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28 Supervisors Back Off Dramatic Nonprofit Funding Changes BY RENSS GREENE

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Kindergartners at Madison’s Trust Elementary School line up ahead of morning classes.

Universal Full-Day Kindergarten ‘Within Striking Distance’ BY DANIELLE NADLER

oudoun, hold on to your crayons. The school system is one step—one giant leap, really— closer to providing every kindergartner with a full academic

day. The School Board on Tuesday adopted its long-promised road map to universal full-day kindergarten. Loudoun is among the last districts in Virginia to not offer a district-wide full-day program to its youngest students. “We’re one of the last hold outs, and I don’t say that proudly,” Director of Elementary Education W. Michael Martin said. “This provides a clear path to the end of this destination.” The plan outlines the specifics about what hurdles stand in the way to expand

the full-day kindergarten program and includes options to get over them—including school building additions, classroom trailers, and attendance boundary changes. Superintendent Eric Williams, Martin, and board members have been working for years to draft a step-by-step plan to get to universal full-day kindergarten, weighing enrollment projections and funding constraints with a communitywide push to expand the program. They have made big strides in recent years. Since Williams was hired as superintendent in 2014, the district has increased its full-day kindergarten offerings from 11 percent to 82 percent, or about 4,600 students, as of this fall. The adopted “Pathway to Universal FDK” plan addresses the biggest obstacle standing in the way to bring that up to

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100 percent: a lack of classroom space in fast-growing parts of the county where school buildings are already cramped. One of the potential solutions is to place any of the four available classroom trailers at elementary schools. Williams’ staff is also looking at which schools should receive three-classroom additions, at about $2.7 million each. The board’s Capital Improvement Program calls for five additions to be funded in fiscal year 2021 and open in 2023. Williams wants to see funding for those additions accelerated, so they can be ready for students earlier. Earlier this month, Williams told the School Board he’d like to see 83 percent of kindergartners receive a full school day by the 2018-2019 school year. But

County supervisors have put off making major changes to the way they dole out charitable grant funding after a finance committee proposal drew sharp concern from the nonprofit community. The new model would have created a more mathematical approach for deciding which nonprofits receive county funds and in what amount, but the idea sent shockwaves through Loudoun’s nonprofit community with some of the dramatic changes it would entail. It would have nixed county funding to six nonprofits that in the past have reliably expected county money, while multiplying the funding to some other nonprofits—all with only a few days until the new fiscal year begins in July. Among the organizations that worried about the changes: The Arc of Loudoun at Paxton Campus, which stood to get 11 times the funding it would get under the old model, up to $60,000. The organization’s executive director, Melissa Heifetz, was one of 25 nonprofit executives who signed onto a letter against the new model from the Loudoun Human Services Network, an organization of Loudoun nonprofits. Jennifer Alves, who works at Paxton Campus, said the organization was “grateful to be recommended for these funds,” and pointed out the work the organization does with law enforcement and people with disabilities. “We also stand with our fellow nonprofit community members to respectfully request that the grant process be reevaluated,” Alves said. “It appears that organizations that provide life-sustaining work were unfunded. With thousands of people relying on services provided by those nonprofits now and in the future, it is necessary that they continue to receive funding.” “The provision of services requires resources,” said HealthWorks for Northern Virginia CEO Carol Jameson. “Taking an organization from partnership with the county through county funding, to zero funding, especially with just one week

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iCan Bike Camp Gets Special Needs Kids Rolling BY JOHN PATTERSON

onsidering it’s summer, there’s a lot of activity at Tuscarora High School this week: young cyclists are pedaling around the gym with volunteers trotting alongside them. Indoor riding is the first phase of the

iCan Bike camp, which helps children with mental and physical disabilities learn how to ride a bicycle. The camp has come to Loudoun for the first time through a partnership between The Arc of Loudoun at Paxton Campus, Tuscarora’s Husky Buddies club supporting special needs students, and iCan Shine, the nonprofit that runs the program.

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Volunteers Jason Williams and Alex Quinn try to keep pace as Alex gives them a run for their money at the iCan Bike camp. The weeklong camp teaches children with disabilities to ride a bike.

The camp has 35 riders, and may expand to 40 throughout the week. It’s open to riders with any disability as long as they can walk. Parents stay to monitor their children’s progress, and consult with camp counselors on how to continue riding at home. Meanwhile, participants

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Troy Cambetes makes a new friend as a volunteer spotter at ICan Bike, a camp for kids with mental and physical disabilities who want to learn to ride a bike.

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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine takes questions from business leaders at Loudoun’s Chamber of Commerce’s event Monday.

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Virginia’s junior U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D) delivered a simple message on leadership on Monday to Loudoun’s Chamber of Commerce, which he connected to his experience at every level of public service, from a Richmond city councilman to vice presidential candidate. “I learned from a really wonderful city council member one day, he said all successes of organizations are about goals plus relationships. For some rea-

son that really stuck with me; that’s my one piece of advice. I’ve used this for 25 years,” Kaine said. “Success in an organization is goals plus relationships. And if there’s a problem, it’s usually a goals problem or a relationships problem.” Kaine told a room full of Loudoun business and community leaders that he found the opportunity to discuss leadership refreshing, because he most frequently talks about health care, the

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Supervisors, Staff Defend Loudoun Inmate Medical Contract BY RENSS GREENE

oudoun supervisors, county staff members and a senior officer in the Sheriff ’s Office on Thursday night defended the integrity of a process that selected Sheriff Michael Chapman’s second-largest campaign contributor for a $4.75 million, two-year county contract. Correct Care Solutions of Nashville, TN, has provided medical and psychiatric services for inmates at the Adult Detention Center and Work Release Center for 12 years. County supervisors voted 8-0-1, with Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) abstaining, to renew the contract for another two years. Correct Care Solutions donated $3,000 to Chapman’s 2016 election campaign, but county staff members

and his officers have said he had no hand in evaluating the four bids the county received for the contract. Major Mike Manning said the sheriff had “absolutely no input” in picking a contract. “I believe that the process was run according to our policies and procedures, and with all the honesty and integrity that comes with that,” said County Administrator Tim Hemstreet. The problem, supervisors said again, lies with some much bigger-money contributions—lobbying in Richmond. Board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) said during a June 13 finance committee meeting that the state-mandated system for negotiating contracts is “rigged, and it’s rigged for professional services.” Under state procurement procedures—which the county, by law, must

follow—the government cannot negotiate with more than one bidder at time, and cannot demand a binding price estimate until then. That, supervisors say, means the county can’t pit firms against one another and drive prices down, and can’t know whether it’s getting the best price. Correct Care Solutions entered the second-most expensive proposal of the four bidders for the contract—$600,000 above the lowest bidder. County procurement staff members said the bids were not evaluated by which was cheapest, but by which best met the requirements of the contract. “It could have ended up this time costing us more money, and we may never know that,” said County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). rgreene@loudounnow.com

Supervisors Call for New Dulles Noise Study BY RENSS GREENE The county board has called for a new noise study at Dulles Airport, reversing longstanding staunch opposition among some supervisors to that idea. The county, as a general practice, does not permit residential development in the high-noise zone around the airport, to prevent conflict between airport businesses and residents. The contour lines that define the no-residential zone have come under attack as the county revises its comprehensive plan around Loudoun’s three future

Metro stops, two of which are on airport property. Some developers in the area say they should be free to build residential and mixed-use developments closer to the airport, particularly around the Loudoun Gateway Metro stop at the intersection of the Dulles Greenway and Old Ox Road at the northern end of airport property. They claim the current noise zone boundaries are inaccurate and out of date. One of the existing noise contour’s most ardent defenders, Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), last week made the motion to look into a new noise study. Letourneau ac-

knowledged he is “pretty much the last person up here who you would have thought would have made this particular motion.” “Politics is the art of compromise, and I have heard legitimate concerns from my colleagues that there is genuine confusion about where we should and shouldn’t build,” he said. Other supervisors agreed. Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run) reiterated a common criticism of the current noise study: the current noise contours predicted a runway that endNOISE STUDY >> 7

The county government may soon take over billing real estate taxes for many towns—meaning residents might soon have only one bill to pay. The towns of Leesburg, Purcellville, Round Hill, Hamilton, Lovettsville and Middleburg assess a real estate tax on top of the county’s tax. Right now, they do this separately, making for two different real estate tax bills and possibly different deadlines. The proposal would offer consolidated billing. And consolidated personal property tax payments could follow soon after. Commissioner of the Revenue Robert S. Wertz Jr. said the change “would make a lot of sense from an efficiency and customer service standpoint.” “We’re serving the same population,” Wertz said. “Taxpayers who live in Leesburg are Loudoun County taxpayers. When they contact my office about assessment issues, they often have to also contact one of the towns.” If the county takes over, it would keep one percent of what it collects on behalf of the towns to offset the added cost. According to county Treasurer H. Roger Zurn Jr., it would mean taking over approximately 59,560 new personal property accounts and 20,462 parcels. But there are a lot of steps between here and there—not least getting new legislation passed through the General Assembly to allow this change. “Nowhere in the commonwealth of Virginia is this done,” Zurn said. “We will be undertaking a totally new process.” It would also mean giving up a longstanding hallmark of Zurn’s 21-year tenure as treasurer: vehicle decals. Zurn has long defended them as an important tool for making sure people are paying property taxes on their vehicles—you can’t get a decal unless the taxes are paid up. He said that’s the part of the change that gives him “the most heartburn” but that handling an estimated 60,000 new accounts would be “an administrative nightmare” that his staff simply can’t handle. County supervisors have asked him about getting rid of decals before. “I am in full support of not having decals, for many reasons, least of which is it’s 2017 and it’s time for Loudoun moving into the new millennium,” said County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). To offset any potential loss of revenue, Zurn proposed increasing the local vehicle license fee from $25 to $30, although not every supervisor was agreeable to that idea. “I’m only one vote, but I can’t put the burden on the people who are doing the right thing to cover the people who aren’t doing the right thing,” said board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn). Supervisors voted unanimously to send the question to the board’s finance committee for more discussion. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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ed up built in a different place. He also said airport noise may simply be part of life along Loudoun’s Metro line. “What we know is that departures from the most western runway, if and when they actually happen, will likely be very, very close to the [Rt.] 772 station,” Meyer said. “So, the question is, is airport noise part of the Metro area?” Supervisors supported the new study unanimously, but board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn), who said “you probably think I’m the other guy up here that would never support this,” sounded a word of caution. “Whatever we model can’t be actual runways that exist today,” Buona said. “You’ve got to model the airport at full buildout. That’s five runways, that’s 55 million passengers, that’s 750,000 operations a year, that’s cargo flying at night.” Michael Cooper, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority state and local government affairs manager, said Dulles Airport is “very happy to engage with the county on a discussion of how to help the county move forward with the board’s request, and we are willing and will cooperate.” “We want to cooperate and we want to help the county in any way we can,” Cooper said. He said it’s too soon to know exactly what form that cooperation will take. Supervisors also voted to fold their comprehensive plan work around Loudoun’s future Silver Line Metro stations into the ongoing Envision Loudoun overhaul of the county comprehensive plan. The county officially began its Silver Line comprehensive plan amendment in March 2016. The board endorsed a road map for revising the entire county comprehensive plan the next month, launching Envision Loudoun but reserving the Silver Line area for its separate process. Letourneau said in doing so, the board might have taken a small area with more impact on the county than the rest of the comprehensive plan put together off the table. He also worried the county was getting into debating development options for specific par-

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Rt. 15 Meeting Gets Contentious as County Pushes for Congestion Relief BY RENSS GREENE The pent-up frustrations of years spent in Rt. 15 traffic were never far below the surface during a Monday night meeting on the county’s plans for that corridor. Although the meeting, at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center, was set up as a routine public information session hosted by county staff members, supervisors, and consultants, it devolved into shouting matches several times. Some attendees were frustrated with how long Rt. 15 has been a problem area; others were frustrated with the options on the table to fix the problem. Yet others grew frustrated with the disruptive shouting at the meeting, and beseeched their fellow Loudouners to let the long meeting move ahead. “My office has been working on this for three years now, going back to the last term, and I know how frustrating it is to wait for something to happen,” said Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin). “But I think the logjam is broken. We’re going to get going here tonight.” Live polling of the people in the meeting showed some strong preferences for fixing Rt. 15 as it heads north of Leesburg: Attendees said congestion relief was their top priority, followed closely by safety and access to Rt. 15. Beautification, preservation, and bike and pedestrian facilities lagged far behind. They also showed a strong preference for a grade-separated interchange at the intersection of the Leesburg Bypass and North King Street over any solution that involves a stoplight. The consulting company, Kimley-Horn, had previously recommended turning that complicated merge into a T-intersection with a stoplight. That report did not consider a flyover ramp, because it is the most expensive option and the intersection was predicted to relieve congestion.

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Kimley-Horn has also devised an option to get work started on the area as soon as possible, starting with a longer northbound merge lane at the north King Street intersection. Improvements to the Rt. 15 corridor are predicted to cost between $31 million and $43 million. If the county breaks the work into smaller pieces to get work started sooner, prices could run as high as $52 million. rgreene@loudounnow.com

County Adopts 2017 Zika Plan BY RENSS GREENE The Loudoun County Health Department has outlined its plan for tackling Zika infections in the county this summer. The county has also delegated responsibility for approving minor updates to that plan to County Administrator Tim Hemstreet. That, according to health department staff, will make the county more agile as the plan evolves. Last year, changes to that plan had to wait for approval from the full Board of Supervisors. That meant the county was less reactive to the frequent updates from the Centers for Disease Control and the Virginia Department of Health as the medical community’s understanding of the Zika virus and how to stop its spread evolved. The virus is mostly spread through mosquito bites. The county’s plan centers around keeping populations of Yellow Fever and Asian Tiger mosquitoes down and educating the public. About 80 percent of people infected with Zika show no symptoms. Those who do most commonly experience fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis. The virus has also been linked with more serious health problems, especially for babies exposed during the mother’s pregnancy. For more information, go to loudoun.gov/zika. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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bout two dozen people turned out Tuesday night to share their input on the future development of Leesburg’s Eastern Gateway District. The area along East Market Street, between River Creek Parkway to the Leesburg Bypass, contains some of the largest remaining undeveloped parcels in town. Last year, the town staff set off on a planning process called Envision East Market Street. Although the effort stalled for a bit last year because of the planning staff ’s workload and the departure of its former project manager, it was rebooted this spring, with planner Rich Klusek as its leader. “The idea behind this vision is to create a plan that really considers all aspects of development and unifies that development,” he said. Tuesday night’s input meeting was an initial opportunity for the public to weigh in on the future development of the area and what uses they would, or would not, like to see there. Town staff members developed an interactive, 30-question survey that polled members of the audience gathered at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center on questions ranging from preferred design, to preferred uses, to the biggest needs for the area and the greater town. Klusek said many of the initial building blocks for Tuesday’s meeting were based on feedback from a Leesburg Listens online survey in which respon-

dents overwhelmingly said they wanted to see mixed-use development in the area; however, definitions of what mixed-use meant to them varied widely. Noting the large size of the study area—“you can fit four Reston Town Centers in there,” Klusek said—the development possibilities are endless. The area includes a large tract of undeveloped land owned by the Peterson Companies behind the Leesburg Premium Outlets, as well as the already-approved Leegate development on the south side of East Market Street; the Village at Leesburg; and the as-yetunbuilt Marketplace at Potomac Station development off Battlefield Parkway and Fort Evans Road. The crowd who took part in the polling contained a mix of residents, business owners, Town Council members, and at least five people who identified themselves as being a part of the development community. They supported more residential development in that part of town to make mixed-use development more viable. Klusek noted that he was “not surprised” at that recommendation, given the presence of several developers in the audience. There was also support for reducing regulations and shortening the timeline of plan development review to promote economic development. The interactive polling results also showed a 50-50 tie between preference for pedestrian-oriented versus vehicle-oriented development, as well as

a split on how the town should invest in the Eastern Gateway District. Half of respondents felt public investment should come in the form of a pedestrian/bicycle network in the area, while the other half felt it should come in the area of economic development tools, like marketing, business recruitment, or developer incentives. Traffic congestion was the top transportation woe cited in the area, but a majority of respondents felt that greater walkability was not needed in the area. The top requested entertainment or recreation option was a split vote between community gathering spaces and restaurant and shops. And the town’s top priority identified by a majority of voters was creating additional housing options. Members of the public who were not able to attend the meeting will still have opportunity to weigh in with their feedback, Klusek said. Stakeholder discussions will be held throughout the summer, and he hopes to be able to have a draft plan ready by September with an open house to gauge public comment on it. Hopes are to have the plan before the Planning Commission by November to begin legislative review. Follow the discussion on the Envision East Market web page at leesburgva.gov/government/departments/ planning-zoning/envision-east-market-project-page. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

A local veteran was the recent recipient of some community goodwill. World War II veteran Frank Watkins and his wife Lou Etta are long-time Leesburg residents. In December, Paul Davis Restoration contacted Mike Ball, Loudoun County’s veteran services coordinator, to offer free holiday decorating services for local veterans. The company was put in touch with Watkins, who, while appreciative of the offer, said what his home desperately needed was a new roof. Paul Davis Restoration worked with the county’s veteran services to seek donations from community organizations and businesses to make that project a reality. Earlier this month, the Watkins’ home received its new roof. It indeed was a community effort, with Home Depot providing all paint supplies; and The Roof Center a partial donation of roofing supplies. Katchmark Construction, The Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, Loudoun Cares, and Loudoun County Veterans Services all donated labor. ERS, Core, and Ashburn Art all gave financial contributions. “We are thankful to Mr. Watkins for his service and recognize that The Greatest Generation sacrificed much. We are honored to play a role in helping to create a solution for the Watkins’ family home repair needs,” Kevin Sullivan, co-owner of Paul Davis Restoration, stated in a press release. “Community outreach is most gratifying when many hands come together. This has truly been a neighborhood effort.” But the effort will continue later this month, with volunteers coming together one more time for the family to give the home’s exterior a fresh coat of paint.

Flag Football Registration Open Registration for Ida Lee’s fall 2017 NFL Flag Football League is underway. Player evaluations will be held July 22-23 and 29. Players must be registered by Tuesday, July 11, to participate, and all registrants must attend one of the mandatory evaluation days. This fall, Ida Lee’s Leesburg NFL Flag Football House League will have six age groups: 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, and 14-16-year-old divisions. Teams will be selected and formed through a draft process after the player evaluations. The league schedules seven regular season BRIEFS >> 11

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Improvements Program. Types of these projects along the public right-of-way can include: landscaping; sidewalks, trails, and bike paths; undergrounding utilities; human-scale streetlights; traffic calming features; street furniture; and entry features. Scofield said in the sub-districts along King Street, the town can borrow elements from the Journey Through Hallowed Ground’s design palette, since that part of town is along the historic byway. Public input will be an important part of the process going forward, with stakeholder sessions and a public hearing to be scheduled in the near future. The council is expected to debate the working group’s recommendations, and decide on next steps, at its Aug. 7 work session. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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Street, West Market Street, Edwards Ferry Road, North King Street, and South King Street. The panel recommended sub-districts because of the differences between the five entrance corridors. “All five gateways are characterized by very different environments, development histories, uses, and appearances,” Boucher said. The focus in each sub-district would be on maintaining the street edge. The design guidelines would not apply to single-family dwellings, he noted. Preservation Planner Tom Scofield highlighted the particular importance of including the Edwards Ferry Road sub-district, with the eventual redevelopment of the Walmart shopping center property. The final element of the recommendations—creating a streetscape enhancement plan for each sub-district—could give town staff an opportunity to look for projects for inclusion in the Capital

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games for each team, followed by playoff games to determine champions in each age division. Games will begin on Sept. 9 and the season will end Nov. 11. Cost per player is $150, with an early bird rate of $130 for registration before July 1. All players will receive jerseys with NFL team logos. To register, go to leesburgva.gov/flagfootball or contact the front desk at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center at 703-777-1368. For the first time, Ida Lee is offering a fall Elite Flag Football League. This league is comprised of teams of seven to 10 players and an adult head coach. Elite games are scheduled for Sunday afternoons. Games will be played based on the rules of NFL Flag Football. Registration ends Aug. 1. To register your team, fill out the team registration form at idalee. org. For more information on the elite league, contact Flag Football Manager Andrew Kim at 703-771-2778 or akim@leesburgva.gov. Those interested in coaching their child’s team, or any team, are also requested to contact Kim.

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A working group charged with revamping the Town of Leesburg’s H-2 Overlay District design guidelines has recommended that the Town Council do away with the H-2 guidelines altogether, and replace it with five new gateway districts. Adopted in 1990, the H-2 design guidelines have in recent years come under the ire of Town Council members for not producing architectural designs reflective of the character of the county seat, while businesses objected to the additional level of bureaucratic oversight. A previous review panel put together by the council in 2009 fielded a comprehensive set of recommendations on the overlay district and, while some revisions were made, large-scale changes never happened. As recently as last year, the council has mulled over repealing the H-2 design guidelines and doing away with the district. But, rather than that drastic move, the council ultimately decided to give another working group a stab at it. Last October, the council appointed a panel composed of two members each of the Board of Architectural Review and Planning Commission. Gigi Robinson and Doris Kidder represented the latter, with Teresa Minchew and Richard Koochagian serving as BAR representatives. Dale Goodson and Rick Lanham served as alternates for the BAR and Planning Commission, respectively. The group met 11 times, including two joint meetings of both bodies, and had a deadline to report to the council of June 30. The finished product is “not regulations for regulations’ sake,” Lanham told the council Monday night. “They’re intended to be less cumbersome and more practical to implement.” Recognizing the aesthetic and economic benefit the town gains by having attractive entrance corridors to the town, the group has recommended that the H-2 district be rebranded as the Gateway District, which would include five sub-districts. Within each, the council could choose to create an improved zoning overlay district; create streetscape enhancement plans; and/or implement elements of the Town Plan’s heritage resources policies. The latter could mean the inclusion of 106 properties in the H-1 Old and Historic District, 71 of which fall within the proposed Edwards Ferry Road sub-district. “The [current] resources identified as historic are currently unprotected because the H-2 is not sufficient to achieve the level of protection called for in the Town Plan, so there’s a threat to the resources increasingly as the town grows and redevelops,” said Brian Boucher, deputy director of the Planning and Zoning Department. “What’s already begun to happen is some houses are being taken down to take advantage of the zoning there.” Should the council opt to include the 106 properties in the Old & Historic District, property owners could choose not to be subject to the controls of a historic district. However, once that property is sold, the new owner would be required to follow the historic district design guidelines. The five sub-districts recommended by the working group reflect the five major entrances into town: East Market

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BY MARGARET MORTON This week, Caulkins Jewelers will close its doors for good, after 61 years of operations in downtown Leesburg. Last Wednesday morning, a collection of other downtown business owners gathered at the store to reminisce with owner Stanley Caulkins, the World War II airman, former Town Council member and dean of the town’s business community. Caulkins, 91, announced in March plans to close the store following the death of his brother, Roger, who had helped run the business since 1970. The two were mainstays of the downtown area—for decades on South King Street and the past two years on Catoctin Circle after a fire forced them to relocate the store. Among those gathered for the informal mentorship session were organizer Paige Buscema, owner of Eyetopia; Leesburg Vice Mayor and owner of Weddings on Wirt Suzanne Fox; Butch Porter of IndED Academies; Kathy Gilman, manager of the Resourceful Woman; Mike Carroll, owner of Leesburg Vintner; graphic designer Stilson Greene; and Sola Pallotta of the Very Virginia Shop. In an address peppered with his trademark salty humor, Caulkins recalled some of the highlights of his career. After joining Mr. Lytle’s jewelry store as a watchmaker in the 1950s, Stanley Caulkins branched out on his own, buying a nearby gift store.

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Stanley Caulkins, who’s owned Caulkins Jewelers for 61 years, takes questions from fellow downtown Leesburg business owners last week. Caulkins is retiring and closing the store this week.

“I sold mechanical timepieces,” not the push-button digital mechanisms of today, he said scornfully. “But the fine mechanical watchmaking business is dying,” Caulkins said, noting the store has diversified and turned more to the gift side of the business in recent years. The store was the first in Leesburg to offer Hallmark greetings cards. Among his achievements, he cited his role in the push to build Leesburg Executive Airport as a founding member of the town’s Airport Commission in 1962. Radio and television personality Arthur Godfrey, who lived west of Lees-

burg on his Beacon Hill estate, sold land to the town under the condition it would continue to be used as a public airport for 20 years. “He wanted to have an airport in town, so he could get back to New York City on Sunday nights in time for his morning show,” Caulkins said. But, as the town grew, the need for a larger site became evident. Godfrey allowed the town to sell the site, and the commissioners got a matching grant from the newly created Federal Aviation Agency to buy a larger tract along Sycolin Road. “We built it—with blood, sweat and tears,” Caulkins recalled of that, at the time, divisive effort. “I saw it as an economic tool for the town, the county and the region,” he said. “I was just a dumb watchmaker— but we built it.” Today, the terminal building at the airport is named in Caulkin’s honor. Caulkins also recalled the 1980s battle with the Lyndon LaRouche organization. Then a perennial presidential candidate, LaRouche spurred controversy when he moved his campaign headquarters and fundraising operations to South King Street in 1983. The friction between the organization and other businesses came to a head when fraud charges were brought against it because of allegations that individuals, especially the elderly, were being scammed. LaRouche was convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. He was released in 1994.

As one of the community critics of LaRouche and his associations, Caulkins came under threats during the period. “That was a fun thing,” Caulkins said, recalling that people would drop off donations at the store to support him amid threats of litigation. Stilson Greene’s father, Marvin, was one of Caulkins’ best friends, classmates at Leesburg High School and members of the football team, coached by John Dietrich. “For me, the store’s closing is the end of an era,” Greene said, noting the store was a true Leesburg institution. “You never said you were going to the jewelry store—you said you were going to Caulkins.” Pangle thanked Caulkins “for all the encouragements you never knew you’ve given to all of us.” Fox met Caulkins in 2014 and said she would never forget the “history lesson” he gave her on Leesburg. “I never thought his business was primarily about selling, it was more about people, getting to know them and how they connected. He’s had a huge impact,” she said. Greene agreed: “Customer service was the basis, it was more about being honest and fair.” Carroll echoed the thoughts of all present. “King Street is not the same since you left,” he told Caulkins. The store, at 36-B Catoctin Circle will close Friday. mmorton@loudounnow.com

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Loudoun County educator and tech entrepreneur Deep Sran announced this week that he is running for the 10th Congressional District. Sran joins a crowded field of Democrats lining up to challenge Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, who is serving her second term in a seat that was previously held by her former boss, Frank Wolf, for 32 years. After working as a corporate attorney, Sran founded Ashburn-based Loudoun School for the Gifted in 2008. His private school made national headlines in October after a historic one-room schoolhouse he and his students were working to restore was vandalized and covered in racial slurs. The Ashburn Colored School served Loudoun’s black children from 1892 to 1959, and Sran is leading the effort to repair it and turn it into a museum on the history of education. As an educator, Sran said his lifelong focus has been to build a better world through education. “I take personal responsibly for the world I hand off to my kids and everybody else’s kids. And that requires engagement in the political process now, which is what is really driving this,” he said. He said watching the 2016 elections, the presidential and the 10th Congressional District, prompted him to run. He sees elected officials—specifically Comstock—who are not representing the people who elected them, and instead reacting to political crisis or party agendas. “We don’t personally have a problem with Comstock, but when you look at the voting record and you look where this district is, she’s not really representing this district,” he said, noting how the 10th District is politically diverse, starting inside the Beltway to the east and stretching into rural Frederick County to the west. “You can’t just do what the party wants, you can’t just react. You have to come in with leadership and a real vision.” Sran spoke of his experience as a private school educator and how that would mesh with his role, if elected, in the public sector. He is a product of the public school system and considers himself a big supporter of Loudoun County Public Schools. He describes Loudoun School for the Gifted, which

enrolls about 60 secondary students, as an experiential educational lab. He’s shared some of the successes he and his team have seen with local public school leaders. Sran also co-founded an education technology company, Actively Learn, that created an online platform that allows students and teachers to interact in real time while reading books and articles in class. “I built these solutions in schools and in technology because I know we need to build better ideas for a better world and that’s the approach we need in Washington,” he said. Sran, whose parents are from India, said the “doom and gloom” mindset of so many in Washington is the wrong approach to lead the country. “The thing about immigrants and children of immigrants is we appreciate what we have here. … So it’s not just a game of, oh, what’s wrong. It’s what is the next amazing thing we can accomplish,” he said. “This is my problem with Make America Great Again. It’s never been greater,” he added, referring to President Donald Trump’s campaign mantra. “There’s still a lot to do, but there’s no country that can match our potential.” Sran and his wife, Anjili, live in Ashburn with their two daughters, 15 and 12 years old. At least seven people are vying for the Democratic nomination to challenge Comstock in the November 2018 election, and two are from Loudoun— Sran and state senator and former prosecutor Jennifer Wexton. Also in the running are: Alison Kiehl Friedman, a McLean resident who works to combat human trafficking; Lindsey Davis Stover, a consultant and former staffer in Congress and in the Obama administration; Army veteran Dan Helmer; David B. Hanson, a retired Navy intelligence officer from Clifton; and Kimberly Adams, past president of the Fairfax teachers’ union. Democratic leaders are expected to decide early next year whether to choose a candidate through a party-run process or a primary election open to all voters. Watch a video about Sran and follow his campaign at DeepforCongress.com.

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Leesburg-area man was arrested last week on charges that he shared top secret government information with a member of the People’s Republic of China Intelligence Service. He faces up to life in prison if convicted on the espionage charges. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, is a self-employed consultant with GlobalEx LLC, and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. He is a U.S. Army veteran who has held positions with various government agencies, including the State Department Diplomatic Security Service, and several defense contractors. He held a top secret security clearance until he left government service in 2012. The charges stem from trips he took to Shanghai in March and April where he met with an individual he

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believed works for the People’s Republic of China Intelligence Service. Upon reentry to the U.S. from a trip in April, he was questioned by Border Patrol agents and Mallory said he had met with a man he knew through his church, and said he was consult-

ing on anti-bullying/family safety development. Mallory serves as first counselor in the branch presidency of the Chinese-language Twin Lakes Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Centreville. During an interview with FBI agents on May 24, Mallory stated that the man represented himself as working for a People’s Republic of China think tank, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, known by U.S. authorities to be a cover for Chinese intelligence officers. FBI agents found that Mallory used a communication device provided by the unidentified Chinese agent to transmit eight documents, including at least one with top secret classification and two classified as secret. He also told investigators he was paid $25,000 for services he provided to the agent. “The conduct alleged in this complaint is serious and should send a message to anyone who would consider violating the public’s trust and compromising our national security

by disclosing classified information,” stated Dana J. Boente, acting assistant attorney general for National Security and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Kevin Mallory was previously entrusted with Top Secret clearance and therefore had access to classified information, which he allegedly shared and planned to continue sharing with representatives of a foreign government,” stated Andrew W. Vale, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. “Furthermore, he allegedly misled investigators in a voluntary interview about sharing of this classified information. The FBI will continue to investigate those individuals who put our national security at risk through unauthorized disclosures of information.” Mallory, who lives in the Raspberry Falls neighborhood, is charged with gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government, and making material false statements.

[ PUBLIC SAFETY NOTES ] 2 Toddlers Drown in Sterling Pool The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is continuing to investigate the circumstances that led to the drowning of twin toddlers in a backyard pool on Saturday. Deputies were called to the Acorn Court home at 10:43 a.m. June 24 to assist rescue crews on the scene where the 2-year-olds, a boy and a girl, were found unconscious in the water by a family member. The children were transported to Inova Loudoun Hospital, where the girl died. The boy was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he died Monday morning. According to a GoFundMe page that raised more than $18,000 to help cover funeral expenses, the mother and the children had fallen asleep together in a bed. The mother awoke to discover the tragedy.

Deputies Search for Sterling Teen The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a missing Sterling teenager who was last seen leaving her Temple Court home June 19. Montoya-Cruz Besy X. Montoya-Cruz has been in contact with her family since then, but would not provide information regarding her whereabouts. Detectives believe she may have left the area and may be staying in Maryland.

She is 5-feet, 2-inches tall, 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Deputy J. Merchant at 703-777-0475.

Vandalism Reported at Dulles South Multipurpose Center The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for the vandalism at the Dulles South Multipurpose Center last week. The damage occurred Thursday night or early Friday morning in the large gym and aquatic center addition that is under construction. Someone broke into the building and graffiti was located inside and outside and fire extinguishers were discharged. Anyone with any information about the case is asked to contact Detective T. Brown at 571-258-3752.

Pedestrian Injured in Hit-and-Run The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is seeking witnesses to a reported hit-and-run of a pedestrian that occurred June 20 in Sterling. Deputies were called to the area of East Holly Avenue and North Fillmore Avenue around 9:50 p.m. last Tuesday where a man was struck by a vehicle. He was taken to Reston Hospital for treatment of injuries described as non-life-threatening. The vehicle was described as a dark sedan, possibly black or gray. Anyone who witnessed or has information regarding the incident is asked to contact Investigator S. Allen at 703-737-8308.

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Chapman Gets National Award for Drug Education Outreach Loudoun Sheriff Mike Chapman has been named the 2017 U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency/D.A.R.E. Law Enforcement Executive of the Year. The award recognizes a senior law enforcement officer for an extraordinary commitment to drug prevention and enforcement. The award has been given annually since 2000 and Chapman joins a small group of sheriffs and chiefs of police who have been selected for the honor. Chapman, who previously worked for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, is serving his second four-year term as sheriff. Francisco X. Pegueros, the president and CEO of D.A.R.E. America, cited Chapman’s efforts to offer more educational and drug prevention programs, including the expansion of D.A.R.E to all county middle schools. “He also delivered programs

to the parents throughout the county about the dangers children face on the internet, and on how they can work with their children to identify predators or others who might do them harm,” Pegueros stated. Partnering with the Washington, DC, division of the DEA and Loudoun County Public Schools, Chapman’s office also developed a drug awareness training program—covering the significant increase of prescription pill, synthetic drug, and heroin abuse in the region—that was presented to parents of school-aged children in a series of public forums. Chapman will be presented with his award during the annual D.A.R.E. America International Conference in Grapevine, TX, July 11 though July 13. The award includes $1,000 to be used for a program designated by the recipient.

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Rompers, Tank Tops, Hats? School Board Debates New Dress Code BY DANIELLE NADLER

ats and spaghetti-strap tank tops are out, yoga pants are in. At least those are a few of the dress code changes that could be awaiting Loudoun County students when they return to classes in August. School Board members have been

working with school principals to rework the policy that outlines what clothing is appropriate—and what’s banned—with the goal of creating a more consistent standard throughout the county’s 89 public schools. For example, some school principals allow hats and yoga pants, others don’t. The current policy is more general and gives administrators at each school the freedom to develop and implement

dress regulations. Dress code language recommended by the Legislative and Policy Committee that the full board was scheduled to adopt Tuesday is more specific. It states that tank top straps must be wider than 1 inch; clothing that covers private areas must be opaque and appropriate undergarments must be DRESS CODE >> 17

New Laws Target ‘School to Prison Pipeline’ BY DANIELLE NADLER A bill signed into law this month by Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) is aimed at breaking up the so-called school to prison pipeline by encouraging administrators to find discipline alternatives to student suspensions. The legislation was introduced by Loudoun state Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-33). Senate Bill 829 directs the state Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for local school boards to consider. The latter bill states alternatives “may include positive behavior incentives, mediation, peer-to-peer counseling, community service, and other intervention alternatives.” Taking kids out of school, Wexton said, only makes it harder for them to catch back up to their peers. “Those often are the kids who need the structure of being in the school setting, who once they fall behind, it’s that much harder for them to catch up,”

she said. In many cases, those students are out of school for several days and return to school without any remediation, she added. “And it creates that cycle of isolation and failure for these kids.” Virginia’s school suspension rate is one of the highest in the nation, according to the Legal Aid Justice Center. Wexton said, as she and her colleagues in the General Assembly began to investigate why that is, they found that, in most cases, school systems didn’t have the tools they needed to implement alternatives to suspending students. “So, when they were faced with problems with kids, their solution was to remove the child who was in their mind causing the problem. Ultimately, that’s not helpful,” she said. “We don’t want to mandate it or try to apply a one-size-fits-all solution throughout the commonwealth because we understand that every local school system is different,” Wexton added. “But we want to provide the tools and resources to do this themselves.”

The Board of Education will work with individual school systems to help them train administrators and teachers to establish programs like Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Positive Experiences in Educational Relationships (PEER). Loudoun County Public Schools has both PBIS and PEER and has been making a concerted effort to bring down its suspension rates in the past several years. Loudoun School Board members have credited the programs to contributing to a five-year decline in total suspensions and expulsions even as enrollment has increased. Now, their focus is on reducing the rate of suspensions among minority students and students with disabilities, which haven’t budged. Their most recent reports show that Loudoun’s black and Hispanic students and students with disabilities are disproportionality suspended and expelled, which is also a problem at the state level and nationally. dnadler@loudounnow.com

Recent graduates of Loudoun County public high schools collectively earned a whopping $54.77 million in scholarships, according to totals released by the school division. That is down slightly from the school system’s class of 2016, which earned $59.5 million. The class was made up of 5,257 graduates, and 1,613 of them received some form of financial aid. Female students received 59.76 percent of the scholarships, male students 40.24 percent. The largest percentage of scholarships (66.63 percent) were awarded by colleges and universities, followed by military/Navy ROTC scholarships at 13.18 percent.

Other facts about the class of 2017: • 50.79 percent of the class was male, 49.21 percent female; • 63.51 percent will be attending a four-year college; • 25.55 percent will be attending a two-year college; • 2.15 percent will be pursuing other continuing-education options; • 1.62 percent will be entering the military; • Ethnically, 55.75 percent of the graduates were white; 15.43 percent Hispanic; 15.33 percent Asian; 8.31 percent African American; 4.87 percent multi-racial; 0.25 percent Native American; and 0.06 percent Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

Board Considers Shorter Process to Redraw Attendance Boundaries Most local families know this first hand: the process to redraw attendance zone boundaries in Loudoun is long and often painful. The School Board holds as many as four public hearings and four work sessions before SCHOOL NOTES >> 18

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worn; clothing cannot reveal undergarments and/or private areas; and clothing must be free from gang-related symbols. As School Board members hammered out the policy language at their June 13 meeting—ahead of adopting a final policy next week—they couldn’t help but laugh. Brenda Sheridan (Sterling), who chairs the Legislative and Policy Committee, fielded a slew of questions from fellow board members that turned most cheeks in the boardroom red. “What does the size on the strap of your tank top have to do with an appropriate educational environment?” Joy Maloney (Broad Run) asked. “I’ll say this as delicately as I can,” Sheridan started. “Part of the issue we’re trying to address is to not have the undergarments revealed.” Maloney later followed up. “So short shorts are out?” “Clothing cannot reveal undergarments or private areas, so if they’re too short things would be revealed that we don’t want revealed,” Sheridan said, as her colleagues at the dais giggled. “This is getting worse and worse for me right now.” Debbie Rose (Algonkian) followed up with her own question. “Has yoga pants been addressed? Some buildings allow them, some don’t.”

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Hornberger responded, “I think yoga pants would be allowable. … Unless you see it prohibited here in the policy, then it would be allowable.” Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin) chimed in, “So is there any discussion about this male romper trend I’ve been hearing about?” “Yes, it did come up and we had some chuckles about that,” Hornberger said, pointing out that students would be allowed to wear the so-called romphims as long as undergarments and private areas were covered. Romphims aside, the one point of disagreement among board members was whether to allow high school students to wear hats. The policy committee voted 2-3 to allow hats, but school system administration and school resource officers are recommending they be prohibited. “Hats are an issue for our camera system. In high school, it could be hugely problematic,” said Suzanne Devlin, supervisor of the Department of Safety and Security. “It seems that you’re just asking for issues.” Hornberger voted in committee in favor of allowing hats. He said it would be another opportunity to give students more freedom and responsibility as they get older. See an update on the board’s Tuesday vote, and the full language of the new dress code, at LoudounNow.com/ education.

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Fifty-one Loudoun County Public Schools students have been nominated to attend the Summer Residential Governor’s Schools. The programs provide gifted high school juniors and seniors with intensive educational experiences in visual and performing arts; humanities; mathematics, science, and technology; or through mentorships in marine science, medicine and health sciences, or engineering. Each School focuses on one special area of interest. Students live on a college or university campus for up to four weeks each summer. During this time, students are involved in classroom and laboratory work, field studies, research, individual and group projects and performances and seminars with noted scholars, visiting artists, and other professionals. The program was launched

by Gov. Linwood Holton in 1973.

The following are the students who have been invited to Governor’s Schools: Agriculture: Virginia Campbell, Freedom High School; Ishita Garg, Rock Ridge High School; Jessica Lu, Loudoun Valley High School ; Karmine Malhi, Heritage High School; Anoop Panyam, Rock Ridge High School; Cassidy Schooling, Woodgrove High School; Uday Sidhu, Rock Ridge High School; and Mariana Smith, Tuscarora High School. Humanities: Rhea Agarwal, Potomac Falls High School; Lara Arif, Freedom High School ; Deena Elrefai, Tuscarora High School; Seohyun Kang, Stone Bridge High School; Dana Kim, John Champe High School; Grace Kostal, Woodgrove High School; Ara Lee, Free-

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[ SCHOOL NOTES ] << FROM 16 finally settling on a new attendance map. But now, the board wants to have the option to shorten that process. Board members agree that, for most boundary changes, they will continue the months-long process, giving the public plenty of opportunity to weigh in on the changes under consideration. But they adopted new policy language Tuesday that allows the superintendent to recommend an abbreviated process under rare exceptions. Those include: converting a traditional school to a charter school; addressing a new housing development that would otherwise cause overcrowding at a school; addressing minimal overcrowding that can be resolved with reassigning 10 percent or less of a school’s students; and in any unforeseen emergencies. “The School Board can still do the longer process, but we can do the shorter one when it makes sense,” Chairman Jeff Morse (Dulles) said. He gave the example of the boundary process required ahead of the conversation of Hillsboro Elementary School to Hillsboro Charter Academy. “The process to rubber stamp a charter school boundary process should’ve taken two weeks, but we had to do four meetings to check off all the boxes.”

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Downtown Getting Crabby July 4th BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

eesburg’s new crab house will make its downtown debut on America’s birthday. Captain Catoctin’s Crabs & Concoctions co-owners Nils Schnibbe and David Miller announced Tuesday that the restaurant will open to the public July 4, just in time for those hungry post-parade crowds. The duo announced their restaurant plans earlier this year, and have spent the past several months making some town-mandated improvements to the 14 Loudoun St. SE space. They will open with a lighter menu, with, of course, Maryland blue crabs a major focus. Schnibbe and Miller will take turns making the four-hour round trip trek to the Eastern Shore in Maryland every other day to make sure the freshest crabs are available for their dining audience. Schnibbe said the restaurant will also have daily specials, and will add more to the menu as time goes on. The restaurant space can accommodate 150 people on the ample-sized outside porch, including a soon-to-be erected gazebo bar. There will be live music every weekend, Schnibbe said, for patrons to enjoy. Indoor seating can

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Captain Catoctin’s Crabs & Concoctions co-owners Nils Schnibbe, right, and David Miller pour a serving of crabs on Tuesday afternoon as they prepare for the restaurant’s opening on July 4.

accommodate 42 people. Twenty staff members have been hired in advance of the opening, with more likely to be added. “It’s a long road behind us and we’re super excited to be opening next week,” Schnibbe said. The restaurant hours will be: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.

to 2 a.m. Saturdays; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays. A brunch menu will also be offered on Saturdays and Sundays. The restaurant will be closed on Mondays. For more information, go to the Captain Catoctin’s Crabs & Concoctions Facebook page. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Leesburg Shopping Center Sold, Redevelopment Eyed BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ The Virginia Village shopping center officially changed hands last week, ending more than six decades of ownership by the Ours family. The 18-acre property was sold June 21 to Keane Enterprises, led by local developer Brian Cullen. Cullen has been behind several big name projects in Leesburg and greater Loudoun for the past three decades, including Oaklawn in Leesburg; the Ashburn Ice House; and Willowsford in Aldie. Located off the corner of Catoctin Circle and South King Street, Virginia Village was built in 1955 under the vision of John Ours, who was Leesburg’s first commercial developer. Ours was attracted to the property because of the town’s nearby water and sewer plant, which has since moved, and the ability to rezone from agriculture to highway and village commercial use. Then, he was able to offer space to the Alcoholic Beverage Control store, which still operates in the center today. He landed a Safeway store to anchor the shopping center. That building is now a Rite Aid store. After Ours’ death in 1991, the property continued in the family and was owned and operated by sons Brian, Warren, and John. Many of the 35 tenants that remain in the center’s office and retail space have been there for decades. “Dad was famous for helping people get their business up and running,” Brian Ours said. “In fact, we just came across Bruce Roberts’ original business plan for [Leesburg Pharmacy], which

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The new owner of Virginia Village is considering redeveloping it into a mixed-use center, offering residential and retail.

is now run by the daughter of the former owners of the Ben Franklin store that used to be in Virginia Village. And a lot of the tenants are in their second and third generation of family ownership.” The decision to sell the property to Cullen was an easy one for the Ours’ sons, as Cullen is a local name with familiarity and appreciation for the town. “We wanted the property to go to someone local, with a face and a name, who would carry on the stewardship but also give Virginia Village a renewed sense of vitality and vibrancy,” Brian Ours said. “Brian [Cullen] is very sensitive to the tradition and the histo-

ry, as well as to what the town needs in the future. He’s the right guy to do this and I feel really, really good about it.” Cullen said he has long loved the Virginia Village shopping center because of its legacy in the town. Attracted to doing business near downtown Leesburg because of its “authenticity.” Cullen said when he caught wind of the brothers’ interest in selling the property he arranged a meeting late last summer. The ball started rolling from there. “The authenticity of downtown is what people are trying to replicate in other town centers,” Cullen noted. “There’s some great things being done in the county. If we can create something that fits into the fabric that leverages off the authenticity of downtown that is really what’s attractive to me.” For now, Cullen says he is honoring the leases of the Village’s current office and retail tenants. He said he is also looking for new tenants to fill in the center’s vacancy spaces and to drive more activity to the center. Although he envisions a redevelopment plan that could yield a mix of uses, including residential, he said town leaders will first need to establish more clarity with the Crescent District design regulations before he sets off on any development plans. “When, and if, there is alignment between what the town wants under the Crescent Design District zoning and what Virginia Village could become, we will have a dialogue about redevelopment plans that would best serve everyone involved.” krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Leesburg Physical Therapy Changes Name Physiotherapy Associates and Leesburg Physical Therapy has changed its name to Select Physical Therapy. The name change affects 29 Northern Virginia area centers. Leesburg Physical Therapy was previously part of Physiotherapy Associates. In February 2016, Select Medical Holdings Corporation of Mechanicsburg, PA, purchased Physiotherapy Associates. Select Physical Therapy is part of the Select Medical Outpatient Division family of services. “Changing the name of Physiotherapy Associates and Leesburg Physical Therapy to Select Physical Therapy aligns two organizations that share the same commitment to provide patients with exceptional clinical expertise and customer service,” Karen Godfrey, regional director of operations for Virginia, stated in a press release. The name change does not affect the physical locations, telephone numbers, or the therapists on staff. The centers will also continue to accept most major insurance plans. In Loudoun, Select Physical Therapy has offices in Leesburg, Lansdowne, Purcellville, Ashburn and Sterling.

Chamber Seeks Small Business Award Nominations The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for the 23rd Annual Small Business Awards, recognizing the achievements of small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations throughout the county. The nomination process is open to everyone in the Loudoun community, who are invited to nominate a deserving business, entrepreneur or nonprofit organization for a Loudoun County Small Business Award in one of eight categories. Nominations will be accepted through 5 p.m. July 28. To access the nomination form, go to loudounchamber.org/SBA. Finalists and winners will be announced during a Nov. 2 ceremony at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne. Tickets for the ceremony are on sale now, and sponsorship packages are available. For more information go to loudounchamber.org, or call 703-777-2176.

Domino’s Opens Third Ashburn Location A new Domino’s pizza theater in Ashburn will hold grand opening celebration Saturday, July 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering a special carryout deal and BIZ BRIEFS >> 22

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<< FROM 20 giveaway drawing. During the event, the store, located at 20070 Ashbrook Commons Plaza, will offer one-topping medium carryout pizza for just $3.99 each, as well as free samples, giveaways and a drawing for free pizza for a year. The store features free Wi-Fi and Domino’s open-concept pizza theater store design, allowing customers to watch their pizza being made from start to finish. “We are so excited to be opening our third location in Ashburn,” said Mary Lynne Carraway, Ashburn Domino’s franchise owner. “We absolutely love this growing community and can’t wait to bring the interactive pizza theater design to the Ashbrook area of Ashburn.” The store is hiring for all positions, including assistant managers to join its Manager in Training Program. Those interested may apply at jobs.dominos. com. To place an order at Domino’s in Ashburn, go to dominos.com or call 571-353-3030.

Inova Loudoun Awarded Stroke Designations Inova Loudoun Hospital has maintained The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. Inova Loudoun has had these quality designations since 2009.

Telos Wins Top Security Achievement Award Ashburn-based Telos Corp. received the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award from the Defense Security Service. The Cogswell Award is the most prestigious honor the Defense Security Service may bestow to cleared industry. The award was presented at the National Classification Management Society’s 53rd Annual Training and Seminar. Of more than 13,000 organizations eligible for the Cogswell Award, fewer than 1 percent receive it. To be considered for the award, a facility must have two consecutive superior industrial security review ratings, which shows a sustained degree of excellence and innovation in their overall security program management, imThe Joint Commission experts evaluated compliance with stroke-related standards and requirements, including program management, the delivery of clinical care and performance improvement. Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers is awarded for a two-year period to Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospitals. In addition, the Inova Emergency Room–Ashburn and Inova Emergency Room–Leesburg earned Advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification for Acute Stroke Ready Hospital from The

plementation and oversight. “We hold ourselves to the highest security standards each day, and we appreciate this recognition,” Telos CEO and Chairman John B. Wood stated. “I’m so proud of the work our team does to uphold our superior level Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The certification recognizes hospitals equipped to treat stroke patients with timely, evidence-based care prior to transferring them to a Primary or Comprehensive Stroke Center. They are the second and third ERs in Virginia to achieve this honor.

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of security—this award is really a testament to the men and women at Telos who put forth tremendous effort to ensure the continued confidentiality of peers, partners and customers and the security of their systems and information.” Commerce will host a special dinner to celebrate Eileen Curtis’ 23 years of service as its president and CEO on July 12 at the Hyatt Regency Dulles. Curtis, who is retiring, has led the Chamber since 1994, one of the longest terms of a presently serving Chamber president in the United States. Curtis said her future plans include traveling, volunteering and writing at least two books, including the forthcoming “Chamber Tales.” For details, go to dulleschamber.org.

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Community Table of Loudoun WORKING FOR YOU BY KURT ASCHERMANN Last Tuesday evening two faith communities here in Leesburg, Sha’ are Shalom synagogue and Christ Episcopal Church, con- Aschermann ducted what I think was the 34th Community Table of Loudoun dinner. CTL, which is now four years old, continues to periodically provide an elegant sit-down dinner for anybody that feels like coming. No questions asked, no litmus test of eligibility. You might wonder why I say ‘I think’ this was the 34th dinner but within that ambiguity is the heart of what makes CTL work: Nobody is in charge, there is no board of directors, we don’t raise any money and nobody gets a tax write off for anything. And nobody has kept a running count though we have served almost 3,500 meals—I think. In other words, CTL is the least organized and structured program in Loudoun County and yet, perhaps, the most effective. This was our second Community Table of Loudoun dinner this month. Two weeks ago, our original faith community supporters, Crossroads United

Methodist Church in Ashburn, under the leadership of Larry Newell (who organized the very first dinner four years ago), Kathy MacKrell, Ron Harding and Jim Mastria, served 60 guests in the sanctuary of the church. Ambiance perfect. Food fabulous. Music divine … a typical CTL dinner. This week, our guests were served— all 85 of them—as usual by smiling people in black pants and white starched shirts. Greeted at the Hostess Podium they were escorted to their tables, asked for their drink order then provided with three courses including salad, chicken, green beans and the best roasted potatoes since my mother’s some 60 years ago, all cooked to perfection by the very successful chef and caterer, Rochelle Myers, who not only donated her time but took the budget the synagogue gave her for food and did it for half what she was allotted. With a leadership team at the synagogue of Sandy Winter (who has been with CTL since the beginning), and Lisa Cohen, they were joined by over 30 volunteers including Pattie Palmer and what seemed like half the congregation of Christ Church who provided the deserts, waited tables and cleaned up after. The crowds at both of these dinners were truly a microcosm of the CTL audience. There were seniors out for an evening with friends, dressed to kill and staying ‘til the very end. We had people that were obviously food insecure (anyone who wonders where even

a single meal is coming from in the course of a month, is food insecure), and we had some people that were more than food insecure—they were life insecure, and we had young families out for dinner together. One guest this past Tuesday said, ‘who put this dinner on for us?’ When I responded “Sha’are Shalom and Christ Episcopal Church,” he said, “Jews and Christians together … see there ain’t no reason for all of us to be fighting. There’s good people everywhere.” Indeed, there are. And the “good people” of Crossroads, Sha’ are Shalom and Christ Church provided for our guests. Also donated, as it's been for four years, was the senior center. The county lets us use the senior centers for our dinners free of charge and thanks to the usual outstanding service provided by Cheryl Wheeler and Jackie Mayne (who was just part of the team and always saying “yes, we can do that.”) we were in by 4 and out by 7:30 p.m. having made a lot of people quite happy. And finally, there are the leaders over at Loudoun Hunger Relief, Jennifer Montgomery and Erica Huddleston. I drive those poor women crazy every time we put on a dinner. You see Loudoun Hunger Relief is how we reach our guests … for weeks before each dinner Erica and Jennifer diligently stuff our flyer into the food bags that our friends take home. Not only that, they produce them, too. So I’m always checking to make sure the word is getting out and they both love telling me to “relax old man, we got ya

covered.” Just two other unsung heroes that make CTL work. I don’t want to get too dramatic here and suggest what happens at Community Table dinners offsets some of the rancor and hate that seems to dominate our lives today. But, well, CTL dinners offset some of the rancor and hate that seems to dominate our lives today. It is an example of what can happen when good people just decide to do something good for somebody else without getting a single thing in return. Could the CTL model work for other things? Why not. As someone once said (it’s attributed to everybody from St. Francis of Assisi to Winston Churchill), “a lot can be accomplished if nobody cares who gets the credit.” That’s the heart of Community Table. People just dive in and get it done and nobody stands up and says “I did this,” including the faith communities. It’s not about credit. It’s just love is what it is. See you Sept. 19 when our friends at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun join with St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church back at the Leesburg Senior Center to provide another wonderful evening for people that so richly deserve it. Kurt Aschermann spearheads Community Table of Loudoun. Working for You is a rotating column providing space for Loudoun’s nonprofit leaders to let readers know what they do and how they can help the cause. To participate in the program, email editor @loudounnow.com.

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BENEFIT, Loudoun’s new coalition of local musicians and community leaders, announced Village at Leesburg has agreed to host the organization’s 2017 music festival Sept. 16. The all-day music festival will be free and open to the public, all ages. “We take pride in partnering with BENEFIT to raise money for the Loudoun community. Loudoun County is our village, and we are excited for the opportunity to support it with this music festival,” stated Staci Harris, VAL’s senior director of marketing. In addition to Northern Virginia rock band drumfish and Loudounbased singer/songwriter Todd Wright, featured bands include Big Bad JuJu, Frayed Knots, Juliana MacDowell and Half King Studio’s Emerging Artists. Although tickets are free, concert organizers are asking attendees to give in a variety of creative ways leading up to and during the festival, including purchasing BENEFIT Loudoun T-shirts, VIP Tent tickets, and other activities at the event. More information is available at benefit.live.

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Because of colony collapse disorder, invasive mites, and pesticides, honey bees are dying at an alarming rate. In Virginia, hives have dropped by twothirds since 1970. The Honey Bee Initiative plans to use the grant to support sustainable business models that will allow student teams to receive internships to continue their work; implement Smart-Hive Technology where student teams will work to transform how bee health is monitored; and curriculum development and educational apiaries that will incorporate social entrepreneurship into all aspects of GMU’s entrepreneurship curriculum and co-curricular offerings. In 2016, the Community Foundation awarded more than $4.6 million in grants and scholarships and reported $37 million in managed philanthropic assets.

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$25,000 to the George Mason University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Honey Bee Initiative. The goal of the grant is to accelerate work GMU innovators, educators, student teams and community partners to address the critical issues facing the honey bee. The Community Foundation’s Innovation Fund, a discretionary fund that invests in inventiveness, creativity and new design across Northern Virginia, issued this grant thanks to a gift from an anonymous donor advised fund holder at the Community Foundation. Lisa Gring-Pemble, an associate professor in the School of Business, is the director of Social Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the Honey Bee Initiative. “Our Honey Bee Initiative has tremendous momentum and these additional funds are crucial to our progress and program expansion,” she stated.

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Loudoun Youth Inc.’s 2017 Loudoun Youth Leadership Program will have a new look for this year’s summer sessions, thanks to a change of venue from previous years. Participants in both one-week long sessions will stay an overnight in the Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg and take part in team building and survival activities at nearby Empower Adventures. Loudoun Youth Leadership Program sessions will take place July 10-14 and July 31-Aug. 4. The program is designed to introduce youth to leadership concepts and to provide exposure and interaction with local business, government and community leaders. The participants consist of high school students who live in Loudoun County. Each class is limited to 26 students; the selections have already been made. More information about the program can be found at loudounyouth.org.

The donations will be given to Loudoun County Animal Services. “I am hoping that even it is just a small difference that I can contribute to the success that Caito LCAS has each year by adopting out animals to their new forever homes,” Caito stated. For more information, go to facebook.com/StaceyCaitoNOVA.

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new cultural dining experience has landed in one of Middleburg’s iconic buildings. James and Piya Cameron, owners and operators of Thaiverse Thai restaurant in Lovettsville, have opened a Middleburg location in the building that previously housed The French Hound restaurant. They held a ribbon-cutting celebration for the new Thaiverse location Friday. “They’re a place that’s perfect for everyone—visitors, residents and the equestrian community,” said Vincent Bataoel, chairman of the town’s Economic Development Committee, who joined Mayor Betsy Davis for the grand opening celebration. “We’re lucky to have James and Piya in Town.” Middleburg Thaiverse launched with a soft opening a week ahead of the ribbon-cutting ceremony and James Cameron said the eatery has been booked every night. “It was a little bit less soft than we anticipated,” he said. “We had expected just like a few people but we got slammed from day one.” While the Camerons didn’t expect this much attention so soon, they did plan to keep their reputation in order. In less than two years of operation in Lovettsville, Thaiverse has already been voted by OpenTable’s Diner’s Choice Awards in 2017 as the best overall restaurant and the No. 1 Asian restaurant in the Washington, DC, area. The couple now has plans to make

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James and Piya Cameron’s first meal in Loudoun County was at The French Hound. Now, they’ve opened a Thai restaurant in the same building, after The French Hound relocated to Lansdowne.

their Middleburg location an even bigger sensation. What has helped them do this so far has been the restaurant’s physical address. “When it comes down to it, opening a restaurant in a building that was already a restaurant is just easier,” Cameron said. It’s also larger than the Camerons’ Lovettsville location, and a spacious kitchen means more variety of dishes can be made. This suits the restaurant well, as its name is a play on the word “diverse.” “[The restaurant’s name] gives us the option in the future to introduce a few other dishes from around the world to the menu,” Cameron said.

The Camerons also plan to add a deck on the back of the building for additional seating. They aren’t stopping here. As Middleburg is known for being a hub in Northern Virginia’s wine country, the Camerons will soon expand their drink menu to incorporate local wines. “We’ve talked to a number of vineyards,” Cameron said. “We intend to increase and expand that wine selection over time.” The Middleburg Thaiverse already has a full cocktail bar, too—something the Lovettsville location lacks. All of this excitement and growth is much more than the couple originally

thought possible. Before they became Loudoun residents, the Camerons were living and working in the U.K. It was in 1999 when James moved from his native Scotland to Windsor that the couple met. At the time, Piya was working as a waitress at a Thai restaurant across from the Windsor Castle called the Thai Castle. When the chef quit, Piya, who is Thai, took over. She excelled in cooking up traditional cuisine. The couple married in 2003 and moved to the U.S. in 2008 to follow James’ corporate job. Before the move, however, they visited the area and stayed in the Middleburg Country Inn. A visit to The French Hound was their first dining experience in Loudoun. Once settled in Lovettsville for seven years, the couple decided to make a change in their lives. “My wife was getting bored and decided that she wanted to go back and have a restaurant,” James Cameron said. They opened the Lovettsville Thaiverse in December 2015. While the first location was a success, they still had a long-held desire to open a restaurant in Middleburg. Less than two years later, they turned their desire into reality. Their next goal on the horizon is to open for Sunday brunch. All their effort comes from a passion to make Thai dining special in America. “We kind of like the idea of having a destination restaurant with a character building and a bit of history,” Cameron said. “The key thing is making sure the standard doesn’t slip.” Make a reservation, read the menu and find hours of operation at thaiverse.com. pszabo@loudounnow.com

[ TOWN NOTES ] HILLSBORO Moo-Thru Debuts at Old Stone School As part of a Town of Hillsboro initiative, Moo-Thru Creamery has set up shop on the grounds of the historic Old Stone School, dishing out scoops of award-winning ice cream from the Cool Lawn Dairy Farm in Fauquier County. Cool Lawn Farm is a fourth-generation dairy farm. “We decided to expand our operations out of the retail business so we de-

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cided to create Moo-Thru six years ago. It was an interesting concept that took three years to get going, but we have been growing every year, thanks to our devoted customers,” owner Ken Smith said. His daughter, Amy Smith Ressler, lives in Hillsboro and helps run the family’s Moo-Thru’s Creamery near Remington. “We expect to be very successful in bringing our fresh and delicious dairy products to Hillsboro, a very farm-friendly community that is oriented to the farm-to-table movement,” she said. “And we are very happy to have this opportunity at what is a prime Loudoun location in Hillsboro.” Moo-Thru’s Hillsboro operation is part of the town’s pilot program to bring food vendors to the Old Stone School grounds several days a week and a “Peoples Pop-up Market” every Friday evening. “We could not be happier about having Moo-Thru in Hillsboro all summer. The response from local residents and visitors has been overwhelming,” Mayor Roger Vance said. The Moo-Thru truck will be open Thursdays 2-8 p.m. and Fridays through Sundays from 2-9 p.m. The Friday markets begin at 2 p.m. and lead into the free Music Under the Stars in the Gap concerts throughout the summer.

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Painted Benches on Display The works of area artists are on display all around Purcellville as part of the painted benches and planters community arts project. Following on the success of last summer’s painted wine barrel project, Discover Purcellville and organizer Michael Oaks solicited business sponsors and artists to paint benches, which have now been placed around town, offering extra spots of color as well as good places to rest for a bit. Later this year, the benches will be

Starting with its June 29 meeting, the Lovettsville Town Council will record videos of its meetings that can be viewed on the town website. The system, also used by the Loudoun County government and Town of Leesburg, will include an index of supporting documents and staff reports to help viewers follow the conversations. The advancement comes amid continuing efforts to catch up with the backlog of written meeting minutes. On the list of priorities for Interim Town Manager Samuel A. Finz, compiling the meeting minutes was the top item on a list of “critical” actions he’ll be tackling. “We are all really looking forward to implementing this system and hope

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HOLIDAY EVENTS STAR SPANGLED SOUTH RIDING Friday, June 30, 5-9 p.m.; South Riding Golf Club, 43237 Golf View Drive, South Riding. Details: southriding.net Celebrate South Riding style with a parade and music from The Reagan Years, followed by fireworks at 9 p.m.

HILLSBORO INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Saturday, July 1, 9 a.m.; Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Details: oldstoneschool.org Danielle Nadler/Loudoun Now

Chocolate has always been Chef Santosh Tiptur’s weakness. The love of all-things cocoa led him to launch CoCo Sala in DC in 2008 and The Conche in the Village at Leesburg earlier this month.

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The Conche’s Santosh Tiptur herbs into his bases. He does sous vide [infusion] of jalapeno and cucumber and basil into vodka and sometimes into bourbon and creates a cocktail. We have many unique versions of it and we’ll continue to add more chocolate-related cocktails and martinis soon.

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ove chocolate? Chef Santosh Tiptur has opened the restaurant of your dreams. Tiptur, the executive chef at DC’s CoCo Sala restaurant, launched his new venture The Conche last month at the Village at Leesburg. The Conche, named for the ingenious 19th century invention that revolutionized the blending process for chocolate, boasts a 300-squarefoot chocolate lab where diners can see the pastry and confectionary teams in action. The restaurant offers a savory dinner menu—with dishes like cocoa nib crusted scallops and cocoa-rubbed New York strip steak, in addition to desserts to die for and a boutique selling handmade chocolates. And this fall, look for a carry-out window with European-style hot chocolate. Tiptur, 46, lives near Dulles with his wife and two children. Just before the restaurant’s grand opening June 22, he talked with Loudoun Now about his enduring love of chocolate—and how it all started with a Cadbury Eclair. Loudoun Now: Where did the concept come from? Santosh Tiptur: Our idea is to have our guests enjoy chocolate in many different ways—in our savory foods, in our desserts, in our cocktails, and we make our own confections. ... I’ve been a pastry chef for 28 years. I love working with chocolate. It’s my weakness. ... Nine years ago, we opened CoCo Sala in Washington, DC. It’s exactly the same concept and it’s been very well received and is very unique to DC. I’ve lived in [Loudoun] for the last nine years. I said there’s so much development here, it’s time to open up something. ... At first I wanted to open just a chocolate shop, but looking at how people appreciate

LN: Tell us about the rest of your team. ST: My sous chef ’s name is Jeff Collins. He was my sous chef when we opened Coco Sala. Kathleen [Faliskie] is our pastry chef and Sara [Dobson] is our chocolatier. The rest of the team is pretty young and we’re trying to look for talented people to join our team in the kitchen and in the front of the house. ...We have so many different components—the retail part, the chocolate room... Danielle Nadler/Loudoun Now

Santosh Tiptur, chef and owner of The Conche, preps treats for a chocolate bath.

what we can do with chocolate, I want to showcase as much as I can. LN: Tell me more about the savory dishes. ST: The cocoa itself doesn’t have any sugar content when it’s a bean. It has a nice flavor, especially coming from different parts of the world. Some of the beans come from South America and they have nice floral and tropical fruit aromas. Some of the beans from Africa have a nice earthy, bitter, acidic—almost like a red berry—nose to it. And they work well with savory food. ... I use it almost like a spice. LN: Are you incorporating chocolate in the bar program? ST: Our GM [Samet Yuksekgonul] is an amazing mixologist. He worked with us at CoCo Sala. He infuses cocoa and

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LN: Tell me more about the chocolate and pastry program. ST: Our chocolate lab is around 300 square feet. Our intention is to make all the chocolate confections here. We have a little boutique area in the front and we’ll sell them from there. At the moment, we’re doing 12 different types of bonbons—all unique flavors using the highest quality chocolate. … During the daytime, this room is occupied with making chocolate. In the future, we plan to do some classes in [the chocolate lab]. We’re planning to do kids’ summer camps. … For the adults, we’re looking to have them come here and do team building events, corporate events, wine and chocolate pairings, beer and chocolate pairings, whiskey and chocolate pairings. ... In the evenings, we dedicate the room to plating the desserts. Kathleen and her assistant make beautiful plates throughout the evening, TIPTUR >> 30

Saturday, July 1, 3-11 p.m.; Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Details: oldstoneschool.org Enjoy music from Troy and Paula Haag, Mark Cullinane and the Darby brothers, food trucks, children’s activities and Hillsboro’s famous fireworks display.

LANSDOWNE CELEBRATES AMERICA Sunday, July 2, 3-10 p.m.; Lansdowne Resort and Spa, 44050 Woodridge Parkway, Leesburg. Details: lansdowneresort.com Get an early start on Independence Day fun with this event featuring children’s activities, local wine and beer, food trucks, music from The Reagan Years and fireworks. Tickets are $5 per person and parking is $10 per car.

LOVETTSVILLE JULY THIRD CELEBRATION Monday, July 3, 4:30-9:15 p.m.; Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way, Lovettsville. Contact: 540-822-5284 This western Loudoun town celebrates Independence Day a day early every year. Event includes a parade, children’s activities and fireworks.

LEESBURG INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Tuesday, July 4, 10 a.m.; King Street from Ida Lee Park to Fairfax Street. Details: leesburgva.gov This time-honored tradition features fife and drum tunes and lots of fun floats. This year’s parade will also feature the

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9th annual Patriot’s Cup Competition, sponsored by Loudoun Now.

Celebrate with barbecue, lawn games and a great view of Middleburg’s fireworks. Barbecue is $15 per plate.

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Tuesday, July 4, 2 p.m.; Ball’s Bluff Battlefield, Ball’s Bluff Road, Leesburg. Details: novaparks.com

LEESBURG JULY FOURTH CONCERT AND FIREWORKS Tuesday, July 4, 6 p.m.; Ida Lee Park, 60 Ida Lee Park NW, Leesburg. Details: leesburgva.gov Enjoy an evening of music, food, fun and fireworks. Sub-Radio kicks off the entertainment schedule followed by headliner The Robbie Limon Band. Fireworks start at 9:30 p.m.

PURCELLVILLE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Tuesday, July 4, 12:30 p.m.; Main Street, Purcellville. Details: purcellvilleva.com This fun small-town parade features community groups in their patriotic finest.

SALAMANDER RESORT INDEPENDENCE DAY BBQ AND CELEBRATION Tuesday, July 4, 4-9 p.m.; Salamander Resort, 500 N. Pendleton St., Middle-

An evening of small-town fun starts off with a children’s parade at 6 p.m. followed by a bluegrass concert from 7 to 9 p.m. and fireworks starting at 9 p.m.

INDEPENDENCE DAY AT FRANKLIN PARK Tuesday, July 4, 2-10:30 p.m.; Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, Purcellville. Details: franklinparkartscenter.org Music and family activities start at 5 p.m., with tunes from Franklin Park Big Band and Loudoun Symphonic Winds followed by headliner Zydeco A-Go-Go. Fireworks start around 9:15 p.m.

CLAUDE MOORE PARK OL’ TIME FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION Tuesday, July 4, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestals Gap Road, Sterling. Details: facebook.com/ ClaudeMoorePark Celebrate an old-fashioned fourth with pony rides, music, crafts and family games. Tickets are $5.

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At Hillsboro’s Old Stone School 2017 Summer Concert Series

Music Under the Stars in The Gap SAT., JULY 1 Independence Day the Hillsboro Way!

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An artillery crew will demonstrate Civil War cannon firing on the site of the 1861 Battle of Ball’s Bluff.

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Patrons at The Conche watch the magic unfold in the restaurant’s 300-square-foot chocolate lab.

Tiptur << FROM 28 and guests can watch. On weekends, we have all the kids lined up there in the window looking at the plating. LN: Tell me about your background. Where did you learn your craft? ST: I grew up in India. … At that time, there were not many different companies doing chocolate in India—the only company was Cadbury. The first time I ever tasted chocolate was a reward for helping my mom and I got to taste Cadbury’s eclairs—a milk chocolate with a soft-centered caramel. Ever since, I always wondered how it was made.

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I wanted to be a pilot but my parents were not very adventurous about me leaving India. My dad owns a pharmacy and he wanted me to be part of the business, but I never had any interest in pharmacy. I said, “no, I have to do what I want to do.” I went to the pastry school in Bangalore and heard one of the professors saying that someone who graduated was working in Miami for a cruise line and that stuck in my mind. … I started working for the Taj group of hotels, luxurious five-star hotels in India. I was working for a pastry chef from Switzerland and he inspired me a lot—he taught me a lot of principles and discipline over the years. I decided to come to the U.S. ... I worked for Royal Caribbean for seven years and then I joined Seabourn Cruise Line, an ultra luxury line, so I was pretty much in charge of managing the pastry and bakery program. I left the cruise lines after 12 years and joined the Ritz Carlton company in San Juan Puerto Rico. In 2007, I met a wonderful lady, Nisha Sidhu, who had a vision to open CoCo Sala. We opened CoCo Sala in 2008. LN: What brought you to Loudoun?

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ST: We were living in an apartment in Falls Church. We have two kids and wanted to move into a single family [home]... We didn’t know much about this area back then, but we met our wonderful neighbors and saw how nice it is to raise a family here. Even though the commute was painful, it was good for the family. I love to be in Loudoun County. LN: You were always a pastry chef.

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Georgia peach chocolate treats await hungry patrons.

When you expanded into the savory side did you have to re-educate yourself? ST: When I was going to school, we [learned] the savory side, but I never had so much interest in the savory so I stuck with pastry. But since I’ve been well traveled and have met some of the best chefs in the world, I’ve seen so many things, my palate is sophisticated and I’m always curious to learn new things. As a young boy, I used to go grocery shopping for the house. I knew the markets so well. ... I used to pick the best vegetables and the best produce and the best spices. LN: When you’re cooking at home for your family, what do you like to make? ST: My kids and my wife like Mexican or Italian. Every time I go to Chicago, I have to go and dine in [Rick Bayless’] restaurant. It’s so good. It’s contemporary Mexican with very authentic flavors. … We invite friends for parties and it’s pretty much like in a restaurant. … I like to cook while they’re enjoying and make one dish at a time. LN: Do you have any tips for home cooks or bakers? ST: I would say that whatever you had as a bad experience in your childhood that remains in your mind—whether it’s broccoli or raisins—every ingredient, every vegetable is good. … If you use them the right way, everything is delicious. The Conche is at 1605 Village Market Blvd. Suite J108 in Leesburg and is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday and for Sunday brunch. The chocolate boutique is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. For more information, go to the-conche.com. jmercker@loudounnow.com

favorite singer/songwriters, Wenzel is known for soul-searching roots rock. No cover.

SUMMER TUNES NSLM OPEN LATE CONCERT: BRYAN SHEPHERD COUNTRY BAND

LOCO CULTURE

Friday, June 30, 6-9 p.m.; National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg. Details: nationalsporting.org

TARARA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: LOVESEXY Saturday, July 1, 6-9:30 p.m.; Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg. Details: tarara.com The best of Prince—in the spirit of the purple one himself. Tickets are $20.

VILLAGE AT LEESBURG PLAZA PARTY: SWAMPCANDY Saturday, July 1, 6-8 p.m.; Village at Leesburg; 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: villageatleesburg.com

‘THE JUNGLE BOOK KIDS’ Courtesy of The Reagan Years

Lovettsville. Details: facebook.com/ lovettsvillesummer The region’s most popular 80s cover band plays a free show as part of Lovettsville’s Summer on The Green series.

LIVE MUSIC: QUENTIN WALSTON Sunday, July 2, North Gate Vineyard, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville. Details: northgatevineyard.com The former Jake And The Burtones vocalist is now playing solo, offering an eclectic sound with a jazzy heart.

ONE LOUDOUN ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY: KEN WENZEL Wednesday, July 5, 6-8 p.m.; One Loudoun Plaza, 20626 East Hampton Plaza, Ashburn.

Primitive blues-influenced Americana from this Annapolis-based duo. No cover.

Details: oneloudoun.com

LIVE MUSIC: THE REAGAN YEARS Saturday, July 1, 7 p.m.; Lovettsville Town Green, 11 Spring Farm Drive,

One of Loudoun’s Courtesy of Ken Wenzel

[OBITUARY] 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 of nine children of Charles Marshall and Nellie A. Heflin. 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.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will be on July 21 at 11:00 a.m. 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

LIVE MUSIC: SUN DOGS: A TRIBUTE TO RUSH Saturday, July 1, 8:30 p.m.; Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyhotheater.com Kix vocalist Mark Schenker and members of popular Rush tribute Blame Canada. Tickets are $15 in advance.

POLO IN THE PARK Saturday, July 1, 6 p.m., gates open, 7 p.m., matches begin; Morven Park International Equestrian Center, 41580 Sunday Morning Lane, Leesburg. Details: morvenpark.org Morven Park launches its inaugural polo season featuring nine weeks of polo, picnicking and dancing. Car passes are $35 in advance, $40 in cash at the gate.

NIGHTLIFE LIVE MUSIC: THE BRUNO SOUND Friday, June 30, 8:30 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd.,

COMING UP BREAUX VINEYARDS KEY WEST FEST Saturday, July 8, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Purcellville. Details: breauxvineyards.com Breaux’s popular annual fest features live reggae music from The Archives followed by The Beach Bumz. The event includes children’s activities, wine tastings, craft vendors and island-inspired food for sale. Tickets are $16 in advance, $20 at the gate.

[ D E AT H N O T I C E S ] Francisco (Frank) V. Boffi, 95 of Leesburg, Va., formerly of Orlando, Florida passed away on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Brookdale Nursing Home in Manassas, Virginia. Graveside services and entombment will be held in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA at a later date. Please share online condolences with the family at loudounfuneralchapel.com

Hugh C. Downs Jr. Of Purcellville, VA passed away at Reston Hospital Center on June 19th, 2017 after a long illness. Born Nov. 26, 1947 he was the son of the late Emma and Hugh C. Downs, Sr. Mr. Downs was a member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church. Mr. Downs is survived by his wife Linda L. Downs of Purcellville, VA; and sister Betty Milbourne of Martinsburg, WV. ; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation was held June 25th, 2017 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions can be made to the Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association (ECAA), PO Box 55071 #15530, Boston MA 02205-5071. Richard S. Lowry, 68, of Ashburn, Virginia, passed away June 24th

peacefully in the evening. The funeral service will be held on July first at three o’clock in the afternoon at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg, 201 Edwards Ferry Road, NE Leesburg, Virginia 20176. He is survived by his wife and three sons (Ryan, Jeremy, and Justin), his four grandchildren (Jackson, William, Josephine, and one on the way), as well as his extended family and friends. He is preceded by his mother Meredith and his brother Charles. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his name to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (nmcrs. org). Edwin L. Stohlman III, 67, passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2017. He is survived by his beloved wife of 45 years, Kathleen McMahon Stohlman, children Jennifer N. Stohlman-Bish (Paul) Leesburg, VA, Edwin L. Stohlman IV (Catherine) Carmel, IN, and Ryan P. Stohlman (Lisa) Manassas, VA; four grandchildren, Christopher Stohlman-Bish, Ella Stohlman, Andrew Stohlman, and William Stohlman; and his siblings, Jan Stohlman, James Stohlman, and Joyce Stohlman Brewer. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at St. John the Apostle Roman

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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.

This one-act version of Disney’s “The Jungle Book” is performed by local campers from Main Street Theater Productions’ summer camp. Get the story of Mowgli’s adventures in the jungle, battling tigers, monkeys and snakes with his panther friend Bagheera in just 30 minutes. Tickets are $5 at the door.

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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.

Thursday June 29 and Friday, June 30, 7 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. Details: franklinparkartscenter.org

With songs ranging from ballads to danceable rock-reggae to straight up rock ‘n’ roll, Bruno de Lima-Campos is a genre jumping marvel with a sound all his own. No cover.

This classic country crooner sings original material along with hits from the 60s and 70s. Concert is free and open to the public. Wine and barbecue will be available for sale.

Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com

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Catholic Church in Leesburg, VA with visitation forty-five minutes prior to the mass. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Autism Society of Northern Virginia (asnv.org) or Ride-On Ranch Equine Assisted Therapies (rideonranch.org). Betty Jane Thompson Grove, 91, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Leesburg, VA. She leaves her family to cherish her memory including her daughter and son-in-law Marsha and Jimmy Riley of Lovettsville, her grandson Chris Riley, granddaughter Kristin Riley both of Lovettsville and a very special nephew Kenny Eshbaugh of Boonsboro, MD. Betty is also survived by sisters in law Elaine Jones and Norma Stewart both of Ohio. Grave side services were held June 26th at Union Cemetery with Rev. Roland England officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Grove’s name to Capital Caring 24419 Millstream Drive, Aldie, VA 20105 or to Lovettsville Fire & Rescue P.O. Box 123, Lovettsville, VA 20180. Please share condolences with the family LoudounFuneralChapel.com Calvin Enoch Wiley, 71, of Berryville, VA, lost his battle with cancer on June 22, 2017 at the VA Center in Martinsburg, WV. He is survived by a son, Corey Wiley of Winchester; brothers Thomas Wiley (Deloris) of Ijamsville, MD; John Newlin and Dewey Newlin both of Winchester and a sister Janie Jenkins of Winchester. Several Nieces and Nephews and some very special friends. Along with his parents, he is proceeded in death by a brother, Blanton “BW” Wiley. The family will received friends on June 27th at Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA.

To Place an Obituary, Memoriam, or Death Notice

Contact: Lindsay Morgan (703) 770-9723

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Yard Sale Independance Day Yard Sale July 1 & 2 9am-6pm

19427 James Monroe Hwy.

Household items, kitchen, cookware, electric rotisserie, toaster oven, etc. 20 Bicycles: Men & Women high end road & mountain bikes (Trek, Specialized, Giant, Schwinn). EZ Sport Recumbant bicycle. Adventure folding bicycle. Yakima bike rack. Proline golf & accessories. 15 fishing outfits: light spinning to heavy casting. misc. sports, camping, backpacks, tents. Small hand and garden tools.

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Purcellville- 1 bed/bath basement apt. with full kit. & laundry Separate entrance. No pets or smoking. $750.00 a month-utilities included Call 770-601-8306

STP Lovettsville, LLC, trading as 1836 Taproom & Kitchen, 34 E. Broad Way Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia 20180. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine & Beer On Premise license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Joseph P Brower, Managing Director Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200. 06/29/17 & 7/6/17

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Contact classifieds@loudounnow.com or (703) 770-9723 to place public notice and legal ads

Fountains of Living Water

(Non-denomination, Full Gospel)

Meeting at: Sterling Middle School 201 W. Holly Ave. Sterling,VA 20164 Sunday 10:15am www.fountainsoflivingwater.org (703) 433-1481

June 29 – July 5, 2017

“Whoever believes in me (Jesus)... streams of living water will flow from within him.” John 7:38

Call To Worship In Print & In Our Online Resource Directory Contact: Lindsay Morgan (703) 770-9723

WANTED Lead Teachers and Assistant Teachers

Carpenter Help Wanted

MORVEN PARK seeks

Buildings and Grounds Team Member See www.MorvenPark.org for full description. To apply, send resume and cover letter to: MorvenParkEmployment@morvenpark.org <or> Morven Park HR Department PO Box 6228 Leesburg, VA 20178

Insulation Technician/Installer Responsible for installation of Spray Foam, Cellulose Insulation, Foam Board, Ductwork Improvements and Crawl Space Encapsulation Components. · Use saws, drills, levels, rulers, hammers, pry-bars and specialty tools to assure that materials are installed to create air, thermal and moisture barriers. · Must have your own tools (Purchase program available through the company) · Lift materials up to 100 Lbs · Bend, twist and crawl through spaces to install products · Work to demonstrate the 4 key principals of our culture: 1) Safety, 2) Quality, 3) Customer Service, and 4) Profitability Must pass background and drug screening Must have valid driver’s license $14 to $24 / hour with incentive system. Call 800-604-2252 or email jlevan@comfenergy.com

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Loudoun Now is adding to its small, dedicated newspaper team. We’re looking for advertising sales executives who value the mission of community journalism and the marketing power the newspaper’s print and online products offer to area businesses. There’s veteran support team in place to help, but we’re looking for self-starters and go-getters.

Must have experience on decks, screen porches & room additions in Loudoun County area. Neat, professional appearance Call (703) 304-8134

Large family practice in Loudoun County seeking FT LPN’s or MA’s for our new site located in the professional building at Stone Springs Hospital in Aldie, VA. We also have openings in our Ashburn, Lansdowne, Cornwall and Purcellville offices. Pediatric and or family practice experience preferred but willing to train the right candidate. EHR experience highly recommended. We offer health, dental and vision insurance as well as direct deposit, 401k and many other benefits. Please send your resume to lgray@ lmgdoctors.com or fax to 703-7260804, attention Lisa.

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We need Lead Teachers and Assistant Teachers for our 201718 school year. If you are interested in working part-time in a fun, loving, Christian environment with preschoolers, please contact Janet Stayrook, Preschool Director, at (703) 777-8439 or send your resume to her email: jgostay@ comcast.net. Thank you.

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C2 Operations specializes in Asphalt, Slate, Flat, Metal, Cedar, and EPDM Roof Repairs and Replacements throughout Loudoun Co. and Northern Virginia. Services Include Roof Repairs • Roof Replacements • Siding Gutters • Windows • Doors Skylights & Maintenance

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The Planning Priority Last week’s Board of Supervisors’ decision to merge its effort to plan development along the Silver Line corridor into the broader Envision Loudoun comprehensive plan update was the right move, albeit a little late in the game. It was a nonsensical exercise to push the two critically important long-range community development policies forward on independent parallel tracks. The Silver Line plan was potentially just weeks or even days away from adoption, but the Envision Loudoun project—the one that lays the foundation for the next two decades of growth—won’t wrap up until next year. Although supervisors feel pressure to build real estate values along the rail line to generate the taxes needed to pay the county’s share of the Silver Line, getting the development decisions right is the best way to ensure that happens. There is another step supervisors should take, as well. That is to put on hold consideration of proposed revisions to the Town Center zoning rules that also have arrived at their dais. The package of changes converts a mixed-use development opportunity that so far has seen relatively limited use with an anything-goes type of zoning that can be applied almost anywhere. It offers developers maximum flexibility—under the proposal they could build apartments, data centers or even both. Yes, it could speed construction of some long dormant projects, particularly by converting commercial land to residential use. However, the outcome of that zoning push may not mesh well with the development and design goals expected to come from the Envision Loudoun. And when the rush is over, there will be fewer opportunities to bring the fresh vision of Loudoun’s future to reality. That vision ultimately will be carried out in a partnership among county leaders, landowners/developers and residents. They are around the table now setting the foundations of that important work. That needs to be the priority. If they succeed, the other elements—from what is built along the rail line to how new mixed-use neighborhoods should be created—will all fall into place.

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Editor: On behalf of the Loudoun Human Services Network, we are appreciative of the many positive comments made by the Loudoun Board of Supervisors at last Thursday’s meeting in support of the services and programs we provide to the Loudoun community. We also greatly appreciate that our county and the board understand the importance of investing in our organizations by allocating funding for Fiscal Year 2018, and for their time and energy spent each year in refining the process. We are proud of the diverse and essential human services our members provide to thousands of Loudoun residents. Nonprofit organizations play a vital role in the health of our Loudoun community. We provide critical services, opportunities for members of the community to become involved through volunteerism, and a voice to those whose needs have been hidden. We pioneer solutions to social challenges. We are productive, reliable, effective and responsive and we save lives, restore independence, ensure safety, help children grow up strong and healthy, and ensure individuals are engaged and participatory members of our community. We strongly reiterate our recommendation that the county form a Human Services Advisory Council. This public-private partnership, composed of nonprofit leaders, county administration and other county staff, including key county departments such as the Departments of Family Services, Health, and Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Developmental Services, will be an intentional and effective avenue to provide formal recommendations regarding the nonprofit grant process, address human service needs in Loudoun County, and identify annual priorities as they relate to funding for human services.

Editor: At a community meeting in Brambleton several months ago a representative of the Loudoun County Planning Commission said, “Loudoun County is a wonderful place to live, so everyone wants to live here.” But if everyone lives here, will Loudoun still be a wonderful place to live? We are at a pivotal point in Loudoun’s history, as the county’s Comprehensive Plan is being reviewed and revised. “Envision Loudoun,” an 18-month initiative to gather public input into this effort, has just concluded its second round of workshops. Hundreds of residents produced thousands of suggestions. Since growth recently replaced traffic as the number one concern of residents, this was a major topic of discussion. The Transition Policy Area (TPA), in particular, with its 50-70 percent open space, seems to be caught between two key forces: 1) residents who want to preserve the green infrastructure and open areas, and 2) developers, who would prefer to use these open spaces for more building opportunities, and higher density— quarter-acre lots, townhouses, apartments. There are thousands of dwelling units already approved in the TPA, and thousands have already been built. Developers attended the last Envision Loudoun workshop in great numbers. One of their recommendations was allowing townhouses to be built west of Rt. 15, which would extend them into the Rural Policy Area. Yes, it is their job to develop open land, and they have large staffs, lawyers and unlimited funds to do so. Some in the county government agree that forests and fields are just “sitting there,” waiting for development. How then can we as citizens preserve the TPA, its forests, streams, wildlife, our drinking water sources, family cemeteries and culturally important areas from being destroyed? How can we prevail upon the

— Carol G. Jameson, Chairwoman Loudoun Human Services Network

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December. Supervisors have been grappling with ways to depoliticize the grant process in the county by setting up a formula and getting their hands out of it. “Every time we make the changes, it doesn’t matter what it is, there’s going to be some that make out better and some that don’t make out better,” said board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn). “I think part of the issue that we keep running into is that formulas and algorithms aren’t always the solutions to things, and they miss a lot of qualitative things,” said Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run).

[ LETTERS ] << FROM 36 county to instead consider parks, equine areas, pedestrian and bike trails and recreational opportunities there for all county residents to enjoy? How can we prevent even more overcrowding of our schools and roads? Be heard. Go to envision-loudoun. org/envision-the-future-online-input, through July 12, to offer your input online. Call the Loudoun County comment line, 703-777-0115. Contact the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors at loudoun.gov. For a more in-depth look at the challenge surrounding the TPA, you can go to the App Store and download the free “Save Loudoun” app for your smartphone, which is sponsored by the citizens of the Transition Area Alliance. — Nancy Ryan, Don Goff, Marla McIntyre, Andrew Murphy, Melissa Rios, Erik Scudder, Aldie

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Kindergarten << FROM 1 ahead of adopting the final plan Tuesday, board members nudged him to expand the program to more kids earlier, even if it means attendance boundary changes. “I think we’re not really moving forward if we don’t do something a little more ambitious,” said Eric Hornberger (Ashburn), who’d like to see the program reach 85 percent of kindergartners within the next two years. “Why can’t we look at strategic [attendance] rezoning as a means of achieving this? Because that is a no-cost option.” Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) agreed. She stressed that she knows how difficult boundary changes are—her district has been involved in nearly every boundary process since she was elected—but it is a prudent option. “I know it’s not a popular decision, but I’m an advocate for using the facilities that we already have and that would be doing some spot rezonings,” she said. “I don’t see expanding facilities when we have space at adjacent buildings.” Williams said there are several schools, especially in the Ashburn and Leesburg areas, that could accommodate full-day kindergarten if attendance boundaries were slightly adjusted. Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin) asked how it would be possible to do slight “spot rezonings” if kindergartners are not all in the same neighborhood. “You would be going through a full-blown boundary process just because all those kids aren’t centralized in one area,” he said. Any new attendance changes

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would apply for kindergarten through fifth-graders—not just kindergarten, Williams said. “So you’re right in that sense…Yes, it could be more significant and more extensive.” Board members thanked the superintendent and his staff for their work to create a thoughtful blueprint to eventually bring the all-day program to every kindergartner. Joy Maloney, who campaigned on delivering full-day kindergarten to all of Loudoun, told Williams, “It’s so personally fulfilling to be able say, ‘yes we do have a plan to get to 100% FDK and here it is. I can point you to it.” There are just a handful of elementary schools that will not offer at least one full-day kindergarten class starting this fall: Arcola, Buffalo Trail, Hillside, Legacy, Liberty and Lucketts. All but one, Lucketts, sits in the southern end of the county that is still seeing enrollment growth. For this next school year, 49 of the county’s 55 elementary school will offer at least one full-day kindergarten class, and 39 schools will offer a full school day to every one of its kindergartners. The board’s next step is to formally ask the county Board of Supervisors to fund classroom additions earlier. Then, Williams said he could give a target date for when Loudoun will be off the short list of Virginia school systems without universal full-day kindergarten. “I’m not ready to give an estimate this year,” he said. “We may be able to do that next year.” As Martin put it, “We’re within striking distance.” dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Editor: I am writing now because this news affects many of your readers, of all political persuasions. On April 6, Aetna announced it would not be offering exchange-based individual health care insurance in Iowa in 2018. By May 3, it had amended that announcement to include the last three states where it offered coverage in 2017—Nebraska, Delaware and Virginia. In 2016, Aetna announced it was not offering 2017 renewal of coverage in 11 of the 15 states it covered that year. Now, by non-renewing in the last four, Aetna has completely exited

Nicole Acosta, vice chairwoman of the Loudoun Human Services Network and Executive Director of the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter, said it’s good that the board avoided a destabilizing decision—but said the nonprofit network had intentionally avoided taking a position on the old system. “At the end of the day, there’s just not enough money in that pot to adequately fund some of the safety net services,”

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the individual marketplace, beginning Jan. 1, 2018. I received my non-renewal notice for 2018 two days ago. Hurrah! This is great news, because as the other carriers follow suit, there will be no insurance company left that will be foolish enough to participate in the abject failure known as Obamacare. There’s a reason no Republicans supported it in 2009 and 2010, and now we are seeing the bitter fruits of their dire predictions. Seventeen of the 23 health co-ops have failed; the remainder will in short order. Millions of Americans have lost “affordable” coverage that they could barely pay for to begin with. The Republicans warned of this—seven years ago—and the liberals would not listen. The facts speak for themselves. Res ipsa loquitur. This is a scam that never could have worked—never—and the withdrawal of the insurance carriers from the states they formerly served is but another handful of nails in the coffin of Obama’s signature lie. One reader wondered how I could know all of these things, such as the voters’ mandate to kill Obamacare? Simple. I stay in frequent communication with the offices of elected officials and the insurance companies themselves, not only in Virginia, but numerous other states, as well. It really is our civic duty to do so, is it not? We certainly can’t rely on information provided by the lefty media and penny-ante experts who attended high-level meetings, espousing the virtues of government meddling in health care.

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before the fiscal year, is going to have a major, potentially destabilizing impact.” Compared to the old system, HealthWorks would have been awarded $11,102 less under the new funding model. Good Shepard Alliance, which works to prevent homelessness and which some supervisors have praised from the dais, would have seen its funding halved compared to the old model, to $34,917. “We’re not just some nonprofit,” protested Good Shepard Alliance Executive Director Vickie Koth, pointing out that the charity was one of the first organizations tackling the problem of homelessness in the county. “We have been an integral part of this county and of homeless services.” Facing that outpouring of concern, supervisors last week decided to stick with last year’s system, which this year awarded HealthWorks $189,000 and the Good Shepard Alliance $69,869. Paxton Campus, as a first-time awardee, can only receive $5,000 under the current system. Supervisors said they would wait until the county completes ongoing nonprofit needs assessment, conducted along with and financed in part by the Claude Moore Foundation, before making drastic changes. County budget staff say that report should be ready in

Acosta said. “So [the current system], while it doesn’t destabilize important nonprofits which provide those core services, there were also nonprofits in that first model that have been sorely underfunded, considering the scale of their work, for years.” The Loudoun Human Services Network has called for a Human Services Advisory Committee, an “on-going, public-private partnership to provide formal recommendations regarding nonprofit grant process, address human service needs in Loudoun, and identify annual priorities.” It would include representatives from both nonprofits and the county government. “We really, really believe that if there was a more formal process for reviewing and making recommendations, that we could do something better,” Acosta said. “We don’t have that solution.” And county dollars have an outsized impact on fundraising for nonprofits. Acosta said the county shouldn’t be any nonprofit’s majority source of funding, but having local government support is critical. “Most other kinds of state and federal grants you would apply for always want to see if you’re receiving local funds,” Acosta said. “In a way, that’s sort of your organization’s stamp of approval from your local government that what you’re doing is valuable and respected in your community, and private funders also want to see that your local government has invested in you too.”

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Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said he has “some philosophical pain” with using tax money to support nonprofits, except where those nonprofits provide services in the county. “Where I kind of have that line is the type of services that I believe that the county would be providing anyway, or should be providing, and the fact that we have many nonprofits doing that type of work and doing it well,” he said. Some nonprofit executives, however, pointed out that the county’s funding for nonprofits has not kept up with its growth. “Our core safety net agencies serve our residents with fantastic nonprofit efficiency,” said Amy Owen, executive director of the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Fauquier Counties. “They deserve commensurate investment from the county.” The county will this year award $1,076,469 to 32 nonprofits, a 1.6 percent increase over last year’s total dollar figure.

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reedom of Speech: No right is more fundamental to the very idea of what it means to be an American. Liberty is at the heart of the Constitution, and freedom of speech is at the heart of liberty. The right to “speak your mind”—even if that means strongly criticizing our political leaders or their policies—is more entrenched and protected in the U.S. than in most other countries. This article looks at the history of free speech and where we stand today.

Origins of Free Speech Befitting its importance, freedom of speech appears in the First Amendment, which states that, “Congress shall pass no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” The First Amendment was adopted in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. These rights, forming the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, were added shortly after ratification to address deep concerns of Anti-Federalists that the newly formed central government would be too big and powerful and would run roughshod over fundamental rights held by all Americans. Many books have been written on where these fundamental rights originate—do they come from the essential nature of man? God? Social contract? Whatever their original source, every American’s freedom of speech is guaranteed “in writing” by the Constitution. Many countries protect free speech on paper, but what sets America apart is that we also “walk the walk.” Courts, journalists, regular citizens and many others work hard every day to ensure that free speech is not just something written on dusty paper, but a living and vibrant right with extraordinary legal protection.

Two Speech Amendments —1st and 14th. The First Amendment literally prohibits only the Federal Congress from curtailing speech. With the new Constitution, most people viewed the Federal government—not their local governments—as the greatest threat to liberty. For more than 100 years, the First Amendment did not apply to state restrictions on speech. That changed after the Civil War when states came to be viewed as a major threat to individual rights. The Civil War Amendments (13th, 14th and 15th) were aimed squarely at the states. Eventually the courts interpreted the Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment—and

particularly the word “liberty”—to mean that freedom of speech applied equally to state and federal governments. Today, no government—city, county, state or federal—can deny your Constitutional right to free speech.

Speech and Private Parties The Constitution applies only to governmental efforts to curtail speech. If a purely private entity (such as a private employer) restricts your speech, you may or may not have other legal recourse, but you could not claim a First Amendment violation. This is known as the “state action” requirement—the idea that the Constitution is aimed at protecting Americans from a government seeking to take away your liberties.

Two Brave Justices With World War I raging, Congress passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts, banning a wide range of speech including certain statements criticizing the war effort or inciting scorn for the American form of our government. By doing nothing more than peacefully expressing their political views, many people ran afoul of these laws and were given long jail terms. This approach was challenged when two of our greatest justices, Oliver Wendell Homes and Louis Brandeis, began questioning the wisdom of jailing people based only on their speech. How, they asked, could a nation that truly believed in free speech punish people merely for peacefully expressing their views, especially when there was no sign that the speech would lead to law violation? Holmes and Brandeis wrote a series of now-famous dissents sharply criticizing the Court for failing to protect speech. They demanded that the Court respect the “sweeping command, Congress shall pass no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” They were heavily criticized for their “pro speech” stand and received threats and scorn from many corners.

Three Pillars of Free Speech Holmes and Brandeis focused on three core virtues that make speech so vitally important. First, free speech serves as a check and balance against corruption and tyranny. That is why dictators ban free speech. Second, just as the best products succeed in the marketplace, the best ideas flourish in an open marketplace of ideas. The best antidote to bad speech is not to ban the speech but to counter it with good speech. As Holmes said, the “best test of truth is the power of the thought to

get itself accepted in the marketplace.” A nation with an open marketplace of ideas will benefit because the best ideas rise to the top. Third, evoking Jefferson, Holmes and Brandeis argued that free speech is necessary to be a fully engaged citizen. A nation benefits from citizens who engage with the issues facing their town, state or country, but that engagement is impossible without free speech. Despite these powerful arguments, the Court majority long rejected the Holmes/Brandeis position. But their views eventually triumphed, and since the seminal Brandenburg case in the 1960s (holding that a racist speech by the KKK was protected by the Constitution) every American now has the right to speak openly and critically about the issues of the day, even if that means using controversial or offensive language that would have caused them to be jailed decades earlier (and would still cause them to be jailed in many countries today).

Key Exceptions There are a few areas of speech that are not protected by the Constitution. Examples include obscenity, libel, speech causing a clear and present danger of law violation, and fighting words. Each of these areas is narrow and carefully defined by the courts (although the outer edges are hotly contested).

Toxic Speech—Still Free? Free Speech is at greatest peril when the speech is least popular. Should we protect toxic speech defending Nazis, the KKK or ISIS? Holmes would say that the answer to this terrible speech is not to ban it, but rather to counter it with good speech. While all (or nearly all) agree that pro-Nazi speech is awful and simply wrong, nevertheless it is almost always protected under the Constitution because our Founding Fathers believed—a belief proven repeatedly by world events—that the greater risk to our freedom comes if we start down the road of allowing the government to choose what speech to ban and what to allow. Ben Lenhart is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has taught Constitutional Law at Georgetown Law Center for more than 20 years. He lives with his family and lots of animals on a farm near Hillsboro.

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progress through a system meant to culminate in full cycling independence. “The goal is, at the end of the week, for as many kids as possible to actually ride their own bike,” said Eileen Schaffer, administrative director of ALLY Advocacy Center, a branch of Paxton Campus. In five days, riders progress through three bike models. They start on “roller bikes,” an original design by iCan Bike founder Dr. Richard Klein. The specialized bikes have rollers on the back that add stability. The rollers are adjustable so riders progressively depend more on their own balance. “We try not to let them know what’s happening because change is scary and not a lot of riders are accepting of it. So we say, ‘Hey, go take a water break’ or ‘go take a pit stop,’ … and then I’ll change the bike out,” camp bike technician Kelly Barns said. After cycling inside on roller bikes, riders hop on a two-seated bike outside with a volunteer. Once proficient there, the budding cyclists ride a traditional bike with a handle added to the back so volunteers can still support them. The camp’s sponsors and counselors say their love for those in the special needs community motivated them to contribute. The camp costs $10,000 to host, and a quarter of that funding came from the Leesburg Moose Lodge.

Lodge administrator Al Erickson and his wife and fellow lodge member Jenny Erickson are at the camp all week as their 16-year-old daughter takes part as a camper. “It’s always really cool to help and to be able to support the community with the Moose Lodge, but the biggest thing is we have a special needs daughter. … We’ve been trying for years to get her to be able to ride a bike,” Erickson said. Early in the week, his daughter seemed to be getting the hang of it. “For a parent with a special needs child this is a dream come true, to be able to have her ride a bike, to be able to have the flexibility, to be able to be independently mobile, to go on a countryside bike ride with the family,” Erickson said, “it’s a dream come true.” Working with the campers is personal for Barns, too. A speech disability kept her from talking until later in life, so she has always had friends with disabilities. “I’ve always had a passion to just help and serve,” she said. “I’m trying to give every rider a chance to ride.” iCan Shine is hosting more than 80 iCan Bike summer camps nationwide and in Canada, and has an 80 percent success rate of riders independently operating their own bike after the program.

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battalion. The way you stop the one-off attacks is sharing information. If you attack alliances like NATO, or get in a skirmish with Angela Merkel or people who are our [allies], who we share information with, and they share a little less information with you … then you actually make yourself weaker in your goal of defeating ISIS. It’s goals plus relationships,” Kaine said. “If the U.S. doesn’t value our alliances … we can have the best goals in the world but we’re not going to be successful.”

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federal budget, and foreign relations. “I get asked to talk about those things a lot, I don’t get asked to talk about leadership very much,” he said. The senator admitted he never took a leadership or management course, instead relying on “scar tissue, school of hard knocks lessons” from his time as a managing partner at his law firm, a Richmond city councilman, mayor of Richmond, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Virginia governor, U.S. senator, and vice presidential candidate. He drew examples from every phase of his political career. When he was elected to the Richmond city council in 1994, it had the second highest homicide rate in the U.S. “There wasn’t really a goal, so we spent time just really banging our heads together … and we announced something very bold to our citizens,” he said. “We’re going to reduce violent crime by 30 percent in the Richmond area by the year 2000. We felt that was a big goal, and we just told everybody to hold us accountable for it.” By 2000, Kaine said, Richmond’s violent crime rate had decreased 55 percent and homicide was down 60 percent. “If we hadn’t made that goal and held

education. “We don’t have [a foreign policy strategy]. We really haven’t had one since the Soviet Union collapsed,” Kaine said. “We had a foreign policy strategy, the Truman Doctrine, that lasted through presidents of both parties and congresses of both parties from 1947 to 1991. Since then, we’ve been in kind of a non-strategic moment. You have to have a strategy, then you have to have goals, then you have to leverage the relationships to achieve them.” KTalking about the battle against ISIS, Kaine predicets as the Islamic State “loses real estate” in the Middle East, they’ll carry out more terrorist attacks abroad. “You don’t stop that with an infantry

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