of Shared Medical Systems, and CEO of Healthcare Data Exchange (HDX).

Mr. Morefield served for many years on the Board of Directors of Morefield Communications of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, a firm founded by his father and now led by his nephew, John David Morefield.

Mr. Morefield was President of the Board of Directors of both the Friends of the Thomas Balch Library and the George C. Marshall International Center in Leesburg, Virginia. In addition, he served for a number of years on the Board of the Loudoun County Small Business Development Center.

Mr. Morefield is survived by his wife Betty; his daughter Julie Morefield Holter, his son Hans Morefield and six grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his son Raimo Morefield.

Hubbard Cozart Turner, Jr Of Leesburg, VA was 86 when he passed peacefully on Monday, May 16, 2016 at the Adler Center for Caring in Aldie, Virginia. Born on September 29, 1929 in Greenville, SC he was the son of the late Dr. Hubbard C. Turner and Irene Bomar Turner. Hub attended high school in Greenville, SC and continued on to Clemson College where he graduated in 1951 in the Air Force ROTC program with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Hub served in the Air Force as a Second Lieutenant during the Korean conflict. His service continued as a reserve officer, rising to the rank of Captain until his honorable discharge in 1962.

He used his training as an electrical engineer to build his career in the defense industry that spanned over 30 years of service. During retirement, Hub enjoyed the challenge of golf, his grandchildren and home improvement projects. Neighbors will remember Hub as the friendly and helpful go-to-guy for advice on how to fix anything.

He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Theresa (Terry) Turner, and is survived by daughters Lisa Turner Honshul (Gregory) of Leesburg, VA, Valerie M. Sepple (Jack) of Highlands Ranch, CO, grandchildren Jessica Sepple and Jack T. Sepple, also of Highlands Ranch, CO and a number of nieces and nephews.

Hub, along with his wife, were active members and contributors of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Leesburg for over 40 years.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at Loudoun Funeral Chapel. A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, June 10, 2016 at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church with Father John Mosimann officiating. Burial will follow at St John Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Adler Center for Caring in Aldie, VA, or the Alzheimer’s Association.

Please share condolences with the family at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com.

Carroll Eugene Lancaster, Sr. Carroll Eugene Lancaster, Sr., 78, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 after an extended illness at the Loudoun Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Leesburg, Virginia. He is predeceased by his parents, Jessie Lee and Morris Lee Lancaster; his wife, Nancy Zier Lancaster; his daughter, Pamela Sue Lancaster; his sister, Debbie Lancaster Swartz and his granddaughter, Brooke Leigh Lancaster.

Carroll was a native of Highland, Indiana. He served his country in the United States Navy, retiring as a Chief Petty Officer. He had a second career with defense contractor, TRW. Carroll was a loyal Washington Redskins and Johnny Cash fan.

The family will receive friends at the Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Road, Leesburg, VA on Thursday evening, May 19, between 6:00-8:00 p.m.

A memorial service and burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Carroll is survived by Vickie L. Norman (Richard) of Paeonian Springs, VA; Cheryl Lancaster Harden (Tim) of Round Rock, TX; Joy Lancaster-Hancks (Rian) of Springdale, AR; Carroll Eugene Lancaster, Jr. of Columbus, OH; Jennifer Zier Roy (Greg) of Aldie, Virginia and Susan Zier Tucholski (David) of Fredericksburg, VA. Carroll’s surviving siblings are Ron Lancaster (Paula) of Burnips, MI and Rodney Lancaster of Highland, IN. Grandchildren include John David Norman (Rebecca) of Leesburg, VA; Elizabeth Anne Norman of Arlington, VA; Ashley Dickinson Claggett (Patrick) of Booneville, AR; PFC Ian Charles Dickinson (Jennifer) of Tacoma, WA; Ella Katherine Marie and Lila McKenzie Roy of Aldie, VA and John Evan and Grace Elizabeth Tucholski of Fredericksburg, VA. Carroll’s great grand children include Clara Renee, Finley Bell and Faith May Norman of Leesburg, VA and James Alexander and Jade Elizabeth Claggett of Booneville, AR. Carroll leaves behind many special friends including Fay Payman, Tammy Evans and Pam Pryor. Memorial contributions may be made to the Capital Caring Hospice Service who took excellent care of him during his final days. www.colonialfuneralhome.com

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Into the classroom Loudoun history buffs long have bemoaned the fact that the county’s numerous cultural assets go virtually unnoticed by area residents. Among those frequently cited as an underappreciated jewel is Dodona Manor, the Leesburg home of Gen. George C. Marshall.

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The staff there has developed a creative outreach that can serve as a model for other area house museums and historic sites: If they won’t come for a tour, take the tour to them.

For the George C. Marshall International Center, the story of the World War II general and U.S. secretary is too powerful to be overlooked. While his contributions are well known to residents in Europe because of his role in rebuilding war-torn communities, many in Loudoun—where the general regularly walked the neighborhood streets—are unaware of his legacy or the leadership lessons his life offered.

By taking information to students as an in-classroom field trip, the staff and volunteers at the Marshall House are accomplishing their key goal of sharing his story, but also are generating new

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Editor: Local business owner June Bush of Lothar’s Gourmet Sausages in Purcellville was upset when her almost new freezer unit stopped working. Not only could she have lost a considerable amount of her gourmet sausage meat, but the unit would cost more than $4,000 to replace. Even worse, the company that makes and sells her unit had gone out of business, so parts were not available.

But luck was on her side this time, and it came in a spunky blonde package—Charlotte “Charlie” McGallicher, a graduating HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) student from Monroe Technology Center.

Charlie felt badly for June and Lothar and thought that she could use her skills to help. She asked her HVAC teacher, Marty Park, if she could bring the unit to Monroe as a project, and with the help of some classmates, she delivered it, trouble-shot to determine a replacement compressor was needed, researched to find a compatible part, and then carefully did the work with Mr. Park overseeing her efforts. End result? Voila! Charlie replaced the part for only the cost of the compressor.

Then she and her friends delivered the unit back to June and Lothar. It now contains lots of that fresh, yummy sausage that Lothar so painstakingly creates right there at his Purcellville site on 860 E. Main St. Charlie turned a potential tragedy into an opportunity to share her skills and her kindness—but then, that’s just how Charlie is. She is a great student, a great friend, and a great person. The Monroe Technology Center is proud to have Charlie as one of the Student Ambassadors so she can share her

but largely unseen, collection of historic items. The life lessons of Gov. Westmoreland Davis also are exportable from his Morven Park estate near Leesburg. There are organizations that could achieve benefits from such outreach.

As the school system has looked for budgetary belt-tightening, it is the non-essential items that are the first to face cuts. Field trips have been on that list for years. That deprives students of more than just a day away from their classroom desks; they are missing out on important community connections.

There is merit—for both the school system and the stewards of the county’s historic sites—in building on the Marshall House’s model.

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Ashburn Cares Editor: About three months ago, I became aware that hunger and food insecurity exist in Loudoun County—one of the wealthiest counties in America. I felt the need to do something about that, and began an effort to raise food and funds for Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Loudoun’s largest food pantry. Friends and neighbors in Ashburn rallied to the cause, and we formed Ashburn Cares, an all-volunteer, grassroots effort to help our neighbors in need with food resources.

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“What is the vision of the Board of Supervisors for the scenic (as well as agriculturally productive) western portion of the county? Huge buildings on top of mountains serving obsolete technologies, or the preservation of its scenic and historic treasures, which are absolutely unique among counties in the Washington, DC metropolitan region?”

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ed—a tremendous undertaking.

In the process, we learned that Loudoun Interfaith Relief served almost 17,000 people last year, with 1.3 million pounds of food distributed.

Forty-three percent of those people are children, and another 7 percent are seniors. We learned that hunger doesn’t take a vacation, and that our efforts will help to feed at-risk children all summer long. We learned that it feels terrific to give and help.

The individuals involved in Ashburn Cares have pushed this grassroots project to a level beyond what we could have imagined. We are so pleased to be a part of alleviating food insecurity in Loudoun County. We are fortunate to be in a position to help our neighbors.

And we encourage other neighborhoods groups to do the same.

Editor: Lost in the wilderness of government is the pandemic of Alzheimer’s dementia. This was the subject of this letter I sent to the president’s desk, without response.

The monies allocated for research have not produced any relief while we and the world watch hundreds of thousands of patients pass away each year. Our population of caregivers are frustrated and we are all at a loss that we can go to the moon and yet cannot cure a brain disease.

I asked the president to declare war with the members of his administration responsible in this area and start an immediate reappraisal of the status and future to combat a disease that has challenged the worlds researchers. Before the brain deteriorates, this pattern of early onset should be the first step to harness this disease to stop its progression. The existing organizations responsible to use the funds for research have been inept, and it is necessary to start afresh with a White House-managed initiative.

The European Union has teams of medical and scientific researchers, all nonprofit, government-funded, who are taking a serious look at this entire world pandemic. In 1920, we solved the deadly influenza virus that started in 1918 and it took only two years to find the cure. Admittedly, this dementia requires more than injection and it has baffled all who are involved. There have been just minor achievements that do not meet FDA criteria since no human trials have been allowed as yet.

This is an important matter that needs presidential hands-on action.

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Cricket

Hope Grows in the Valley

BY ROGER VANCE

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istory is incalculable and “inevitables” often are not inevitable after all. Our past has been shaped by countless examples, large and small, of citizens going against the odds, banding together to challenge the powerful.

Sometimes they win and sometimes they lose, but even when losing they are often planting the seeds of future victories.

In early May residents of the northern reaches of the Loudoun Valley and Between the Hills were awakened to the prospect of an unprecedented change to the world outside their window. Like a fast-moving summer storm, it appeared there was little time or likelihood they could stop it from happening. And, many would say, when you are up against an industrial giant named American Telephone and Telegraph—with a reach and past woven into the nation’s fiber—why even bother?

By the time ATT’s proposed massive expansion of its facility atop the ridgeline of the Short Hill Mountain a few miles northwest of Hillsboro became widely known, its approval was nearly complete. When the Loudoun County Planning Commission ruled that a 160,000-square-foot, 35-feet tall structure was compatible with Loudoun’s existing Comprehensive Plan and is therefore a permitted and reasonable “expansion” of the switching facility that is now entirely underground, it looked to be a done deal. Even Loudoun’s Board of Supervisor’s hands are tied, their only recourse being a short window of time to flatly deny, or passively approve, the Planning Commission permit. Caught off guard, much like the residents they represent, the supervisors took a stand, tabling their vote on the matter at their May 19 meeting and pushing their final vote to June 23.

Despite of the long odds, what has transpired in the days since has been a groundswell of public sentiment and civic action, uniting an array of people with backgrounds and politics from across the spectrum. These citizens do not accept the proposition that the deck is too stacked against them, that resistance is futile. Hundreds of them packed a hot Lovettsville Game Protective Association hall on May 23 for what was only the second public information presentation on their project

by ATT representatives. The spirited give and take that followed made it clear that residents simply are not buying what ATT is selling. Catoctin Supervisor Geary Higgins and Blue Ridge

Supervisor Tony Buffington boldly pledged to the assembled crowd that night that their vote will be to deny the ATT permit. With the formation a week later of a grassroots group to oppose the project, the stage is being set for a test of our representative democracy.

Whether ATT gets its way or not, there is little doubt that those who have become engaged in the battle for the Short Hills will be at the table when the county Comprehensive Plan comes under review in the next year. Defining what constitutes compatible uses in rural and scenic Loudoun will be one of the many challenges in this exercise.

Protecting our mountainsides, ridgelines, viewsheds and open spaces from further encroachment should be high on the agenda.

Previous Boards of Supervisors, driven and supported by broad constituencies that were united by a common desire to preserve and protect the rural heritage and landscapes of western Loudoun, did the right thing to corral rampant sprawl. We are all now reaping the rewards of a revitalized rural economy built on a foundation of sustainable agriculture, recreational, scenic and heritage tourism. If common sense, conservation and respect for the environment are not incentive enough to protect our landscapes, the negative impact on a thriving rural economy that nets millions for Loudoun should be.

Through its precedent, the ATT expansion as now proposed poses a direct threat on the viability of this convergence of conservation and economic sustainability. Just as the citizen activists from across Loudoun have joined together and stepped up, the current Board of Supervisors has an opportunity to set its standard for what will be contentious struggles to come.

They will need support and encouragement from their constituents to do so.

Neither optimism nor pessimism makes history. Rather, it is hopefulness, perseverance and a willingness to go against the grain that drives change.

When our beloved Short Hills were threatened, it ignited a community spirit that makes us remember why we want to live here. We should all be buoyed and inspired by the hope that is growing in the valley.

Roger L. Vance is the mayor of Hillsboro and former editor of American History magazine.

he said. He is encouraging the cricket community to consider public-private partnerships to secure funding for more fields.

The Loudoun County Cricket League is open to ideas of raising funds to help offset costs to the county and would consider a public-private partnership to build and maintain the fields, according to Vinod Motwani, a member of the league.

He said making room for cricket could help more than cricket players and fans, but also the Loudoun community as a whole. Recently, the United States of America Cricket Association approached the Loudoun league to organize and host a youth tournament.

“But we had to decline due to lack of fields,” he said, noting that Loudoun missed out on an opportunity to boost

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surfaced about building a replacement for FedEx Field near Dulles Airport.

According to a report by George Washington University, sports tourism visitors spent $8.96 billion nationwide in 2014, a 3 percent increase over the previous year. Beth Erickson, president and CEO of Visit Loudoun, said sports tournaments generated $2,260,000 in hotel room revenue and $113,000 in transient occupancy taxes for Loudoun in fiscal year 2015 alone. Visit Loudoun projects a 36 percent market increase in fiscal year 2016.

“What’s most intriguing about this market is that when it comes to youth sports, we’re looking at the entire family coming to watch,” Erickson stated. “Families often view tournaments as ‘mini vacations’ which leads to overnight hotel bookings as well as increased traffic for our restaurants, shops and attractions.”

She said, when it comes to adult tournaments, visitors are interested in outdoor recreational activities, as well as visiting craft breweries and wineries.

“It’s a win-win for Loudoun County.”

She added that, residents get the benefits of the new facility, while tourna-

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Lazy Lions batsman Chandra Shekar Tady takes a swing.

revenue for its hotels, restaurants and retail shops. “Someday, we would love to have kids come out to the fields and learn to play, instead of playing in driveways and cul-de-sacs.”

For Loudoun County Cricket League game schedules and other information, got to vlccl.com.

ments from outside the county drive increased tax revenue and are “a boon for our businesses.”

The One Loudoun plan has been compared to the Round Rock Sports Center, an 82,800-square-foot facility in the city of Round Rock, TX. Representatives from the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development and Visit Loudoun toured that facility in May 2015 and liked what they saw.

That center opened in January 2014, and has since played host to tournaments ranging from badminton to basketball to bocce ball. It employs nine full-time City of Round Rock workers and up to 60 part-time employees for events. It already has events booked almost every weekend through August.

But unlike the $14.5 million Round Rock Sports Center, which was primarily built with funds from the city’s hotel occupancy tax; Loudoun County won’t pay a dime for One Loudoun’s indoor recreation center.

Miller & Smith, the developer behind One Loudoun, declined to comment until after a decision is made on the rezoning decision that would allow the recreation center. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Round Rock Sports Center

One Loudoun developers point to the success of the Round Rock Sports Center in Round Rock, TX, as support for its plans to build an indoor recreation center.

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is well-remembered for his remarkable performance in the Mets’ 2015 postseason run to the World Series (which they lost to the Kansas City Royals), becoming the first-ever player to hit six consecutive postseason homeruns.

Other notable MLB-ers with time in the VBL include Mo Vaughn, Mike Lowell, Aubrey Huff, Steve Finley, Clint Robinson and David Eckstein.

This year’s Purcellville Cannons will also host a number of talented players receiving looks from MLB teams. And two of them are local products.

Cousins Matt and Will Reed were high school baseball standouts for Purcellville’s two high schools. Matt Reed, a Woodgrove graduate, was selected as a high school baseball All-American in 2010-11 and now catches for Marshall University, where he maintains a 3.7 GPA. His cousin, Will Reed, a Loudoun Valley graduate, is an accomplished pitcher throwing heaters for Hartford Community College.

“Matt’s acknowledged as one of the best defensive catchers in the country,” Fuller said. “And Will recently tagged 95 mph on a radar gun, which is pretty remarkable for his age. He’s already getting

interest from the Milwaukee Brewers.”

Fuller’s proud VBL games are affordable and family oriented. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $2 for children (12 and under). He says the team will have multiple dining options and they just received VBL approval to have

an outfield-area beer garden serving local craft beers.

He says Cannons fans will enjoy all the amenities of a top minor league park, with quality baseball played on the field each night.

The team will also be active in the community, hosting youth baseball camps, participating in area charity events, and holding regular player meet-and-greet opportunities for fans.

“I seriously doubt we’ll ever move away from Purcellville. It’s a fantastic baseball environment and a great community,” Fuller said. “We know our players are going to love it and we think fans will be thrilled with the level of play and the family-friendly atmosphere.”

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Fuller owns the team (as a not-forprofit) along with his father and grandfather. His father, Brett, 51, also serves as the team’s head coach. The Fuller clan, who are long-time residents of Berryville, has a long history of playing, coaching and supporting organized baseball. In fact, all three personally played the game at various levels at Fireman’s Field.

“There’s always been a special place in our hearts for the field,” Ridge Fuller said.

“There are not many facilities in the U.S. that offer up the baseball history Fireman’s Field has. It’s also a beautifully maintained field,” Cannons Head Coach Brett Fuller said. “I have vivid memories playing on it as a high school student. Our family is excited we’re bringing the highest level of baseball to Fireman’s since its founding in 1890.”

The family bought the team in 2012 when it was known as the Luray Wranglers. In 2013, they renamed them the Cannons and moved to a high school stadium in Charles Town, WV—becoming the first team in VBL history to play outside the state of Virginia.

This will be the Cannons’ first season in Purcellville.

The Valley Baseball League is highly accomplished, sending numerous players on to successful MLB careers.

This includes the Washington National’s star second baseman, Daniel Murphy, who played two years with the Luray Wranglers before being drafted by the New York Mets in 2006. Murphy

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