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From left, chaplains Gary Myers, Dan Duis, Carol Kost, Charlie Grant, Denava Davis, Peggie Drost, Leo Flynn, and Patty Cornwell at Ashburn Fire Station 6. The program started 38 years ago with just Grant, and now has 22 chaplains volunteering with six more in training.

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he memories for long-time chaplain Gary Myers are vivid. The too many suicides, including on Valentine’s Day 2006, the same day Myers buried his wife “who wanted to live.” The tragic accidents. There was the man who was talking to his wife on a cell phone on his way home from work when he was struck by a large truck and killed instantly. His wife had wondered why the call had been disconnected. She found out when Myers joined a State Police trooper at her home for the death notification. “They had just sold their house,” Myers recalled. “The movers were coming the next day to move them to another state to be by their kids and grandkids.”

Fellow chaplain Carol Kost also has her share of stories. A chaplain with the Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department, Kost said she wonders whether she’s getting more out of her role as a chaplain than those she’s serving. One instance sticks out. She was called to the scene where an elderly man had died, not unexpectedly. She arrived after the emergency medical personnel and encountered three generations of the man’s family, including his widow. “We all end up sitting around in this beautiful circle, and we did the wake right there. They told stories, we laughed, we cried. I felt an incredible witness to this beautiful life,” she recalled. Just a couple years later, when that widow died, the family encountered another chaplain and told them about their memories of their encounter with Kost and

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how grateful they were for her presence on that day. “That’s where you get this ministry of presence,” she said. “Sometimes you never even pray and it’s just to be present. Sometimes that’s all you do is just be there.”

Helping Through Crisis And Loudoun’s chaplains have “been there”—whether it be at the scene of an accident, delivering the unwelcomed news to a family that their loved one has died, or ministering to the county’s many law enforcement and fire-rescue personnel—since 1979. That’s the year that Pastor Charlie Grant, who still responds to fire-rescue calls, was asked to join the newly elected sheriff, Don Lacy, as the department CHAPLAINS >> 25

Community Rallies Around Mosque After Teen is Fatally Beaten BY NORMAN K. STYER The brutal killing of a Reston teen who was observing Ramadan with family and friends at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society center in Sterling has sparked renewed calls for unity and tolerance across the region. According to Fairfax County Police, Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old sophomore at South Lakes High School in Fairfax, was walking with friends along Dranesville Road on Loudoun’s eastern boundary early Sunday morning when there was an altercation with a passing motorist. The driver ran his car on to the sidewalk, got out and, wielding a baseball bat, chased and threatened the teens. As others ran, Hassanen was left behind. The teens, who had taken a TEEN MURDER >> 42

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School Board Considers Doubling Dual Enrollment’s Weight Toward GPA BY DANIELLE NADLER n a county where students academically elbow their way toward the coveted title of valedictorian, the ground rules are about to change. Loudoun school leaders want to double the weight of dual enrollment courses to match Advanced Placement courses. This way students worried about their class rank on graduation day will have just as much incentive to take a dual enrollment course as AP. Right now, students can earn as much as a 1.0 bonus point toward their grade point average for an AP course, making an A worth 5.0. But a dual enrollment course earns them just .5 bonus point. Buoyed by completed AP courses, GPAs now reach far above the conventional 4.0 and, for the

top-achievers, are close to 4.8. Both AP and dual enrollment courses are considered more rigorous than general education courses, but students only earn college credit for their AP classes if they score high enough on an end-of-the-year exam. Dual enrollment courses function as if students were enrolled both in high school and college simultaneously, and most Virginia colleges and universities accept dual enrollment course credits. “We want to encourage students to challenge themselves and strengthen their learning and remove any barriers that they might have to do that,” said Nereida Gonzalez-Sales, director of high school education in Loudoun. She presented the information to the School Board last week. Parents and students have been asking for a fairer playing field for dual en-

rollment and AP classes. It was one of the top requests in the school system’s most recent parent survey. “This is an example of us listening to stakeholders,” Assistant Superintendent Cynthia Ambrose told School Board members. Loudoun has one of the highest dual enrollment rates of any school division in Virginia, with about 3,500 signed up for at least one dual enrollment course this year. Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge), who pushed for the change as chairwoman of the board’s Curriculum and Instruction Committee, said she doesn’t want Loudoun County students to be at a disadvantage as they compete for spots in Virginia colleges. Fairfax County

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Loudoun Gov..................... 4 Leesburg........................... 8 Public Safety................... 14 Education........................ 16 Biz.................................. 20 Nonprofit......................... 24 Our Towns....................... 26 LoCo Living..................... 30 Obituaries....................... 36 Classifieds................. 37-39 Opinion........................... 40

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Twenty-five years ago on a Tuesday, Mike Whetsell, a 55-year-old handyman living on Catoctin Circle in Leesburg, left his house to pick up a paycheck. Before returning home, he called his daughter Sherry, six months pregnant at the time, to talk about dinner that night. Driving home, he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a fence near the intersection of Edwards Ferry Road and Plaza Street. At the emergency room, the doctors pulled a bullet out of his head. Somebody shot Whetsell on his way home, intentionally or accidently. That shoot-

er has never been found. “I think [not having closure] is the hardest part about the whole thing, the only thing I want is closure,” his daughter Sherry Riley said last week. “I just want to know who did it, and why they did it.” Providing those answers is now a top priority for the Leesburg Police Department. After getting an indictment last summer in a 28-year-old murder case, Whetsell’s death is the only cold case left on Leesburg PD’s books. “We’ve had very little information provided on this case,” Lt. Jamie San-

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County Grant Proposal Would Strip Funding from Eight Nonprofits BY RENSS GREENE

ight Loudoun nonprofits that received Loudoun County government grants last year would get no funding in fiscal year 2018 under a proposal to revamp the program. County budget staff last week recommended Mobile Hope, the American Red Cross, Help for Others, the Loudoun Free Clinic, Capital Caring, Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing, Friends of Loudoun Mental Health and the Loudoun Symphony receive no grant funding from the county under a new model developed in the Board of Supervisors’ finance committee. Supervisors have struggled for several years to devise an apolitical way of ranking and funding nonprofits that apply for the county’s limited grant funding. Last year, the county’s $1,058,915 in nonprofit grants amounted to 0.2 percent of the county’s $475 million general operating fund. The board is expected to vote on June 22. Many fiscal years begin on July 1, leaving many nonprofits with only days to react. Many of the county’s nonprofits have reacted with alarm. The Loudoun Human Services Network, which represents 25 Loudoun nonprofits, sent a letter to county supervisors expressing “grave concern” about the proposed funding. “The organizations that are recommended for total elimination or significant funding reductions in FY 2018 from the FY 2017 funding levels are a critical part of our human service safety net,” the letter reads. “These funding losses will lead to the loss of services that are necessary for a healthy, safe, productive community.” The Loudoun Human Services

These funding losses will lead to the loss of services that are necessary for a healthy, safe, productive community — Letter from the Loudoun Human Services Network

Network asked supervisors to ensure those nonprofits get funding, citing the “thousands of people relying on services provided by these nonprofits now and in the future.” The nonprofit network also asked the county to establish a Human Services Advisory Committee, to bring the nonprofit leaders into the discussion. The letter is signed by leaders of nonprofits that may lose funding, as well by those who stand to get more funding under the proposed distribution system. Under the old grant procedures, applications from nonprofits were divided into five areas of need and ranked within those areas using a numerical scoring system. Funding was based on prior year funding: a nonprofit that scored in the top third of applicants received a five percent increase, while those in the bottom third received a five percent decrease. First-time applicants were capped at $5,000, only receiving funding if they ranked in the top third of applicants. Supervisors found that, too, to be unsatisfactory, because it based funding levels on the number of grants that were given before a scoring system was

implemented. Some supervisors proposed a zero-year, starting every nonprofit on level footing again. Under the proposed new system, developed chiefly by Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn), applications from nonprofits would still be given numerical scores, but funding would be allocated according to a percentage of the total scoring in their service category, multiplied by the funding available. County staff members set a minimum score to receive funding, and no nonprofit would be permitted to get more than their request. In total, those eight nonprofits would lose $219,796 in funding compared with the old model and $225,393 compared to last year, although supervisors proposed to increase the total amount of grant funding by $14,231 this year. The balance of that money would be redistributed to other nonprofits. Some charities would benefit greatly under the new system, if it’s approved—OAR of Fairfax, which works with inmates in the adult detention center, would see its funding increase eightfold, from under $10,000 to $87,643 compared to the old system. The Alzheimer’s Association would see nearly three times the funding, from $5,349 to $20,000. First time awardees, which would have been capped at $5,000 under the old system, could also see much larger grants: The Arc of Loudoun at Paxton Campus, which provides services to people with developmental disabilities, would see twelve times its funding compared to the old system, from $5,000 to $60,000. The Ryan Bartel Foundation, which combats teen suicide, would see its funding multiply 18 times compared to the old system to $94,293. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Loudoun County has created a new interactive map that provides access to a wide variety of information about communities in the county. The Residential Communities of Loudoun County interactive map presents detailed information about existing and planned subdivisions in Loudoun, including how many acres the subdivision covers, how many units have been built, how many units may eventually be built, and the percentage of the project that is complete. Users can search for a community of interest by address or by the name of the residential community. Users can also zoom in to see the parcels within a community. The search filter tool includes the option to search for other places such as incorporated towns, unincorporated villages, and historic names within the county. The Residential Communities of Loudoun County map serves as a companion to the Existing and Potential Development mapping tool, loudoun. gov/LandDevelopmentTool, which provides land use data for structures, parcels, and projects, as well as build-out scenarios. More information, including a link to the Residential Communities of Loudoun map, is online at loudoun.gov/CommunitiesMap.

‘Tri-County Junction’ Planning Meeting Set The Sully District Council of Citizens will meet June 28 to discuss Land Use and Transportation Issues at the Tri-County Junction—where Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties meet. The council has invited representatives of the Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William Board of Supervisors; the transportation, land use and planning departments of each county; and the Virginia Department of Transportation to participate in a round table discussion of how to better handle growth in the area. Area residents also are invited. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Sully District Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Boulevard in Chantilly.

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The Board of Supervisors’ finance committee last week recommended renewal of contract with the company that provides medical and psychiatric services in the jail and work release center, but not without hesitation. The county will likely renew its contract with Correct Care Solutions of Nashville, TN, for two years at a cost of $4.75 million. It was the second-most expensive bid of the four the county received. Bids ranged from $5.62 million to $4.15 million. The proposal from Correct Care was nearly $600,000 above the lowest bid. During the committee’s June 13 meeting, County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) said she has “significant unrest” with both the price of the contract and the language in it. She said she was familiar with the bidders from her professional experience working in substance abuse among inmates. “They are a good company. I’m not saying that is not true—that is very true,” Randall said. “But I’m also familiar with the other ones, and I don’t know that one outpaces the other to the tune of $600,000.” Sheriff ’s Office Major Michael Manning told the committee that Correct Care Solutions “came with a very detailed and demonstrated knowledge of what we were asking for.”

“They’ve shown us that in the past,” Manning said. “We’ve had a relationship with this company for over 11 years. They came to the table and they gave us everything we asked for in a very detailed manner.” Four bids were evaluated by a panel of representatives from the sheriff ’s office; the county Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Developmental Services; and county Department of Finance and Procurement. That panel ranked Correct Care Solution’s proposal highest. Some of the committee’s concerns centered around the state procurement process, which the county must follow—a perennial concern for Loudoun supervisors in the state capitol. That system does not allow the county to negotiate with or get binding price bids from more than one bidder at a time, effectively preventing competitive negotiations. Board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) said unless there is a verifiable difference between Correct Care Solutions and the next bidder, “right now, in my opinion, we are wasting $600,000 of taxpayer money over the next two years.” “The state procurement system is rigged, and it’s rigged for professional services,” Buona said, bemoaning the

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BY RENSS GREENE The message from Loudoun leaders to the state seems clear: we’re ready when you are for a new drug court. From 2004 to 2012, some Loudoun drug offenders got a chance to avoid jail time after violating probation by going instead to an intensive outpatient treatment program. It took work from county government, law enforcement, probation officers, the judiciary, the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, social services, and mental health professionals. Offenders would be under intensive supervision and mandatory treatment, and if they fell off the wagon, they could wind up back in jail. But Loudoun’s drug court could handle relatively few participants, and in

2012, the Board of Supervisors decided it wasn’t getting its money’s worth and closed the program. Late last year, supervisors and other county leaders started to warm to the idea of reestablishing the drug court program, but the General Assembly cut that short by stripping funding for one of four judgeships from Loudoun’s already overtaxed Circuit Court. Drug court is very intensive for judges, and the judiciary has indicated that with only three judges, they just don’t have the time. “I think the discussion at this point for us is largely more academic, because of what the General Assembly did to our judicial system by taking away a judge,” said Supervisors Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who

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chairs the board’s Finance and Government Operations Committee. But county leaders are looking at what a new drug court would look like if the General Assembly fills the needed judgeship. “The more tools we have in our arsenal to treat addicted offenders, the better off we will be,” Director of Community Corrections Jim Freeman said. “Not all offenders respond to the same kind of treatment the same way. Drug court would be … the one true intensive outpatient treatment program that we could offer.” Freeman said one of the problems with the previous drug court was its overly restrictive criteria for entry, which kept participation numbers low. He worked with Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman to develop an alternate set of criteria, and after a threemonth study of potential candidates, estimated a new drug court could have as many as 400 participants a year. The previous Loudoun drug court never had more than 20 in a year. He also noted “eye-opening” statistics from the previous drug court— only 19 percent of drug court graduates were arrested again. People who dropped out of drug court were arrested again 64 percent of the time, and a control group of people who never entered drug court were arrested again 41 percent of the time. He said 75 percent of pretrial violations for felony offenders are drug cases. “There’s a clearly demonstrated need for addressing this behavior and this illness,” Freeman said. County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) said any new drug court should also treat alcohol addiction. Randall, who in her career worked with substance abuse among inmates, has said before that given the previous drug court’s performance, she too would have voted to disband in 2012. “But having realized we didn’t use alcohol, I may not have said disband,” Randall said. “I may have said, add the drug that is most used in this country, in this commonwealth, and this county, and that is the drug of alcohol.” A successful drug court, she said, can save more than just the cost of incarceration. “We forget that there are also these other numbers, which is—that person is in the community, that person is making an income, that person is paying for their own children, their chil-

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Loudoun County leaders say they want to see the drug court rehabilitation program reinstated, just as soon as the state returns funding for a fourth Circuit Court judge.

dren are not in the system,” Randall said. “There’s all these other benefits that actually are cost-saving benefits.” Letourneau said the county would continue to push to restore a fourth judgeship “so we can have this be more than an academic exercise.” Randall recently sent a letter to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, pointing out his statements in support of drug courts across the state—and that the 2017 General Assembly removed funding for one judge, “thus eliminating any options for a Drug [Court] in Loudoun.” She cited statistics showing that a visiting judge was needed for 44 percent of the court docket in 2016, even with four judges. “Governor, one could argue Loudoun’s growing population actually requires five Circuit Court judges,” Randall wrote. “However, we are now down to just three judges. As you prepare to serve your final six months as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I implore you to speak with leaders and members of the Judicial Committee of the State Senate to restore this judicial vacancy in the 2018 budget.” According to the state Supreme Court, there are 29 drug courts in operation in Virginia. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Jail contract << FROM 5 outsized influence of those lobbies in the General Assembly. Other concerns revolved around how little time supervisors have to make this decision—the contract expires at the end of the month, so the county is under the gun to approve a new one before then. Supervisors have asked county staff to try to get these items to the board sooner. The county is required to provide psychiatric and medical services to inmates, meaning by law it must have an answer before June 30.

According to campaign finance reports, at $3,000, Correct Care Solutions was the second-largest contributor to Sheriff Mike Chapman’s 2016 electoral campaign, second only to Falcon Heating and AC Inc. of Sterling at $4,000. According to spokesmen for both the sheriff ’s office and the county government, the sheriff did not participate in the procurement process. The motion to recommend approving the contract also directs the county staff to examine whether providing medical and psychiatric services from county employees rather than a contractor would be cheaper. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Eleanor Farmer has been able to spell words backward since she was a young girl. Now, at age 93, the skill just might land her in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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t was in a high school typing class that Eleanor Farmer learned of her special talent that, almost eight decades later, might qualify her for a Guinness World Record. Back before Microsoft Word centered words on a page with a few mouse clicks, the practice was to center the typewriter carriage and then backspace once for each two letters. During the lesson, the teacher asked each student to spell her name and backspace to center it on the page. “My name was Eleanor Cotton. When she came to me and I said N-O, T-T. ‘What are you doing?’ ’I’m backspacing.’ ‘Spell your name’ “N-O, T-T, O-C, Space-R’ ‘You’re spelling it wrong.’ “I said, ‘that’s very confusing. If I’m backspacing, I need to spell the word backwards.’ “She said, ‘what if you were doing Constitution of the United States?’ I said, ’S-E, T-A, T, S-Space, D-E, T-I, N-U, Space, E,H,T, Space, F,O, Space, NOITUTITSNOC.’ “Well, she turned pale. She went over and sat down at her desk and went to the next person. That is how I found out.” That’s the story Farmer, now 93, told Saturday as she gathered with family members and official witnesses in an activity room at the Heritage Hall

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Applause erupts for Eleanor Farmer after she finishes a lightning fast backward spelling bee on Saturday at Heritage Hall. Quizzed by her son, Tim, she correctly spelled 47 out of 50 words in reverse in hopes of setting a new world record.

nursing home in Leesburg. She had just completed another exercise—correctly spelling backwards 47 words from a list of 50 read aloud by her son, Tim. She responded at a rapid-fire pace. “T,N,E,D,I,S,E,R, capital P.” “Y,R,A,R,B,I,L.” “M,U,E,S,U,M.” After 2 minutes and 48 seconds she had completed the list, missing three

by spelling the words (correctly) forward rather than backward. A package documenting Farmer’s achievement, a video recording and witness accounts duly notarized, will be sent to the Guinness Book of World Records in hopes that she will be formerly recognized as the oldest person to spell 40 words backward. There are two similar records on the books: most words spelled backward in 1 minute (36 of 40) and the fastest time to spell 50 words backward (1:22). It will take about five months to learn whether her feat will qualify for the record book. Farmer said she never gave much thought to how unusual her skill was and when she was growing up there was no quick path to stardom that YouTube provides today. Perhaps the closest she came was, with her father’s help, seeking to challenge Professor Backwards, a vaudevillian who was a frequent TV talk show guest in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, to a spell off, but nothing came of it. More recently, she made a showand-tell appearance to spell backward in front of her grandson’s fourth grade class. And she can expect more spelling challenges from her neighbors at Heritage Hall as word of her special gift spreads. But, she might be able to look back on her typing class experience with a bit of extra satisfaction with a world record certificate on the wall. nstyer@loudounnow.com

Leesburg’s longest serving police chief, James M. Kidwell, died Monday. Kidwell, 77, served with the town Police Department for 34 Kidwell years and was chief for 27 years. As a 20-year-old, he joined the four-man department in 1961. At that time, the agency had one patrol car and no radio system. He was named chief in 1971. Upon his retirement in 1995, Kidwell was recognized for transforming the department into a modern police agency with 35 staff members and capable of handling increasingly complex challenges that followed the town’s growth. He also was recognized for keeping a smalltown approach to law enforcement, which included his near daily foot patrols downtown. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Thursday, June 22 at Loudoun Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 23 at the funeral home, followed by a graveside service at Union cemetery.

Code Amendments Initiated As part of its annual review, town departments have submitted to the Town Council a batch of proposed Town Code amendments to address errors, streamline business practices, and correct errors. Last week, the council initiated the amendments, which will come back for a public hearing ahead of a vote. Among the changes requested by town staff are a slew of amendments dealing with trash, recycling, and bulk pick-ups. Amendments range from increasing penalties concerning the collection and disposal of solid waste; adding size limitations and other restrictions for bulk pick-ups, as well as brush removal; and adding items not acceptable for collection. One proposed change sure to receive scrutiny is a proposal to prohibit basketball hoops and other sporting goods and equipment in public rights-of-way. In a justification for the proposed change, the staff report notes the equipment can obstruct operations during leaf collection and snow removal. Currently, there is no authority for town staff to remove or order removal of the items. Another proposed amendment, this from the DepartBRIEFS >> 11

Leesburg Council Sets Post-Retreat Action Plan meeting between the council and the Board of Supervisors, which is expected sometime this fall. Another item that is expected to be before the council at a July work session is a discussion on the structure, purpose and function of each council-appointed board and commission. In the council’s agenda packet last week was an attendance report for each board and commission this year, which was requested by a majority of the council.

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The Leesburg Town Council has whittled down its to-do list created during a January retreat. At the Jan. 31 session, council members highlighted six themes that they wanted to focus on during the next two years: transportation and traffic; community and economic development; fiscal and financial measures; downtown Leesburg; relationship with Loudoun County; and Town Council relationship and protocol. Last week, council members finetuned that list even further, voting on an eight-item action plan. Topping the list is the creation of a 20-year transportation master plan. Town Manager Kaj Dentler said he would return to the council with a timeline to develop the plan, as well as an estimated cost. Council members had initially discussed the formulation of a 10-year plan but, at the suggestion of Councilman Tom Dunn, ultimately decided to extend the plan to 20 years. Also included in the plan of action is: review of the town’s regulatory ordinances to reduce impediments to business development, which is ongoing; continued support of the newly created Economic Development Steering Committee; continuation of the parking ratios and payment-in-lieu study, which is expected to take another two to four months; and scheduling a joint

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Almost a decade ago, members of the Leesburg Town Council set the ambitious goal of reducing energy consumption in the town government by 10 percent. Turns out, the plans to achieve that goal never got off the ground. While the resolution with the 10 percent reduction goal was adopted by the council, the committee organized by town staff to develop an energy conservation plan was never endorsed by the council. A formal audit to measure whether any energy reduction had taken place was also never conducted, nor was methodology on how to measure energy reduction in relation to community growth formalized, Deputy Town Manager Keith Markel told the council last week. Adding to that, the town’s population grew almost 30 percent during the four-year window the Town Council initially hoped to reduce energy by 10 percent. Last year, members of the town’s Environmental Advisory Commission asked the council members to take another look at reducing energy within the town government. For example, they proposed to spend $50,000 to install a monitoring system that would assess the energy usage of some of the town’s highest energy-consuming buildings, like Ida Lee Park Recreation Center. While the initiative was origi-

To have no measurements in almost 10 years is probably just not appropriate.”

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nally added to the fiscal year 2017 budget, it was eventually taken out. It was also an initiative the town staff wasn’t particularly behind, Markel said. “It didn’t get into what the energy demands of a building were,” Markel said, noting that the measurement wouldn’t indicate whether the high-energy usages was coming from a ventilation system, a pump, the air conditioning, or another energy draw. “The concern was we would know what the power demand is but we don’t know what’s causing it. Would it really give us actionable data to regulate how we use power in facilities?” But town staff members, without council direction, have taken the initiative to implement some energy-saving measures. The Leesburg Police Department has purchased more fuel-efficient cars; the airport has gone through a major conversion to LED lighting in the terminal and parking lights; and the Utilities Department has also in-

stalled LED lighting and variable speed pumps that are more efficient, as just a few examples. “Without any push from the council we’re implementing [energy-saving measures] where we can as dollars allow,” he said. Markel said, in retrospect, the 10 percent energy reduction goal adopted by the council in 2008 was “unrealistic” given the explosive growth of the town. “Without major system change-ups or funding it’s just not realistic,” he said. While there did not appear to be a consensus on the council as to how to proceed, Councilman Ron Campbell said he was left with a lot of “uneasiness.” “While I appreciate the efforts staff has done on its own, we’re either left with doing nothing; we’re left with a resolution from 2008 that hasn’t been acted on; we’re left with important questions about how to spend money or conserve resources,” he said. “I’d like to see the council seriously consider whether or not that’s a resolution that still stands or whether we need to relieve the action that was taken in 2008, or revise based on direction from town staff. I’d like to know what investments we do need to make as we look at budgets and priorities. To have no measurements in almost 10 years is probably just not appropriate.”

It was the final item on the action plan that commanded the most attention during last Tuesday night’s vote— whether to hold a work session discussion on a Code of Performance for the Town Council. Those in favor of this item said there needed to be a stated list of acceptable, and unacceptable, behaviors for Town Council members, particularly in the area of discourse with each other. “If we we’re a civil council, I don’t think we’d have a need for this,” Councilman Marty Martinez said, “but I think it’s warranted at this time.” Dunn made a motion to exclude the item from the adopted plan of action, but was unsuccessful in finding support. In arguing for its exclusion, Dunn said, “You cannot legislate behavior.” “Frankly, any type of performance standards we try to set for ourselves, they’re unenforceable,” he added. “Our performance is evaluated by the citizens that vote for us. The citizens are our judges, not ourselves.” Dunn said he believed the item was “another tool of stifling opinion that you don’t agree with.” Ultimately, all eight action plan items were adopted by a 5-1-1 vote, with Dunn dissenting and Councilman Ken Reid absent. The council Code of Performance is expected to be discussed at the council’s next work session.

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will hold his campaign kick-off Tuesday, June 27. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Fox Ridge Park, Thiel will lay out his platform as a first-time council candidate. He is competing for the council seat up for grabs in November’s special election— the remaining one year of Kelly Burk’s unexpired council term. For now, he is challenged by two other first-time candidates, Vanessa Maddox and Neil Steinberg. For more information on Thiel’s campaign, visit thielforleesburg.com or the Josh Thiel for Leesburg, VA Facebook page.

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Members of the Leesburg Town Council took a moment last Tuesday night to formally recognize Stanley Caulkins for his store’s 60 years in business, and thank him for all his service to the town as Caulkins Jewelers prepares to close its doors at month’s end. Caulkins Jewelers was a King Street fixture for almost six decades before a 2015 fire spelled its permanent closure at that location. Undeterred, brothers Stanley and Roger Caulkins moved the shop and all its wares to the Virginia Village Shopping Center, where it has continued to serve its loyal customers for almost two years. Roger Caulkins died in March, and with Stanley fighting his own health battles, he decided to begin to wind down business at the store and close its doors for good. The final day of business is set for June 30. Last Tuesday night, Mayor Kelly Burk and members of the Town Council presented Stanley Caulkins with a proclamation recognizing both his individual efforts in the town and his store’s lasting legacy. In addition to being a well respected merchant, who was never afraid to share his opinion on downtown issues, Caulkins, a World War II airman, was instrumental in securing funding for the Leesburg Executive Airport when he was a member of the Town Council in the 1960s. The airport’s terminal is named in his honor, and he long served on the Airport Commission to continue to

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Members of the Leesburg Town Council recognize Stanley Caulkins, who has owned and operated Caulkins Jewelers for 60 years.

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Caulkins was brief in his remarks Tuesday night. He offered a piece of advice for those who are, or are thinking of, doing business or playing an active role in the town. “You get out of this town what you put into it,” he said. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie addresses supporters at the Green Turtle in Leesburg on June 16.

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Fresh off a razor-thin primary victory, Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie stopped in Leesburg on Friday to thank supporters and rally enthusiasm for the GOP’s statewide ticket. Republicans gathered at the Green Turtle restaurant June 16 to congratulate Gillespie and his wife, Cathy. The Fairfax County resident and former National Republican Committee chairman, survived an unexpectedly close race during Tuesday’s party primary, beating Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart by less than 2 percent of the statewide vote. Expecting another “dog fight” through November, Gillespie told supporters that an early post-primary poll showed he was deadlocked with Democratic nominee Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, with 8 percent of respondents undecided. Introduced to the crowd by Del. Tag Greason (R-32nd) and flanked by Del. Dave LaRock, Sen. Dick Black (R-27) and 87th House District candidate Subba Kolla, Gillespie outlined his platform of a phased 10 percent

income tax reduction; improved workforce training; more education choices, including public charter schools and vouchers; and continued support for the commonwealth’s right to work and gun laws. He criticized Northam as “taking a hard left turn” and becoming an “angry liberal” during the Democratic primary campaign by advocating unions and cap-and-trade energy legislation that Republicans said would hurt businesses. Gillespie said big concerns are that Virginia in recent years has fallen in the rankings of the best states for business and has seen tepid economic growth, but that Northam’s policies would be unlikely to reverse those trends. “Those are just some of the choices in this election. They are clear and they are stark and they are bright lines,” Gillespie said. ”The decisions we make over the course of the next few months are going to determine the future of the commonwealth, not for the next four years, but for the next 30 years. I promise you.”

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[ PUBLIC SAFETY ] Loudoun Driver Killed Making U-turn A Chantilly man was killed in a two vehicle crash on Old Ox Road near Pebble Run Road on Monday afternoon. According to the preliminary investigation, Khalil Noorestani, 70, was northbound on Old Ox Road around 12:45 p.m. when it appeared he attempted to make a U-turn. The 2003 Volkswagen Jetta pulled out in front of a 2015 Mack truck. Noorestani’s car was broadsided on the driver’s side. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team.

3 Nabbed in Sterling Store Robbery Alerted by a security guard to a robbery in progress at a Dulles Landing store at midnight Saturday, Loudoun deputies arrested three suspects who face a string of felony charges. According to the report, deputies were told the men stole several electronics items and forced entry into the jewelry case. When the suspects were confronted by a deputy, one suspect allegedly lifted his shirt and displayed a handgun. The suspect was taken to the ground and the weapon was secured. Arrested were Jalen P. McMahan, 22, of Centreville; Anthony A. Moaf, 20, of

Herndon; and Angel L. Gaskins, 24, of Centreville. McMahan was charged with grand larceny, destruction of property, public intoxication, and conspiracy to commit a grand larceny, possession with intent to distribute a Schedule IV controlled substance, manufacturing possessing/ distributing narcotics and possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance. Moaf was charged with impersonating a police officer, carrying a concealed weapon, grand larceny, destruction of property, public intoxication, and conspiracy to commit a grand larceny. Gaskins was charged with grand larceny, public intoxication and conspiracy to commit grand larceny. McMahan and Moaf were held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center. Gaskins was released on a secured bond.

Mattress Store Holdup Thwarted The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office has apprehended a 21-year-old man suspected of trying to rob a store in the Dulles Eastern Plaza on June 15. Christopher M. Coghlan was arrested the next morning and charged with attempted robbery and wearing a mask in the commission of a robbery. The Sheriff ’s Office had released surveillance video images of the suspect and public response to the photos helped identify Coghlan as the suspect.

D u r i n g the attempted robbery, Coghlan allegedly entered the Mattress Warehouse in Sterling shortly before 6:30 p.m., implied he had a weapon and demanded cash. During the incident, the suspect and an employee got into a verbal Coghlin and physical altercation before the suspect fled the store. The victim received minor injuries during the incident.

Sterling Man Gets 5 Years on Child Pornography Charges A Sterling man accused of downloading thousands of child pornography images and videos was sentenced last week in federal court to serve five years in prison. Stephen Thomas Crawford, 30, pleaded guilty March 29 to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. According to court documents,

Crawford used a peer-to-peer file sharing network to download thousands of child pornography videos and images, including images and videos depicting pre-pubescent girls engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Foundation Awards First Responder Scholarships The Loudoun First Responders Foundation awarded 13 scholarships to graduating seniors in Northern Virginia. The recipients were first qualified based on their connection to first responders—a child of a first responder or a volunteer with a responder agency, as well as academic merit and community commitment. This year, graduates from Broad Run, Heritage, Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley, Potomac Falls, Riverside, Stone Bridge, Woodgrove, Washington, and Millbrook high schools received $1,000 scholarships. The students will be attending the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech, Gwynedd Mercy University, University of South Carolina, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, James Madison University, Longwood University and Eastern Kentucky University. For more information about the LFRF, including donation and collaboration opportunities, go to loudounfrf.org.

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Crowds braved the heat to hit the 12th annual Loudoun YouthFest Saturday, June 17 at The Barn at One Loudoun. Loudoun Youthfest, put on by Loudoun Youth Inc., the Youth Advisory Council, and the county Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Service, featured a battle of the bands, games, food, and prizes. The bands included Never Born to Follow, 10 Degrees Colder, Stone Cold, Cast Another Stone, Kathleen, Matthew Cahill, Suburbia, The Shallow Roots, and Witches Brew.

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Public Schools already weights its dual enrollment courses at an additional 1.0. “The grade point bump is something that is long overdue,” she said. “The students are taking college-level courses; they should get that bump.” Woodgrove High School Principal Sam Shipp and Director of Guidance Geri Fiore have advocated a bump in dual enrollment courses’ weight. Woodgrove boasts some of the largest dual enrollment numbers of any Loudoun high school, increasing from about 300 two years ago to 520 students this recent year. “This is something students are concerned about,” Fiore said. “Students sometimes shy away from taking them because they’re weighted less. We don’t want dual enrollment to be viewed as subpar as compared to AP.” She gave the example of Woodgrove’s AP calculus BC class, which is weighted a 1.0 but serves as a prerequisite for the dual enrollment multivariable class. “So multivariable is the highest math course that we offer but it’s only weighted .5 because it’s a dual enrollment.” Fiore and her colleagues encourage students to take in dual enrollment courses for a good reason. She said a Woodgrove graduate, who was a fairly average student, contacted her earlier this month to let her know he was able to graduate college one year early, thanks to the dual enrollment courses

he took in high school. “We’re starting to see the benefits of it,” Fiore said. Upper classmen signed up for dual enrollment courses next year and looking to bolster their GPA shouldn’t get excited just yet. The change will begin with next school year’s freshmen, so the class of 2021. Chairman Jeff Morse (Dulles), whose daughter is a junior in high school, asked why Gonzalez-Sales was recommending the change wait for the class of 2021. “I have to ask this question because I know I’ll get it when I get home,” he said. Gonzalez-Sales responded, “We want to make sure families know and understand what the changes are in advance so that they can make informed choices.” Her staff, working alongside the board’s Curriculum and Instruction Committee, wants to roll out another grading change. The staff is recommending that students who drop a course halfway through receive either a Withdraw Pass or Withdraw Fail on their report card, instead of an F. Gonzalez-Sales said some students find they are in over their heads or come down with health problems that make it difficult to complete a class. “We do not want to penalize them if they haven’t quite figured it out,” she said. The School Board is expected to adopt the changes at its June 27 meeting.

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ford said, taking questions from the press June 15. “The importance with tomorrow [June 16] being the 25th anniversary is to push forward to get people to remember that this terrible thing happened. Because somebody out there knows something and we need someone to come forward and tell us what they know.” The investigators are especially motivated because Riley works as a 911 dispatcher for the department, which sits just a few blocks from the scene of the crash. That day she drove past the car wreck on her way home. The police stopped her from approaching the vehicle, but she could see his blood on the asphalt. Two days later, she held her father’s hand when he was taken off the ventilator and died. “I applied here because I thought I could make a difference, after what I’ve been through with my dad,” Riley said. She’s worked for the department for 13 years. The case is personal for those at Leesburg PD because it’s impacted one of their colleagues, Sanford said. “We obviously feel the pressure we’re putting on ourselves to get some answers for Sherry and her mom and her brother,” she added. “They deserve to have answers and we’re not going to stop until we’ve done everything we possibly can to get some closure for them on this case.”

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Michael’s wife, Bonny, described her husband as a generous man, always willing to help everybody. “He didn’t care who it was, he’d help him,” she said. “He would give you his shirt off his back. Always happy, go-lucky. Instead of going to the grocery store once a week he’d go every night to get fresh meat for dinner … just the best man ever,” Riley added. “You could ask any person on the street, they’d say the same thing.” Bonny Whetsell found out about her husband’s crash when the 9-year-old boy she babysat called her that day and told her something happened to him. The boy had chased the responding fire engines to see where they were headed. Adding to the tragedy, Michael Whetsell was shot on the couple’s 28th wedding anniversary, and he was buried on Father’s Day. The Whetsell family remains confident that they’ll find the answers to his death. “Somebody out there somewhere knows something,” Sherry Riley said. Anyone with information about Whetsell’s shooting can contact the case’s lead investigator at 703-771-4521 or dshaw@leesburgva.gov. To remain anonymous, call the Leesburg Crime Line at 703-443-8477. Informants may be eligible for a $25,000 reward.

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Each year, graduates of Park View High School visit their alma mater, Sterling Elementary. Sterling Elementary is one of Loudoun’s six Title I schools and, soon, Park View High School and Sterling Middle School may join them.

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oudoun County may soon have its first Title I secondary schools. Title I schools receive more federal dollars because they enroll high levels of students from low-income families. Six Loudoun schools now carry the Title I designation, and they are all elementary schools in Sterling. Soon, Sterling Middle School and Park View High School, also in Sterling, may be added to that list. Evonne DeNome, supervisor of the school system’s federal programs, told School Board members last week that she is recommending they designate Park View and Sterling Middle as Title I schools in an effort to funnel more federal dollars their way.

The population of poor students at both those schools has spiked in recent years. The percentage of students who qualify for the federal free and reduced-meal program at Park View was 53 percent four years ago, and is up to 65 percent. At Sterling Middle School, the rate has jumped from 57.7 percent four years ago, to 70 percent this year. To qualify for free lunches, a family of four must make no more than $31,980 annually. To qualify for reduced-price meals, that same family can make an annual salary no more than $45,510. That’s quite a contrast from Loudoun County’s median household income of $115,574. If the School Board designates Park View and Sterling Middle as Title I schools before their free-and-reducedmeal rate climbs to 75 percent, then the school system will have more flexibility

in how it spends the federal dollars, according to DeNome. If they wait, federal regulations require the money only be spent on those low-income students instead of benefiting the entire school—plus it requires loads of additional paperwork to track how the money is spent within a school, she said. “It would be nice to have the flexibility to target those Title I funds to support all students in Sterling Middle School and Park View High School as opposed to a small number.” Recalling a debate during last year’s Leesburg area attendance boundary changes, board member Eric DeKenipp (Leesburg) asked if the board should consider redrawing boundaries to boost the number of low-income students at TITLE I >> 17

Schools Spend $2M Surplus on Chromebooks, iPads

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BY DANIELLE NADLER The Loudoun County School Board last week gave senior staff the green light to spend $2 million to buy Chromebooks, iPads and other classroom technology. The money is surplus from the current fiscal year 2017, which ends at the end of the month. The technology devices are already a line item in next fiscal year’s operating budget. But E. Leigh Burden, assistant superintendent of Financial Services, recommended the board use unspent year-end funds to buy them to give the division a little more financial wiggle IPADS >> 18

The students and faculty at J.L. Simpson Middle School in Leesburg will have a new principal when they return from summer break. L e n n y Compton will take the helm at Simpson next month, replacing Chad Runfola, who has served as the school’s Compton principal for the past 10 years. Runfola has been named an assistant principal at Broad Run High School. Compton comes to Loudoun from Fairfax County Public Schools, where he’s served as principal of Kilmer Middle School for the past three years. He started his teaching career in Michigan, teaching math and social science. He also taught in Sudan, before taking a job in Fairfax County in 2010. There, he served as a middle school administrative intern and a middle school dean. In 2012, he was promoted to assistant principal at Herndon Middle School, before taking the leadership role at Kilmer Middle. The Loudoun County School Board formally hired Compton with a vote last Tuesday. Superintendent Eric Williams said Compton was chosen from a competitive pool of candidates. “We enthusiastically welcome him to his new role as principal at JL Simpson Middle School,” he said. School Board member Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin), who sat in on the candidates’ interviews, said he appreciated Compton’s well-rounded background and that, as an administrator, he spends as much time as possible in the classroom. DeKenipp’s own children will attend Simpson, he noted. “So I look forward to working with you in that capacity, as a parent.”

Schools to Hire 5th Independent Hearing Officer The Loudoun County School Board is considering hiring a fifth independent hearing officer. Hearing officers, serving as impartial parties, take evidence and make recommendations for certain types of employee grievance appeal hearings. School division counsel Stephen DeVita told the School Board at its June Danielle Nadler/Loudoun Now

Using a school-provided tablet, Liberty Elementary third-grader John Shilling helps classmate Nellia Kakar record a video about ancient Greece.

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Broad Run High School junior Marissa Sumathipala will go head-tohead with some of the world’s brightest young minds at a competition in San Diego this weekend. Sumathipala is Sumathipala one of 15 students to be named a finalist in the International BioGENEius Challenge, a biotechnology research competition. She will showcase her research project “A Novel Systemic Approach to Cardiometabolic Disease with Dual Therapeutics.” It looks at how various proteins can be used as an effective drug for the treatment and prevention of cardiometabolic disease. Sumathipala’s name may look familiar. She made headlines last year for winning the Loudoun County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, and for winning a grand prize in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Both she and her older brother, Adriel Sumathipala, have been finalists in the BioGENEius Challenge. At the regional science fair in March, Marissa Sumathipala said she’s enjoyed all things science since she was little. “I’ve always loved science research,” she said. “It’s really fun to dedicate a

County Teen Wins Playwriting Competition Nicholas Schaefer, a rising junior at Loudoun County High School, has been chosen for the New Voices for the Theater residency program. Schaefer’s play, Schaefer “Did You Miss Us,” was selected from hundreds of submissions statewide for workshop, professional direction and a staged reading by professional actors during the 28th annual Festival of New Works, held earlier this month at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Shafer St. Playhouse in Richmond. Schaefer’s play describes the struggles of one man’s thoughts as they manifest as five distinct personas. He wrote the play as an assignment for Loudoun County High Schools drama teacher John Wells’ class. “I had zero expectation of winning, but it is an incredible honor and I am grateful for Mr. Well’s constant inspiration,” he said. Schaefer is the 17th Loudoun County High School student in the past 25 years chosen for the prestigious award.

Title I << FROM 16 some schools, in hopes of qualifying for more federal Title I dollars. “Should we look at boundary changes to disperse the ELL (English Language Learner) students into Ashburn and Sterling,” he asked. It doesn’t quite work like that, DeNome replied. This fiscal year, the school system received $1.9 million in Title I funding, a figure based on the division’s total number of students who qualify to receive free and reduced-price meals. This year, that is 13,529 students, or 17 percent of enrolled students. Adding two more Title I schools will not take away money from the six elementary schools already in the program because, as of this year, the school system receives an additional $300,000 in Title I funds. “Park View and Sterling Middle will share that $300,000 increase,” DeNome said. Title I money is used to provide extra support, both in and out of the classroom. It pays for additional teaching positions, a homeless specialist and liaison, instructional materials, family and community activities and events, and professional development for teachers and administrators. The School Board is scheduled to vote June 27 on whether to include Park View and Sterling Middle in its application for Title I funding. dnadler@loudounnow.com

13 meeting that another officer is needed because another hearing officer—a private attorney—has been hired by another school division and will not be available for Loudoun County Public Schools employee disputes. Plus, scheduling conflicts often come up with the current pool of hearing officers. “The idea is to have as many qualified individuals on the panel because any number of them might have a conflict with scheduling. We want to always be able to have someone who is experienced in this area,” DeVita said. School district policy requires some of the hearings to be held as soon as 15 days after the grievance is filed, he added. He is recommending that the School Board hire Kevin North to fill the contracted position. North is the chairman of the Fairfax County Retirement System. He retired last year after serving as the chief human resources officer for Alexandria City Public Schools from 2011 to 2016 and, previously, as assistant superintendent of human resources for Fairfax County Public Schools from 2003 to 2011. The school district’s other hearing officers are: attorneys Anne Murphy, Jeff Fagan, Mary McGown and John Cafferky; and retired Judge Paul F. Sheridan. Other qualified individuals from Richmond-based firm The McCammon Group can also be called in.

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Board Approves JROTC Program for Eastern Loudoun

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BY DANIELLE NADLER A wing of Dominion High School will house a second Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program, following a unanimous vote last Tuesday night by the Loudoun County School Board. Space at Dominion in Sterling will open up in 2018 when the Academy of Science moves out and into the new Academies of Loudoun. With the board’s go-ahead this week, work to redesign the space will begin in the coming months, followed by a bid process, and the space will be renovated next summer to have the National Defense Cadet Corps program ready for students by the start of the 2018-2019 school year. Right now, the county operates a Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program out of Loudoun County High School in Leesburg. The program is open to any high schooler in the county, but most of its cadets live in the Leesburg area because the school system does not provide transportation for students who opt for specialty programs outside of their home school. Plus, the program is at capacity, with 206 students enrolled, and students are turned away each year. Thirty-seven students applied for the 2016-2017 school year, and 25 were accepted. “This is something that has been voiced to me for years,” Debbie Rose (Algonkian) said. “The decision to do this is a great thing for the eastern side

of the county.” A few board members, including Brenda Sheridan (Sterling), voiced support for providing bus service to students who enroll in JROTC. “We won’t be serving students if we can’t get them there,” Sheridan said. School Board members Joy Maloney (Broad Run) and Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) ultimately supported opening a JROTC program at Dominion, but they both offered a word of caution. They said that space could one day be needed for regular classrooms, should enrollment tick up at Dominion or neighboring Potomac Falls High School. “We do not want to be hearing next

year from Pot Falls parents that they’re overcrowded and need trailers or to be rezoned,” Maloney said. “Once we put in a program there it is very difficult to adjust and move it,” Hornberger added. Rose, whose district includes Dominion and Potomac Falls, said she hasn’t heard complaints about crowding at Potomac Falls. “And there’s no new development in that area in the near future. … We’re good for now.” Loudoun has relatively few offerings for young people interested in military careers. Loudoun has 78,348 public school students and just the one Navy JROTC program, while Prince William

County has 89,000 students and nine programs (four Air Force, two Army, two Navy and one Marine); Chesterfield County has 60,000 students and five programs; Fairfax County has 187,467 students and eight programs; and Virginia Beach has 69,345 students and five programs, all Navy. It’s estimated to cost about $400,000 to renovate the nine classrooms at Dominion into space for a JROTC program, and another $400,000 in annual instructional costs.

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Three School Board members voted against using the surplus money to buy the devices—Chairman Jeff Morse (Dulles), Debbie Rose (Algonkian) and Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin). “If we don’t use these funds right now they’re going to be returned to the taxpayers, and I think that’s a good thing,” DeKenipp said, adding, “I think there are probably better uses for these funds.” Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) brought up a contentious year-end purchase that got a lot of blow-back from the public before eight of the nine current board members were elected. In 2011, the board earmarked fiscal year surplus to buy an interactive white board for every classroom in the district. She spoke

against that purchase when she ran for School Board later that year. At the dais Tuesday, she said it wasn’t thought out and teachers received little training about the white boards beforehand. But this is different, she said. “These are devices that the teachers are already using. There just isn’t enough of them to go around. And technology in the classrooms is one of our major initiatives.” Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) agreed. “These are already budgeted for and funds have been appropriated for them. … We’re basically covering things that we know we’re going to need, and it gives us a little bit more cushion next year.”

<< FROM 16 room in fiscal 2018. “The reason we want to do this is, as we get more and more accurate in our budgeting, the margin becomes narrower, reducing our ability to respond to unforeseen resource needs in the upcoming year,” she said. “Thus, any purchase of fiscal 2018 non-reoccurring items now allows us some flexibility to address any unanticipated issues that might arise.” Plus, if the school division doesn’t spend that money, it will have to return it to the county at the end of the fiscal year.

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The Village at Leesburg mixed-use center was little more than a concept when town leaders last took a comprehensive look at their economic development policies in 2003. A Town Council-appointed committee is taking a new look at the business development strategies.

Leesburg Business Plan Gets a New Review BY NORMAN K. STYER

eesburg’s Economic Development Steering Committee kicked off its work Wednesday night, meeting for the first time with a newly hired consultant and a full roster of community representatives. Created after the Town Council balked at a proposal to create a Main Street program to boost visitor traffic downtown, the panel is charged with updating the town’s overall business development strategy, with its recommendations to be folded into the Town Plan. Although the council’s charge was to take a fresh look at the town’s long view for economic development, it was quickly clear that the panel’s work will include current concerns, as well. Chairwoman Sharon Babbin, who serves on the town Planning Commission, said she hopes to bring in panels of developers, business owners, landlords and others during the committee’s weekly meetings to dive deeply into the challenges and opportunities for job creation and commercial tax revenue growth. Also, the town has hired a consultant, Anita Morrison of Partners for Economic Solutions, to help guide the work. The centerpiece of this week’s meeting was an overview of the town’s past economic development initiatives— some that achieved success, some that were never implemented by the council, and some—such as parking policies— that have been debated over and over for decades. Economic Development Director Marantha Edwards presented a review of the town’s Business Development Strategy that was developed in 2003, laying the groundwork for much of the work that has been done since— everything from the integrated visitor signage system to the creation of the

Crescent District redevelopment zone. Noting that the plan’s downtown sidewalk widening project was completed in 2015 and the first Crescent District projects are just now coming to fruition, she said, “it may have taken a while, but we’re knocking things off the list.” While recent downtown successes were prominent in the conversation, the committee will be looking beyond the historic district to other sectors, including the mixed-use developments in the East Market Street corridor, the potential to attract other high-tech manufacturing businesses near Leesburg Executive Airport where EIT and K2M have built new facilities, and places to accommodate flex-industrial uses that are being priced out of eastern Loudoun as data centers move in. The group identified challenges, too. A prominent one was termed “brand damage.” That’s the regional reputation—earned or not—that Leesburg’s regulatory review process is cumbersome and costly. The concern famously reached a tipping point a decade ago when Wolf Furniture abandoned plans to build a showroom on Fort Evans Road after frustrating delays getting its development plans approved. The incident prompted the town to restructure its review processes. Five years later, Wolf retuned and completed the project. Assistant Town Manager Scott Parker, who is the staff liaison for the steering committee, had a hand in that turnaround. He said the staff members today realize the time-is-money importance of their work, but acknowledged that there’s still room for improvement. David Faliskie, EIT’s president and CEO who serves on the committee, provided a recent example. As his company was preparing to move 150 employees into its new Leesburg plant, an occupancy permit was held up because the grass seed had not germinated densely

enough to meet town standards. To get the doors open, crews were brought in to lay sod at the last minute. Charlie Keiler, of Kettler, said his company’s years-long effort to replace a nearly 80-year-old bridge—part of a multi-million-dollar road project by the Village at Leesburg—are being held up by Virginia Department of Transportation engineers who recently presented 33 pages of comments to be addressed. Businesses need predictability, Edwards said, adding that it is hard to fix the reputation once word spreads that the town is hard to work with. Another business concern is linked to the town’s housing inventory. Edwards said it’s important to attract the workforce that businesses need. She said one of the town’s prominent information technology companies may move to Arlington to be closer to the core of young high-tech workers it needs. Creating a long-term strategy to ensure the Loudoun County government keeps its office operations in town also was cited as an economic development priority. Those challenges aside, committee members agreed there are a lot of good things happening in Leesburg’s business community. Committee member Rick Allison, owner of the King Street Oyster Bar, said he’s seen big, positive changes downtown over the past three years. Each new restaurant and brewery that opens brings more customers for the existing businesses, he said. “It feels like a hometown. It feels warm and inviting.” That’s a brand image the committee hopes to build on in the weeks ahead. The panel will meet on Wednesday nights through the summer and fall, making its report to the Town Council in October. nstyer@loudounnow.com

PAE on June 13 announced the completion of its acquisition of Loudoun-based FCi Federal, one of the nation’s fastest growing government services contracting firms. “With the addition of FCi, PAE gains significant additional abilities to enable critical government missions in national security, law enforcement and immigration by providing efficient information and process management services,” PAE CEO John Heller stated. “As a combined team, we look forward to continuing the exceptional services that FCi’s customers have come to expect, while leveraging this new capability to enhance the support that PAE provides to our broad portfolio of customers and mission sets.” Founded more than 25 years ago in the basement of Sharon D. Virts’ Leesburg home, FCi’s workforce today includes approximately 5,000 employees and subcontractors. Virts sees continued growth for FCi under the new ownership structure. FCi will operate as a business unit within PAE from its Ashburn headquarters office. “PAE’s deep customer relationships and current portfolio of support for national security and law enforcement missions provides the perfect platform for FCi to expand its services,” she stated. “FCi customers and employees are in great hands with PAE.”

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An Old Ox Brewery employee pours beer for a long line of people at the brewery’s third anniversary celebration Saturday. The event included live music, food trucks, guest beers from 11 breweries, and the release of a special Father’s Day witbier brewed up by father-and-son team Graham and Chris Burns.

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Loudoun Hops Association Forms Aiming to support one of the county’s fastest growing agricultural sectors, the Loudoun Hops Association has formed. Initial directors are Denise Rowell of Hamilton Hops, Emily Coryell of Dragon Hops, Chris Griffin of Black Hops and James Rowell of Hamilton Hops, with one seat still vacant. The growers have been meeting monthly since March and recently filed

Wegmans Now Offers Home Delivery Wegmans Food Markets has partnered with Instacart to roll out a new program in which customers may conduct their shopping online and have their groceries delivered to their home in as little as an hour. Wegmans’ Leesburg and Dulles stores are among the first to offer the service. Customers can go to instacart.wegmans.com or use the Instacart App to place their order and confirm that they live within the delivery area. At checkout, they can add their Wegmans Shoppers Club number to receive available discounts and choose a delivery window within one hour, two incorporation papers. They are exploring opportunities for grants, investments, land prospects and various options to support hops growing in Northern Virginia. Working with Beth Sastre-Flores from the Loudoun County Extension Office, the group is looking to develop educational programs to promote the cultivation of high-quality products. “As a life-long resident of Loudoun County, I have seen the impact of growth and understand the importance of agriculture in keeping our green pastures and farm land,” Denise Rowell said. “Hop producers of this area will have great impact by creating

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Choi Opens EverSmile Dentistry in Sterling Dr. Edward “Eddie” Choi has opened EverSmile Dentistry at 46400 Benedict Drive, Suite 101, in Sterling. He acquired the long-time dental practice of Dr. Richard Rubino of Rubino Dental in 2016 and recently rebranded the practice as EverSmile Dentistry. “After years of working at other practices, I wanted to create a dental prac-

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[NONPROFIT ] FACES OF LOUDOUN Over the next several months, as part of the Community Foundation’s Faces of Loudoun campaign, Loudoun Now will run monthly articles highlighting men, women and children who have found a helping hand when they needed it most and the Loudoun County charities that provided it. Learn more or donate to a local charity of your choice at endtheneed.org

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Opioid Addiction is in Our Backyard Seven years ago, I lost my wife to cancer. It was a long and brutal struggle, requiring mountains of opioids to help her cope with pain. My daughter, Katie, was 19 when her mother passed away. She was deeply troubled by her loss and, before I realized it, turned to her mother’s meds for an escape from her grief. So began years of addiction and all the baggage that insidious disease carries with it. Katie began seeing a psychiatrist. But, the allure of the high was just too seductive. She had always been a good girl before the drugs, but, after her mother’s passing, she was arrested twice and was facing serious jail time when she died from an overdose in March of 2016. She was not quite 26. No family in Loudoun should lose a child to drugs. Unfortunately, we lost 1,100 kids last year in Virginia. We are on track to lose another 1,400 this year. Too many. Too soon.

The Next Chapter Six days after my daughter died, I saw an article in the paper about a program out of the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office. Sheriff Mike Chapman is trying to raise awareness about the local opioid crisis. He wants people to know that heroin is easy to find in our region and inexpensive to boot. To make matters worse, dealers are modifying their products to AlphaGraphics intensify the high—adding in chem- As part of the Community Foundation of Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties, Rick, a icals that are, unfortunately, also le- Loudoun County resident, shares his story of how opioid addiction impacted his family. thal in small doses. I just hope that, before I die, one Last year alone, 44 children in But, people refuse to see the problem. We try to get our speakers in front of person approaches me to say, “I heard Loudoun and Fauquier counties died students, parents and educators. But, you speak, and you helped me.” That from their addiction. This scourge is indiscriminate, taking people from too often the response is, “There isn’t would help me make sense of a senseall walks of life. It affects everyone. a problem here.” As a society, we are less tragedy and to do my part to End There are only three outcomes: you in complete denial. The few of us who the Need in Loudoun. Won’t you join us and help save a life? quit, you go to prison, or you die. know the truth soldier on.

Loudoun Cares Gives Final Push for June Campaign Loudoun Cares, a nonprofit organization serving solely Loudoun residents, is asking for community members to support its cause and become “Loudoun Cares Champions.” There is one week left in the charity’s new annual fundraising campaign, Loudoun Cares Champions. During its month-long campaign, Loudoun Cares has reached out to residents and businesses, asking them to support the organization’s life-sustaining and life-enriching programs that directly support Loudoun County. The campaign wraps up June 30. “Now halfway through our Loudoun Cares Champions Campaign, we are very encouraged by the responses we are getting every day from individuals and corporations in our community,” Loudoun Cares board chairwoman Mary Ellen Bowers said. “We are excited to be increasing our community recognition and partnerships.” Loudoun Cares programs reach thousands of county residents. Their flagship program, the Information & Referral Helpline, helps connect residents with critically needed food, clothing, shelter and utility relief. Other programs include an online volunteer center to match volunteers with agencies in need of their help; and the Claude Moore Community Builders Program that provides 40 high school students with training in leadership, communication skills and the culture of service. Supporters are encouraged to give via personal check, through the Loudoun Cares website, loudouncares.org, or text CARES to 91999.

Mary Ellen Bowers serves as chairwoman of the Loudoun Cares board of directors.

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tion is Sept. 2, and all paper registrations must be postmarked by Aug. 26. The games are scheduled to commence Saturday, Sept. 9 and conclude Sept. 20. The NVSO celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The games began in 1982 with about 80 senior athletes competing. In 2016, more than 900 Northern Virginians took part. The organization is also looking for volunteers to help at the events. Contact RSVP Northern Virginia at 703403-5360 or rsvp@volunteerfairfax.org to volunteer.

AART Tournament Sets Fundraising Record Golfers teed up June 6 to help raise money for the All Ages Read Together, which provides free school readiness programs to low-income children in Loudoun and Fairfax counties. The golf tournament, held at Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club near Leesburg, raised more than $17,000. Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling) kicked off the tournament with a few comments. The tournament was the inspiration of Peter Knapp, the

10-year-old organization’s board chairman. “This is the sixth year we have had this tournament and we raised more money than we ever have before. We are so thankful to our sponsors and those who came to play and support this amazing cause,” Knapp said. All Ages Read Together has another big event on the calendar—its Horseshoe Hoedown on Saturday, Sept. 30. The celebration is open to families and will be held at River Farm Stables, on River Farm Lane near Leesburg.

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dent Stress Management system created in 2001 and, more recently, the sheriff ’s office has contracted with a psychologist to talk to all staff members, particularly detectives who work high-profile cases. But most often, Hamrick said, giving deputies and others a chance to vent to the pastor and “debrief ” provides the support they need. However, they got there and whatever they encounter, being a chaplain can be just as difficult a job as those of a first responder. Oftentimes chaplains can serve as a buffer between emergency personnel and the affected family. Their presence may be welcome, or unwelcome. And they never know what they will encounter on their way to a scene, or a home. But for the dozens who serve that role in Loudoun County, it is a duty they are happy to serve. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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chaplain. For about the first decade of Loudoun’s chaplaincy program, Grant alone responded to calls. He juggled his role as the county’s sole chaplain along with being a pastor at Grace Baptist Church, starting a Christian school, opening a printing company and bookstore, running calls also as an EMT, and running a campaign for the Board of Supervisors. It was not long after his election to the Broad Run District supervisors seat in 1990 that he realized he needed some help. He recruited Dave Duffy, a former Coast Guard commander and then the headmaster of a local Christian school, and the duo shared the load for several years before Grant was involved in a head-on collision that left him in a coma for eight days. After he recovered, recruitment work began in earnest. Grant said he and Duffy recruited others they felt would fit for the important community role. “We were very conscientious when it comes to getting people involved as a chaplain,” he said. “You have to minister to people in the right spirit. We don’t go out with a view that we’re going to proselytize; we go out with a view that we’re going to help people get through a crisis.” Grant, 81, still runs calls and now serves as chairman emeritus of the fire-rescue chaplain program. The chaplaincy program for the county-wide fire-rescue system has now grown to include 18 active response chaplains, with six in training. The Loudoun Sheriff ’s Office has four chaplains, which is headed by Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg. The Leesburg Police Department is working to revive the town’s program, with the department’s Public Information Officer Sam Shenouda leading that charge. The majority of the chaplains on the roster for both the sheriff ’s office and fire-rescue system are of the Christian faith or non-secular; however, if a member of the public or a first responder requests a chaplain of a non-represented faith group, the appropriate calls are placed. While many associate a chaplain with having a religious bent, that is not always the case. “Our team are real people, your neighbors, and our focus is on life and the appreciation of it—physically, emotionally, and spiritually,” Myers said. For Kost, her four-year stint as a chaplain came through tragedy. She attended to her neighbor following the unexpected death of her son, and that is when she encountered Chaplain Leo Flynn. She followed up with him a month after the funeral and thanked him for being there for the family as an advocate and comforter. “His response was ‘did you ever think about doing this,’” she said. “He told me in that situation my demeanor was what called him to ask me this. And I’m like ‘I was in shock.’ He said, ‘no you weren’t.’” Raised as a Catholic, Kost is now an ordained minister and is open to all faiths. But in that moment, she felt a calling to be the same source of comfort Chaplain Leo had been for her friend and her family.

It is not the easiest volunteer gig to recruit for. Classroom and field training and background checks are required. Myers, who has been a chaplain for 27 years and has led the fire-rescue’s program as its chairman since 2013, said many may want to assist in that capacity, but “it is not for the faint of heart.” “There must be a balance of inner strength, compassion, listening, and communication skills to truly be efficient,” he said. “This is important because we end up taking on the sadness, and later close our eyes and still see the images we have seen.” “The worst is when it involves children,” Hamrick said. Hamrick was called to the scene of the pedestrian accident that claimed the life of 5-month-old Tristan Schultz in Lansdowne on Aug. 31, 2016. With so many witnesses and first responders deeply affected by the tragedy, Hamrick organized a triage area at a nearby

fire department to provide comfort and counseling. He responds to two or three death notifications a month. He also makes a point to attend many sheriff ’s office roll call meetings and makes himself available to the officers who may just need someone to talk to. He also makes visits to the Emergency Communications Center to be a resource for those county dispatchers. “Most situations they just need someone to talk to. It depends on what they’ve seen and what they’ve witnessed,” Hamrick said. “I always ask ‘do you mind if I pray for you?’ If I don’t know them [personally] I take their numbers and follow up with a call.” Hamrick can refer deputies and other staff members to the Employee Assistance Program, where they are able to meet with professional counselors, if more help is needed. According to Sheriff Michael Chapman, his staff also has access to the peer-to-peer Critical Inci-

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wo Purcellville Cannons have been drafted by Major League Baseball teams. According to Valley League Baseball, the Texas Rangers selected third baseman Tyler Ratliff in the 17th round, and right-handed pitcher Will Reed, a Loudoun Valley High School ace, went to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round. Reed had not yet made an appearance for the Cannons this season. “We couldn’t be prouder that Will and Tyler were drafted by MLB,” said Brett Fuller, the Cannons’ team president and on-field manager. “Not only are they great ballplayers, they’re both fine young men, and we’re proud that Will and Tyler joined the Cannons along their path to the pros.” Reed, a second-year Cannon and

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last year’s total of 26. Several former Cannons, including some from the Cannons’ days in Charles Town, WV, before moving to Fireman’s Field in Purcellville, were also drafted. Those include right-handed pitcher Malik Jones to the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round; right-handed pitcher Riley Echols to the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round; center fielder Peyton Maddox to the San Francisco Giants in the 33rd round; left-handed pitcher Karl Craigie to the Miami Marlins in the 34th round; and infielder Cooper Coldiron to the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round. One other current Valley League player, Front Royal pitcher Ted Andrews, was also selected this year. The Chicago White Sox drafted Andrews in the 37th round.

Purcellville Council Reviews Staff Workload Concerns BY PATRICK SZABO The multitude of community development projects on Purcellville’s to-do list is a concern, but it might get a little longer. During Town Council’s June 13 meeting, members were briefed on the status of 17 ongoing projects, including the expansion of the east-end 7-Eleven at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Main Street and plans for an assisted living facility at the southeast corner of the town’s traffic circle on the O’Toole property. The purpose of the session was to establish priorities. A key concern was whether the staff could tackle them all. The staff report included a calculation that it would require 1,660 hours of work to complete them by the end of this year. Councilman Ryan Cool highlighted a section from the staff report that reads, “Staff does not typically comment on the amount of time and effort that

is necessary to produce its work products…” Cool told town staff members there needed to be more planning and communication moving forward. Assistant Town Manager Daniel Davis said the staff would find a way to better communicate project workload requirements in the future. “As either new topics come forward or as we are working through them, we can develop that type of project plan,” Davis said. “It will be much better perhaps than what we’ve seen to date.” The planning commission also is looking at the list of active projects and is set to report its recommendations to the council on June 27. One more project is expected to be added to the list. The town staff is recommending that the council move forward with plans to develop a fiscal impact model that would assess the impact of future growth on the town’s resources. The staff has been working with TischlerBise, a fiscal, economic and planning consulting firm. Already, the

council earmarked $11,800 in its Comprehensive Plan Update budget for the project, but TischlerBise has suggested that another $12,000 would be needed to complete the work. “I see it as a good product, but I don’t want this to be an additional tool in our toolkit that we just put aside and not use,” Mayor Kwasi Fraser said. “Our conversation before this was 17 projects—this is project number 18.” Although Fraser was concerned about the town spending thousands more on the model, Davis said the investment would be worth it. “We would use this a lot,” he said. “In terms of the dollar, the infrastructure, the demands, the potential future impacts on our infrastructure, this would be used regularly.” Town staff plans to get a formal proposal from TischlerBise and answer more of the council’s questions at the next meeting. pszabo@loudounnow.com

Construction crews returned to town this week to make the faces of Lovettsville’s new Town Center clock more visible at night. With the help of a large crane, the work was expected to be complete by week’s end. The long-anticipated amenity, which ultimately will include an animated glockenspiel, was completed last December. But town leaders quickly expressed dissatisfaction, largely because the clock faces were difficult to read. In March, the Town Council voted to pay $1,100 more to the Christoph Paccard Bell Foundry, which designed and produced the clock faces, to switch them out. Mayor Bob Zoldos sought to force the contractor to do the work for free, employing his rarely used veto power, but that was overridden.

Feed Loudoun Collections on Saturdays The Lovettsville Garden Club in cooperation with Feed Loudoun/Plant-A-Row will be collecting freshly picked vegetables, fruit or eggs that will be distributed to neighbors in need. Donations can be dropped at two Lovettsville locations every Saturday through September. Products can be dropped off at the Lovettsville Community Gardens, 60 Lange Drive between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. or at the Lovettsville Co-op Outdoor Market, held at the Lovettsville Fire and Rescue Hall from 10 a.m. to noon. All donations are taken to area food pantries in need including Lovettsville Food Pantry, Tree of Life Food Pantry and Loudoun Hunger Relief.

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ROUND HILL Town Changes Trash Contractors The Town Council last week authorized a three-year contract with Patriot Disposal to provide trash and recycling services. Next Wednesday, residents will receive a 96-gallon trash can and a 64-gallon recycling can. The trash and recycling pickup day will remain Wednesdays. One difference is that recycling will be picked up in the morning rather than in the

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Free Wi-Fi Coming to Purcellville? BY PATRICK SZABO The Purcellville Town Council is pressing ahead with efforts to boost internet connectivity, including the possibility of creating a free Wi-Fi network. Citing complaints from residents and businesses that available internet services are too slow, too expensive or unreliable, Vice Mayor Karen Jimmerson and Councilman Nedim Ogelman have been exploring alternatives. Jimmerson said a contract with Verizon to begin building a fiber infrastructure in town would cost $702,000, while a contract with Comcast—currently the town’s main provider of residential broadband— would be $155,000. Comcast would retain ownership of the infrastructure it provides. “Our businesses and citizens deserve and need to experience the fastest and most consistent and most reliable access to the internet,” Jimmerson said. afternoon. First pickup day for the new contractor will be Wednesday, July 5. Containers should be at the curb no later than 5 a.m. Some large items, including mattresses, disassembled bed frames and couches, can be put out for regular

As a test, the council is considering a plan to provide free Wi-Fi service at Fireman’s Field. If this pilot program goes well, a larger town-wide project could be implemented. According to Purcellville’s Director of Information Technology Shannon Bohince, the first step after the Fireman’s Field pilot program could be the construction of a tower for a wireless system on the town’s wastewater plant. That would cost about $200,000. Next, other towers could be set up around town to provide better internet, as well as cellular phone coverage. “The big picture for us is to interconnect all the sites of the town as phase three of this,” Bohince said. “Each one of them could have cellular carriers on them for their 5G technology as they come in.” For now, Bohince is continuing to design the pilot program. pszabo@loudounnow.com

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Jim Foss, chef and owner of Smokehouse Live, prepares beef brisket during a recent launch run. He smokes most of the meat that’s served at the barbecue joint and music venue for 16 hours. He’ll share his barbecue secrets at the Prep, Grill and Chill workshop June 24 at Barnhouse Brewery.

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and what rubs go best with different meat), some basic butchery and heat distribution. He’ll also offer tips to get smoke using a gas grill and offer a primer on smoking meats—including picking the best smoker for your needs. Foss, a self-proclaimed charcoal guy, will bring his commercial charcoal grill and whip up some beef for lunch following the workshop—prime rib and tri-tip are on the menu. Foss, a Philadelphia native who trained at Johnson and Wales University for Culinary Arts and the American Culinary Federation, came to the DC area in the early 1990s as vice president of culinary for the Capital Restaurant Concepts group, owner of several notable DC eateries—including southern cuisine icon Georgia Brown’s. Foss fell in love with barbecue through the group’s barbecue spot, Old Glory in Georgetown, and jumped into the na-

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tional barbecue competition circuit. Foss, a James Beard Foundation award winner, opened Smokehouse Live in the Village at Leesburg retail center in 2015, and the restaurant was recently named to the Zagat guide’s list of DC’s top 15 barbecue restaurants. Foss launched the restaurant’s Pitmaster series to help amateur grillers get the most out of their meat, and the workshops alternate between Smokehouse and offsite locations. The Barnhouse farm brewery near Lucketts was the perfect spot for this month’s event, Foss said, because it gives participants a chance to grill in the great outdoors and puts a spotlight on another local business. “We wanted to keep it local,” Foss said. “We’re always looking for partners that are as excited about doing events like this.” And then there’s the fact that barbecue and beer are kind of a perfect match. what works best for different meats.

• Watch the temperature. When grilling with charcoal, keep a squirt bottle on hand in case it gets too hot. When using a smoker, keep the temperature around 250 degrees. • Pay attention to the wood. It’s an ingredient just like a spice. Foss recommends the medium flavor of oak for most meats. • For charcoal grills, use indirect heat. Move the coals and wood to one side and put your protein on the opposite side.

“It’s like Oreos and milk,” Foss said. For Barnhouse, which started out as a garage brewery and moved to its new location last year, the workshop is a way to celebrate its first anniversary in its new digs, which includes 4,000 square feet of patio space in two separate areas and several acres of green space. For owners Roger and Christine Knoell and Rob and Amy Larrick, special events like the grilling workshop are a way to offer patrons something a little different—and including lunch is always a plus. “We’re always trying to think outside the box. In the brewery business, there are two primary glue factors: one is having food and the other is having music,” Rob Larrick said. And events like this one, along with food trucks and the brewery’s new Saturday music series are helping to bring in visitors. And while the class won’t focus on barbecue and beer pairings, Larrick loves to hear what patrons come up with when sampling Barnhouse brews with dishes from the food trucks that park on site each weekend. “Every now and then somebody will come up to you and say, ‘Hey, this beer goes really well with this brisket,’” Larrick said. “It’s cool to see people trying to pair your beers with the food.” The Prep, Grill and Chill event includes a brewery tour and a pint or BBQ BOOTCAMP >> 34 • For gas grills, wood chips offer a great smoky flavor. Soak chips in water and put them in foil. Wrap the foil into in a ball, poke it with a fork and put it right on the grate. • Check your work. There’s a certain amount of trial and error involved, but getting a meat thermometer takes some of the fear out of grilling. • Rest. Pull the meat off a little early and let it rest for 10 minutes or so—the juices will redistribute and the meat will continue to cook off the grill.

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Sunday, June 25, 7-9 p.m.; Loudoun County Courthouse, 18 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: bluemont.org Authentic swing and contemporary big band jazz from a Bluemont favorite. Requested donation is $5 per person, $4 for Bluemont friends and seniors and $2 for children 12 and under.

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Pitmaster Series is a competition (in the style of the Food Network’s “Chopped”) with area chefs as judges. It’s scheduled to be held at the restaurant in late July. So if you think you’ve got what it takes, get your tongs ready and stay tuned. jmercker@loudounnow.com Smokehouse Live’s Prep, Grill and Chill event takes place from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 24 at Barnhouse Brewery, 43271 Spinks Ferry Road, Leesburg. Tickets are $40 and include lunch and a beer flight. For tickets and information, go to smokehouse-live.com. Learn more about Barnhouse Brewery at barnhousebrewery.com

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AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25; 38668 Sierra Lane, Lovettsville. Details: k4lrg.org Dozens of licensed radio operators with the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group for their annual 24-hour emergency training marathon from 2 p.m. Saturday through 2 p.m. Sunday. Visitors are welcome.

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‘YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU’ Friday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 24, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane Purcellville. Details: franklinparkartscenter.org The Pickwick Players present the award-winning play about an eccentric family whose routine is disrupted when a daughter with a regular job wants to bring her fiancé and his Wall Street family to dinner. Tickets are $17 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $12 for children online and at the door.

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LIVE MUSIC: JACK GRACE BAND Friday, June 23, 8:30 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com Experimental country art-rock with influences from Frank Zappa to Johnny Cash. No cover.

LIVE MUSIC: THE JONATHAN SLOANE TRIO Saturday, June 24, 9 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com Sloane is a talented musician, instructor, guitarist and lyricist based in Rockville, MD. His style is deeply rooted in

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our skills, to introduce young people to the world of amateur radio, and to have some friendly competition with other Amateur Radio clubs across America and Canada.” Starting Saturday afternoon, the club will operate seven stations on discrete over-the-air frequencies, including one via satellite. Organizers plan a Get On The Air station to allow young people to talk with other stations across the country while under the supervision of a trained radio operator.

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LEESBURG INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Field Day activities begin at 2 p.m. June 24 and continue through the night without interruption until 2 p.m. Sunday, June 25. The LARG Field Day site is at 38668 Sierra Lane, off Rt. 287 south of Lovettsville. Visitors are welcome. Learn more at k4lrg.org.

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What happens when a natural disaster or a malicious attack takes down the telecom network? One tried and true option is for amateur radio operators to roll into action. Their capabilities will be on display this weekend at a Lovettsville-area farm as the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group participates in the annual marathon emergency training exercise known as Field Day, sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. Constant radio communication among amateur radio stations in the U.S. and Canada is required during the 24-hour training exercise, using generator- or battery-powered amateur radio equipment, simulating conditions that would be experienced during a disaster or emergency scenario. It’s the 23rd year for LARG’s participation in the friendly competition and the group often performs in the top tier of ham in Virginia and nationally. “Ham radio is a great hobby but radio amateurs pitch in when all else fails,” Club President Chris Patton said. “We help in natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and floods, and many were on the air to assist on 9/11. We provide basic communication support when electricity and cell networks are inoperable. Field Day is the annual chance for us to practice

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Cora Heflin Kohloss Cora Heflin Kohlhoss of Leesburg, VA died peacefully on June 14, 2017. Born on her grandfather Heflin’s Rock Hill Farm in Lucketts, VA on November 28, 1916, she was the oldest on nine children of Charles Marshall and Nellie A. Heflin.

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She attended school in Poolesville, MD, where she met her husband Matthew Kohlhoss. On August 18, 1935, Cora and Matt were married at St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg, VA. They settled in Alexandria, VA where their daughter Ellen Jane and son Matthew Jr. were born. During WWII Cora worked at the Army Map Services in Bethesda, MD. After the war, she stayed home with the children on their farm in Lucketts until they went to college. She then returned to work at the Map Service until she retired in June 1975. As a lifelong member of St. James Church, she taught Sunday School, assisted in the Children’s Choir and served on the Alter Guild. She was also very active in other Episcopal churches in the area. She helped in the restoration and reopening of Christ Church in Lucketts and assisted in the planting of St. David’s Church in Ashburn, serving on both Altar Guilds. She is survived by her daughter Ellen Jane K. Flynn, son Matthew L. Kohlhoss, Jr., granddaughters Susan Anne K. Luprano of Montreal and Sunney J. Kohlhoss of Chicago, her great granddaughters Emma and Ella Luprano, sister Mae H. Holcomb, brother Thomas E. Heflin, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends. A memorial service to celebrate her life was held on July 21 at St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg. In Memoriam, Contributions may be made in her name to the Altar Guild of St. James Episcopal church, Christ Episcopal Church or St. David’s Episcopal Church. colonialfuneralhome.com

On Monday, June 19, 2017 James Martin Kidwell passed peacefully at his home with his wife and three daughters by his side. He was the beloved husband of Dorothy Knox Kidwell and adored father of daughters Kelly (Eddie)Bradley, Kerri (Jack) Spinks, and Kristi Kidwell. Jimmy is also survived by his sister Catherine (Frank) Howard, brother Bradley (Peggy) Kidwell, and sister Page Kidwell. In addition, Mr. Kidwell leaves a legacy with seven grandsons, three great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, and ex-tended family. He was preceded in death by his infant son and parents Paul and Catherine Kidwell. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2017, from 5:00 to 8:00pm at Loudoun Funeral Chapel 158 Catoctin Circle SE Leesburg, VA 20175. The funeral will be held at Loudoun Funeral Chapel on Friday, June 23, 2017 at 11:00am. Graveside service to follow at Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Children’s National Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

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June 17, 2017. Family will received friends at the Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Road NE, Leesburg, Virginia on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 where services immediately fol-

lowed. Burial will follow the service in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia.

Grace D. Sheppard-Harris,

widow of the late Herbert C. Harris, daughter of the late George and Susie Jackson-Sheppard was born on April 8, 1928 in Loudoun County, VA. She departed this life on June 6, 2017 in Austell, GA. Grace leaves to mourn two daughters, Helen A. Turner of Alexandria, VA; Evelyn D. Wilkins of Lithia Springs, GA; two sons Herbert W. Harris of Leesburg, VA and Garwin A. Harris, White Post, VA, 10 surviving Grandchildren, one deceased, and 16 Great Grandchildren. One son predeceased her James (Lee) Harris, as well as, nine siblings Elsie, Helen, George, Evelyn, Rosie, Ruby, Frankie, Delbert and Roy. Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday June 24, 2017. Time of service 1:00 p.m. at Lyles Funeral Chapel, 630 South 20th Street, Purcellville, VA 20132. Interment Private Arrangements By: Lyles Funeral Service of Purcellville, VA 20132

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Help from the Front Line While it has proven to be a frustrating process for all involved, the Loudoun Board of Supervisors’ effort to restructure the county government grant-making process is important. The work is built on two fundamental conclusions shared by county supervisors and nonprofit leaders. The first is that the county government has a role—a valuable role—in helping provide a stronger community safety net. At times, previous county board members have argued that such contributions should be left to individuals and the work left to churches. It’s a position that scores political points, but seldom achieves the desired results. This board has acknowledged the tremendous community benefits that can be achieved by dedicated even a tiny percentage of tax collections to targeted support services. The second is that the process used to distribute the grants is broken. Previous efforts to insulate the distributions from political influence has resulted in an inflexible system that doesn’t maximize the impact of the investments. Some well-established organizations receive grants because they always have and some relative newcomers working to address emerging challenges are left on the waiting list. Supervisors have wrestled with ways to fix it, with the latest effort drawn up by board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona. While this plan appears to address many of the concerns, it creates new ones—not the least of which is the potential to erode the financial viability of some long-serving organizations that continue to provide needed services. With limited resources available, it is not possible to accomplish the reallocation without causing fiscal stress for some, but the cost to the community of a nonprofit cutting programs or closing its doors could be much higher. That is the concern raised in a letter to the board from the leaders of 24 Loudoun nonprofit organizations, operating under the umbrella of the Human Services Network. “[L]ives are saved because of the services provided by many nonprofits facing funding eliminations or significant decreases. If organizations that are part of the human services safety net must cease their programs due to these funding cuts, people in our community will not have access to food, health care, housing, shelter and more,” they wrote. Their proposed solution is not to increase government funding or block efforts to redistribute the available funds. Rather, it is to have a hand in solving the problem. While it can be argued that the last thing the county government needs is another advisory committee, there is value in their suggestion to have the front-line experts around the table with county government leaders to help solve the problem in a way that strengthens the safety net for all involved.

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More Participation Editor: I read the perspectives of Mr. Houston and Ms. McConnell about their participation at Envision Loudoun (Letters, June 15) and felt the need to discuss my experience as well. I see Mr. Houston’s valid point about the vision presented. To me, the vision looked like it was written by real estate and businesspersons, with some consulting language, and it did not comprehensively reflect the uniqueness of our county, including its history, culture and geography. However, that is precisely why such meetings are held. We as concerned citizens need to attend these meetings and voice our appreciation, doubt, anger, hope, needs and vision for Loudoun. As a 17-year Loudoun resident, a small business owner, parent of a Loudoun high schooler and a runner wanting more fun trails in our county, I wanted my voice heard. I attended the session at Harper Park Middle School and joined a round table. We had a diverse group of participants—a

high school student, farm owners from western Loudoun, high-density neighborhood residents from eastern Loudoun, new and long-term residents, small business owners, men and women from different races and ethnicities. We had a great discussion about our vision for Loudoun, with concrete ideas and passionate arguments. It felt very empowering to be there. The event was very well organized. A lot of artifacts were deployed to gather feedback from participants— maps, survey sheets, comment cards, even a fun table exercise to model a road. I hope the county leaders heard us. We don’t want a cookie-cutter plan for Loudoun, a “cut-and-paste” from some other city. Let Loudoun’s citizens who plan to live here, raise our kids here, and maybe rest in peace here one day, be the architects of our county’s future. Let us participate more. — Uma Marques, Leesburg

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first phase to address aging private septic systems will begin with installation of a sewer main (concurrent with road construction and aerial utility burial) while a study is now under way to determine a community wastewater treatment alternative. These critical improvements are already stimulating notable investments and expansion of appropriate economic development inside Hillsboro. Hillsboro itself has expanded after a years-in-the-making boundary line adjustment agreement between Hillsboro and Loudoun County this year resulted in the reestablishment of the Town’s historic boundaries and expansion. Now within Hillsboro’s corporate

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Nothing portends the significance or the momentous nature of the change coming than the mere fact that Hillsboro’s “Main Street,” one of the region’s most notoriously clogged commuter highways, will be closed to through traffic for more than an hour for Hillsboro’s Independence Day Parade on Saturday, July 1. limits are landmarks and key businesses including Hillsboro’s Old Stone School/Town Hall, the Hillsboro Charter Academy, the Hillsboro United Methodist Church, Stoneybrook Farm Market and Hillsborough B&B. This July, the Town of Hillsboro, supported by thousands of area residents, dozens of area businesses and all three of our Congressional representatives, formally initiates an effort to reclaim its postal identity, which began in 1801 but was lost with the closing of its postal facility more than a decade ago. The only town in Loudoun without a postal facility or ZIP code, Hillsboro has suf-

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Alternatives grant. The Gap Way will tie together town civic institutions and serve as a key link for bikers and hikers in northwest Loudoun—and be a catalyst for development of an area-wide network of safe multi-modal paths and trails. The town’s four-decade-long drinking water saga, in which its venerable Hill Tom Spring was declared unfit as a municipal water supply and the water system operates under a Federal Consent Order, is in its final chapter as construction begins this fall to bring a new water source on line and disconnect the spring in 2018. Likewise, the

fered from a loss of identity that leads to the absurdity of its mayor being required to acknowledge on Election Day 2017—at the Hillsboro precinct polling place, in the Hillsboro Town Hall located in the incorporated Town of Hillsboro—that his actual address of residence is “36966 Charles Town Pike, Purcellville.” This anomaly transcends mere personal annoyance for town residents. In the age of ZIP code-dependent GPS mapping, businesses and visitors are suffering from the impacts of this every day, especially those relying on tourism, such as the dozen wineries and Loudoun’s largest concentration of B&Bs arrayed within five minutes of Hillsboro but identified as being in Purcellville. This summer also marks the oneyear anniversary of the establishment of the Greater Hillsboro Business Alliance, comprised of dozens of area businesses and fostering cohesion and cooperation to build a mutually supportive business environment that ensures sustainability and growth of the area’s agricultural and recreational tourism-based economy. In 2016, the Alliance was instrumental, along with the Town and generous donors to Friends of the Old Stone School, in rescuing the financially strapped annual Hillsboro fireworks event. The happy result was the first annual Independence Day the Hillsboro Way Music Festival and Fireworks, which drew an estimated 4,000 for performances on the new outdoor Gap Stage—built by community volunteers in one day just a week before the event. The American Revolution was the ultimate grassroots movement, fueled by the idea that communities of democratic free people could and must determine their own destinies, that self-government and citizen participation was not only a right but also a duty. What’s happening in Hillsboro today, its “declaration of independence,” is an expression of “roll up your sleeves” citizenship, extraordinary altruism and community building at its finest—and a commitment to paying it forward that will deliver dividends far into the future.

n just over a week Americans will gather together in communities large and small to celebrate the 241st anniversary of the day our nation proclaimed its independence. July 4, 1776, marked both a culmination and beginning of many years of arduous struggle against seemingly insurmountable odds. The outcome was a triumph of spirit, will and unrelenting determination by citizens of all origins and status that has endowed succeeding generations of Americans with the confidence and spirit to—from time to time—rebel to right a wrong, work to achieve “a more perfect union,” and reassert their own independence to get things done. This year, as we in the Hillsboro area celebrate the assertion and actions that gained America’s independence, we’ll also be celebrating a year in which we have made our own “declaration of independence” of sorts. Our declaration marks both a culmination—and the beginning—of years of hard work. On the near horizon however is the reclamation and restoration of place and identity, a reassertion of economic and civic consequence, and the foundation for the preservation of the priceless regional asset that is rural northwest Loudoun. Although somewhat mundane on its face, in the vanguard of transformative change are the convergence of public infrastructure projects in Hillsboro and a reemergence of civic spirit and self-awareness within its surrounding—and burgeoning—agricultural region. Nothing portends the significance or the momentous nature of the change coming than the mere fact that Hillsboro’s “Main Street,” Rt. 9, one of the region’s most notoriously clogged commuter highways, will be closed to through traffic for more than an hour (albeit 9 a.m.) for Hillsboro’s Independence Day Parade on Saturday, July 1. This unprecedented event, orchestrated with the cooperation of VDOT, local and state law enforcement and Loudoun’s Emergency Management, is an emblematic capstone to a year in which one of Virginia’s smallest and best-preserved historic towns dating from the Revolutionary era, has figuratively “declared its independence” on a number of fronts. After five years of being stalled at “shovel-ready but unfunded” status, as

of July 1, the Hillsboro Traffic-Calming project moves aggressively toward its construction phase in 2018 with an aggregation of nearly $10 million from multiple sources. With the town’s assertion of its right to manage and administer the project itself, with VDOT concurrence, costly administrative and bureaucratic hurdles are removed. And, by collapsing three major town infrastructure projects (road, water, sewer) into one, millions of dollars will be saved and duration of traffic disruptions dramatically reduced. As an adjunct to the larger road project, on July 1 Hillsboro’s “Gap Way” multi-use path project will be funded by a nearly $500,000 Transportation

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Teen murder << FROM 1 break from overnight prayers to get a pre-fasting meal at McDonald’s, went back to the mosque. Police were called and Hassanen was reported missing. Fairfax County Police, the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office, K-9 teams, and search and rescue crews, with a helicopter overhead, searched the area for the girl. During that operation, an officer noticed a car driving suspiciously in the area and conducted a traffic stop. The driver was Darwin A. Martinez Torres, a 22-year-old construction worker from El Salvador who lived in an apartment near the Rt. 7/Cascades Boulevard interchange in Sterling. Torres was taken into custody as a suspect. The search for Hassanen continued. Around 3 p.m.—almost 12 hours after the initial altercation—investigators found what was later determined to be Hassanen’s body in a pond behind the apartment complex. By Monday night, the medical examiner had determined she was killed by blunt force trauma to the head and neck. A baseball bat was among the evidence collected in the case, Fairfax Police said. Martinez Torres was charged with murder. He is being held without bond in Fairfax County and he is subject to a U.S. Customs Enforcement detainer, indicating he is in the country illegally. His is scheduled to appear in Fairfax County Juvenile and Family Relations Court on July 19, although the case could move to Loudoun County for trial.

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A rainbow over Bethany Farace, who was among the people who gathered on Sugarland Road to welcome and support congregants arriving at the ADAMS Center in Sterling for prayer Monday evening.

The case quickly drew national and international attention, in part because of the terrorist attack earlier that day in England, when a man drove into a crowd of worshipers during Ramadan services at a London mosque. On Monday, the Fairfax Police Department used its Twitter feed to announce that the motive in the case appeared be road rage rather than a hate crime targeting the Muslim youths.

Outpouring of Support While that finding offered some relief to local leaders, there was an outpouring of sympathy from elected leaders across the commonwealth. The ADAMS Center urged area residents to not jump to conclusions about the motives for the attack. “We thank both Fairfax County Police and Loudoun County Sheriff ’s

departments for their diligent efforts in investigating and apprehending a suspect. We call on law enforcement to investigate and determine the motive of this crime and prosecute to the full extent of the law. “We are devastated and heartbroken as our community undergoes and processes TEEN MURDER >> 43

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this traumatic event. It is a time for us to come together to pray and care for our youth. ADAMS has licensed counselors on site to assist anyone in need of counseling during these difficult times.” Elected representatives who have worked closely with ADAMS leaders over the years to promote religious tolerance and a greater understanding of the Muslim faith issued statements of sympathy for Hassanen’s family and the congregation. “Our hearts are heavy with grief. I stand with the ADAMS Community. Loudoun, please hold her family close to our hearts. Loudoun, she was us,” Loudoun County Chairwoman Phyllis Randall posted on Facebook. “The ADAMS Center has always welcomed me and so many in Northern Virginia like family. This unspeakable attack feels like an assault on our entire community. Words fail at a time like this, so we’ll all have to do the best we can to surround them with the love and support they’ve always shown each of us,” Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement. “I was sicken[ed] to learn about this chilling crime. My prayers are with the family. @ADAMSCenter_the Sterling Community is grieving with you,” Sterling District Supervisor Koran Saines tweeted. Both nominees for governor commented. “Ramadan should be a season of peace. Instead, we mourn alongside our Muslim neighbors. This is a tragedy,”

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