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Beaverdam Reservoir to be Reborn

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A kayak waits on the shoreline at Beaverdam Reservoir in Ashburn. The manmade body of water will be closed for two years, but promises to reopen as a more public friendly lake.

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oudoun’s largest lake is a quiet place, disturbed only by singing insects, birds on the wing, wind in the trees, and paddles lapping up the water. It’s also artificial, and it’s getting drained in November.

The county’s largest water utility, Loudoun Water, will partially drain Beaverdam Reservoir to repair the spillway that created the lake, work regulated by Virginia dam safety rules. The reservoir is expected to be closed for about two years, but when it reopens in 2019, Loudoun Water and the Northern Vir-

ginian Regional Park Authority hope it will be bigger and better for visitors. “If you’ve ever driven up and down Belmont Ridge Road on a Saturday, you’ll inevitably pass people with kayaks and canoes on top of their cars,” said NOVA Parks Director of Park Operations Chris Paulie.

Loudoun Deputy Fatally Shoots Man in Aldie BY NORMAN K. STYER For the third time in four years, the Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal shooting by a Loudoun law enforcement officer. The latest shooting happened early Friday morning in Aldie. A Loudoun County deputy was called to a home on Carriage Horse Drive in the Loudoun Crossing

neighborhood after a female resident reported a male occupant was damaging items inside. The 4:45 a.m. call was dispatched as a domestic-related disturbance. According to an initial report from the Sheriff ’s Office, when the deputy arrived, a man carrying knives advanced toward the deputy near the front doorway. The deputy, who has not been publicly identified,

repeatedly instructed the man to drop the knives before firing a single shot, which fatally injured the man, 58-year-old Johannes Melvin Wood. At the request of Sheriff Mike Chapman, the Virginia State Police is conducting the investigation. State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said investigators will have no comment on the case until a report is present-

His organization manages public access to the reservoir’s waters, and he estimates thousands of people use the lake, including the high school crew teams that practice on the body of water. And more people try the lake all the time. BEAVERDAM>> 39 ed to the commonwealth’s attorney’s office for review. It is uncertain when that report will be complete. While authorities have released no additional details about the case, a family representative has said Wood suffered from mental illness and was in the care of his sister, who made the 911 call from the safety of a locked room Friday morning. Additionally, deputies had been called to the home the previous day for another disALDIE SHOOTING >> 38

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Cafeteria Employees Focus on Cooking Fresh BY RENSS GREENE

he stereotype is familiar: Gruff, uninterested lunch ladies spooning unidentifiable goop on to plastic trays. That’s not Loudoun’s style. Last week, cheerful, excited cafeteria employees took a week out of their summer break to gather in a sunny room at Willowsford and learn to cook from scratch with produce straight from the farm under the tutelage of an experienced chef.

“The whole goal is to take back scratch cooking in Loudoun County,” said Willowsford culinary advisor Chef Bonnie Moore. “They all want to eliminate the additives. Loudoun feels that getting back to scratch is a great way to do that.” Over the course of four days, a class of cafeteria employees learned to prepare a variety of dishes from fresh produce, ranging from salad dressing to hearty chili. Over the course of two weeks, 48 cafeteria employees learned some of Moore’s art.

“I think it’s a matter of pride,” said Dr. Becky Domokos-Bays, Loudoun County Public Schools supervisor of school nutrition services. “It’s ‘wow, I can do this, and I am now better able to do a different kind of cooking than what I was used to doing.’” The dishes were a hit. Several people asked about cooking them at home. And that’s a good sign, because it’s all about getting the students eating fresh food. COOKING FRESH >> 19

LOVE CRUSHES CANCER Teens Team Up for Common Cause BY RENSS GREENE

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like 100, 200 kids singing something I wrote, and singing it perfectly,” Wright said. “Even the little ones.” Over the course of several weeks of camps, he recorded a chorus of hundreds. He acknowledged the song was “a little bit of an undertaking.” “I was really skirting that cheese factor,” Wright joked. “I wanted to write a real song. I didn’t want to write some Kumbaya camp song that parents would think was adorable. I wanted to write something that I would be proud to play live. And I think I pulled that off.” And play live he did, to hundreds of people at Love Crushes Cancer. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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did work ranging from elder care visits and sorting donations for the homeless to clearing overgrown sidewalks at a park in Sterling. “I’ve had tons of emails from families, parents, even that night—they were like, this is the most tremendous thing,” D’Agostino said. This year’s camps were also marked by an original song by one of Loudoun’s most well-known and accomplished singer-songwriters, Todd Wright. For the second year, he penned a song about the camp with performances from the campers. After writing the chorus, Wright sent it to D’Agostino, who taught it to the campers. “It was such a moment for me to hear

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Teens sign their names to show solidarity at the Love Crushes Cancer event.

They’ve sorted donations for the homeless, they’ve visited seniors in convalescent care, they’ve cleared overgrown sidewalks at Sterling Parks. Then, the nearly 1,000 teenagers of Teen Serve Camp capped off their weeks of service by tackling a much bigger cause: childhood cancer. Hundreds of people packed the streets of Village at Leesburg on Friday for Love Crushes Cancer. The event gathered 27 childhood cancer organizations along with the teenagers of pastor Sal D’Agostino’s Teen Serve Camp. “It was exactly what we had hoped for,” D’Agostino said. “Turnout was great, organizations got to represent themselves, and really that’s what it is. It’s just a platform, honestly, for childhood cancer advocacy groups to come in and show people how they can get involved. Because everyone has a unique approach to dealing with childhood cancer.” The event capped off weeks of camps, in which nearly 1,000 kids and teenagers

Leesburg parking garage battle continues

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Caferia employees Kunye Meadows, from Dominion Trail Elementary School, and Martha Jackson, from Frances Hazel Reid Elementary, ladle chili made from fresh produce.

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The Franklin Park Art Center was built by The Timber Framers Guild of North America, with help from hundreds of community volunteers, in 1998 after an old dairy farm on the park where the performance center was planned burned to the ground.

Loudoun Celebrates 50 Years of Parks and Recreation BY NORMAN K. STYER

oudoun County’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services is throwing a party on Saturday. It’s 50 years in the making. The department will celebrate its golden anniversary at Franklin Park from 4 to 9 p.m. There will be live bands, food venders, giveaways, activities for the kids and fireworks. Department Director Steve Torpy is hoping for a big crowd at the free community event. Torpy oversees a roster of facilities that likely could not have been conceived by the program’s founders. The department was formed in August 1966, a time when the county had no parks or recreation facilities. It did, however, have support from community-minded civic leaders who saw the value in promoting public programs. For some, that meant opening their backyard pools to provide youth swimming lessons, recalled former department directory Cynthia Welsh. She worked for the department for 35 years, retiring in 2004. “We literally started from the ground up,” she said. And while there may have been community support for public recreation programs, that view wasn’t necessarily shared by the notoriously frugal Board of Supervisors that didn’t see the need for such extravagance.

“It was really hard back then to get any funding for parks,” Welsh said. Welsh said the department’s early strategy, developed by her boss, Philip A. Bolen, who later served as Loudoun’s county administrator for two decades, was to secure parkland and to work with the county schools to use their facilities when classes were out. The summertime “playground clubs” offered at the schools had parents lining up pre-dawn hours to get their kids registered, Welsh said. The county’s first park, acquired with the help of state grants Bolen secured, was a small lot along the Potomac River that provided a boat launch. Today, McKimmy’s Landing, near the Point of Rocks Bridge, is operated by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Starting in the 1970s, the department focused on developing programs in former school buildings that were converted into community centers. Loudoun Valley Community Center in Purcellville was the first. But even then, it was community partnerships that fueled the department, Welsh said. The popular CASA after school program got its start with the help of Xerox Corp. The company operated its training cen-

ter in today’s Lansdowne, and funded an employee to help develop the programs. And the community centers’ child care and preschool programs—starting at Loudoun Valley Community Center—were initially underwritten by donations from residents rather than taxpayers, she said. A turning point for parks and recreation in Loudoun came during the growth wave in the late ’80s and early ’90s. First, the Board of Supervisors invested in the county’s first major purchase of parkland, acquiring land Claude Moore had donated to the National Wildlife Federation, which later sold it to a developer, over Moore’s strong, but legally unsuccessful, objections. County voters approved a bond referendum to purchase the land from the developer. That was followed by another bond issue to purchase parkland in western Loudoun, today’s Franklin Park. Also county leaders, including Bolen’s successor as parks director Jim Stup and Welsh, developed standards for what types of recreation spaces—trails, tot lots and neighborhood parks—should be included in the new subdivisions springing up in Ash-

burn’s cornfields and dairy farms. That opened the modern era of the county parks system, when developer proffers, county purchases and public donations fueled a rapid expansion of the county’s park offerings. Today, there are 34 public parks listed on the department’s inventory. Department directors Diane Ryburn, who took over for Welsh in 2004 and retired in 2014, and Torpy were on the front lines during that period of rapid growth. Torpy joined the department 19 years ago, as the new recreation center, with the department’s first indoor pool, opened at Claude Moore Park. Next year, he’ll celebrate the opening of a similar aquatics center at the Dulles South Community Center. That will be followed by the development of the county’s next regional park, the 157acre Hal and Berni Hanson park near Arcola. Also new as Torpy joined the department was its merger with the Area Agency on Aging and the county’s senior center program has grown significantly. “I’ve been very blessed to have been able to work with tremendous people in the department and the community as a whole,” Torpy said. He reminds new employees that work in the field is more of a calling than a job. “You can have a tremendous impact on people every day,” he said. nstyer@loudounnow.com

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Loudoun County staff members, along with local and state health officials, cut the ribbon on the Nursing Moms Lounge at the Loudoun County Government Center.

County Government Implements Lactation Support Program

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The Loudoun County government last month became the first locality in Virginia to launch a comprehensive Employee Lactation Support Program, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The program is the result of a partnership between the county’s Department of Human Resources, Health Department and Cigna. On Monday, the opening of the new Nursing Moms Lounge in the Loudoun County Government Center was celebrated with a formal ribbon cutting. The lounge provides employees who are new mothers with space to express

milk. Similar spaces are provided for employees at several other county facilities. “We continue to look for benefits that we can provide to employees as part of our commitment to making Loudoun County an attractive place to work,” Director of Human Resources Jeanette Green stated. “In addition to using the Nursing Moms Room, our employees are able to attend breastfeeding support classes and groups, and to receive physician lactation support and breastfeeding supplies as part of their insurance coverage.” Loudoun County Health Direc-

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Making Connections: Russell Branch Parkway Link Opens With little fanfare, another missing link section of the Ashburn road network opened last week. Traffic is now flowing on Russell Branch Parkway between Ashburn Village Boulevard and Ashburn Road. The $6.4 million project was funded with $650,000 in local tax funding, $2.4 million in local gasoline sales tax revenue and $3.4 million in proffers from developers. Also last week, motorists began using another new road link when Gloucester Parkway between Loudoun County Parkway and Rt. 28 opened to traffic.

Loudoun Wins State Award for Farmer Trading Cards Loudoun County Public Schools School Nutrition Services and the Department of Economic Development have been recognized by the Virginia Association of Counties for their local farmer trading cards. Normally, you’d see this type of fan reaction to celebrity baseball players like David Ortiz or Bryce Harper. But this spring, Loudoun fifth-graders flocked to get pictures and autographs from farmers who were featured on baseball-like trading cards. This initiative, created through a partnership of the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development and the Loudoun County Public Schools School Nutrition Services, has won a 2016 Achievement Award from the Virginia Association of Counties. “They were treated like rock stars,” Economic Development’s Executive Director Buddy Rizer said of the farmers. Twelve Loudoun County farmers agreed to be featured on trading cards to help children learn the value of farmers, farms and farm-fresh food. Economic Development distributed 87,000 farmer trading cards to 55 local public schools. Featured farmers made guest appearances at a number of elementary schools, signing cards and posing for pictures with the kids. “Social media went crazy,” said Economic Development’s Agricultural Business Development Officer Kellie Hinkle. News about the cards spread virally across the Internet, and within days the department heard from school systems in Maryland, DC and Pennsylvania that wanted to copy the campaign. The cards ended up being highlighted at a multi-jurisdictional USDA Farm-to-School meeting at George Mason University, and also at the USDA Farm-to-School Conference in Dallas. The program gained even more attention from local, re-

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gional and national media, and the Virginia Farm Bureau dedicated a “Real Virginia” film segment to the program, which was broadcast on Virginia public TV stations. “Multiple schools, food-based nonprofits, farmers markets and wineries have announced that they want to launch similar programs,” Hinkle said. Rizer said the cards will be back next year: “Because of the overwhelming success of the program, we’ve decided to repeat the program in fiscal year 2017.” Loudoun’s farmer trading cards will be recognized at Virginia Association of Counties’ annual conference in November.

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U.S. House of Representatives 10th District challenger Luann Bennett speaks at the opening of the Clinton campaign’s Leesburg field office.

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The Democratic Party opened a field office in Leesburg last week with a ceremony that featured brief speeches from several local Democrats and 10th Congressional District challenger Luann Bennett. Bennett and elected representatives spoke in a crowded, stuffy, quickly warming room on the corner of Church and Loudoun streets filled with an enthusiastic crowd that spilled out onto the lawn. Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) contrasted Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Bennett to Republican rivals Donald Trump and Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10). “We cannot afford to fail, because on the other side looms a never-ending attack on the brave and generous America we love,” Umstattd said, adding the Republican Party had been “hijacked by a greed-driven, tantrum-throwing opportunist.” “What we don’t need to do is build

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A Loudoun developer wants revitalize the rundown property on South King Street near the W&OD Trail with a development that would include housing and space for retail or a restaurant.

MORE ROOFTOPS DOWNTOWN? New Development Offers ‘Waterfront’ Living BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

new development application headed toward the Town Council dais in the coming months could bring something many think downtown Leesburg needs more of—rooftops. It’s proposed on a property off King and South streets in a downtown area that has some history to it. In 2008, Waterford Development received special exception approval to construct a parking garage and commercial space along the Town Branch. Jan Zachariasse, president and CEO of Waterford Development, had envisioned a walkable, pedestrian-oriented commercial space that would bring foot traffic to an area more used to passing cars and crossing cyclists off the W&OD Trail. But the economic recession stalled those plans, and the land was eventually put up for sale. Now, Don Knutson, who was most recently responsible for the townhouse units in the Crescent Place development, is under contract to purchase the land. Knutson is proposing to construct four four-story buildings with 68 two-bedroom, multi-family units and a 4,000-square-foot building with retail or restaurant uses on the ground floor and office above. If approved, the residential units would be located on two acres on the east side of South King Street along Town Branch and the W&OD Trail. An existing 3,100-square-foot office building on the site will also be part of the project. Knutson is also proposing

to make improvements to the Town Branch and add a small pocket park on the site, right across from the town’s Georgetown Park, which he said will be a nice tie-in to the nearby trail and passive park amenities. He is working with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to make improvements to the area near the existing trail. The developer said he continues to hear a high level of interest from people interested in living within close walking distance to the downtown area and W&OD Trail. “This is a location that offers excellent walkability to all the benefits of town. It’s also close to the restaurant district and shops so I do believe that, just like we’re having success at Crescent Place, that I can have success here,” he said, further calling the property “a gateway site into Leesburg.” Just as with Crescent Place, Knutson believes the one- and two-bedroom residential units will attract two key demographics for the downtown area—millennials who crave a more urban lifestyle, and older couples or individuals looking to downsize and forego the maintenance of a yard, while being within walking distance to area amenities. “A key component of revitalizing downtown Leesburg is people who live and play and perhaps work right in downtown Leesburg. And Crescent Place is proof positive of the fact that people want to park their cars, walk down and take advantage of the town,” he said. “This will be further evidence of that trend.”

Under Development In this occasional series, Loudoun Now will take a close look at key properties in the Town of Leesburg. Many of these properties have the potential, some with active plan review applications, to be the cite of some major development, or redevelopment, projects in the town.

Knutson said with the proposed mix of uses, plus civic improvements, it’s an application that “touches all the bases.” Deputy Director of Planning and Zoning Brian Boucher is the project manager for the town overseeing review of Knutson’s project. The applicant has already been before the Board of Architectural Review for initial feedback on site, scale, massing and building location, but, pending approval of the requested special exception, will need to go back to the BAR to receive a Certificate of Appropriateness for project design. The BAR has already signed off on the demolition of the existing buildings on the site, which includes the Battery Warehouse. Boucher said the application is likely to begin its legislative review, with trips to the Planning Commission and Town Council, in the fall. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be in Leesburg on Sunday to support Kelly Burk’s mayoral campaign. Burk will hold a fundraiser and rally from 3-6 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Leesburg Diner, 9 S. King St. Albright, a Hillsboro-area resident who served as Bill Clinton’s secretary of state from 1987 to 2001, will be the keynote speaker at the event. Burk, Leesburg’s vice mayor, face Mayor Dave Butler and former councilman Kevin Wright on the November ballot.

Town Prepares for 911 Ride Friday, Aug. 19, will bring the final commemorative motorcycle ride of America’s 9/11 Foundation through downtown Leesburg. The annual ride, which begins in Somerset, PA, and stops at the Pentagon before ending at the World Trade Center site, honors the memory of those who lost their lives in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The parade of motorcycles is expected to enter Leesburg heading south on King Street about 2 p.m. and will travel through the downtown area to the Dulles Greenway. The time the riders will enter Leesburg is approximate, based on traffic, road construction and weather. King Street will be closed to traffic as the motorcycles pass through town. All King Street intersections will be closed to east-west pedestrian and vehicular cross traffic. The road closures are expected to last 25 to 30 minutes until the motorcycles are clear of town. Those hoping to cheer on the riders as they pass through Leesburg are encouraged to arrive no later than 1:30 p.m. Parking will be available in several areas around downtown, including BRIEFS >> 9

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Town Panel Grapples With Splash Pad Project

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The Board of Architectural Review is reviewing plans for construction of a splash pad in downtown Leesburg, a project added by the Town Council in late 2015. When it was added to the Capital Improvements Program, the $300,000 project was envisioned as an amenity to attract families to the downtown area and form a focal point for Mervin Jackson Park. Located alongside the Town Hall parking garage on Loudoun Street, the land where the interactive water feature is proposed for had long been debated as to whether it should be used for commercial buildings or park uses. The council voted in 2014 to make it a park and name it after Jackson, a former Town Council member and vice mayor. Parks and Public Space Planner Bill Ference is overseeing the design of the project for the town. But before construction can proceed, the BAR must grant a Certificate of Appropriateness signing off on the overall design. BAR members reviewed the project at their Aug. 1 work session, and voiced concerns about how the foun-

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The Town of Leesburg has sent checks to Bluemont Concerts, Friends of Leesburg Public Arts, and Arts for All in support of their local arts programs. Friends of Leesburg Public Arts received $4,835 and will use the money for the Art sPARKs Sculpture Trail in Raflo Park, the bicycle mural in the Town Hall Parking Garage and the second annual “Paint the Plow” program in cooperation with Leesburg high schools and middle schools. Bluemont Concerts received $4,000 in support of its summer concert series. Arts for All, formerly VSA of Loudoun, received $1,165 for scholarships for participants in the DaVinci Studio program, which provides individuals with special needs the opportunity to explore visual and performing arts in an inclusive environment. The $10,000 in grants come in part from a $5,000 Local Government Challenge Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, a program supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Grant recipients were selected

through a competitive application process. The application period for fiscal year 2018 local art grants will be announced in January.

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Courthouse Square, at the corner of Loudoun and Church streets, is expected to become a key element of the town’s parking strategy.

Council Considers Action On Courthouse Garage, Downtown Parking BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ In somewhat related actions, the Leesburg Town Council is looking to send a strong message to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors regarding controversial plans to build a four-story parking garage while also finding a convenient parking solution for downtown visitors. Monday night, council members discussed, on the suggestion of Councilman Tom Dunn, sending a letter to supervisors asking them to reconsider the four-story parking garage off North and Church streets that will be constructed as part of the Loudoun County Courthouse expansion project. The council approved the project in February but, even then, those on both sides of the

decision emphasized the need for continued discussion with county staff to reduce the garage to three levels. The overall height and scale of the garage was what caused the most vocal heartache for neighbors and council members. While the county staff has long held that the fourth level is indeed needed to address parking shortages at the Loudoun County Government Center parking garage, they appeared to be receptive to continued discussion. County Administrator Tim Hemstreet even joined the council in several closed sessions, where a potential solution to secure additional parking spaces at the former Loudoun Times-Mirror property’s parking lot adjacent to the county garage was discussed. Bob White of Landmark Commercial, the

leasing agent for the Courthouse Square redevelopment project approved for the former LTM site, was also a participant in the closed sessions. But that arrangement never came to fruition, and according to Town Manager Kaj Dentler, the county is planning to proceed with construction of the four-story garage this fall. But Dunn said it would behoove the council to make every effort to reach out to the county to plead for deleting the uppermost level of the garage. Dunn said he emailed all of the nine supervisors, but only heard back from Supervisor Suzanne Volpe (R-Algonkian), who he said was not in support of changing the project. Monday night, he continued to point out the numbers that have troubled the council—the low usage of the current

Pennington surface parking lot, which Dunn said based on a report shared with the council never is more than 48 percent full at peak usage. The numbers used by county planning staff members to justify the fourth level of the garage have long bedeviled the council and others who have questioned the size of the project. Councilwoman Katie Sheldon Hammler also said there appeared to be a “disconnect” with what the county had promised the council in terms of looking into other options to do away with the fourth level, including looking at the potential of locating the additional parking elsewhere in the downtown area. “When we did do that vote it was PARKING >> 11

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<< FROM 9 tain fit into the area. Ference said the project is much lower key than other splash pads in the county, including those at One Loudoun and Lansdowne Town Center, as the fountains will be spaced four or five feet apart and the water will only come up a couple of feet in the air. “It’s half aesthetic, half interactive,” he said of the design. The total area of the project is 2,500 square feet and, in addition to the in-

teractive water feature, includes a brick wall and iron fence surrounding the splash pad, tables, seating, and spaces for a downtown directory sign and public art. According to Capital Projects Manager Tom Brandon, who is overseeing the project for the Capital Projects Department, if the BAR approves the plan, construction could begin in the fall and take up to five months to complete. The fountain would be open in time for next summer, Brandon said. The BAR is expected to continue its review Aug. 15.

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based on some assumptions in good faith that we would be entering into a public-private partnership to remove the fourth floor and put parking where it was closer [to county employees and other downtown visitors] and where it was needed,” she said. “I don’t think the letter will do much,” Dunn admitted. “But do we owe it to the citizens to ask them and have them formally turn it down? I think we do.” But while the county did not appear receptive to using the Courthouse Square site as part of a garage compromise, that property likely will become a key element of the town’s parking strategy. Tuesday night, the council was expected to vote on a deal to lease surface parking spots on the Courthouse Square property to expand public parking downtown. Dentler formally presented the council with the proposal Monday night. In total, the town would lease 79 surface parking spaces, but would sublease 35 of those spaces to the county government for use for its fleet vehicles. “We have a parking demand in this section of downtown,” Dentler stated, noting the shortage occurs mainly during weekday work hours. He pointed to both the highly trafficked government center and Market Station complex as downtown destinations attracting daytime visitors. The 44 spaces that would be open to the public are located closest to the

intersection of Church and Loudoun streets, while the spaces for the county would be closer to the rear of the surface parking lot. Users of the parking spaces would pay for spaces using a newly rolled-out electronic kiosk and smart phone app, ParkMobile. The app even alerts users when their “meter” is about to expire, allowing them to add money via their smart phone wherever they are, Dentler said. The lease arrangement would end up being revenue neutral to the town, Dentler said. The town would charge the county almost $30,000 annually, and fees from the 44 parking spaces and enforcement fees would cover the remaining lease costs. An initial cost of $8,200 to make the lot ready for use will be paid for through money collected by developers who choose to make a payment to the town rather than constructing required parking spaces on their property. Should the council move forward on the lease agreement Tuesday, it may be the first of several moves toward automation of the town’s parking fee collection. Dentler said that the town will be moving to the ParkMobile system for its on-street meters in the fall, and the Town Hall parking garage may not be far behind. He said the current system in the garage is “outdated” and “on its last legs,” and will likely be a budget-time decision for the council. Follow coverage on the council’s decision at LoudounNow.com.

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Vinay Bhawnani, co-founder of Loudoun Test Prep, works with students on calculus.

SUMMER BRAIN GAIN Tutoring is Serious Business for Students Looking to Get Ahead BY DANIELLE NADLER

vocadoes deserve a bit of credit for the creation of one of Loudoun County’s fastest growing tutoring businesses. It’s the high cost of those little green fruits that got Loudoun Test Prep co-founder Vinay Bhawnani thinking. “After we had our first baby, I remember going to the grocery store wanting to buy avocados because they’re supposed to be good for kids’ development,” he said. “But they were like $4 a piece. I couldn’t afford that, which made me really upset.” So he thought about what he could do to bring in a few more bucks a week. The next day, his hair stylist told him her son was struggling in Algebra II. “I said, well, let me help him,” he said. “So I started tutoring him. It went well so I took on a few more students.” He met with students in libraries and coffee shops to help them with their math homework, teach them basic study skills or prepare them for the SAT and ACT. Before long, he was tutoring 20 to 30 students a week on top of his full-time job as a technical director at a startup company. “My schedule was really tough, but I was doing two things that I love,” Bhawnani said. In 2012, he met Shawn Sell, who later became his partner at Loudoun Test Prep. Sell, a former USA Today reporter, editor and columnist, was also meeting students at libraries for tutoring sessions. “I thought at first she was my competition, but then we met

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Shawn Sell, co-founder of Loudoun Test Prep, quizzes students about current events.

and realized what we were doing really complimented each other,” Bhawnani said. He and Sell started Loudoun Test Prep a year later, and their client base has doubled each year since, Bhawnani said. Among Loudoun families, they’ve become known for their small-group teaching approach. Students take a diagnostic test and are grouped based on their scores. “Imagine you’re sitting in a class and you’re in the 400s in math while others are in the 600s. Your needs are totally different,” Bhawnani said. “When we

started the small groups, that really hit a nerve. Things just took off.” Loudoun Test Prep is now a fulltime gig for Bhawnani and Sell. And in the summer, they hire a team of tutors to help. This summer, they are teaching more than 100 students in several different courses and programs. In addition to their popular SAT/ACT prep course, they offer general academic tutoring either in small groups or one on one, that covers math, social studies, science, literature, languages and writing. About 30 students are enrolled in Loudoun Test Prep’s Summer Jump

Start courses, which start at $799 per class. They cover the first quarter of pre-calculus, calculus, Algebra II, geometry, physics, chemistry or essay writing. “We teach all the tough first quarter material,” Bhawnani said. He and Sell know many of the high school teachers, so they give students tips on what to expect in the way of teaching styles and tests. Bhawnani’s hope is for students to leave Loudoun Test Prep knowing not only how to just solve a math problem, but equipped to problem solve on their own. “They’re not going to go into the workforce and be asked how do you find the axis of symmetry in this quadratic equation? That’s going to be irrelevant,” he said. “I want to teach students to think logically through a problem. That’s a skill they can use throughout their lives. If I can impact a little bit of that on my students, I think I’ve succeeded.” The demand for tutoring is at an alltime high, Sell said, particularly with the recent changes to college-entrance exams and a growing need to stand out among the crowd of students vying for spots at top universities. “Everyone wants their children to do well and attend a quality college or university so, when there is this kind of intense mass competition, it definitely increases the stakes. That extra tutoring help, once an option, now becomes an essential,” she said. Sell is leaving the company next month and plans to continue tutoring independently. But the Loudoun Test Prep duo has made an impact, if the referral and return rates of its clients are any indication. More than half of the students who take part in Loudoun Test Prep’s small group classes return for one-on-one tutoring, and several of Bhawnani’s and Sell’s former students also have returned to work as tutors for the company. Tammy Morgan, an Ashburn mother of three, says she’s referred 50 people—“maybe more”—to Loudoun Test Prep. Bhawnani tutored her oldest son, Andrew, in math when he was a junior at Stone Bridge High School, and has continued to help him through his business calculus class at Penn State. Bhawnani has also helped her two younger sons, Ben, who will attend Penn State this fall, and Matthew, a rising junior at Stone Bridge, prepare for everything from Spanish exams to the SAT. “Whenever we’ve needed help with anything, we call Vinay,” Morgan said. “He’s extremely bright, and his teaching style just really worked with my kids.” Ryan Wilson, a recent Tuscarora High School graduate, enrolled at Loudoun Test Prep last year to prepare for the the SAT. The course increased his score by 100 points, and this summer he’s on the company’s payroll as a tutor. “The entire experience has really sharpened my skills,” he said. Learn more about Bhawnani, Sell and Loudoun Test Prep at loudountestprep.com. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Tinell L. Priddy, an High School and Wilassistant principal of son High School. She Thomas Jefferson High taught engineering and School for Science and mathematics and served Technology, will take the as department chair helm as the first princiat Oak Harbor High pal of the Academies of School in Oak Harbor, Loudoun. WA, and worked as a The Academies of teacher instructor at Loudoun is under conthe U.S. Space & Rockstruction and slated to et Center in Huntsville, open in the fall of 2018. AL. While Priddy will help Priddy holds a bachprepare for the full acadelor’s degree in matheemies’ opening, she will matics with a minor in also oversee the start of Tinell L. Priddy technology education the new Academy of Enfrom Western Washgineering and Technoloington University, a gy, one of three programs master’s degree in curthat will make up the Academies of riculum, instruction, and assessment Loudoun. The Academy of Engineer- from Western Washington University, ing and Technology will open later this and a doctorate in education, educamonth in a wing of Tuscarora High tion leadership from Argosy UniversiSchool. ty in Hawaii. Priddy has served as the assistant The Academies of Loudoun will principal of Thomas Jefferson High house expanded versions of the existSchool for Science and Technology ing Academy of Science and C.S. Monin Fairfax County for the past three roe Technology Center, as well as the years. Prior to that position, she served new program Academy of Engineering as the senior master educator for sec- and Technology. The 315,000-squareondary STEM for the District of Co- foot building along Sycolin Road south lumbia Public Schools from 2011 to of Leesburg will have space to serve 2013. As the senior master educator, 2,500 students who attend classes there Priddy worked as the resident princi- every other day or 1,250 students per pal for McKinley Technology STEM day.

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Summer School Grads Celebrated Loudoun school leaders welcomed 32 more graduates into the class of 2016 with a summer commencement ceremony July 29. The students received their diplomas, from nine of the district’s 15 high schools, after completing their coursework during summer school. During the commencement address, Superintendent Eric Williams encouraged the graduates to work hard and show grit.

Douglass Celebrates 75th Year Douglass School will commemorate its 75th anniversary with a celebration Saturday. The event, hosted in partnership with the Loudoun Douglass Alumni Association, will begin at 11 a.m. with a program followed by light refreshments, tours of the building and a sock hop. The school is at 407 E. Market St. in Leesburg. Douglass School was financed and built by Loudoun’s black community after county and school leaders refused to provide land for a high school for the county’s black students. The families formed the The Countywide League, which secretly found land, purchased it for $4,000 and then sold it back to the school board for $1 for a school to be built. It opened in 1941. Today, the school houses the county’s alternative education programs. Saturday’s celebration will begin with

a program in the foyer of the school at 11 a.m.

Youth Orchestra Auditions Set The Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra’s audition dates for next season will be Saturday, Aug. 20, and Saturday, Aug. 27. The auditions will be held at Catoctin School of Music, 25 First St. SE in Leesburg. Available audition times can be found at loudounsymphonyouth.org. Video submissions are being accepted. Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra will open its season in September. It will perform a wide selection of music from classical to modern. Orchestra members are expected to attend rehearsals on Tuesday evenings and perform in three concerts during the season. Brass and percussion musicians have the option to wait until November (after band season) to attend rehearsals.

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Amelia, 2, settles in at the painting station at the Community Services Night organized by Community Advocates for Education on Monday.

Kids dance to “Uptown Funk” at the Community Services Night at Leesburg Elementary School.

Former Educate Don’t Segregate Group’s First Event Draws a Crowd BY DANIELLE NADLER A first-time community services fair put on by the group formerly known as Educate Don’t Segregate saw a huge turn out Monday night, to the pleasant surprise of its organizers. The group, which now goes by Community Advocates for Education (CAfE), teamed up with Leesburg Elementary School to host a Community Services Night for all Leesburg area families. Hundreds of students and their parents packed the school’s gymnasium to visit with representatives from more than 30 community organizations and businesses. Among the nonprofits represented were Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Mobile Hope and Paxton Campus. Businesses that set up booths at the event included Dragon Yong In, New York Life and Inova Loudoun. There was plenty to keep the kids entertained, too, with face painting, crafts, dancing, and tours of a big red fire engine. “It’s like a one stop shop to get to know what’s in your neighborhood,” Leesburg Elementary Principal Angela Robinson said. She’s helped put on similar communi-

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Hundreds packed the gymnasium of Leesburg Elementary School for the inaugural Community Services Night.

ty service fairs at Sugarland Elementary School in Sterling. She said she was particularly impressed with Monday’s event because it was the result of efforts from parents and other community members, and it catered to families who spoke English and Spanish. “So that everybody can get the information,” she said. “I don’t think families always know all of the choices in child care or other services they have. This is a good chance for them to get to know what’s available.”

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Evan Macbeth, one of the founding members of CafE, was impressed at the large crowd that showed up on a summer weekday night, which indicates a need for this type of community outreach. He said several people suggested the group put on community service nights at other schools throughout Loudoun. The fair was the first event put on by CafE since it changed its name and focus following the contentious Lees-

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burg Elementary attendance boundary debate. The group formed as Educate Don’t Segregate during that process in March to protest one of the School Board’s proposals to assign more students to schools closest to their homes, which would have resulted in high concentrations of poor and non-English speaking students at just two schools. The School Board opted for a boundary plan that more evenly divided those students among the town’s nine elementary schools. Once that issue was put to rest, members of the group agreed to turn their focus to helping academically at-risk students and their families in the Leesburg area. The group’s new mission is “to advocate for the best educational outcomes for students in Central Loudoun and to foster greater community involvement.” Lydia Pellow, co-chairwoman of the group’s community outreach efforts, said that Community Advocates for Education wants to provide resources—as well as connect families to already available resources—to help the schools meet those students’ needs, and Monday was a good step toward that goal. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Tree of Life plans to engage with Leesburg area churches and invite volunteers to the initial volunteer introduction at 2 p.m. on Aug. 20 with a goal of beginning active ministry on Sept. 20 for everyone in need across the Leesburg community. Those who would like to help—by volunteering their services, praying or helping to support the organization financially—may attend the program. Volunteers and Tree of Life leaders will give full details of how the programs work as well as providing a meal to participants. The church is located at 850

Edwards Ferry Road NE in Leesburg. The organization now has five branches—food, life skills, shelter, health care and relief—providing the basics of food and job assistance, housing and clothing, health care and relief. Currently, Tree of Life has 14 separate ministries, providing free assistance to 5,000 individuals across western Loudoun. For more information on how to help, email info@tolministries.org, call 540441-7920 or visit tolministries.org.

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The Purcellville-based Tree of Life Ministries will kick off its Leesburg initiative Aug. 20 at Crossroads Baptist Church. It was eight years ago that the nonprofit began as a partnership of Christian churches with one purpose—to reach out to the poor and needy in the county where 3.4 percent of the population live below the poverty line.

Initially, the Purcellville Baptist Church took the program under its wing, but in the ensuing years the organization has broadened its reach and greatly expanded its programs. Tree of Life is supported by 16 western Loudoun churches and more than 400 volunteers, all of whom have gone through the Volunteer Introduction Program. The organization’s stated vision is “to plant the Tree of Life model in new communities to the glory of God.” The launch of a Leesburg program is a new step in that vision.

McLean Bible Church of Loudoun also helped the family by providing meals when Huffman was recovering from heart surgery earlier this year. She has recovered and will soon return to work. Dr. Strickland at Leesburg Veterinary Hospital provided the family’s pets with free vet care while they were displaced and all pets were placed in foster care. Parker Gallagher, a member of Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, located a home in the Leesburg Mobile Home Park and negotiated the purchase. Then several businesses jumped in to help with renovations. The new skirt siding was made possible by the Leesburg Rotary Club. A&A Heating and Air donated and installed a new HVAC system. Tom Spiering donated labor and materials to build the new wood steps and a new mailbox. Huffman and Coe moved into their new home in July.

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Linda Huffman and her son Phillip Coe at their new Leesburg home.

directors. Spiering, a member of the Cornerstone Chapel, had started raising emergency funds for the family, while Culp worked to find housing options. Jay and Lisa Mattia offered their Leesburg home as temporary housing and while Paxton Campus launched a “campaign to raise much-needed funds to purchase a trailer for the family. The Community Services Board staff and case managers—Roger Younker, Marcus Gill, Blaire Lee, and Christy Childs—helped ensure the family’s needs were met in the meantime. Coe has been a participant of Special Olympics in Loudoun County and several people from that community donated to the Paxton fund in honor of Phillip. A graduate of Loudoun County High School, he can be seen cheering on the Lady Raiders at basketball games, and the team held a fundraiser for the family during one of their games last season. The members at

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A coalition of community businesses and civic groups, led by the staff at the Paxton Campus, helped a family move into a new home. Through the effort, Linda Huffman and her son Phillip Coe, both with disabilities, will be able to live independently and stay together. “People with disabilities face tough challenges to live independently with their families in the community,” Paxton Executive Jennifer Lassiter, said. “But when that independence was threatened last year, Linda and Phillip’s community rallied around them to help them overcome those challenges. I’m proud to have been a part of it. Everyone has responded with love and support for this family.” The family’s plight was brought to Paxton’s attention by Pam Spiering of the Loudoun County Parent Resource Center and Diane Culp, a vocational specialist with Loudoun’s Job Link who also is a member of Paxton’s board of

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A 19-year-old MS-13 gang member faces 40 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to three felony charges. Jose Israel Alvarenga appeared before Judge J. Howe Brown Jr. in Loudoun County Circuit Court last week and pleaded guilty to charges of gang participation, malicious wounding and obstruction of Alvarenga justice. The case stems from a Nov. 7, 2015, assault in Leesburg. Prosecutors said Alvarenga approached a Leesburg man he believed to be a member of the 18th Street gang. The victim denied any involvement in the 18th Street gang and Alvarenga demanded that he join the MS-13 gang. When the victim told Alvarenga that he did not want to join a gang and walked away, he was kicked in the back. Alvarenga threatened to kill the victim if he did not join MS-13. The victim fled from the area. A few days later the victim was attacked in a parking lot by two MS13 gang members who beat him and stabbed him with a machete-style bladed weapon. He suffered multiple stab wounds to his head, neck and hands, losing a finger in the attack and suffering permanent scarring to his face, ear, head, neck and hands. The attackers were identified as Josue Jeremias Cruz Gonzalez and Jose Roel Guevara Machado. Alvarenga was arrested on Nov. 16, 2015, on warrants related the assault. Prosecutors said that while in jail, Alvarenga offered to pay other inmates to kill the victim prior to his trial; he

that he had instructed Cruz Gonzalez and Machado to kill the victim. Alvarenga is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 10; he faces up to 40 years in prison. Cruz Gonzalez, 20, pleaded guilty to malicious wounding and gang participation on July 22. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 3. Guevara Machado, 21, pleaded guilty to malicious wounding and gang participation on July 25. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 14. Both face up to 30 years in prison.

State High Court Won’t Hear Appeal in Murder Case The Virginia Supreme Court has denied Ryan Blaine Williams’ petition for a new trial on his 2014 convictions for first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Williams Williams was convicted by a jury in June 2014 of fatally shooting Jovaughn Johnson. On Dec. 27, 2012, Williams entered Johnson’s parked SUV at the intersection of Trail Run Terrace and Great Trail Terrace in Sterling and shot him five times. Johnson’s body was found several hours later. It was the only homicide in Loudoun during 2012. Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne upheld a jury verdict sentencing Williams to life plus three years in prison. Williams has been incarcerated since his arrest in February 2013.

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Saturday, Aug. 6 BURGLARY 46000 block of Old Ox Road, Sterling Sometime overnight someone pried open the rear door of a business, cut off the power and stole cash and checks.

LARCENY Marlane Terrace at Edwards Terrace, Sterling The victim reported that a woman he met through a dating service met at this location. At 1 a.m., the victim invited her to his vehicle. After some conversation, she took his wallet and left.

ASSAULT 4600 block of Melrose Court, Sterling At 4:19 a.m. a female victim called 911 to report a domestic-related incident. When deputies arrived, the victim was inside the home behind a man who obstructed entry. A second man hindered the apprehension of the first suspect. Kevin C. Orosco, 23, of Sterling, was charged with assault on law enforcement, obstruction of justice, domestic assault, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Henry Y. Claros, 25,

of Chantilly, was charged with drunk in public and obstruction of justice. The victim and juvenile were transported to a hospital for treatment. Orosco was held without bond.

DRUNK IN PUBLIC Bartholomew Fair Drive at Rt. 7, Sterling At 4:30 a.m., deputies were called to the scene where a driver was asleep in his vehicle in the middle of the roadway. Mario M. Martinez, 29, of Herndon, Martinez was charged with drunk in public, providing false identification to law enforcement and driving without a license. He was released from jail on a personal recognizance bond.

Sunday, Aug. 7 ANIMAL LOCKED IN VEHICLE 2400 block of Dulles Landing Drive, Sterling Deputies were called for a report of a dog locked in a car, panting heavily and in apparent distress. They removed the dog and made contact with the owner who was issued a summons for inadequate care of an animal.

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parent said, ‘I can’t believe I’m writing this email. My kid did Taste It Thursday and tried fresh spinach, and now he wants to go to the store and get fresh spinach. Knock me over with a spoon.’” That has also resulted in a little confusion. “We had a parent or two call us on the day we served tricolor cauliflower, and they said, ‘why are you painting the cauliflower?’” Domokos-Bays recalled. “We said, well, there’s lots of work to do.” rgreene@loudounnow.com

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selves,” Moore said. “And I think that’s what’s very special. We are not going to change to healthier eating habits unless we work as a whole community.” It’s all part of a much bigger farm-toschools initiative in Loudoun, which has also sprouted 31 school gardens, along with visits from area farmers and even circulation of farmer trading cards. Domokos-Bays has also started Taste It Thursdays and Fear Factor Fridays with help from C.S. Monroe Technology Center students to get kids to try things they wouldn’t otherwise eat. “I got an email one night at about 9 o’clock,” Domokos-Bays said. “This

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“You’ve got to be creative,” said Jenny Hein, executive director of Real Food for Kids, which organized and funded the training with a $30,000 grant from the Lifetime Foundation. “You can’t advocate for cleaner food and then watch the kids throw it in the trash.” Real Food for Kids seeks to get healthier food into schools, and began its work in Fairfax County. “Everyone was on board to make these changes,” Hein said. “They were able to remove 93 percent of all the artificial ingredients and additives in the food served in Fairfax County.” Now that work has begun in Loudoun. Last year, Moore taught all 86 LCPS kitchen managers knife skills, and when signups for courses this summer opened up they were filled in a day. Nearly 50 cafeteria employees have now learned some cooking from Moore in the past two weeks. “I think that food really connects us in a very special way, especially in this community,” Moore said. “I like to connect the kids to the farm, and where the food comes from.” Moore teaches plenty of classes at Willowsford, mostly to kids. That same teaching and those same dishes, which have convinced so many children they love vegetables, carried over into the past two weeks of classes. “We’re teaching the same thing to people that cook for kids as when we’re cooking with the kids them-

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Although hopes were to have their new Leesburg shop open this summer, B Doughnut’s owners have had to go back to the drawing board to look for a new location. Pin Chanthapanya, who owns B Doughnut franchise along with her husband Brian, confirmed to Loudoun Now in March that the duo was set to open the second B Doughnut shop, at the South King Street Center in Leesburg. The Ashburn residents opened their flagship shop in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, MD, in October 2015, but had been doing local deliveries in the Loudoun County area beforehand. Chanthapanya said they had settled on Leesburg as the

choice for their second store after polling members of the Real Housewives of Loudoun County Facebook group, which has almost 15,000 members. But the sign announcing B Doughnut’s opening in the South King Street Center has been taken down. Chanthapanya confirmed that the storefront on South King Street will no longer be an option for B Doughnut’s Loudoun location, as some landlord issues were hampering the shop owners’ ability to obtain necessary permits. Now, the search is on for another location in Leesburg, and Brian Chanthapanya said they are even exploring the possibility of locating in the downtown area. In the meantime, the couple continues to make deliveries in Loudoun County.

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Catoctin Creek Wins Gold Catoctin Creek Distilling was awarded one gold and two silver medals in the 2016 American Whiskey Masters contest run by The Spirits Business in London. Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Cask Proof won gold, while Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye and Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye 92 Proof both won silvers. “We are so grateful for the medals from the United Kingdom. Our distillery is still quite small, so we’ve always focused first and foremost on quality,” stated Scott Harris, who founded the distillery along with his wife and chief distiller, Becky. “I’m extremely proud of the excellent quality whiskey that Becky produces, and thrilled that the world has noticed.” The distillery got more good news last week as the Virginia ABC approved direct sales from distilleries to Virginia restaurants, bars, and other mixed-beverage licensees. That allows restaurants to purchase spirits from distilleries just as they would from designated ABC stores—at the same prices, without charging sales tax, and with the bottles marked with a sticker to ensure compliance with ABC rules. “This is a great step forward,” Harris said. “We have—for some time now— received numerous requests from restaurants, especially for our special releases, which have not been feasible to deliver through the ABC special order system. Too many times, special orders were lost, unfulfilled or rerouted, so the system just didn’t work well for small-batch special releases.”

Willowsford is offering a new online Home Concierge service that allows buyers to sort the myriad finishes, pricing and delivery offered by the community’s builders. “With 12 builders and many models, it can be overwhelming and time consuming for buyers to have to visit every single model,” Vice President of Marketing Stacey Kessinger said. “We’ve made it easy with the latest new technology that allows potential purchasers to approach home buying from three different perspectives.” The site has three types of searches: “I know what I’m looking for,” where prospects can list their parameters for a new home and search; “I’ll know it when I see it,” where potential buyers can browse through the photographs of homes and either “pin” them or save to their favorites and see features, designs, pricing and availability; and the “need a home now,” buyer who can see homes that are available for quick delivery. “This is all new technology that hasn’t been used before in new home sales,” Kessinger said. “Buyers can find the best matches for them before they ever get to Willowsford.” The Willowsford home collection includes designs by Beazer, Camberley Homes, Drees Homes, Integrity Homes, K. Hovnanian Homes, M/I Homes, Mitchell & Best, NV Homes, Pulte Homes, Richmond American Homes, Van Metre and Designer Collections that include Line K and the Line K Windmill series For more information, go to willowsford.com.

StoneSprings Earns Lab Accreditation StoneSprings Hospital Center’s onsite laboratory has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists, meeting the highest standard of excellence in laboratory practices. “This achievement is an important

recognition of our laboratory and reaffirms our commitment to providing the highest quality laboratory services and reliable testing results to our patients,” StoneSprings COO Ben Brown stated. Begun in the early 1960s, the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program utilizes teams of highly specialized laboratory professionals as inspectors. During the accreditation process, inspectors examine the laboratory’s records and quality control procedures. They also assess the laboratory’s staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety program, and overall management to ensure it meets CAP’s diverse and stringent requirements. The goal of the CAP program is to improve patient safety by advancing the quality of pathology and laboratory services through education and strict standards.

Weichert’s Ashburn Office Leads in July The Ashburn office of Weichert Realtors was recognized for exceptional performance in July. The office led the entire company and its sales region, which is comprised of locations throughout Gonda Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Orange, Prince William and Warren counties, for new home dollar volume. In addition, sales associate Tania Gonda was recognized for her success during the month. Gonda was the overall top associate in the region for new home dollar volume during July. Weichert’s Ashburn office is located at 43150 Broadlands Center Plaza.

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McAuliffe Appoints Cockburn, Lazaro to state panels Gov. Terry McAuliffe last week appointed two Loudouners to state posts. Dr. Tregel Cockburn, of Sterling, was appointed to the state Board of Veterinary Medicine. She is assistant dean and associate professor for the veterinary technology program at Northern Virginia Community College’s Loudoun Campus. Robert W. Lazaro Jr. was reappointed to the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. The former Purcellville mayor is acting executive director of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.

A new initiative by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce seeks to create a new generation of business leaders. The Chamber created the Young Entrepreneur Program in partnership with the Loudoun County Economic Development Authority and with support of Loudoun County Public Schools, Loudoun Youth Inc., Mason Enterprise Center–Leesburg, and the Loudoun Department of Economic Development. The program will give students the chance to develop business ideas, write business plans, conduct market research, pitch their plans to a panel of investors, and launch their own legal, fully formed companies or nonprofit organizations. The program is open to local middle and high school students. The inaugural YEA! Loudoun class will meet from 5-8 p.m. one day a week from October through May. Classes will be held at the Mason Enterprise Center in downtown Leesburg. BRIEFS >> 21

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Black Walnut Brewery, which famously ran out of beer on its opening night and had to close to brew more, was formally welcomed to Leesburg with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. “If you get sold out really quick, that’s saying something good,” Leesburg Mayor Dave Butler said. The ceremony—which got a late start, as all attendees stood around

having drinks and chatting—was attended by Butler and Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin), along with representatives from town and county economic development departments. Black Walnut Brewery is located at 210 S. King Street in Leesburg. Follow the brewery at facebook. com/blackwalnutbrewery.

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Loudoun farmers interested in participating in the 2016 Fall Farm Tour face an Aug. 11 deadline to apply. This year’s showcase of the county’s agricultural industry will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16. The popular autumn tour draws the public to visit a wide diversity of farms and rural businesses, enjoy the opportunity to pick their own produce, sample locally produced food and taste local wines and craft beverages, watch demonstrations, as well as ride and feed farm animals, and relax on hay rides.

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In a statement welcoming farmers’ applications, Loudoun Economic Development Executive Director Buddy Rizer said, “Western Loudoun is the county’s agricultural business district, and part of our mission is to grow Loudoun’s agricultural economy.” The county uses the annual tour to help farm businesses by introducing them to new customers. Agricultural Development Officer Kellie Hinkle noted the $37 million in Loudoun-grown products that are sold every year. “We’re working to top $40 million by 2020,” Hinkle said, noting that promoting those products through the tour is one more way to keep customers buying throughout the year. Farms on the tour will be promoted through a printed brochure distributed around the county and through web and social media sites, according to the Department of Economic Development. Those interested in participating in this year’s event should apply online at biz.loudoun.gov/farmtourapp. Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Aug. 11. Farmers with questions about the Fall Farm Tour should contact Rural Marketing Manager Susan VanEpps at 703-771-5187.

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est Disclosure statement policy and a question by Councilman Nedim Ogelman about how to develop public proposals sooner. Community Development Director Patrick Sullivan said often a request or suggestion is made about possible developments, “but after a quick session we don’t hear about it again.” Town Manager Robert W. Lohr Jr., agreed, noting the town may receive up to 60 requests for information per month, most of which do not move forward. Once a formal application is received, it is made public. Grim also called for a better mechanism for public hearings and hoped to come up with new policies during the retreat. Also referred to the session was the creation of a formal complaints process, over which the council has struggled for the past five months. Town Attorney Sally Hankins has presented several versions to the council, but there is no agreement on how to vet the validity of a complaint. An assessment of whether the town police department should remain in leased space on Hirst Road or the town should build a police station also is set for discussion.

Lovettsville Council Refines Town Committee System The Lovettsville Town Council is making some substantive changes to the town’s committee system and is looking for interested residents to get involved. Each council committee will have a chair, vice chair and one council member, plus a member of the Planning Commission, a citizen-at-large and one staff member. There will be five standing committees: Business and Tourism; Infrastructure and Environment; Information Flow; Parks and Beautification; and Events. The new Events Committee will not replace the Oktoberfest Committee, for example, but will coordinate the activities of that program with other events during the same season, with the standing members joining the Oktoberfest Committee to better coordinate the events program as a whole. The sub-committees are: • LOVE America—Memorial Day, Independence Day, Patriot Day, and Veterans Day; • LOVE Spring—Mayfest and Eggstravaganzafest; • LOVE Summer—summer concerts and movies, Wild on the Green; • LOVE Fall—Oktoberfest and Halloween; • LOVE Winter, Wintertainmentfest, Light Up Lovettsville, and Berserkle on the Squirkle. There are vacancies on the Business and Tourism Committee, Parks and Beautification Committee and the Events Committee. Those interested should complete the Application for Town Service form and return it to the Town Clerk at clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov or in person at the Town Office. Go to the lovettsvilleva.gov website for more information and a job description. The closing application date is Friday, Aug. 26.

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in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the Capital Grille. Then got promoted, which brought me back to Atlanta. I was the executive chef at the Capital Grille in Buckhead—that was 11 years in highend steakhouses before DC Prime. I did a stint at Rosa Mexicano, and Legal Sea Foods was my most recent job. So I’ve worked in a lot of higher end places—from seafood to steak to Mexican.

LN: Are you going for the feel of a restaurant that you would see in the District or New York? BW: We feel like we can rival any other steakhouse in this area. We source the highest quality ingredients—whether it be from local farms at the farmers market or going to the farm myself or flying in fish every few days from Hawaii just to have the highest quality fish in the world. We took a long time figuring out exactly what our specs were on our steaks and we found one specific farm in Iowa that had the best beef for what we were looking for. We source all of our steaks from one single farm in Iowa... You won’t find a higher quality steak anywhere…And it’s an easier drive for people...We’re right there in the back yard. LN: What has the response been like from the community? BW: It’s been a great experience. Everyone that comes here loves it. People love seeing me out and about shopping at the farmers market. … I hear comments all the time that I buy stuff from the same places, the same farms that they do. It’s been a really positive experience for everyone. LN: How did the owners find you? BW: I used to work with our operating partner Rick Crowe in Atlanta. He was the operating partner there and I

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Weideman says a great steak is about consistency, marbling and tenderness.

was a sous chef. We worked together for a few years and we’ve always kept in touch. He called me up and said “Do you want to be a part of it?” I talked to my wife and called him back and said “Yeah, absolutely.” I sold my house in Georgia and moved my wife and kids to the area just over a year ago. LN: Tell me about your background and your training. BW: I graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta with my culinary arts degree in December of 1999. From there, I went to a restaurant in Buckhead, which is a very affluent area of Atlanta—the Buckhead Diner, which was an extremely popular spot. … It was a scratch kitchen so it was a great experience. I started working in kitchens in 1997 and I’ve been doing it ever since. I’ve done a lot of steakhouses—that’s my passion. I was at McKendrick’s Steakhouse in Atlanta,

BW: The biggest thing we were looking for when we were searching out our steaks was consistency, for one, tenderness and marbling. We use all prime steaks and consistency is key. Every time you get a rib eye, it’s going to be consistent. It’s going to be tender, flavorful, and will have the perfect amount of marbling. The other thing is how we cook them. We cook them on a high heat broiler that gets at least 1,100 degrees so you get a nice sear, a nice char on the exterior but it’s going to be very juicy and tender on the interior. It’s not something that you could do at home. LN: Did you have a cooking influence growing up? BW: On the weekends, my father and I would always watch PBS— Jacques Pepin, Julia Child, Martin Yan, Paul Prudhomme. I started trying to imitate them and started making stuff at home. That’s how it started. I just fell in love with food at that point. Before I started my senior year in high school, I was already accepted at the Art Institute. I knew at that point that this was what I was going to do. It was

a really easy transition. … My first job started out as a line cook and within a few months I was the lead line cook and had all these responsibilities. I guess you could say I’m a natural at it. I love food and I love making people happy by the food I produce. LN: Are your kids into cooking? Do you cook at home? BW: My wife is spoiled; my kids are spoiled. Whenever I’m home I try to do the cooking. I try to teach my kids the basics right now—knife skills and sautéing and things like that. They’re very interested. They want to help out as much as possible. I don’t know if I’d want them to go into it [professionally] but I want them to know how to cook. LN: Do you have any favorites when you’re cooking at home? BW: We’re big seafood people at home. Of course, we love great steaks but we’re big seafood fanatics. We’re always going to Whole Foods and seeing what’s fresh, what’s great and we do that. Or we’ll go out for sushi every once in a while. LN: Do you have tips for home cooks? BW: One thing that comes to mind is I know when I was starting out, it seemed like there were a lot of rules about cooking. You can’t put this with that, you can’t do this and that. Where I am now, that’s just a lie. You can put cheese with seafood and it can be okay. What I would tell people WEIDEMAN >> 27

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LIVE MUSIC: JOSH WALKER Saturday, Aug. 13, North Gate Vineyard, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville. Details: northgatevineyard.com Walker’s solo guitar performances include a mixture of all-instrumental versions of jazz, Latin American music, classical, and original compositions, performed on acoustic, nylon string guitar.

LOVETTSVILLE SUMMER CONCERTS: JUMPTOWN Saturday, Aug. 13, 7 p.m.; Lovettsville Town Green, 11 Spring Farm Drive, Lovettsville. Details: lovettsvilleva.gov This free concert features classic and contemporary blues, R&B, and soul from a longtime local favorite. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and pack a picnic.

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Walter Wolfman Washington to Play Smokehouse Live Aug. 20 Blues lovers hang onto your hats! New Orleans blues/ R&B icon Walter Wolfman Washington makes a special appearance in Leesburg later this month. Washington has been a mainstay on the New Orleans music scene for decades and is known for his special fusion of R&B, blues, New Orleans funk, and modern jazz, along with his heartfelt and authentic vocal style. Washington is known for performing soulful originals, as well Celebrate Loudoun County Parks and Recreation’s golden anniversary with live music from beloved western Loudoun teen band The Immortals, children’s activities, inflatables and fireworks. Admission is free.

as covers of favorites like Johnny Guitar Watson’s “You Can Stay But That Noise Got To Go,” Otis Redding’s “Nobody’s Fault But Mine,” and Bill Withers’ “Use Me.” Walter Wolfman Washington plays Smokehouse Live Saturday, Aug. 20 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 14, 2 p.m.; Potomac Falls High School, 46400 Algonkian Parkway, Sterling. Details: sterlingplaymakers.com The Sterling Playmakers present the classic musical based on Charles Dickens’ novel about the adventures of young Oliver Twist. Tickets are $15. Performances continue Aug. 12-14.

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LANSDOWNE WOODS CONCERT SERIES: NENO PROJECT Saturday, Aug. 13, 7 p.m.; Lansdowne Woods, 19375 Magnolia Grove Square, Lansdowne. Details: lwva.org This Loudoun-based band specializes in soul-stirring originals and favorite R&B covers. Admission is $5 per person.

THE IMMORTALS AT PRCS 50TH ANNIVERSARY Saturday, Aug. 13, 4-9 p.m.; Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, Purcellville. Details: loudoun.gov

THE YOUNG GUNS OF COMEDY TOUR Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyholeesburg.com This bargain show features emerging comics from New York and Philadelphia including Nate Marshall, Chike Robinson, Usama Siddiquee and Dan Lamorte. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 day of show.

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Saturday, Aug. 13, 7-9 p.m.; Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: acousticonthegreen.com At 18, Jon Carroll was a founding member of the Grammy-winning Starland Vocal Band, recording the pop hit “Afternoon Delight.” Since then, Carroll has continued his career as a performer, composer, arranger, producer, songwriter and musician. He tours with other big names as a band member and occasionally slows down to put on a local solo show. The event is free and open to the public. Pets, alcohol and smoking are prohibited.

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TARARA CONCERT SERIES: SLIPPERY WHEN WET Saturday, Aug. 13, Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg. Details: tarara.com This popular Bon Jovi tribute band returns for an evening of fun and nostalgia. Tickets are $15. Advance purchase is recommended as many shows sell out in advance.

ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY: RED WINE DIARIES Wednesday, Aug. 17, 6-8 p.m.; One Loudoun Plaza, 20626 East Hampton Plaza, Ashburn. Details: oneloudoun. com Akila O’Grady and Michael Mark offer smooth sounds from R&B to pop. No cover.

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‘SCARED TO DEATH’ Saturday, Aug. 13, 6:30 p.m., doors open, 7 p.m., show begins; Bungalow Lakehouse, 46006 Lake Center Plaza, Cascades. Details: stagecoachtc.com The latest in Stage Coach Theatre Company’s murder mystery series features series of accidents—and a murder—on a horror movie set. Audience members become film extras and help solve the mystery. $58 ticket price includes dinner and the show. Advance payment is required.

GALLERY COFFEEHOUSE: PORTRAITS ALIVE Sunday, Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane Purcellville. Details: franklinparkartscenter.org The portraits in the gallery come to life as performers from the teen camp Portrait Portrayals showcase monologues, stories and poetry that bring the artwork to life. Coffee is included in a real mug. Tickets are $8 at the door.

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CHANGES IN LATITUDES: JIMMY BUFFETT TRIBUTE Saturday, Aug. 13, 9:3 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyholeesburg.com This nationally acclaimed tribute band travels the country with conga lines and “trop rock” fun for all. Tickets for this fully seated show are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

LIVE MUSIC: ERIN AND THE WILDFIRE Saturday, Aug. 13, Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com Charlottesville’s Erin Lunsford and her talented band combine rock, soul and blues for a fiery groove. Peyote Pilgrim opens. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

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is if there’s stuff that you love, put it together and make a dish out of it and as long as you don’t burn it, you’ll like it. And simplicity. A lot of times people, even chefs, can get too fancy and you’ll have a dish that has 15 ingredients but you can only taste four ingredients. Keep it simple—that’s the big thing in the culinary world nowadays and it really works. Keep it fresh, keep it simple, and use ingredients that you love and it will all work out.

up with cocktails. We’re featuring a cocktail right now, the Georgia Mule, where we’re using fresh peaches, fresh ginger and some ginger beer—peaches that I buy right here at the market. I’ve done a Bloody Mary before. I’ve done a bourbon cocktail. … I like to get my hands dirty with the drinks. Rick Crowe, the operating partner, also owns a bourbon bar in Columbia, South Carolina, so we’re kind of a bourbon-centric bar, which is great because there are not a lot of places around here that have a lot of great bourbons. We talk a lot about pairings and do tastings to make sure that the cocktails will go great with the steak and with the fish.

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The United Way of Loudoun County announced plans Monday for a concert to benefit area non-profit social service organizations. Loudoun LIVE! will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Paxton Campus in Leesburg and will feature the bands Lowest of the Low, Todd Wright, Frayed Knots, and Big Bad Juju on its main stage. Emerging local artists will be featured on a second stage. Tickets, which are $30 in advance and $40 at the door, are on sale at loudounlive.org “Loudoun has a special place in its heart for music, so we saw an opportunity to engage our community in an event that would raise awareness and resources for United Way partner non-profits,” Amy Bobchek, chair of the United Way of Loudoun County Regional Council Loudoun, said in announcing the program. “LIVE! will be a celebration of everything that makes this place so special. All of the proceeds from this event will make a positive difference, so we hope our

Aug. 11 – 17, 2016

Loudoun Live Concert to Benefit Community Nonprofits

Checking in with Paul Pfau

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A year removed from the national spotlight as a top contender in NBC’s “The Voice” completion, Paul Pfau found himself in familiar territory Friday night, playing at the Loudoun Golf & Country Club in Purcellville. He performed during a rehearsal dinner for longtime family friends, but the venue was a familiar one from his years of playing cover tunes to crowds around Loudoun and the Washington region. The longtime Maryland resident moved to Nashville following his appearance on last year’s season eight of “The Voice” and he has been writing and touring ever since. He’s looking forward to the release of a new album, a collaboration with Gainesville producer Austin Bello. It will be his first release since his critically acclaimed first album, “Happy to Be,” in 2013, which won the Washington Area Music Association’s award for best debut album. “Great American Love Story,” due out in September, is a five-song concept album built on the reflections of an elderly man looking back on his life. “It’s definitely the best thing I’ve done,” Pfau said. “Obviously, a lot of the lessons that I learned from being on that show contributed to how much better this record is compared to the first one.” Among them was his first experience with professional voice lessons. “I never really thought of my voice as an instru-

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Paul Pfau, a favorite contestant on “The Voice,” performed in Purcellville on Friday.

ment like my guitar,” he said, noting listeners will hear his falsetto and bigger vocal notes on the new recording. Pfau still points to the strong support he’s gotten from fans in the region. “It was cool because everyone kinda felt like it was a piece of them, too,” he said of his appearance on “The Voice.” He returns to the area frequently, with an Oct. 6 show at Jammin’ Java already on his tour calendar. “This is a great town if you want to make money playing in a cover band,”

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WINE AND DINE FOR AUTISM Tuesday, Aug. 16, 6-9 p.m.; Stone Tower Winery, 19925 Hogback Mountain Road, Leesburg. Details: asnv.org Enjoy an evening of wine and music to benefit the Autism Society of Northern Virginia. Music is provided by Jake & Olivia and Children of the Rainbow.

Sunday, Aug. 14, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Doukénie Winery, 14127 Mountain Road, Hillsboro. Details: doukeniewinery.com This two-hour tour takes participants to the vineyards to discuss soils, terroir, and the harvest. They will also learn how about turning grapes into wine, barrel aging and bottling. Cost is $30 for wine club members, $40 for non-members and includes a tasting and snacks.

AMERICANA BRUNCH WITH SHANE GAMBLE Sunday, Aug. 14, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com Walking the tightrope between pop, country, Americana and indie rock, Gamble is a favorite at Smokehouse’s weekly Sunday tradition. Show is free with brunch.

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The Airmont General Store at the crossroads of Snickersville Turnpike and Rt. 719.

Stopping at the Country Store A Photo essay by Douglass Graham

In rural western Loudoun, where there are no supermarkets or 7-Elevens just down the street, the country store is still the go-to option. Residents looking for a hot cup of coffee, a bag of sugar, or the latest neighborhood news know they’ll find it in one of these iconic reminders of a quieter time. Many of the small stores struggled to stay open over the past few decades but weekend tourism helped bring new life into the old stores.

aria Gomez mans the front counter of M Airmont General, selling mostly food staples, with breakfast and lunch items at the top of the list.

Gil Whitson mans the front counter of Philomont General Store.

Amy Vollmer, Philomont’s postmistress, works in the small post office inside the Philomont General Store.

Bob Milligan waits for a customer at the Round Hill Grocery general store. Milligan, along with his wife Francis, has run the store for 33 years and lives just down the road in a house that he was born in 90 years ago.

[ SPORTS ]

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Mayor Dave Butler, center, officiates a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Virginia Storm.

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Sports Diplomacy Plays Out at Evergreen Sportsplex The Evergreen Sportsplex south of Leesburg is usually filled with kids honing their soccer skills, but on one recent day it was a venue for an important cultural exchange. Working with George Mason University and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, Evergreen Sports Complex hosted 20 coaches and student athletes from China as part of their SportsUnited, sports visitors program last month. George Mason’s sports management professors, Bob Baker and Craig Esherick and special education professor Pam Baker connected with the U.S. State Department in 2011 to become Sports Diplomats for the SportsUnited Program. The goal is to provide an opportunity for coaches and athletes from across the globe to connect with their American counterparts to learn the best practices, coaching techniques and to have both cultural, educational and athletic experiences in the DC Metropolitan area.

Evergreen Sports Complex was selected as one of the destinations for the Chinese coaches and athletes to visit so they could see how to operate a youth athletic facility, learn coaching techniques from nationally and internationally recognized soccer coaches, as well as have an opportunity to play soccer on the complex’s fields certified by FIFA, the international governing body of soccer. “We are excited to be part of an initiative that brings coaches and athletes together from all over the world to learn from one another through a common passion for sports and athletics,” Evergreen Managing Director Chris Bourassa said. “We are grateful to George Mason for selecting Evergreen Sports Complex as one of the destinations to visit as we believe we not only have a beautiful facility and great coaches, but have educational and philanthropic programming in place to create future community leaders that can be implemented on an international level.”

“We look forward to supporting George Mason and the U.S. State Department on future SportsUnited visits. Evergreen is very thankful to Bob McCollar from Loudoun Economic Development and both Beth Erickson and Torye Hurst of Visit Loudoun,

for their support and participation on Monday to help achieve our common goal of creating international relationships through various channels to increase Loudoun County’s presence abroad,” said Carolyn Dobson, Evergreen’s vice president for marketing.

There’s a storm brewing in Loudoun. One of the newest American Basketball Association franchises was formally welcomed to Leesburg last week. The Virginia Storm will begin play in November, with home games at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville. Owned by Norman and Mardesky Blowe, the team is headquarted at the Mason Enterprise Center in Leesburg. Mayor Dave Butler was on hand Friday afternoon to lead a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony welcoming them to town. The Blowes have operated the Winchester Storm, a semi-pro team, for the past six years and hope to build on that experience as they move into the pro ranks—and into the attractive Loudoun market. Tryouts are underway for the team, which is expected to include at least a couple of local players. Tryouts for the Stormettes professional dance team are scheduled for Aug. 20. Ticket sales for

the 18-20 game season will begin Aug. 22. The team anticipates a home opener against Fayetteville (NC) Flight on Nov. 5. Norman Blowe said the Storm will bring high level basketball to the county and also offer affordable family entertainment. He said games typically include light shows, DJs and kids’ activities. The company also operates a Junior Storm program, which trains boys and girls ages 7 through 15 in basketball while also teaching life skills. Mardesky Blowe said the team will work closely with area charities, featuring them at home games. The Blowes are getting strong support from one NBA veteran. Harvey Grant, who played forward with the Washington Bullets and Wizards during a 12-year professional career, has already signed on as a sponsor of the team. “This is a first-class act,” he said Friday.

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Members of a SportsUnited delegation from China pose on the field at the Evergreen Sportsplex.

[ OBITUARIES ]

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Mark Allen McCoy Loudoun Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director and Conductor Mark Allen McCoy passed away on August 1, 2016, of colon cancer. He is survived by his wife, Amy Carol Parks; his parents, Dorothy Jo Olson McCoy and DeWayne Delbert McCoy; sisters Julie Ann Van Cleave (Tim) and Cheryl Lynn Van Houweling (Mark); and brother Wayne Curtis McCoy (Kim). Private remembrances are being planned in Cleveland and Baltimore. An open-house visitation with family is planned in Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown of Newton, Iowa. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to P.O. Box 433, North Olmsted, OH 44070. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to any of the following orchestras, where Maestro McCoy served as Music Director and Conductor: Loudoun Symphony Orchestra P.O. Box 4478, Leesburg, VA 20177 loudounsymphony.org Heights Chamber Orchestra P.O. Box 18413, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 heightschamberorchestra.org Baltimore String Orchestra Camp (note: not a 501(c)(3) organization) baltostringorchcamp.org

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Shifting Gears After years of touting study after study claiming there was no shortage of parking in downtown Leesburg, the Town Council

appears ready to take a more practical approach. The notion of leasing land to create more public parking spaces is a course reversal from recent council actions that removed some on-street parking from King Street and hiked the per-minute fees charged at the meters. Not surprisingly, neither of those actions have helped lure more visitors to the historic district. Adding more public parking spaces in a highly visible part of town has merit, as does the introduction of an automated pay system that doesn’t require visitors to search through seat cushions for quarters that will add a scant few minutes to their meter. The refreshing shift of gears comes as town leaders are also

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reaching out to residents and businesses for new ideas that will attract more traffic downtown. We know from past experience that there will be no consensus on how to address that challenge, but the need for additional parking in more convenient locations has been high on the list of many involved in the downtown debates over the years. After spending millions on wider sidewalks and designs for children’s play fountains to mimic the amenities offered in the county’s “new downtowns,” pursuing a parking expansion at no cost to the taxpayers seems like a good investment in Loudoun’s original destination location.

Correction A photo of School Board member Joy Maloney published in the Aug. 4 edition cited the incorrect photo credit. Loudoun Now regrets the error.

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Despicable Editor: I write to clarify what happened in line at the Trump rally last week. I was the person that reported the actions of School Board member Joy Maloney to the deputy. My friends and I got in line around 8:15 a.m. There were three women in front of us and in front of them were three teenage boys and in front of them were a group of kids. Around 9 a.m. another group of four or five kids came and butted in front of the teenage boys with their friends. I politely went over and asked them to go to the back of the line as we had already been in line for 45 minutes. They eventually went to the back of the line. Then, 15 minutes later Joy Maloney—I had no idea who she was—got in line with these kids. I went over and told her we had been there for an hour in line and for her to go to the back of the line. She ignored me. At this time, we were in line on the side of the school. As we approached the top of the hill in front of the school, she was asked to interview with a news reporter. After her interview she preceded to get back in line with her friends. The lady in front of me approached her and ask her politely to go to the back of the line. Ms. Maloney continued to ignore us and I told the ladies in front of me not to say anything else because I would report it to the police when I saw one. As we approached the entrance, I asked Ms. Maloney one more time to go to the back of the line and she just stared at me with no response. I then said to her, “Do you really feel good about yourself butting in line in front of these three teenagers and the rest of us?” as the line wrapped around the school and with no response. I then walked over to a police officer and told her what was going on. She then approached Ms. Maloney and said, “I understand you butted in line?” With no response from Ms. Maloney and verification from the others standing with me the police officer said, “I

am going to have to ask you to go to the back of the line. This is when Ms. Maloney sat down on the ground and would not get up. The line into the campaign started moving inside. We got our seats and the kids she was standing with sat on the back row and ended up getting escorted out of the campaign for turning their backs on Trump locking arms and waving into the cameras. And this is who she was going in with? What kind of behavior was this? And to think she would have been a part of this. Is this who we want representing Loudoun County School Board or any school board for that matter? The fact that she had no remorse for butting in line, in front of three teenage boys and the rest of us in line is despicable. – Dee K. Counts, Ashburn

Way to Represent Editor: I was one of the people who asked the woman I now know as Joy Maloney to go to the back of the line at last week’s Trump rally and wait like others had after she cut in line in front of us. It was not simply that she left a place to do an interview—she had cut in line and was asked to leave the line by a few of us well before that interview. She refused. She was purposely being defiant because a few other girls who had jumped the line before Ms. Maloney came along were also asked to go to the back, explaining that it isn’t fair for people who have been waiting (they complied with the request). When it got to the point when we were nearing the entrance and Ms. Maloney made it clear she was not going to get out of line—at that point the police were asked for assistance. It was not because she wasn’t a Trump supporter. It had to do with the fact that she jumped in a line that wrapped around the building and it LETTERS >> 37

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Will Be Missed Editor: I am saddened to learn of the passing of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director and Conductor Maestro Mark Allen McCoy, who lost his year-long battle to cancer on Aug. 1. Under his leadership, Maestro McCoy turned the LSO into the wonderful regional symphonic orchestra that it is today. He will truly be missed by not only the members of the LSO, but also the many lovers of the performing arts here in Loudoun County, as well as in the other venues where he waved his baton. May he rest in peace. – John Mileo, Lansdowne

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Editor: Medical costs and healthcare policies are changing in today’s society, as we all know. By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be 65 or over. The baby boomer generation is prevalent in the population now, and with that is coming the effect of ageism. Ageism is stereotyping and discriminating against people due to age. It permeates the attitudes of medical providers, the healthcare system and has profound influence on the type and amount of care offered, requested and received from doctors. Sadly, doctors view care of older adults as frustrating, uninteresting and less rewarding. Many doctors assume ailments are caused by age and are thus denied effective medical treatment. Effects of ageism is detected throughout society, media and government policy. If we don’t address issues soon, it will get far more complex when the huge population of baby boomers begin to reach the “golden years.” It is my hope that the medical profession will get extra training for geriatric patients, because our lives matter just as much as younger people. We have value in the society just as much as younger people. It›s time to change the attitudes of doctors, and start recognizing we deserve the best medical treatment that can be provided. Seniors need to stand up for their rights and start defending their rights to be treated just as any other patient. So, baby boomers, and those beyond baby boom age, don’t accept minimal treatment. Stand up and speak your mind.

Editor: Last Tuesday, my children and I headed to Ashburn for the Trump rally. I would not consider myself an avid Trump supporter, but my children and I were interested in seeing Trump in person. When we arrived about 9:40 a.m., the line wrapped around Briar Woods High School, and doubled back along the back side of the building. By the time the Loudoun County deputies announced that the auditorium was full, the line stretched past an athletic field at the back of the school to a service entrance adjacent to Belmont Ridge Road. The mood was upbeat and fun. Near the end of your article, “Trump Stumps in Ashburn,” you state, “Before the event, a line of more than a thousand people wrapped around the building. Loudoun County Fire

Marshal Linda Hale said around 860 seats were available for the public inside.” According to your article, only a few hundred people were left without seats at the event. Unfortunately, I find your statement misleading. There was a very large crowd left outside the building (more than a few hundred). Many chose to stay and catch a glimpse of Trump’s motorcade. There were so many people crowded around when the motorcade arrived that my children and I were unable to see much of anything. Your article also focused heavily on the protesters. While I did not see the protests in the auditorium, I did walk past the protesters at the road several times. I did not see any heated exchanges and found the protests rather civil. At a rally with, by your estimate, more than a thousand people and only tens of protesters, you would think your pictures would show mainly the supporters. Especially since there were some very entertaining supporters, including a young boy dressed as Trump (who had his picture taken quite often with other attendees). I would appreciate accurate coverage of events. I have enjoyed your coverage of local events, but I must now read articles with a little more suspicion.

was clear that people were going to be turned away. She was asked politely many times (by several people) before the police were asked to assist. The police were very polite and she would not comply with the request to leave the line, choosing instead to sit down on the ground and placing her hands behind her back as if she were preparing to be hand cuffed and now causing a scene. That is when the police let her know she was trespassing and should leave the premises altogether. I suppose the Trump supporters were surprisingly peaceful, much to her dismay? This was a very peaceful rally with thousands who turned out. The line wrapped around the building with hundreds of supporters also lining the school property. Media doesn’t show that. They only show the 20 protesters and clip about Trump throwing out a baby—which was not true and the mother has publicly stated so—but that’s a different story. As an aside, the group Ms. Maloney was standing with in line is one of the two groups that were escorted out of the rally for being disruptive. Way to represent the school board and local community, Joy Maloney. In light of her behavior on the schools grounds she represents, I do believe all charges should stand.

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t is one of the questions we all ask when we first meet someone. It seems we have an instinctive checklist of queries to help us get a fix on a person, associate a face and a name with an occupation or role and perhaps most importantly, a place. Place helps us define, in a spatial sense, how a person relates to us. “Where do you live?” is an easy icebreaker that starts conversations about a town, a place, and acquaintances or shared experiences, in your place or theirs. This is one of the simplest questions we have to answer. After all, just about everyone has an official fixed address, thanks to the U.S. Postal Service. When my family moved to the area 21 years ago, we knew where we lived— in our house, in the center of Hillsboro. So did my mortgage company, bank, employer, utility companies, credit card companies, magazine publishers, junk mail purveyors etc.—all thanks to the United States Postal Service. When people asked, I told them, and most of them knew. “Oh that quaint little historic town on Rt. 9, with all the traffic.” I was somewhat surprised to learn how many more people called Hillsboro home than actually lived inside the town boundary. “I live in Hillsboro, you know, off Mountain Road.” Or, “I live in Hillsboro, out on Harpers Ferry Road.” Or, “I live in Hillsboro, off Sagle Road … Hillsboro Road … Purcellville Road … Woodgrove Road …” and so on it goes. Since its official establishment by an act of the General Assembly in 1802, Hillsboro (Hillsborough back then) was the “hometown” for residents from the crest of the Blue Ridge (dividing

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So, Where Do You Live? BY ROGER VANCE what is now West Virginia and Virginia) to the west and the Potomac River to the north, to the Short Hill Mountain Ridge and Berlin Turnpike to the east and southeast and to what would become Purcellville in 1853 to the south. That is a nearly 45-square-mile swath of northwest Loudoun that had a Hillsboro address. When the town’s charter was revised in 1880, the spelling of Hillsborough was truncated, by the Post Office, to distinguish it from another Hillsborough in southern Virginia (no longer in existence). Because the robust village served not just its residents but the surrounding agricultural region as well, a purpose-built post office was constructed in the center of town in the late 19th century, complete with postmaster. In the 1960s, the Postal Service revolutionized its delivery system with the ubiquitous ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes, assigning one to every address in the country. If you lived in the Hillsboro area, yours was 20134. By the late 20th century, economics-driven consolidation saw the elimination of

hundreds of small community post offices across the country, many of them losing postmasters but retaining “postal facilities” housed in commercial venues or operated by nonprofits. Thus was the case with Hillsboro, where, in the 1970s, the postal operation moved to the venerable Hill Tom Market, and the post office building was sold to private owners. All was well, as Hill Tom fixture Glenn Roberts ran the store and “post office” for decades. It was the quintessential “Mayberryesque” place where hundreds of area residents picked up mail—along with local news and gossip—every day. With the turn of the 21st century, however, Hill Tom ownership changed hands, Glenn was gone and the new storeowners and Postal Service could not come to terms on the facility. By 2004, after strenuous objections by the town and area residents and with no alternate Hillsboro location offered, the facility was closed, forcing residents to either erect rural delivery mail boxes or rent a Post Office box—in Purcellville. Even though postal officials assured area residents their Hillsboro identity would remain, today Hillsboro’s zip code “lives” only as a lonely box in the Purcellville Post Office. The Purcellville zip of 20132 has overridden 20134 and now encompasses the traditional 45-square-mile Hillsboro address zone. As a consequence, in our GPS, digital-driven world, a Purcellville zip code means only one thing to the world at large. YOU LIVE IN PURCELLVILLE. No offense to Purcellville intended, but this is no small matter. Even as Hillsboro’s mayor, on Election Day

Aldie shooting << FROM 1 turbance. Two previous fatal police shootings in Loudoun—the May 2013 death of a knife-wielding worker at the Sterling Costco at the hands of a deputy and the May 2014 death of a suicidal teen who was killed by a Purcellville Police officer—spurred calls for improved training of officers dealing with residents experiencing mental distress and for an emphasis on non-lethal methods of subduing threatening subjects. The State Police also was called upon to investigate those shootings. In both cases, the information provided to Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman resulted in findings that the shootings were justifiable. In the Costco case, deputies responded to a report of 38-year-old Mhai Scott

I’ve been challenged—at the Hillsboro Precinct polling place!— by poll workers who’ve told me, “sorry, you live in Purcellville.” Convincing mortgage companies, financial institutions and a myriad of billing agents, data collectors and call centers that my house has not been moved to Purcellville and that I do still live in Hillsboro is a time-consuming, frustrating and often fruitless routine—one shared by every Hillsboro-area household. The Town of Hillsboro’s official address is Purcellville, as is Hillsboro Charter Academy’s. Hillsborough Vineyards, along with a dozen other Hillsboro-area wineries, B&Bs and other tourism-dependent establishments as far as 15 miles from Purcellville are described with a Purcellville address by online search engines and maps. Accident alerts and news reports refer to Charles Town Pike or Harpers Ferry Road as “in Purcellville.” Befuddled tourists and visitors relying on GPS routinely lose their way as they search for their “Purcellville” destination that is nowhere near Purcellville. Attempts to correct web-based and social-media GPS services have proven to be impossible in most instances. Advertisements for local businesses are thus forced to use the assigned Purcellville address, with the unintended consequence of furthering marketplace confusion. Hillsboro is renewing its quest to reestablish its rightful postal identity. With the support of the Greater Hillsboro Business Alliance, in the short term Hillsboro will be formally requesting the reinstatement of its longheld zip code. Our long-term goal is the reinstitution of a full-service postal facility in Hillsboro that once again serves its outlying region. So soon, everyone else will know what we already know—where we live.

Roger Vance is the mayor of Hillsboro. His column appears monthly in Loudoun Now.

behaving erratically in the store. She refused instructions to put down a knife and scissors and then charged deputies. When a TASER failed, she was fatally shot. Investigators found she had a long history of mental illness and had stopped taking her medication. The State Police investigation was completed in two months. In the Purcellville case, police were called after 17-year-old Christian Alberto Sierra was found stabbing himself in a bathroom. He ran from the house and the Purcellville officer confronted him on the street, instructing him to drop the knife. Sierra approached the officer, who shot him in the chest. State Police investigators released their findings four months later. The unnamed deputy in Friday’s shooting is described as having five years of law enforcement experience, one with the Loudoun Sheriff ’s Office. He was placed on paid administrative leave.

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<< FROM 1 “It’s really been kind of a little oasis that people are just now discovering,” Paulie said. “It’s been kind of a best kept secret for a long time.” Loudoun Water purchased the reservoir from the City of Fairfax in 2014 and initially closed it to public assess, citing liability concerns. It reopened the property in May 2015 by partnering with NOVA Parks, but Paulie said it was only ever meant to be a temporary solution. On sunny Saturday mornings, he said, the small parking lot on Mt. Hope Road can be a little tight. That was expected. “Historically, the Beaverdam Reservoir property has not been planned and designed for public access,” said Loudoun Water Executive Director of Stakeholder Relations Mark Peterson. “There isn’t sufficient parking. The assets around there, the way people can enter the water, is not set up ideally for that, so that’s part of what this process is going to be.” “There’s a real strong interest in reopening this reservoir with more uses for recreation than what we have right now,” said Loudoun Water’s newly installed Deputy General Manager Tom Frederick, “yet at the same time keeping it within the theme of uses that surround a lake that’s used for drinking water.” That will limit the possibilities for the lake somewhat, since Loudoun Water doesn’t want to allow contamination for one of its major water sources. “It’s a drinking water resource first, so whatever we do has to meet those standards, so anything that we think about, or envision, or want to plan, would have to always be done under those guidelines,” Paulie said. That means no swimming, and except for safety launches, no gasoline engines on the water. But paddling, hiking, picnicking, sightseeing, fishing, electric motors, bike trails, and classroom visits are all in. “We don’t have details as to what that means right now,” Frederick said. “It’s really still at a vision level, and we’re going to interact with the public to actually help provide some of the ideas.” The process has already begun with a meeting at the NOVA Parks offices last October. According to a report from that meeting, about 200 people showed up to hear Loudoun Water’s plans and offer their input. They produced a long list of ideas, ranging from marked and separated trails for hiking and biking to buoys and extended hours for fishing. “It’s basically going to be a great passive recreation park, with some real amenities and a message for how the resource is being protected,” Paulie said. “When we do close it for a little while, I think there will be a little bit of disappointment, but I think people will be excited by what the reservoir will be,” said Loudoun Water Manager of Outreach and Education Sue Crosby. And before then, if you have a canoe, a paddle, and a few hours free, you have until November to take in the quiet at Beaverdam Reservoir.

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