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18 School Board Has Another Tool to Expand Full-Day Kindergarten BY DANIELLE NADLER

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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring gathers with other Loudouners for a prayer vigil in Ashburn Monday. The county held two peaceful vigils in response to the violence that erupted ahead of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.

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fter the violence, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis that came to Charlottesville this past weekend, Loudouners gathered at peaceful vigils to pray and denounce that hatred. On Sunday, the day after the protests, demonstrations, violence, and death ahead of a planned “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, dozens of people gathered on the steps of the old courthouse in Leesburg. At that vigil, Loudoun County Democratic Committee Vice Chairman Randy Ihara, who organized the rally, told stories of being harassed and threatened by the KKK as a labor organizer in the ’60s, and said, “we can’t allow this sort of thing to happen again.” “I’ve seen this happen, and I’ve been on the wrong end of

those guns, and we’ve got to stop that from happening,” Ihara told the vigil crowd. “Martin Luther King said the arc of history is long but it bends toward justice, and the reason he said that was because of people like you.” The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville was planned for noon, but by 11:30 a.m., violent clashes between swastika- and Confederate flag-bearing protestors and counter-protestors prompted officials to declare a state of emergency, later declaring the rally an illegal assembly. One woman was killed and 19 other people injured when a car from Ohio plowed into a crowd of counter-protestors. Police have charged the 20-year-old driver with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit-and-run. Later that day, a State Police helicopter VIGIL >> 47

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Small adjustments to attendance zone boundaries may be the cheapest and easiest way to free up classroom space for full-day kindergarten. That was the sentiment of School Board members who backed a new boundaries policy last week. How to provide every Loudoun kindergartener with a full, six-hour school day has been a years-long debate. Under the leadership of the previous superintendent, it seemed the only solution was to build classroom additions, a multi-million-dollar option. Since Superintendent Eric Williams was hired in 2014, he has agreed that classroom additions may be the best option for some schools, but has suggested the board consider “slight, targeted” attendance boundary adjustments to deliver the program to others. Following his recommendation, the board voted 6-2-0-1 Aug. 8 to adopt a policy change that allows for an expedited process for boundary changes under specific circumstances. Those include converting a traditional school to a charter school, addressing a new housing development that would otherwise cause overcrowding at a school, and reassigning 15 percent or less of a school’s students if it would allow for at least one full-day kindergarten classroom without overcrowding that school. That last one has been the sticking point that’s divided the School Board on the issue. Williams and his team of planners have asked for the flexibility to recommend that the board undergo an expedited boundary process when reassigning 15 percent or less of a school’s students would free up space for full-day kinderKINDERGARTEN >> 47

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BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ lways looking for ways to make the hospital a more pleasant experience for its patients, the Inova Loudoun Hospital staff recently added a four-legged team member to do just that. Two-year-old golden retriever Jeremiah walks into the hospital building with authority. Donning his blue vest and ID badge—the same worn by any hospital employee—his gait lightens a bit as his handler leads him into the pediatric emergency room. He knows it’s time to work. Once inside a patient room, Jeremiah, with permission first, jumps onto the hospital bed next to a patient. He may lay his head next to the young boy or girl, or offer some compassionate encouragement when the child needs to prepare for a procedure, like putting in or taking out an IV. He also knows how to delight with his many tricks, perhaps the most adorable of which is his ability to pop blown bubbles on command. Dr. Jill McCabe, medical director of

Staff has just embraced him. He’s just a part of our team.” — Gina Harrison, nurse manager

Inova Loudoun’s children’s emergency department, put the wheels in motion for the addition of a facility dog to the hospital. “I was aware of comfort dogs working with people in other environments, and I thought it would be great for patients if we had a dog to work with them,” she said. McCabe turned to her friend, who sits on the board of Hero Dogs Inc., a nonprofit organization that trains service dogs to assist veterans with a wide range of disabilities, including PTSD and anxiety. “They have an occasional dog that doesn’t completely complete training, so they put them up for facility dogs.

They reached out to us and asked if we would be interested. [Child Life Specialist] Allyson [Halverson] and I met a few of the dogs, and Jeremiah was just the perfect fit for us,” McCabe said. Jeremiah didn’t make the cut for a full-fledged service dog because of his “outgoing” personality,” she said. He also is a little fearful of thunder. But at the hospital, Jeremiah doesn’t flinch when it comes to medical equipment, alarms, or a screaming or crying child. He is completely at ease around new people, and has even won over some young ones who fear dogs. He came to the hospital already well trained, having been with Hero Dogs since he was 8 weeks old, and knowing 50 commands. Jeremiah will officially graduate as a facility dog in November, but has been at the hospital now for a few months and has quickly become perhaps the most popular staff member. He works alongside the hospital’s two child life specialists, Halverson and Kim Van Etten. McCabe brings Jeremiah home every night to the delight of her family.

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Language Learners. They exceeded last year’s pass rates in every subject area tested. Their pass rates were: 66 percent on the reading exam (up two points from last year), 56 percent on writing (11 points above last year), 68 percent on math (a gain of two points), 60 percent on science (up three points), and 70 percent on history (up one point). Students with disabilities held their pass rates fairly steady after they made big gains from the 2014-15 school year SOL REPORT >> 32

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Loudoun County’s public school students pass rates held fairly steady on state-mandated math, reading, history and science exams, as shown in results released by the Virginia Department of Education on Tuesday. This is the first year Loudoun’s Standards of Learning scores have leveled off after seeing three straight years of modest gains. The division’s pass rates did, however, meet or exceed the state pass rate for 27 of the 28 SOL tests administered in the spring.

The one area they fell below the state average was in eighth grade math. Sixty-nine percent of Loudoun eighth-graders passed; while that’s a five-point improvement over last year, it is still five points behind the rest of the state. That column has been a bit of a black eye on Loudoun’s report card for years, but school system leaders have explained that it is in part because high-achieving eighth-graders take the Algebra exam, instead of their grade-level math exam. The most notable gains were made by Loudoun students concerned English

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Taking a quick break from his day job, Jeremiah, Inova Loudoun Hospital’s first facility dog, rests on a hospital bed. Jeremiah spends upwards of 20 hours a week providing comfort and support to the hospital’s pediatric patients.

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he company that was renewed for a $4.75 million, two-year contract at the county jail after making more than $9,000 in campaign contributions to Sheriff Mike Chapman is under federal investigation. The public correction case involves a former sheriff in Norfolk. The Virginian-Pilot reported that Correct Care Solution of Nashville, TN, and people associated with it contributed $36,500 to former Norfolk sheriff Bob McCabe since 2011. A former city buyer told The Virginian-Pilot that federal agents interviewed him about whether the competitive process for city contracts was manipulated to steer them toward certain vendors. When a Correct Care bid to provide medical services in the Norfolk City Jail came in around $200,000 higher than a competitor, according to the Virginian-Pilot’s sources, McCabe privately suggested contacting Correct Care to alert them to the price difference. In that meeting, McCabe was advised that would illegal, and he dropped the issue, but Correct Care later revised its bid to undercut its competitor. In Loudoun, Correct Care’s bid came in nearly $600,000 above the lowest bidder and was the second-most expensive bid of the four the county received. However, the county does not award those contracts solely based on least cost. Sheriff ’s Office Major Michael Manning told the Board of Supervisors’ finance committee in June that Correct Care Solutions “came with a very detailed and demonstrated knowledge of what we were asking for.” “They’ve shown us that in the past,” Manning said. “We’ve had a relationship with this company for over 11 years. They came to the table and they gave us everything we asked for in a very detailed manner.” Campaign finance reports filed with the county in 2015 show $6,380 in contributions from Correct Care Solutions

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We’ve had a relationship with this company for over 11 years. They came to the table and they gave us everything we asked for in a very detailed manner.” — Michael Manning, LCSO

to Chapman’s campaign. That put them second only to Falcon Heating & AC, which gave $10,275. Falcon president and owner Bruce Rahmani gave Chapman’s campaign a further $9,275. In his finance report for those contributions, Chapman listed Rahmani in his role with Rahmani’s company Tabb Realty LLC in Sterling, which according to the

State Corporation Commission shares a street address with Falcon. Campaign finance reports filed with the state show another $3,000 in 2016. Correct Care Solutions was again the second-largest contributor to Chapman’s 2016 electoral campaign, second only to Falcon Heating and AC at $4,000. Representatives for both the sheriff ’s office and the county government have said the sheriff did not participate in the procurement process. Chapman denied having any contact with Correct Care Solutions employees outside of his annual fundraising golf tournament. Correct Care Solutions is one of the sponsors of that golf tournament, and Chapman said some of the company’s employees participated in the tournament. “I don’t have any contact with them outside of that yearly sponsorship, with the exception of, I may see members of CCS at like a Virginia sheriffs conference or national sheriffs conference,” Chapman said. He said they are among MEDICAL PROVIDER >> 6

Comprehensive Plan Committee Divides to Conquer BY RENSS GREENE Facing the gargantuan task of rewriting the county comprehensive plan—a task that was redoubled by adding in work around the county’s future Metrorail Silver Line stops—the stakeholders steering committee has split their work into three subcommittees. “I think what, for me, was the straw that broke the camel’s back was the additional work that the Board of Supervisors thrust upon the group,” said stakeholders steering committee and Planning Commission Chairman Jeff Salmon, referring to the addition of the Silver Line plans. Some supervisors have said the small area in that

area could end up accounting for more housing and growth than the rest of the county put together. The 26-member stakeholders steering committee split up some of its members into three subcommittees: One to tackle questions of economic development, one for housing, and one to review the existing policies in the current General Plan—one of the documents the full steering committee is tasked with revising—to see which policies should carry over to the new plan. Salmon said all meetings of the subcommittees will be open to the public and on the county’s public calendar. Planning and Zoning Director Ricky

Barker said the committees will be tasked with working closely with the county staff to create white papers— information and proposals—in each of their topics to bring back to the full committee. Salmon acknowledges complaints from among the committee’s members that it is difficult to get things done in such a large group. “I wanted to take the expertise in the room,” Salmon said, “and frankly this is really the A-team of the county when it comes to the knowledge and expertise that we have in this county.” rgreene@loudounnow.com

Loudoun County Animal Services will give families the opportunity to adopt a pet for free during Saturday’s Clear the Shelters. Since 2015, the Clear the Shelters campaign has resulted in more than 70,000 pet adoptions nationwide. “Last summer, 52 pets were adopted from Loudoun County Animal Services during Clear the Shelters,” said Animal Services Public Relations Manager Nicole Falceto. “It was an incredible event and we are very excited to do it all again on August 19.” The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the county shelter, at 39820 Charles Town Pike west of Leesburg. For adoption requirements and to view available shelter pets, go to loudoun.gov/animals.

County Seeks Vendors for Festival The Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services is seeking vendors for the third International Festival, planned for Sunday, Sept. 24. The multicultural event features dance demonstrations, live bands and instrumentalists, camel rides, children’s games and activities, food trucks, exhibits and merchandise vendors. Each vendor application fee includes two admissions to the festival for employees or volunteers. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Douglass Community Center in Leesburg Go to loudoun.gov/dccfestival for the vendor application and fee schedule, or call 703771-5913 for more information.

Eminent Domain Hanging Over Franklin Park Trail Properties change. The project will also involve building a storm sewer to tackle drainage and flooding problems. County spokeswoman Mary Frances Forcier said, “it is the county’s intent to finalize the acquisition of land and easements before the end of 2017 and to begin construction of the Round Hill to Franklin Park Trail in spring 2018.” If landowners don’t reach an agreement with the county by that deadline, a price will be decided for them in Circuit Court. Affected property owners could not be reached, or declined to speak on the record.

In an eminent domain case, the county pays the property owner fair market value in exchange for their property. In the case of this project, many of those condemnations will be for temporary construction easements. Under questioning from Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) during a recent meeting, county staff members said two property owners are affected by only the trail, not the drainage improvements. Only Umstattd voted against a resolution authorizing the county to seize

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Several property owners have resisted giving up land or easements for the work, with some asking more than the county is willing to pay and at least two others outright opposed. The county government has framed the project as a safety measure to get bicyclists off the road and onto a bike and pedestrian path. The project will improve the sidewalk along Loudoun Street in Round Hill and construct an asphalt path between Franklin Park and Marbury Street in the Lake Point neighborhood. It will connect at either end of an existing trail that connects Newberry Crossing Place and the Lake Point subdivision, crossing under Rt. 7 south of the Loudoun Street inter-

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mal Labor of Love proclamation from County Chairwoman Phyllis Randall (D-At Large). While Duncan sought to put the focus on the needs of dementia patience during the ceremony, he was on the receiving end of a surprise presentation honoring his military service from Brian Steorts and Mike Taylor of Flags of Valor, an Ashburn company that employs veterans to manufacture wooden American flag displays. Steorts said he got the idea for the venture when he went to buy a flag and found it was made in China. They presented Duncan with one of the company’s signature flag displays, signed by the veterans who made it. “Thank you for everything that you’ve done. You’ve paved the way for my family and for the military,” Steorts said. “We owe you a lot.” Duncan said that he might have been buried at Normandy 73 years ago if it hadn’t been for an injury reassignment that left him in charge of morale for Allied troops in London. nstyer@loudounnow.com

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The Leesburg Town Council will return from recess Sept. 11 to discuss whether to allow food trucks in town. Food trucks and local microbreweries have found a symbiotic relationship, but it technically has been prohibited under town zoning rules.

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hil Fust, owner of Loudoun Brewing Company in Leesburg, is eager to enlighten the Leesburg Town Council about the impact that prohibiting food trucks in town will have on his business and others like it. “It would be devastating,” he put it simply. Last week, Town Council members held off on further discussion of food truck regulations in town until after its August recess. Town Manager Kaj Dentler had asked the council during its Aug. 7 work session whether he should delay enforcement of the current regulations, which prohibit food truck operations, until the council decides to vote on a new policy, noting that microbreweries had been inviting food trucks to their premises to sell food to customers. With no clear direction from the council to forestall violations, the offending businesses will begin receiving formal zoning violation notices this week. Reached Monday, Fust had not yet received his notice of violation, but had been told by town staff that it was coming. Dentler said there would be no enforcement of the violations until the council discusses the matter in September, meaning Fust and others will be allowed to continue bringing food trucks to their businesses without repercussions. “As far as us having a food truck on private property, it seems to me a little over the top as far as them asserting

their power into the decision making,” Fust said. “We’re going to address every possible option so we can continue to do what we’ve been doing. We will use every bit of discussion points and whatever we’ve got to do to make it amenable to everyone.” Fust said that one of the biggest arguments against allowing food trucks in the downtown or elsewhere in Leesburg could be that they take away business from other restaurants in town. But, he points out that customers to Loudoun Brewing Company are also given information of area restaurants that would deliver to customers at the brewery. “So, we are supporting those businesses as well,” he said. Rick Allison operates his Pittsburg Rick’s food truck, as well as running the King Street Oyster Bar, and has a food truck for that business as well. He believes that removing restrictions on food trucks could improve business for the Pittsburgh Rick’s truck, as he often travels to events closer to Washington, DC, and Reston. He also said Leesburg is beginning to get a reputation as a “foodie town” so, while he doesn’t take a hard stance for or against extending the regulations, he does think welcoming food trucks could allow the town to be considered even more of a destination. He points to monthly food truck events at Reston Town Center as an example. “They’ve made it work there without any issues, and Reston has way more restaurants than we do,” Allison said. Food trucks are “a nice alternative for

someone to come get a quick bite.” Currently, food trucks are not identified as an allowable use in the Zoning Ordinance, although food truck vendors may exhibit at special events by procuring a temporary license. The Town Council in the spring initiated amendments to the Zoning Ordinance that could authorize food trucks in the I-1 and PEC zoning districts, areas that lack many, if any, restaurant options. Former food truck operators Timo and Nicole Winkel are all for freeing up regulations to allow for food trucks. The two currently operate Döner Bistro, which used to be run out of a food truck in the Virginia Village shopping center when the business was under its former name, Hamburg Doener. They’ve now have had a brick and mortar restaurant on Harrison Street for almost 10 years. The food truck at the Virginia Village shopping center helped them build a loyal following, and the duo was issued a town business license as itinerant vendors in 2006, although it appears that may have been done in error. But Hamburg Doener operated out of a food truck, violation free, for more than two years. Although no longer operating a food truck, Nicole Winkel said she is in favor of the town allowing food trucks. “Most food trucks are run by people who want to bring out their special recipes. They are and want to be different,” she said. “It adds to the variety and attractiveness of the area.” krodriguez@loudounnow.com

The Commission on Public Art is seeking submissions for its next public art project. Artists are asked to submit ideas for two historically themed murals that will be painted on each side of the King Street bridge spanning the Town Branch and adjacent to the W&OD Trail at Georgetown Park. The King Street Bridge Mural Contest is open to all artists in the Washington, DC, metro area regardless of experience with public art projects. Teams or groups are encouraged to apply. Trompe l’oeil design is suggested, but not required. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday, Oct. 6. Any submitted sketches will be considered entries into this COPA-sponsored contest. Artists must also submit a suggested budget for design, installation and materials. The winner(s) will be chosen based on design and budget requirements and will receive reimbursement for artist fees and materials. Winner(s) will be notified by Nov. 17, with installation of murals anticipated during 2018. For more information, including a detailed call to artists, submission instructions, and historic background of the area, visit leesburgva.gov/publicartnews.

USTMA Builds Korean Connections USTMA traveled to South Korea last month to participate in the 20th Samcheok Mayor’s Taekwondo Championship. Under the leadership of Grand Master Choi, Master John Choi and Alessandra Riederer, students participated in Forms (Poomse), Sparring (Kyorugi) and Board Breaking (Gyukpa) events. USTMA competitors, ranging in ages from 8 to over 50, were Ky Quan, Ethan Quan, Henry Quan, Richard Sawchak, Jennifer Sawchak, Ally Sawchak, Robin Hardy, Ethan Hardy, Wyatt Hardy, Angela Lierni, Benjamin Lierni, Joshua Lierni, Jenna Lierni, Samantha Gode, Andrew Gode and Sherilee Gode. BRIEFS >> 9

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A favorite end-of-summer event for area canines is planned for Saturday, Sept. 9. That’s the day Ida Lee Park’s A.V. Symington Aquatic Center will host its ninth annual Dog Swim. The pool will be open for the dog-only swim from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dog handlers must be 16 years or older and are limited to two dogs each. All dogs must be at least six months old, legally licensed, vaccinated and wearing a visible dog license. Children 9 years and younger will need to remain in the snack area of the pool deck during the dog swim. No food will be allowed. The fee to participate is $5/dog, payable at the front entrance. Registration is also available online through WebTrac or by visiting the front desk at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center. For more information, go to idalee. org or call 703-777-1368.

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In addition to providing students with instruction on taekwondo, USTMA provides education and the opportunity to learn about the South Korean culture. Since 2003 the Town of Leesburg has been linked to Samcheok City, South Korea. Each year, Korean students come to visit and compete in the USTMA Kick Cancer Out of the World Tournament and USTMA Taekwondo students compete in their Mayor’s Championship. This year two USTMA students trained with the Samil High School Taekwondo team in Samcheok City during June. “We like to provide a comprehensive experience to our students.” Master John Choi said. “We are so glad we could provide them with this experience.” “It is awesome to be able to go to Korea and compete with our students. The culture, taekwondo, and camaraderie at USTMA is unique and cannot be found in any other local Dojang.” USTMA instructor said Al Riederer. Learn more at ustma.com.

will be held on Sunday morning, starting at Market Station. Motorists should plan for delays and temporary road closures in the downtown area between 7 and 10 a.m. The course including Harrison Street, Catoctin Circle, Dry Mill Road and the W&OD Trail. For more information about the race, street closures, or the event route, go to prraces.com.

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Downtown Parking: By the Numbers BY NORMAN K. STYER Leesburg’s parking fee collections increased by 25 percent during fiscal year 2017, according to a report provided to the Town Council last week. The report included details on parking in the town garage, on specific streets and lots and even collection totals at individual on-street parking meters. Parking fee collections totaled $397,630 in fiscal year 2017, up from $317,732 the previous year and

$326,552 in fiscal year 2015. The biggest drivers of the year-over-year gain were the addition of the Church Street parking lot and increases in parking fines. The town leased the Church Street lot starting last October and it generated $21,438 during its first nine months of operation. Parking fines were up sharply last year, totaling $112,599. During fiscal year 2016, tickets totaled $88,009. The report attributed last year’s lower fine totals to staff shortages and collection

write-offs. In fiscal year 2015, the town collected $130,612 in parking fines. The town’s Town Hall garage provides the biggest revenue stream in the town’s parking program, with $125,052 in total collections last year. Only 41 percent of that money came from hourly parking collections; the rest is generated by the sale of monthly parking passes to downtown workers and businesses. Visitors using the garage and paying hourly rates contributed $51,702 last year, a record high. On average, the hourly rates generated

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$4,308 per month, or just $141 per day. Those figures include the holiday period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day and weekends when downtown parking is free. Last September, the town contracted to use the Parkmobile app to allow credit card payments for metered spaces and for the Church Street lot. There’s been a steady increase in fees collected through that system, from $1,216 during the first month of operation to $3,861 in June. Approximately 21 percent of on-street parking revenue came through the app. Overall, revenue from on-street parking increased by $3,472, or 3.3 percent, last year. North King Street, with 19 spaces, generated the most on-street parking revenue, $30,832, last fiscal year. Harrison Street has 50 metered spaces, but generated only $17,994 in revenue, an annual average of $314 per meter. The 11-space metered lot on Liberty Street showed the lowest usage, collecting only $94 per year per meter, a total of $1,264 last year. The town’s cash cow of parking is East Market Street, between King Street and the Downtown Station post office. Those six metered spaces generated $10,523 in revenue, an annual average of $1,507 per meter. It is on this section of road that the town’s most in-demand street-side parking space can be found. Known as EM53, the fourth space up from the King Street intersection was the only meter in town to collect more than $2,000 in coin revenue last year.

This parking meter on East Market Street, between King Street and the Downtown Station post office, was the biggest money-maker of all the town’s meters, generating more than $2,000.

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The office is located at Lakes at Ashbrook Building 2, 44345 Premier Plaza, Suite 200. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. There also are VDVS offices in Fairfax, Manassas, Springfield and Strasburg. Construction will begin later this year on the Puller Veterans Care Center in Fauquier County. That facility will offer in-patient skilled nursing care, Alzheimer’s/memory care and short-term rehabilitative services for veterans and is expected to open in late 2019.

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Child Safety Day Draws a Crowd The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office, the Town of Leesburg Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration were on display at the sixth annual Child Safety Day on Saturday in Village at Leesburg. The event featured the equipment first responders use in their work, including an ambulance, fire engine, a

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[ SAFETY NOTES ] Armed Robber Hits ATM Customer In Sterling The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating an armed robbery at an ATM in the Regal Plaza shopping center in CountrySide that was reported Friday night. At approximately 9:15 p.m. Aug. 11, the victim was using the Bank of America ATM when he was approached by a male who threatened him with a firearm and demanded money. The robber fled with an accomplice in a light-colored vehicle, possibly a blue or silver, four-door Hyundai or Honda. They took the victim’s wallet and cash. Both suspects had their shirts off and were using the shirts to conceal their faces. They were described as white or Hispanic males. The armed suspect was described as 5-feet, 6-inches to 5-feet, 7-inches tall with a thin build. The second suspect was the same height with a stocky build. Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to contact Det. M. Grimsley at 703-777-0475. You may also submit a tip through the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office app

Counterfeit Bill Reported in Middleburg, Caution Urged Aug. 17 – 23, 2017

mobile command post, a K-9 unit and a dive truck and boat, among other vehicles. It also featured displays from Office of the Loudoun Commonwealth’s Attorney, Loudoun County Child Advocacy Center, Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter, Loudoun Child Protective Services, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue, FBI, DMV2Go, Inova Pe-

diatrics and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The day also included the announcement of this year’s fourth annual Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office Leadership Award to Arianna Wright, founder of Saving Loudoun’s Littles and her advisor and mother, Sharon Wright.

The Middleburg Police Department is urging merchants to carefully check currency after a “convincing” but counterfeit $100 bill was passed to a business. The department posted photos of the bill on its Facebook page and encouraged merchants to use counterfeit bill detector pens or to closely follow the

security tips provided on the uscurrency.gov website. The procedures should be followed with lower denominations as well, the department advised.

More Unreported Cash Seized at Dulles U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles Airport have seized $77,586 from travelers allegedly violating federal currency reporting regulations in recent weeks. On Aug. 5, $20,211 was confiscated from an Ethiopia-bound couple who had first reported carrying $8,000, and then $11,600. A CBP currency canine was alerted and CBP officers discovered additional currency in envelopes in a carry-on bag and purse, and in wallets each possessed. On July 27, $33,796 was seized from a Burundi woman who arrived on a flight from Ghana. She reported $9,000, but CBP officers discovered $32,765, 483 Ghanaian Cedi and 50 UAE Dirhams for a total equivalent of $33,796. On July 24, $23,579 was seized from a mother and son bound for Sudan. They verbally reported “less than $10,000,” and then wrote down $9,800. CBP officers discovered an additional $4,000 in a laptop case and multiple envelopes in a purse that contained a combined $10,579 for a total count of $23,579. Travelers may carry as much currency as they wish into and out of the United States. Federal law requires travelers report all U.S. and foreign monetary instruments totaling $10,000 or greater on a U.S. Treasury Department financial form. None of the

currency is taxed. “We want travelers to feel comfortable carrying as much currency and other monetary instruments as they wish into and out of the United States, but we encourage travelers to honestly report all their currency to Customs and Border Protection officer during inspection,” stated Wayne Biondi, CBP Port Director for the Area Port of Washington Dulles. “We hope that these currency seizures send a strong message about the consequences of violating U.S. currency reporting laws.” Consequences for violating federal currency reporting requirements include seizure of the violator’s currency and criminal charges, although none of these travelers was criminally charged. Instead, CBP provided them with a humanitarian monetary release so that they could continue their travel. CBP officers have recorded several other currency seizures recently at Dulles, including more than $48,000 in two seizures and a $25,000 currency seizure during July.

Wright Awarded Sheriff’s Office Leadership Award On Saturday, Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman presented the fourth annual LCSO Leadership Award to Arianna Wright, founder of Saving Loudoun’s Littles and her advisor and mother, Sharon Wright. The award was presented during the 6th Annual Child Safety Day held by the Sheriff ’s Office in partnership with the Leesburg Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration at the Village at Leesburg.

After recognizing a need for child safety seat inspections in the county, Arianna and Sharon Wright began an initiative to train safety seat technicians to increase the number of safety seat inspections and installations in the county. Since taking on the issue in 2015, more than 50 residents have been trained to be National Safe Kids Technicians and they have held more than 70 car seat inspection events. They inspected and properly secured more than 500 car seats since March 2016.

Sheriff’s Office Offers Citizens’ Police Academy The next Sheriff ’s Office Citizens’ Police Academy will begin Sept. 7 Sheriff ’s Office personnel will teach the classes, which will provide an overview of all aspects of law enforcement within the agency. Members of the class may also have the option of participating in a ride-along with a deputy after completing the academy. The free sessions will be held Thursday evenings through Nov. 16. The classes are open to Loudoun County residents over the age of 18. Class locations have not yet been announced. To enroll in the Citizen’s Police Academy, go to sheriff.loudoun.gov/citizenspoliceacademy. Send completed applications by email to emir.bekric@ loudoun.gov. Registration is on a first-come, firstserve basis. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. The deadline to register is Sept. 1. The next session will be held in the spring.

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Matt Jansen and Tresa Valle traveled from Florida to Foxcroft School in Middleburg to take Kashmir World Foundation’s Teachers Take Flight workshop.

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rones have been flying around one of Loudoun County’s most historic school campuses this month, as teachers learned how to incorporate cutting-edge technology into classroom

lessons. Foxcroft School hosted the Teachers Take Flight workshop, put on by Kashmir World Foundation. The course invites teachers to become the students for a week and learn how to design, build, program and fly unmanned aerial vehicles. Paul Adam, one of nine teachers in last week’s workshop, appreciated being the student for a change. He signed up to learn more about how to build and program drones. It’s one thing to fly a drone, and it’s another to create it and program it, he said. “I really wanted instruction on how to control drones—how to program them,” he said. He plans to start a quadcopter drone program

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Aliyah Pandofi, executive director of the Kashmir World Foundation, leads the Teachers Take Flight workshop.

with students in his STEM class at Woodson High School in Fairfax this fall, and he wants to leave a lot

of the work of designing, building and programming the drones up to the students. “That’s the best way to learn. If they work on them from scratch, it helps them understand why it does what it does.” The workshop drew teachers from around the region and as far away as Florida. Aliyah Pandofi, executive director of the Kashmir World Foundation, encouraged the teachers to connect a lesson on drones with a clear purpose for students. For example, much of her work at the foundation has focused on using drones to combat poaching. It held a competition for people to design drones that can detect and pinpoint poachers in national parks. Giving the students a mission they can tackle with their work with drones helps engage young people, especially girls, who wouldn’t necessarily be interested in just the technology aspect of it. Her story is a perfect example, she said. DRONE WORKSHOP >> 17

Early Budget Outlook: Schools May Need $100M More Next Year

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BY DANIELLE NADLER Loudoun County Public Schools could need a boost in funding to the tune of $100 million next fiscal year to keep up with enrollment growth and to staff new school buildings, according to division budget leaders. That would be above and beyond the current fiscal year’s $1.24 billion budget. Loudoun’s School Board got its first glimpse of what could be in store for the county’s public schools in fiscal year 2019 at its Aug. 8 meeting, almost five months before Superintendent Eric

Williams unveils his recommended spending plan. “These are very early estimates. … The first projection is always the highest projection,” Assistant Superintendent for Financial Services E. Leigh Burden told board members. “Although it is too early to provide firm data for FY19, staff have attempted to provide some broad projections so that everyone has an early understanding of the potential needs of LCPS for FY19.” She told the board to brace for as much as $35.1 million in new expenditures just to keep up with enrollment growth. School leaders will not be able

to provide a firm enrollment projection for the 2018-2019 school year until next month, but for now, they expect an increase of about 3.1 percent, to total 84,187 students. To keep pace with how much the county spends on average per student now—$13,688—it would need $35.1 million more next year. The board may also need to be prepared to spend another $6.6 million to staff new schools, including Goshen Post Elementary, Willard Intermediate, the Academies of Loudoun, a second yet-to-be-named elementary school and Independence High School. Burden’s projections also included

$19.2 million for pay increases of about 2.3 percent on average for all eligible employees; $14.6 million to continue funding a restructuring of teachers’ salaries; $5 million for required contributions to the Virginia Retirement System; and $7 million to cover increased health care costs. The budget outlook included about $9.8 million for program enhancements and restorations: $2 million to expand full-day kindergarten, $2 million for textbooks and digital learning resources, $4 million to create new positions BUDGET OUTLOOK >> 16

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seem outside of the norm to me.” The previous dress code that was on the books for years gave school principals a lot of leeway to determine what students could and could not wear. The new dress code is meant to provide a consistent policy throughout the county’s 90 public schools. Although hats are now a no-go, the new policy does allow students to wear head coverings if worn for religious beliefs, as a matter of safety, medical condition, or in connection with a school-sponsored program. Students’ tank tops must now have at least 1-inch-wide straps. Students’ clothing cannot reveal undergarments, private areas or mid-drifts, and must be free of profane language and gang-related symbols.

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Sorry, kids. You’ll have to leave those Nats caps at home. The Loudoun County School Board adopted a new dress code in late June that, for the first time, included a policy allowing all high school students to wear hats in class, among other changes. But at its Aug. 8 meeting, the board returned to the dress code to take another vote specifically on the hat issue. Five board members agreed to reverse the board’s previous decision to allow hats. Those in favor were Vice Chairwoman Brenda Sheridan (Sterling), Tom Marshall (Leesburg), Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin), Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) and Beth Huck (At Large). “I may be old-fashioned, but taking hats off when you enter a building is a sign of respect,” Turgeon said. “All the parents I spoke to were surprised that hats would be allowed.” DeKenipp noted that security staff recommended forbidding hats because they make it difficult to identify students through the building’s camera systems. “It’s about security concerns,” he said. On the other side of the argument, Jeff Morse (Dulles) added, “I support hats on.” He said several principals told him they felt comfortable with students wearing hats. “They actually believed that allowing students to wear the hats was a right that high school students should expect. That didn’t

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the Summer Business Academy at Harvard University. The academy provides high school students with the knowledge and skills to lead, operate and pitch an entrepreneurial business concept. Throughout the week, the students learned how to build a financial model, marketing plan, research competition and plot a long-term business trajectory, from Harvard professors, business owners and Harvard students. The program culminated with a presentation event, where students pitched their business ideas to the academy’s leaders. Paige’s project focused on competitive analysis and value proposition.

such as special education deans at high schools and $1.8 million in other instructional initiatives. On the revenue side, Burden said it’s too early to know how much the school division will receive from the county, its largest funder. But revenue from the state could be up as much as $13 million because state leaders are recalculating the Local Composite Index, a formula used to distribute state tax dollars. “That could be good news for us,” she said. “We are cautiously optimistic that we would get an increase, which would reduce our request for local transfer (county funding).” As she always does when providing budget projections this far in advance, Burden offered a strong caveat to the board: “The information is only to illustrate to potential expenditures,” she said. “These items may or may not be included in the superintendent’s recommended budget—they are not recommendations—and the potential expenditures should not be interpreted as a recommended change in the budget.” At the same meeting last week, the School Board discussed the potential schedule for its budget season. Staff is proposing that the superintendent present his budget recommendations Jan. 9 and the board adopt a budget Feb. 1. The board is slated to finalize its budget schedule at its Sept. 12 meeting. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Almost 50 Loudoun County schools were recognized this week with 2017 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement. The VIP incentive program recognizes schools and divisions that exceed state and federal accountability standards and achieve excellence goals established by the governor and the board. Fifteen Loudoun schools received Board of Education Excellence Awards, the second-tier honor in the VIP program. The schools are: Belmont Station Elementary, Briar Woods High, Cardinal Ridge Elementary, Emerick Elementary, Farmwell Station Middle, Hamilton Elementary, Hillside Elementary, J. Michael Lunsford Middle, Legacy Elementary, Little River Elementary, Lowes Island Elementary, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary, Stone Bridge High, Sycolin Creek Elementary and Waterford Elementary. The Loudoun school system as a whole, and 32 of its schools, earned the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award for meeting all state and federal benchmarks and making progress toward the goals of the governor and the board. The schools that received this honor are: Ashburn Elementary, Belmont

Ridge Middle, Blue Ridge Middle, Broad Run High, Catoctin Elementary, Cedar Lane Elementary, Cool Spring Elementary, Creighton’s Corner Elementary, Discovery Elementary, Eagle Ridge Middle, Freedom High, Harper Park Middle, Heritage High, Horizon Elementary, John Champe High, John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary, Liberty Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Loudoun County High, Loudoun Valley High, Mercer Middle, Mill Run Elementary, Moorefield Station Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Newton-Lee Elementary, Pinebrook Elementary, Rock Ridge High, Sanders Corner Elementary, Seldens Landing Elementary, Stone Hill Middle, Trailside Middle and Woodgrove High. “On behalf of the Board of Education, I want to thank the teachers, principals, staff and students who worked so hard to achieve this honor. The success of these schools and divisions is the direct result of their commitment,” Board of Education President Daniel A. Gecker stated. “The Board expects that the commitment to excellence will continue throughout the upcoming school year.”

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Fox is Tops for Back-To-School Fashion BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

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Perfectly befitting Loudoun’s hunt country reputation, the fox is a staple of kids’ back-to-school wear this season. That’s according to Kristine Smith, who co-owns downtown Leesburg’s Ashby Mae Children’s Boutique with her mom, Debbie Thomas.

The duo is set to reprise Ashby Mae’s popular children’s fashion show for a third time Sunday, Aug. 20, this time focusing on the finest in back-toschool fashion. Smith said the red-haired, omnivorous mammal can be found in many kids’ prints for the fall season, from pants to dresses and just about everything in between.

“The fox is everywhere,” she said. This fall’s back-to-school fashion also marks a return to the basics in terms of palette. Primary colors are big, Smith said—blues, reds, yellows, even orange hues can be found throughout many of Ashby Mae’s pieces, which are selected FASHION >> 21

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Loudoun County Public Schools’ newly hired teachers took part in an orientation rally Friday. The school system hired more than 800 new teachers ahead of the new school year.

guage Learner teachers. Their efforts seem to be paying off. The school system has 56 vacant licensed positions, as of last week. That’s 1 percent of the total licensed positions

district wide. “We’re continuing to work on filling those vacancies but were pleased that that is 90 vacancies fewer than the same week last year,” Williams said. “Thank

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Hiring and welcoming new teachers is serious business in Loudoun. Home to one of the fastest-growing school system’s in the nation, the county hires hundreds of new teachers each year to keep up with the thousands of students who move in. On Friday, Loudoun County Public Schools rolled out the red carpet—literally—at John Champe High School to welcome more than 800 new licensed employees. The school system has become practically famous for its annual orientation rally that’s meant to offer a fun way to kick off the new school year and make sure every new teacher feels at home right from the start. The fresh hires were invited to walk along a red carpet to enter the rally. They were greeted with shouts and high-fives from Superintendent Eric Williams, principals and other administrators. The John Champe High School honor band and cheerleading squad did their part to welcome the teachers, blasting pep songs and chanting catchy cheers. The school system’s Department of Human Resources and Talent Development has invested more in recruiting higher caliber educators in recent years. For the first time last year, the School Board created three new positions specifically focused on recruiting and retaining teachers. They have especially worked to attract more racial minorities and hire for hard-to-fill positions, such as special education and English Lan-

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BY RENSS GREENE The Rotary Club of Ashburn’s signature charitable event doubled in size this year, meaning 1,200 elementary schoolers in need will receive backpacks full of school supplies. Thursday morning, Rotarians, students, school staff and School Board members gathered to stuff supplies donated by customers at 17 Giant stores across the region. FVCbank made a “substantial” donation to buy yet more supplies, according to Ashburn Rotary president Kenneth Courter. And Rotarians donated 200 hours of work to collect 10,000 pounds of supplies. Then, JK Moving Services transported the 10,000 pounds of supplies to the school administration building in Ashburn. Road Runner Wrecker Service in Sterling brought 1,200 backpacks, all donated by Costco. And the community came together to pack them all in one busy hour. “I don’t want to call it private-public partnership, because everyone’s bored of that, but it’s just good people doing good things,” Courter said. Two hundred of the backpacks will go to Fairfax, since some of the contributing Giant stores are across the county line. The other 1,000 will go to 60 Loudoun elementary schools to help needy children. “You remember going off to the store, and choosing the erasers that smell the best, and the colorful pencils, and the whole list,” said Loudoun schools Chief of Staff Michael Richards. “And you remember that because

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Volunteers on Thursday morning packed hundreds of donated backpacks to send to Loudoun elementary schools.

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New Teachers << FROM 19 those vacancies earlier, we get better candidates.” Fifty-four percent of this year’s new hires hold master’s degrees and one percent hold doctoral degrees. More than 100 of the new teachers graduated from Loudoun County high schools, and 305 graduated from Virginia colleges and universities. Others graduated from colleges and universities in Pennsylvania (67), Maryland (37), West Virginia (27), New York (25) and Washington, DC (23). The orientation rally was made possible by donations from 42 local businesses, according to Public Information Officer Wayde Byard. “They donated

$266,585 worth of coupons and door prizes to our new teachers,” he said. “This includes everything from teacher supplies to gym memberships offered up by three different local gyms to food coupons for free or discounted food at local restaurants.” Loudoun County government agencies also took part. Representatives from the Office of Elections attended to help the teachers register to vote; folks from the public libraries offered library cards; and representatives from Housing and Community Development answered questions about the county’s affordable housing program. The teachers will now prepare to welcome 81,622 students back to school for another year Aug. 24. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Barbara Mendoza, right, is handing off the reins of the Backpack Coalition to longtime volunteer Kelly Smith, left. The program, which provides food on weekends and holidays to Loudoun County Public Schools’ food-insecure students, has grown more than 1,000 percent in its almost four years.

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he woman behind much of the Backpack Coalition’s success since its inception almost four years ago is moving on, but leaves the nonprofit in capable hands at the start of a new school year. Barbara Mendoza has provided much of the administrative power behind the Backpack Coalition since its inception in January 2014. It began serving 133 food-insecure students in five Loudoun schools, but has since grown more than 1,000 percent, outpacing even Loudoun’s own rapid growth. During the 2016-17 school year the program, which supplies food-insecure students with essential grocery items on weekends and holidays, served 1,339 students at 24 schools—each and every week. Students are identified for the program by their school and those who receive assistance are not limited to those

on free or reduced lunch programs. They can be students whose parents just lost a job or are experiencing medical issues, and have to make the tough choice between paying the electricity bill or putting food on the table. The food provided by the Backpack Coalition is meant to help feed an entire family. A student can go home on a weekend with a package of macaroni and cheese, pancake mix, and rice and beans, as an example. The program costs $5 per week per child, and is helped with grants and deals on food from the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. In her time leading the Loudoun County Public Schools’-sanctioned program, Mendoza, whose position is financed entirely by grants, was able to secure $200,000 in funding thanks to a grant match by 100WomenStrong. The group had approached her with the intent to support all the schools that did not have organizational support for the program. But first she needed to raise $100,000 in two years and they would

match it. She did it in just 14 months. “The worst someone can say is no,” Mendoza says of her doggedness in fundraising. “If I don’t ask I’m not going to know the answer. I’ll go out and knock on doors and come and talk to everyone I meet about the program. A lot of times people say how can I help.” Mendoza shirks much of the credit for the organization’s rise, and instead praises the throngs of volunteers that make the unloading, packing, and distribution happen. “You cannot do it without the volunteers,” she said. “When I first started, I was able to deliver the food myself to the schools, but as the years went on, there was no way I could do that.” The faithful volunteers included 4H and Girl Scouts, the ARC of Loudoun community, companies donating their time, and school groups. Kelly Smith, who is taking up the reins with Mendoza’s departure, is hoping to expand BACKPACK COALITION >> 24

The Arc of Loudoun at Paxton Campus has appointed Eileen Shaffer as the administrative director of ALLY “A Life Like Yours” Advocacy Center on the campus. The ALLY Advocacy Center’s goal is to fill the unmet needs of the community by providing free information on disability rights, Last name only providing support and events for families and caretakers of those with disabilities, as well as the professionals who work with them. “It is exciting to have someone with Eileen’s passion and knowledge as the Director of Advocacy to continue to push forward ALLY’s mission,” stated Melissa Heifetz, executive director of Paxton Campus. As the director of advocacy, Shaffer will continue to expand ALLY’s advocacy program which includes special education consultations, advocacy services for individuals with disabilities and community outreach programs and trainings for families, caretakers and professionals. This will mean more clients served at the Advocacy Center and more attention in the community to the rights of individuals with disabilities. Shaffer has worked in group homes with adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. As the Resident Services Director of a continuing care retirement community in North Carolina, she worked with individuals across the spectrum from independent adults, assisted living, skilled nursing, adult day care and dementias. She works as a case manager in Loudoun and Fairfax counties. She also has experience coordinating care for her clients with community and healthcare resources

Registration Open for Naturalist Training The Banshee Reeks Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists is putting out the call for individuals who are interested in taking part in its annual training to preserve and protect Virginia’s rich and diverse ecosystems. “During the 13 classes, you will re-experience the wonder of holding a frog, searching for invertebrates, peering through a microscope at a salamander, and recognizing a bird by his NONPROFIT NOTES >> 24

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Backpack Coalition << FROM 22 the list of regular, consistent volunteers with more outreach to school kids, particularly those in need of service hours. Smith’s affiliation with the Backpack Coalition came by way of her own volunteer time two-and-a-half years ago when her community swim team did a kids’ triathlon and the Backpack Coalition was the beneficiary. “I just kept coming back,” she remarked. “I called her the foreman,” Mendoza joked. “When she was here, she just took charge.” “I was the brawn, she’s the brain,” Smith added with a laugh. The start of the upcoming school year was supposed to be an ideal time to mentor Smith for Mendoza’s role with an eventual, easy handoff. But life had other plans. “I went home to Wisconsin at the end of June and came back with a job,” Mendoza said. That job, which she leaves for later this week, will be heading up the F.R.E.S.H. Project. The new program will have Mendoza working with Wisconsin farmers, farmers markets, and grocery stores to provide food to needy families in Shawano and Menominee counties, an area with a high concentration of Indian reservations. So it’s “baptism by fire” for Smith,

although not a total fish out of water, owing to her time spent with the Backpack Coalition. She said she is quickly learning about the vast number of things Mendoza quietly did behind the scenes and picking her brain for guidance. “I am the same as Barbara—I’m not afraid to ask. I’ve done that for fundraisers and charitable things in the past,” said Smith, who previously served as the PTO fundraising chair at Mill Run Elementary. “Now going

out and finding sources is a different thing, but Barbara has told me tap into whatever I can. I have to be evangelical about the program. The more volunteers we bring in, they help spread the word too.” But Smith notes she does indeed have big shoes to fill. “She’s well loved by the community,” she said of her predecessor Mendoza. But Mendoza believes she is leaving the Backpack Coalition in capable hands, and is proud of what she has

helped to begin in Loudoun. All county schools that do not already have organizational support from a business or church are being served through the Backpack Coalition. “There is not one kid on a waiting list, or that needs a program and doesn’t have it,” she notes. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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ECHO Names MacDonald New Board Member David MacDonald is the newest member of Every Citizen Has Opportunities’ board of directors. MacDonald will chair the organization’s Planning and Personnel Committee. He is the senior vice president of K2M Group Holdings Inc., a Leesburg-based global medical device company. K2M has been a longtime partner of ECHO, employing and training the organization’s clients with disabilities.

“Dave will be a tremendous asset to ECHO,” ECHO board member Laurraine Landolt stated. “His experience in rapid growth environments, problem solving and economic development is a perfect match for the needs of ECHO at this time of expansion.” Prior to joining K2M in 2004, MacDonald was vice president of Gould Optronics Inc., a subsidiary of Japan Energy Corporation. He was also the director of operations/administration for various divisions at both Kirschner Medical Corporation and Biomet (currently Zimmer Biomet). “It is a privilege to be nominated and to serve on ECHO’s Board of Directors,” he stated. “For the past 10 years I have seen first-hand the difference ECHO makes in our community and I look forward to challenges we face as we move ECHO forward.”

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Crews work at Fabbioli Cellars to harvest grapes. The winery took home four gold awards from the Loudoun Winery Association’s annual competition.

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he Loudoun Wineries Association has announced the winners of its third annual Loudoun Wine Awards. The results left members energized about the state and direction of wine production in the county. This year’s contest was a bit different. For the first time, the association’s 24 members made a strategic decision to require all wines submitted to the contest to have at least 75 percent of its grapes grown in Loudoun County. All wines also must be produced and bottled in the county.

This year’s competition included 15 Loudoun wineries that entered 74 wines, resulting in 14 gold and 50 silver medals. The annual contest highlights the county’s growing wine scene. Loudoun is home to 44 wineries, and three more are slated to open within the next nine months, according to the county’s agricultural development officer Kellie Hinkle. Fabbioli Cellars led the competition with four golds for its 2014 Cabernet Franc Reserve, 2014 Tre Sorelle, 2013 Tannat, and the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon. Breaux Vineyards landed three golds for its 2015 Meritage, 2016 Sauvignon Blanc, and 2016 Rose. Sunset Hills Vineyards and 868 Estate Vine-

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Twinpanzee Brewing Open for Business BY RENSS GREENE Twinpanzee Brewing Company, the brewery that Loudoun’s welcoming craft beer scene snatched away from Fairfax, officially opened Saturday. The first Kickstarter campaign for the brewery was launched in 2014, with dreams of opening in Fairfax County. Saturday, Antonio and Maha Maradiaga cut the ribbon on their new brewery and tap room on Executive Drive in Sterling. They said regulatory headaches and hurdles cancelled their plans to open in Fairfax, and Loudoun’s supportive county officials and brewing community drew them west. Twinpanzee opened with four beers on tap, but there are 16 taps behind the bar and plenty of room to expand in the brewery. The brewery’s unusual name comes from the Maradiagas’ twin boys. A lawyer had advised the Maradiagas that their first draft for a name might

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conflict with a larger company. One of their sons suggested the new name. “One day, our son, he just comes up, he goes, ‘why don’t you call it Twinpanzee?’” Maradiaga said. “He said, ‘well, you guys always call us monkeys and

chimps, and we’re twins, and you’re opening the brewery for us…’” The brewery is at 101-D Executive Drive in Sterling. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Telos Corporation in Ashburn has been named to Cybersecurity Ventures’ Q3 2017 edition of the Cybersecurity 500, a compilation of the world’s leading companies that provide cybersecurity solutions and services. Telos enters the rankings at No. 25, ranked No. 2 in Virginia and in the top 20 for U.S.based cybersecurity companies. “To be named among the top 25 cybersecurity companies puts Telos at the forefront of the global cyber community,” CEO and Chairman John B. Wood stated. “The ranking is a testament to our dedicated team members who strive every day to ensure our customers’ cybersecurity requirements are satisfied.” “For Telos to enter the rankings at No. 25 speaks to the quality of their work in the areas of secure mobility, cybersecurity, risk management and cloud compliance,” Cybersecurity Ventures Editor-in-Chief Steve Morgan Morgan stated. “In learning about Telos, I was impressed by the variety of innovative work they do and the notable customer base they serve. We’ll definitely be paying close attention to Telos through 2017 and beyond.”

Chamber, Telos Team Up For Security Clearance Briefing The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce’s GovCon Initiative will explore the importance of security clearances for businesses hoping to obtain government contracts during an Aug. 30 forum. Hosted by Telos Corporation, the program will provide attendees with practical knowledge and best practices from industry experts who have successfully navigated the facility clearance process. Acquiring and maintaining a facility clearance is a major obstacle faced by government contractors seeking prime contract awards. Christopher Pursell, Telos’ security manager and insider threat program senior official, will lead a panel discussion on industry experts. For details and registration, go to loudounchamber.org.

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approach to professional graphic solutions with enhanced customer service and a completely new look in the center. “This only reaffirms our commitment to Dulles, our neighbors and the customers we serve,” owner Rusty Lawson stated. “We look forward to deepening our client relationships while providing more companies in the region with our varied products and state-of-the-art services.” Lawson opened Signs by Tomorrow in 1995. The center has worked with customers including Jiffy Lube Live, the Washington Redskins and Toll Brothers. It is 3M and SWaM-certified, and has received numerous awards for sales and service over the years. With the transition to Image360, Lawson looks forward to continuing this tradition and expanding services to his customers. The center is at 45449 Severn Way, Suite 173 in Sterling. Contact Image360 Dulles at 703-444-0007 or go to image360.com/dullesva.

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Inova Loudoun Hospital has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 201718 in the Washington, DC Metro Area by U.S. News & World Report. Inova Loudoun Hospital is ranked as number No. 7 in the region and No. 15 in Virginia. The annual Best Hospitals rankings are part of U.S. News’ patient portal, designed to help patients make informed decisions about where to receive care. Inova Loudoun Hospital was also ranked as high performing in the areas of gastroenterology and GI surgery, heart failure, colon cancer surgery, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. For the 2017-18 rankings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions.

Lansdowne Resort Staffs Up The Destination Hotels team at Lansdowne Resort and Spa is growing. The company recently announced a slew of new hires. Bonnie Viteri is a new people Pierri service specialist, charged with finding the best way to engage the resort team and strategically align the

training processes at Lansdowne. Jake Hatch is the new national sales manager, focusing on the energy, business services, construction, manufacturing, retail and media markets. Miki Zhou was hired as an international sales associate and executive assistant. Becca Yang is the resort’s new social media and PR coordinator. Dana Prytula was hired as an assistant director of events and assists the director of catering and conference planning. Uwe Roehricht is the new director of food and beverage overseeing the resort’s restaurants and banquet operations. Martin Martinez is the new food and beverage manager, in charge of the Riverside Hearth Restaurant as well as in-room dinning. Amanda Kelleher joined the team as the wedding concierge, responsible to assist in preparing and executing wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions. Emily Hutton is a new meeting specialist and coordinator, who works with clients to plan day meetings. Thomas Pierri is a new resort manager, overseeing operations in food and beverage, culinary, spa, recreation, front desk, guest services, and housekeeping. Lauren Worcester is a conference planning manager. Daniel Flanigan is a new maintenance director supporting the director of engineering and loss prevention.

Frontier to Offer New Flights from Dulles Frontier Airlines on Oct. 6 will launch service from Dulles Airport to San Antonio, TX, and Ontario, CA. The San Antonio flight will offer one-stop service to Ontario with the same aircraft. Frontier is offering fares as low as $49 on nonstop and connecting flights at flyfrontier.com to celebrate. The low-fare airline now offers service to 11 destinations from Dulles and offers additional connections from its hub in Denver.

ProJet Promotes 2 to Leadership Team ProJet Aviation, a fixed base operator at Leesburg Executive Airport, has named Julie O’Brien as its general manager, and Tina Gray as controller. They will share O’Brien the primary responsibilities for managing the daily operations of ProJet’s flight support activities at the airport. “We are thrilled to promote these two dynamic leaders in our organization,” CEO Shye Gilad said. “Julie and Tina have complementary strengths, and display a commitment to hospitality that is a hallmark of our culture and the ProJet brand.” O’Brien began her 19-year aviation BIZ BRIEFS >> 29

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career with Whirlwind Aviation and held numerous positions in scheduling, dispatch, marketing, sales, and public relations at Frederick Aviation, Encore, and Landmark Aviation before joining ProJet as director of marketing in 2008. She was promoted to director of FBO Operations in 2010, and will continue to oversee marketing activities as part of her new role. Gray has more than 17 years of aviation experience at Leesburg Executive

Airport, serving in several leadership roles in account management and finance with Piedmont Hawthorne and Landmark Aviation, before joining ProJet as the accounting manager in 2012. As controller, she will have oversight of facilities and revenue management in addition to financial accountability.

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Over 50 Yoga classes, Meditation, Mindfulness, Wellness Discussions, Workshops and more offered concurrently throughout the weekend. Avid student of Yoga or your first time? With nature as your backdrop experience the calm and reconnection so necessary in today’s fast paced lifestyle. Make it an overnight—while we know you love them, don’t head home to the pets, kids, hubby’s and partners—Glamp (it’s a must) or pitch your own tent at nearby, beautiful Camp Highroad—a short 16 minute scenic drive from Morven Park. Add to your experience by signing up for a session with Healing practitioners in our Wellness Way, then bring home the calm by purchasing at our Harmony Row! Area Wellness providers, interested in a spot in either of these areas? Contact Mindee@NoVaWellnessYogaFestRetreat.com

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learning how to grow the industry and improve market access beyond tasting rooms. “We’re productionists. We want to make wine. And we’re lucky we have such an aﬄuent, interested market that wants to come out to our wineries. We’ve taken advantage of that. It’s given us the step to establish our industry, but now we also need retailers and restauranteurs to want our products too,” he said. “This competition, and what we learn from it, will help us to reach beyond our tasting rooms, which a lot of people don’t have an opportunity to visit.” Jennifer Breaux, owner of Breaux Vineyards, said this was the first year her 105-acre winery entered the competition, specifically because of the new 75 percent Loudoun-grown grapes stipulation. She said making wine from local grapes is an important step to help the county’s wine industry develop a distinctive regional reputation. “Loudoun is a notable wine region, but unfortunately too many wineries are using fruit from outside the county. This could be a reason why entries were down this year, but, with that, quality was up,” Breaux said. “I do hope that as Loudoun wineries mature, and more fruit is grown, that eventually the competition will demand 100 percent Loudoun-grown grapes. Even 85 percent would be a huge step. Loudoun has a place on the wine map, not only in Virginia, but in the world.” Neal Wavra, of FABLE Hospitality and owner of Field & Main Restaurant in Marshall, organized the competition on behalf of the Loudoun Wineries Association. He found the results compelling both personally and professionally, noting that Loudoun wines have plenty of qualities he said are attractive to restaurant and retail buyers, allowing area wineries to push out beyond tasting room sales. “With the shift from Virginia fruit to Loudoun fruit only, we saw a larger middle, with a much larger silver category than last year, which is promising. That means 86 percent of the submissions were gold or silver. That’s strong,” Wavra said. “What it tells us is Loudoun wines are compelling and have a story to tell beyond the tasting rooms.” The competition was judged this year by Lindsey Fern, sommelier at The Inn at Little Washington; Doug Rosen, owner of Arrowine & Cheese; Eric Scala, beverage director for Petit Pois & Fleuire; Frank Morgan, author of DrinkWhatYouLike.com; and Antoinette Landragin, the owner of Cork ‘N Fork Shops. The winning wines will be poured at a Grand Tasting Reception ahead of an awards ceremony Friday, Oct. 13 at Lansdowne Resort & Spa. The award winners, including the Chairman’s Award, Best in Class by Varietal, Winemaker of the Year and Winegrower of the Year, will be announced at that ceremony. Tickets are $89 per person, which includes the reception and dinner. Register to attend at loudounwineawards2017.eventbrite.com.

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Volunteer work is a huge part of how Boulder Crest Retreat accomplishes its goals to provide wellness services to military veterans and their families.

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n Saturday morning, a busload of volunteers emptied out at the Boulder Crest Retreat in Bluemont and soon they were at work painting a new runin shed in a horse paddock. Weeks earlier, another group of volunteers from NewDay USA were in the field building the structure. It is just the latest—and not the last—of several contributions the Maryland-based Veteran Administration loan company has made at the center, which has provided wellness services to thousands of military veterans and their families since it opened in 2014. Boulder Crest Executive Director Dusty Baxley said the center’s mission to help heal combat veterans couldn’t run without the support of volunteers. When they aren’t building things, volunteers can be found providing support in countless areas, even serving up the daily meals to those staying at the retreat. “We can’t do it without the community and we’re very grateful,” Baxley said as the crew worked with rollers and brushes nearby. These are exciting times at the center. It’s landmark PATHH program is gaining national recognition as one of the most effective treatments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Also, Boulder Crest’s mission to “heal heroes one family at a time” took another big step forward in May when a second retreat opened in Arizona. The 130-acre ranch is geared to the treatment of veterans west of the Mississippi. The property was the homestead of Thomas Gardner, an entrepreneur and Indian fighter who battled in Geronimo and Cochise. The Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing Heroes program was implemented on the 37-acre Bluemont campus and recognized as the

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Volunteers from NewDay USA paint a run-in shed at Boulder Crest retreat in Bluemont on Saturday. The organization’s sole purpose is to help military veterans and their families.

nation’s first non-clinical program designed to cultivate “posttraumatic growth” among those struggling with PTSD or combat stress. Baxley said that PTSD diagnosis are typically followed by a ream of pre-

scriptions. “You’re not sleeping? Let me give you some Ambien. What’s your pain like? Let me give you an opioid. How’s your mood? Are you depressed? Let me give you some of this,” he said. “So you walk away with six or

seven medications.” The patient ends up drugged up, unable to work and still unable to cope with many aspects of civilian and family life, he said. The PATHH program builds in the work conducted by Rich Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun, UNC-Charlotte professors who conducted a 30-year study of families who lost children to cancer. “You can’t imagine anything worse,” Baxley said. But these families often came out stronger than before, a condition the study termed “posttraumatic growth.” Through their time at Boulder Crest, the combat veterans learn that they have been trained to shut down their emotions, to react quickly and forcefully, and to thrive in the tribal environment of military life. Also, Baxley noted that many of those signing up for today’s all-volunteer military were victims of childhood trauma, something the PATHH program also seeks to address. Veterans are taught to understand what happened to them, not what’s wrong with them, he said. Recent assessments of Boulder Crest’s veteran-led program found that it was two or three times more effective than any other PTSD protocols, Baxley said, with experts saying, “we accomplished more in two days than the medical model could in 12 to 14 months.” Among those with a paintbrush in hand on Saturday morning was Gary Morrison, the executive director of the NewDay USA Foundation. He said groups from the 700-member company work on volunteer for veterans’ support projects on most weekends. “I’m always surprised how easy it is to get volunteers to come out here,” he said of the firm’s Boulder Crest work. A group will be back on the site later this year to build another run-in shed in another paddock. nstyer@loudounnow.com

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Interact Club Plans Membership Barbecue The Interact Club of Western Loudoun will begin its sixth year of international and community service with the first meeting barbecue on Aug. 27. The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Rotary Pavilion at Franklin Park. The club is open for students ages 12–18 who are in good standing in their school and willing to attend two meetings and a social gathering each month. The Interact Club is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Purcellville and

is a student run, self-sustaining club. William Fincher has been elected club president for 2017 with Andrew Kellogg serving as vice president. The 2017 Interact 5K is being scheduled for early November with proceeds to be donated to international and community projects. During the past six years Interact has donated to the construction of a medical clinic in Chantal Haiti and American Cancer Society Relay for Life. The club also participates with Salvation Army Kettle drive, Teens Opposing Poverty, Joy of Sox, United Nations Youth Day, End Polio Now awareness, and Youth Service Day. The club has earned the Rotary International President’s Citation and Achievement Award. Regular meetings are held the first and third Wednesday of each month 7:30–8:30 a.m., starting Sept 6 at Bethany United Methodist church. To learn more, go to the Interact Club of Western Loudoun Facebook page.

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This month, the Town of Purcellville is polling residents about what additional recreation amenities they want to see. Town leaders are collecting ideas through the online voting system, Polco. The question is: What new recreational amenities would the community like to see? Among the listed options are a dog park, a fitness trail, a playground, and an all-purpose recreational trail. Residents can add other suggestions as well. To add your input, go to purcellvilleva.com.

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<< FROM 3 to 2015-16. They remained unchanged in history (74 percent), science (67 percent) and slipped one percentage point in reading to 60 percent. They saw progress in writing (up four points to 58 percent) and math (up one point to 60 percent). In recent years, school leaders have targeted more resources to ELL and special education programs. Two years ago, they rolled out a new teaching model that encourages ELL teachers and general education teachers to spend more time co-teaching. That’s meant ELL students who were once pulled out of their general education classrooms now spend more time with their English-speaking peers. Pass rates among minority students also stayed mostly unchanged, aside from making some improvements on the writing exams. Black students made a six-point gain in writing to 78 percent and a two-point gain in history to 85 percent, but slipped one point in reading to 77 percent. Their year-over-year pass rate remained unchanged in math (73 percent) and science (80 percent). Hispanic students’ pass rates saw three-point gains in writing (to 76 percent) but slipped slightly in reading (down one to 73 percent) and math (down one to 71 percent). Their pass rates did not change in science (73 percent) or history (80 percent). Achievement among Asian students

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barely shifted, and remained well above students of other races. Their pass rates held steady in history (97 percent) and science (94 percent), and shifted just one point in reading (down one to 93 percent), writing (up one to 94 percent), and math (down one to 93 percent). At the state level, student achievement on the SOL tests also held fairly steady, as compared to last year. Overall, 80 percent of students achieved proficient or advanced scores in reading, and 79 percent passed tests in mathematics, compared with 80 percent in both subjects in 2015-2016. Eighty-two percent passed grade-level or end-of-course SOL tests in science, compared with 83 percent previously. Student achievement in writing improved by two points, with 79 percent passing compared with 77 percent during 2015-2016. Overall achievement in history/social science was unchanged, with 86 percent of students passing SOL tests in the subject. “Students continue to perform at substantially higher levels on the commonwealth’s rigorous assessments in mathematics, English and science than when these tests were first introduced in 2012 and 2013,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Steven R. Staples stated. “This long-term, upward trend is far more important than a snapshot for a single year and reflects the hard work of thousands of teachers, principals and other educators and their dedication to helping students meet high expectations.” VDOE will announce the 2016-2017 state accreditation ratings in mid-September. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Jeremiah, a 2-year-old golden retriever, doesn’t flinch at medical equipment beeps, alarms or crying babies that can be a part of the scene at Inova Loudoun Hospital. He came to the hospital knowing 50 commands.

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erson said. “We’d love to expand it out to anyone,” she said. Gina Harrison, nurse manager of the children’s ER, credits the child life specialist team with the tremendous job they have done integrating Jeremiah into the everyday flow of the hospital. “There was a lot of work behind the scenes to make this happen, and the child life specialists have done a tremendous amount,” she said. “Staff has just embraced him. He’s just a part of our team.” The public is invited to meet Jeremiah this Saturday, Aug. 19, during a special movie night at the Lansdowne campus. The movie “Up” will begin playing at 8 p.m., but pre-movie activities start at 6:30 p.m. The free event includes glitter tattoo and balloon artists, games and crafts, photo booth, treasure hunt and giveaways, a “sneak peek” of future patient rooms, and tours of the Inova Children’s Hospital ambulance. Children are invited to bring their favorite stuffed toy to the teddy bear clinic in the Inova Loudoun Mobile Health Services bus. Popcorn and snow cones will also be available, and more food is available for purchase by participating food trucks. The public is asked to come early to secure a good seat for the movie on the hospital’s south lawn, and picnics are encouraged. For more details about the event, go to inova.org/LoudounMovieNight.

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The addition of Jeremiah to the Inova Loudoun Hospital team earns the hospital yet another accolade, being the first in the Washington, DC, area to use a facility dog. It’s been an important addition to the child life specialist team, both Halverson and Van Etten said, and has often made them question how they did their job before Jeremiah walked through the door. The child life specialists’ main role at the hospital is to make it as comfortable a place for children as possible. They work in the pediatric ER as well as the pediatric inpatient unit. “He’s just a miracle worker,” Halverson said of her new four-legged friend. “Even when child life specialists’ tricks don’t work, Jeremiah works,” Van Etten added. Already, the stories of Jeremiah’s impact at the hospital are countless. He’s been especially effective with Inova Loudoun’s special needs patients. “We had one young adult in the hospital with special needs; he was nonverbal, can’t see. ... We would take Jeremiah to see him, and just putting his hand on him his whole face brightened,” McCabe said. “His mom said it’s the only thing that made him smile,” Van Etten said. Jeremiah is at the hospital about 40 hours a week working with the child life specialist team. The staff has adopted thorough infection control and sanitary procedures to ensure Jeremiah’s presence is anything but disruptive. Some rooms in the pediatric ER and inpatient unit are kept “dog free” for patients with allergies. When Jeremiah enters a room, patients and family members are asked to put on hand sanitizer. New sheets are placed on the bed for Jeremiah to lay on, and hands are cleaned again when Jeremiah leaves. The child life team has also been trained on types of patients he may not be able to see, if a certain type of infection is present. Jeremiah’s popularity has other members of the hospital staff eager to add a facility dog to their teams. The outpatient rehab team is particularly anxious, as Jeremiah has made some visits and made some inroads with patients recovering from surgery. Other hospitals in the area are also taking notice, Halv-

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Bluegrass has been a key ingredient of the Lucketts Fair’s 45-year history. Hilary Cooley, who helps organize the fair says, “When they first hit the banjo, I get very excited and you know the fair has officially started.”

One Last Lucketts Fair Weekend Community tradition to wind down after 45 years

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or the past 45 years, on a Saturday morning in late August, the bell in the old Lucketts schoolhouse has rung to launch the annual Lucketts Fair. That tradition comes to an end this weekend as the historic village hosts its fair for the last time. Over the years, Lucketts carved out a niche among Loudoun’s beloved rural festivals as an old-fashioned country fair, full of homemade pies, handchurned ice cream, lemonade, barbecue and great bluegrass. But declining attendance and plans for a new fire station on neighboring fields have led organizers to call it quits after this year. The 2017 fair will be bittersweet for organizer Hilary Cooley, manager of the Lucketts Community Center, and it will really hit home when the first note sounds in the bandstand. “The thing that always sends chills down my spine is when the bluegrass starts,” Cooley said. “The fair opens at nine, and bluegrass starts at 10. When they first hit the banjo, I get very excited and you know the fair has officially started.” The Lucketts Citizens Association

THE 45TH LUCKETTS FAIR takes place Saturday, Aug. 19, and Sunday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road north of Leesburg. Admission is $7 per person, free for children 7 and younger. For more information, go to theluckettsfair.com

launched the fair in 1972 as a way to raise money for efforts to preserve the historic Lucketts School, a 1913 woodframe schoolhouse that served as a public elementary school until 1972 when the current Lucketts Elementary School was built next door. Thanks to those early preservation efforts, the building was taken over by Loudoun County’s parks and recreation department in 1982 for use as a community center. The building was recently renovated and remains a community hub. “We’ve tried to keep it old fashioned,” Cooley said of the fair she’s run for the past 15 years, as longtime fans come forward with memories of hot temperatures, hay mazes, antique tractors and lots of family fun. Cooley has preserved old-school favorites like the fruit pie contest and largest vegetable competition, while adding

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The Lucketts Fair has become known for celebrating old-fashioned, country fun with pie-baking contests and largest vegetable competitions.

new excitement in recent years with a book garden featuring local authors, antique dealers and sheepdog demos. Fairgoers will also miss the annual hand-churned ice cream for sale at the fair by the Lucketts Elementary School PTA. For the first time in more than four decades, there won’t be a PTA ice cream sale at the fair this year, as the or-

ganization deals with aging equipment and a shortage of volunteers. “Our first priority would be if at all possible to keep the traditions going because that’s part of what makes Lucketts great and what makes it stand out in the county,” said PTA President Amy Tribié. This year, the PTA is trying to spread out ice cream sales—and the hard work involved—by selling pre-packed ice cream at the school on Saturday mornings and scooped ice cream at concerts at nearby Tarara Winery, instead of a two-day marathon at the fair. Tribié fell in love with the community when she was hired as Lucketts Elementary’s music teacher in 2003 and later moved to Lucketts with her family. She has hardly missed a fair in 14 years and said she’ll miss favorite activities like visiting farm animals with her three children, hayrides and pony rides, along with the fair’s top-notch bluegrass. “In a digital world, it’s a little taste of our analog past—just kind of unplugging and focusing on the simple things in life,” Tribié said. But with or without the fair, the music that has emerged during the decades as Lucketts’ signature attraction isn’t going anywhere. The Lucketts Bluegrass Foundation was established just after the first fair and now offers concerts on Saturday evenings from October through May each year in the newly renovated Lucketts Community Center auditorium. LUCKETS FAIR >> 38

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LOVETTSVILLE SUMMER ON THE GREEN: THE IMMORTALS Friday, Aug. 18, 7-10 p.m.; Walker Pavilion, 11 Spring Farm Drive, Lovettsville. Details: facebook.com/lovettsvillesummer This favorite teen band made up of top students from Loudoun Music Instruction rocks their hometown with a free end-ofsummer show.

Friday, Aug. 18, 6:30 p.m., lawn opens, 7:30 p.m., music begins; Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Details: oldstoneschool.org Jim Steele and Scott Oglevee have been winery circuit favorites for years thanks to their musical versatility and eclectic repertoire. Concert is free and open to the public.

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Loudoun Centre Theatre presents the popular musical story of Troy and Gabriella who audition for the school musical to the annoyance of reigning drama queen Sharpay and her brother Ryan—who don’t want to share the spotlight. Tickets are $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Performances continue Aug. 25 and 26.

THE LADY CHAMBERLAINS PRESENT ‘HAMLET’ Friday, Aug. 18, and Saturday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 20, 2 p.m.; Stone Bridge High School, 43100 Hay Road, Ashburn. Details: facebook.com/ theladychamberlains

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cases Nashville-based singer/songwriter Matt Bednarsky, whose music blends pop/rock, folk, jazz and blues. Suggested donation is $15-$20 with all proceeds going to the musician. Doors open at 4:30, and music begins at 5 p.m. Contact the organizer for the address.

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‘DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL’ Friday, Aug. 18. 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane,

Loudoun’s all-female Shakespeare troupe, the Lady Chamberlains, presents a production of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to benefit the Loudoun Abused Women’s

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A founding member of the Starland Vocal Band, Carroll is a two-time Grammy winner and in-demand singer/songwriter whose solo acoustic shows are always a hit. Local favorite Teddy Chipouras opens. The event is free and open to the public. Pets, alcohol and smoking are prohibited.

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TARARA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: LIFE ON MARS Saturday, Aug. 19, 6 p.m.; Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Lucketts. Details: tarara.com

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LIVE MUSIC: BLUE COUNTRY REVIVAL Saturday, Aug. 19, 6 p.m.; Vino 9, 40602 Charles Town Pike, Paeonian Springs. Details: vino9bbq.com

MUSIC ON THE HEIGHTS HOUSE CONCERT: MATT BEDNARSKY Sunday, Aug. 20, 4:30-8:30 p.m.; Broadlands. Details: facebook.com/ musicontheheights The popular house-concert series show-

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Angela Meade will perform on stage at Waterford’s Old School on September 24.

Waterford Concert Set for September with Angela Meade The Waterford Concert Series’ announces its next performance will be Sunday, Sept. 24, at the Waterford Old School. The concert preparation was not without a hiccup as soprano Ying Fang was unexpectedly unable to appear, as she was called to appear in Europe as Pamina in Mozart’s opera Magic Flute. Happily, Angela Meade, Fang’s Metropolitan Opera colleague, was able to step in for the 4 p.m. Sunday performance. The two sopranos are scheduled to appear as sister sorceresses in the Washington National Operation production of Handel’s Alcina in November. After winning the Met Opera National Council Audition in 2007, Meade has gone on to astound the opera world. Hailed as “the most talked about soprano of her generation” by Opera News, she made her Met debut the following year as Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani, stepping in

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crafts and antiques. Admission is $7 for visitors 8 and older.

Shelter. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for adults.

LEESBURG FAMILY FUN SATURDAY

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE: ‘EXIT STAGE DEATH’ Sunday, Aug. 20, 6 p.m.; Leesburg Brewing Company, 2C Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg. Details: stagecoachtc.com

You won’t want to miss The last Showing Of the Summer August 18 The pink panther

StageCoach Theatre Company’s latest production features murder, mayhem and merriment on a theater set. $60 ticket price includes dinner and the show. Wine, beer, cider and soft drinks will be available for sale.

FAMILY FUN IDA LEE MOVIES IN THE PARK: ‘THE PINK PANTHER’ Friday, Aug. 18, 8:15 p.m.; Ida Lee Park, 60 Ida Lee Drive NW, Leesburg. Details: leesburgva.gov

Relive the golden days as we feature some classic family movies! Bring your family, a blanket, and a snack. Coolers are welcome. Glass containers and alcohol are not permitted. No pets please. Aug. 17 – 23, 2017

for another soprano who became ill. She went on to win both the Met Opera’s Beverly Sills Artists Award (2012) and the Richard Tucker Award (2011). Meade has sung major roles in opera houses in the U.S. and abroad, including a memorable Norma with the Washington National Opera in 2013. Last year, she gave a “powerhouse” performance for the opera company’s 30th anniversary gala. The concert will be given at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, in the Waterford Old School, 40222 Fairfax Street. Sponsors for this concert are Virginia Friend and Charlotte Gollobin. Tickets are $35/adults; $15/ students; ages 12 and under are free. Advanced ticket reservations are recommended as seating is limited: www.waterfordconcertseries.org; 571-510-0128. The WCS final concert will be held Nov. 12, featuring the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Time: Movies begin at dusk Location: Ida Lee Park, across from the outdoor pool For more information, please call 703-777-1368

Ida Lee wraps up its summer movie series with the 2006 classic reboot starring Steve Martin and Kevin Kline. Picnics and blankets are welcome. Pets, glass containers and alcohol are prohibited.

LUCKETTS FAIR Saturday, Aug. 19 and Sunday, Aug. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg. Details: theluckettsfair.com This family-oriented tradition celebrates Lucketts’ agricultural roots with great bluegrass all weekend, border collie demos, wagon rides, hay maze and juried

Saturday, Aug. 19, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; downtown Leesburg. Contact: 703-771-6080 The third Saturday of each month features family-oriented entertainment, children’s activities and crafts. Event is free and open to the public.

MONARCH DAY AT 868 ESTATE VINEYARDS Saturday, Aug. 19, noon-5 p.m.; 868 Estate Vineyards, 14002 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro. Details: 868estatevineyards.com The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy heads to 868 Estate Vineyards for a day of fun and butterflies, featuring a tour of the winery’s butterfly garden, live music and children’s activities.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT ‘FORE’ A CURE Saturday, Aug. 19, 5-10 p.m.; Dulles Golf Center and Sports Park, 21593 Jesse Court, Sterling. Contact: shiri.rozenberg@cancer.org Families can enjoy unlimited fun including mini golf, batting cages, beach volleyball and other activities to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Wristbands are $25 for children over 5.

INOVA LOUDOUN HOSPITAL MOVIE UNDER THE STARS: ‘UP’ Saturday, Aug. 19, 6:30 p.m., Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Park-

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way, Leesburg. Details: inova.org/loudounmovienight Inova Loudoun offers a free screening of the heartwarming Pixar classic. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. with family-oriented activities, followed by the movie at 8 p.m.

GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE VIEWING PARTY

Join NASA ambassador Mary Beth Stoddard who will explain the science of the eclipse as participants don special glasses to view the solar eclipse.

LIBATIONS DECK-ADE PARTY AT THE WINE RESERVE Friday, Aug. 18, 2-5 p.m.; Waterford Wine Reserve, 38516 Charles Town Pike, Waterford. Details: waterfordwinereserve.com Celebrate the 80s on the deck at one of Loudoun’s newest wineries. Flavour food truck will be on hand or bring a picnic.

LOCO CULTURE HANDS ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL Saturday, Aug. 19, 10 a.m.-noon, Bears Den Center, 18393 Blue Ridge Mountain Road, Bluemont. Contact: kelsey.crane@sierraclub.org

Friday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m.; Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyhotheater.com A fun, high-energy tribute to 90s poppunk superstars Blink-182. Tickets are $10 in advance.

LIVE MUSIC: CHRIS TIMBERS Saturday, Aug. 19, 9 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com Northern Virginia native and up-andcoming singer/songwriter Chris Timbers celebrates the release of his new CD. No cover.

LIVE MUSIC: THE SMITHEREENS Saturday, Aug. 19, 8:30 p.m.; Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyhotheater.com The New Jersey-based power pop band had a string of hits in the 80s are still going strong. Tickets are $25 in advance.

COMING UP HARMONIZING FOR HOPE Friday, Aug. 25, 5-8 p.m.; Bungalow Lakehouse, 46116 Lake Center Plaza, Sterling. Details: mobilehopeloudoun.org Washington Redskins Coach Jay Gruden and his wife Sherry host the inaugural Harmonizing for Hope fundraiser in support of Mobile Hope’s initiatives to help homeless and precariously housed youth in Loudoun. Tickets are $50.

LIVE MUSIC: THE WOODSHEDDERS Saturday, Aug. 26, 8:30 p.m.; Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyhotheater.com The indie-roots rock band, featuring a few Loudoun natives, is a hit at festivals around the country with fun danceable tunes ranging from gypsy jazz to vintage rock ‘n’ roll. Tickets are $15 in advance.

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We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s policy for achieving equal housing opportunity throughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap. All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate that violates the fair housing law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. For more information or to file a housing complaint call the Virginia Fair Housing Office at (804) 367-9753.

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The Sierra Club and 350 Loudoun host an event focused on protecting the Appalachian Trail from natural gas pipelines.

LIVE MUSIC: DUDE RANCH AND THE GIRL AT THE ROCK SHOW

Monday, Aug. 21, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Lovettsville Library, 12 N. Light St., Lovettsville. Details: library.loudoun.gov

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<< FROM 34 The series has grown over the years and now hosts the biggest names in bluegrass and draws fans from all over the East Coast. This year’s farewell schedule at the fair’s Bluegrass Gazebo features big names like Patuxent Partners and Patent Pending, along with hot up-and-comers like the Morgantown, WV-based Hillbilly Gypsies. In addition to the Saturday night concerts, the community will host an annual one-day Lucketts Bluegrass Festival starting in September of 2018. For Cooley, the decision to end the fair on its 45th anniversary was a tough one. But plans to build a new fire station on land near the community center used each year for fair parking, along with

declines in attendance in recent years, made it the right time to stop. Weekend attendance has gone from a high of 17,000 just under a decade ago to about 7,000 in recent years, Cooley said. And the decision was based in part on her experience as an organizer of Leesburg’s August Court Days celebration. That once-popular summer festival launched in the mid-70s, fizzled out in the mid2000s and was canceled in 2005. “I wanted to do one last one and say we’ve had our run and let’s do something else,” Cooley said. “This is the way to do it rather than wait until one day you open the gate and nobody shows up.” And with a jam-packed schedule of music, food and fun, Cooley’s making sure the Lucketts Fair ends the way it’s begun for 45 years—on a high note. jmercker@loudounnow.com

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Since its inception, the Lucketts Fair has celebrated Loudoun County’s agricultural roots.

Courtesy of Lucketts Fair

The Lucketts Fair has kept a generation of kids entertained with games and appearances of eyecatching characters like stilt walkers.

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Juliette Mary DiBendetto Juliette Mary DiBenedetto, 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 7, 2017. She was born November 28, 1928 to Valeda and Albert Bourque in Waterville, Maine. She was one of eight children. She left Waterville in 1951 to serve in the navy as a Wave. While in Norfolk she met her husband of 49 years, Pietro DiBenedetto, who preceded her in death. Juliette was a resident of McLean, VA for 52 years. She had moved to Ashby Ponds, a retirement community in Ashburn, VA from 2010-2017. She was dedicated to her family as a wife, mother, and grandmother to 8 grandchildren. Along with

Pietro, she so-owned and was a Broker of C21; Magruder and DiBenedetto Real Estate Company, which operated in McLean until 1997. Juliette was a Million Dollar Agent, having built a large client and referral business long before the internet and today’s technology. In her leisure time she enjoyed playing Bridge (and winning) throughout her life. The family was an early member of Tuckahoe Recreation Club and remained so for almost 40 years. She and her husband were actively involved in the swim team while their children participated, until aging out. It was there that she could be found doing her daily laps or squeezing in an afternoon of Bridge. She is survived by her brother Norman Bourque, her children; Bill DiBenedetto, his wife Karen and 3 children, Melissa, Greg, and Stephanie; Lucia DiBenedetto, her husband Scott Mason and 4 children, Rachael, Lisa, Rebecca and John; Joseph DiBenedetto, his wife Michelle and 1 child, Lexi; Maria Ballard and her husband Jon. She will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery at a future date. Details may be found at colonialfuneralhome.com. Donations may be made to: Alzheimer’s Association at alz.org or 8180 Greensboro Dr. McLean, VA 22102 or to Special Love, for children with cancer at specialove. org or 117 Youth Development Ct. Winchester, VA 22602.

Public Notice ABC LICENSE Green Mansions Enterprises, LLC, trading as Green Mansions Enterprises, 425 Madison Trade Plz SE, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia 20176-3761. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine & Beer off premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200 8/10/17, 8/17/17

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Loudoun County Circuit Court Bertha L. Guillen De Lacasse /v. Gerald R. Lacasse The object of this suit is to: obtain an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual separation without cohabitation for over a year since seperation. It is ORDERED that Gerald R. Lacasse appear at the abovenamed court and protect his interests on or before 10/6/17 at 10:00 am.

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Beyond Extremes We have grown increasingly accustomed to viewing tragic scenes where a deranged ideologue used a truck or a car as a weapon of terrorism. On Saturday, it hit far closer to home. The events that unfolded in Charlottesville—while involving only a small group’s intent on pushing well beyond the boundaries of peaceful protests—are symptomatic of a broader schism dividing the nation. Fueled by social media feeds that simply re-enforce one’s desired worldview, our society has grown increasingly polarized. More live at the extremes and they have only disdain for those who don’t share their beliefs. We have seen the harmful ramifications of these shifts at the federal level. Long before the current administration set up shop, the capitol was well entrenched in a style of government characterized by obstructionism and arrogance. Cooperation and compromise are scarce commodities inside the Beltway. If they didn’t prefer that gridlock, voters at least tolerated it. Violence stemming from these extreme views and hatemongers cannot be tolerated or justified. The death of a peaceful protestor who was among dozens in the path of a car allegedly driven intentionally into a crowd by a white supremacist protester is an alarm as to just how narrow the line is today between the exercise of free speech—even abhorrent speech—and acts of terrorism. Local residents, like those around the globe, watched the horror in Charlottesville play out on their TV screens. Many later participated in rallies to decry those actions. Loudouners have responded to other such tragedies with similar demonstrations of unity. That is what is called for now: To protect the community we built from the dangers posed by those seeking to impose extreme views; to listen with an open mind to the concerns of those with whom we disagree; and to have compassion and cooperation guide our actions. The battle against racism has been fought far longer than the war against terrorism, but we are losing both in the current Us-versus-Them environment.

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[ LETTERS ] The Next Charlottesville? Editor: Like many other Virginians and Americans nationwide, I watched this weekend’s unfolding violence in Charlottesville with a mixture or horror and shame. Never did I think in my lifetime I would see Nazism resurge to the forefront to boldly march in broad daylight, its proponents proudly waving flags emblazoned with swastikas, and shouting angrily into the night they won’t be replaced, their faces lit with the cruel light of the torches they marched with. The justification for this planned “Unite the Right” march was the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and following the events in Charlottesville it became clear to me that all cities in this country, including Leesburg, now have a duty to remove these statues commemorating Confederate soldiers. For decades, they have been allowed to stand, inflicting silent harm upon members of communities nationwide, under the pretext of “honoring our past.” There’s nothing to honor. The Civil War marked a time in our nation’s history when we were, much as we are today, deeply divided against one another. This cannot be the legacy we continue to honor. The events at Charlottesville this weekend should hit every Loudoun citizen with fear: if it can happen there, it can happen here. Does Leesburg want to be the next Charlottesville? In the square of our county courthouse in downtown Leesburg is a statue honoring Confederate soldiers. Arguments have swirled in the past as to whether this statue should be removed or left to stand. I say as a concerned citizen of a deeply troubled country, it is time for the statue to come down— quietly, without fanfare or ceremony. This past weekend in Charlottesville showed that these Confederate statues are rallying points for hate, bigotry and violence. To leave them standing is to erect a flashpoint for conflict in

our communities. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered a compelling speech earlier this year elucidating the psychological harm these statues inflict daily upon people of color who must navigate their communities and see these paeans to their generational pain standing proudly in their public spaces. For this reason, they should long ago have been taken down, but the necessity of their removal is now undeniable. Whatever notion of regional pride is being attributed to these statues, it is time to reconsider. These statues assign honor to the dishonorable; they commemorate divisibility and perpetrate the harmful idea that the Confederacy was in any way an embodiment of American ideals. Having now been usurped by white supremacists for their own platform of hate, Leesburg and all other towns in Virginia that house these statues must take them down. It is for the protection of our community and the safety of our citizens. It has been time, and the equivocating must now stop as we reject the divisibility that is plaguing our country. We the people can, and should, come together and unite in saying that Loudoun and Leesburg will not be the next Charlottesville. — Jessica Kirkland, Ashburn

Pipelines Not Needed Editor: Last week, I read with excitement that the National Beer Writer’s Conference will come to Loudoun in 2018. The Loudoun Now article reported that Gov. Terry McAuliffe made the announcement and welcomed the opportunity to “showcase our award-winning breweries...” Do you know what the most important ingredient in brewing beer is? According to Vinepair, vinepair.com, the most important ingredient in brewing beer is water. LETTERS >> 46

History Lesson: The Unison-Bloomfield School

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Ths photo shows the Bloomfield-Unison School under construction in 1916. The school opened in 1917.

We encourage and invite readers to peruse this fascinating history on the Unison Preservation Society website (unisonva.org). The report can be accessed by clicking on the front-page link to the Union-Bloomfield school report. Howard Lewis served on the Board of the Unison Preservation Society (UPS) for a number of years. He and current UPS Board member Tara Connell produce the UPS newsletter, which featured an article on the Unison-Bloomfield school in the Spring 2017 issue. Flora

Hillman is a writer whose articles and stories have been published in a variety of equine riding and carriage magazines since the 1980s. She and her husband, Owen Snyder, live on a farm “just down the bottom of the hill” from the site of the old Unison-Bloomfield school. She can be reached through the Unison Preservation Society website comment form. In Our Backyard is compiled by the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition. To learn more about the organization, or to participate in the Rural Roads Initiative, go to loudouncoalition.org.

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One hundred years ago, Loudoun was a predominantly agricultural county whose people lived in small towns and villages. In most of those locations, life revolved around their schools. In western Loudoun in 1916, a modern, and quite impressive, two-story, eight-room schoolhouse was built at the highest point on Bloomfield Road. It was situated about halfway between the villages of Unison and Bloomfield so that children from both places could walk to school. The school was part of the Progressive Education movement sweeping Virginia and the country at that time, one of 16 schools constructed in Loudoun County during this period. For the ensuing three decades, through the Great War, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression and the Second Great War, the Unison-Bloomfield schoolhouse was the mainstay of the educational and social life of both towns. More than 2,200 local children spent their formative years within the walls of the school during the 30 years it existed. Indeed, it provided a modern, professional bridge of learning throughout one of our country’s most volatile eras. When the school burned down in 1944, both Unison and Bloomfield never recovered from the loss. To this day, the stone walls of the old school grounds running along the north side of Bloomfield Road at the highest point on the road are a quiet reminder of the importance of education in the first part of

the 20th century. Long-time Unison resident, Flora Hillman, spent months researching the history of the school, and produced a lengthy report on her findings. Based on interviews with people who attended the school during the 1930s, archived documents from the Loudoun County School System, deeds, published remembrances and legal documents from the County’s Archived Records Department, her report spans the colorful educational tapestry of the years between 1916 and 1944, when the local countryside woke each weekday, from September until June, to the sound of the ringing school bell on top of the hill on Bloomfield Road. In addition to discussing the Progressive Education movement in depth, the report brings to life the introduction to schools of modern heating, indoor plumbing, electricity and transportation. We take these things for granted now; back then, they represented real progress for many people living in rural America. Further, the Unison-Bloomfield school story extends well beyond education. It plumbs the memories of real people, achieving a sense of what Loudoun County was like in the years between the two world wars.

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<< FROM 44 Did you know that water quality in Virginia is under threat? Two new, massive 42-inch or 3.5-foot fracked gas pipelines—the 600-mile-long Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the 300-milelong Mountain Valley Pipeline—are proposed to cut through rural Virginia with a 125-foot-wide swath of clear-cutting and excavation. The iconic Appalachian Trail will be crossed, as well as the headwaters of the Potomac and James Rivers. A total of 1,100 stream and river crossings (including native trout streams) are planned; 320 acres of wetlands will be impacted; and extremely steep slopes will be traversed. Virginia’s water quality cannot be maintained during construction of the pipelines nor protected from illicit or accidental leaks during pipeline operation. Do you think Virginia should risk contaminating its water? Craft brewing has a significant economic impact. By employing more than 28,000 people and contributing almost $1 billion in state and local taxes, this water-quality-dependent industry adds more than

$9.34 billion to Virginia’s economy every year. The craft brewing industry is not the only ones to rely upon clean water. The James and Potomac Rivers serve as the drinking water supply for millions of Virginians, including those in metropolitan Richmond and Washington, DC. Gov. McAuliffe has the authority to block new pipelines by denying water quality permits for stream crossings. New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo did just that this past April and blocked the Northern Access Pipeline. Won’t Gov. McAuliffe do the same to protect Virginia? New pipelines are not needed. Existing pipelines operate at 54 percent capacity increasing to an expected 57 percent by 2030. The demand for electricity has not increased in Virginia since 2004. Moreover, the $5.1 billion cost for the ACP will be passed along to each and every Dominion customer. Let Gov. McAuliffe and candidate for governor Ralph Northam know that Virginians do not need and do not want new pipelines. — Natalie Pien Leesburg

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Loudoun’s Confederate Monument People at the Sunday vigil gathered in the shadow of the monument to Loudoun’s Confederate Civil War veterans; the violence in Charlottesville was sparked by the reaction to the city council’s vote to remove and sell a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. “For nearly a decade the question of the appropriateness of the Confederate Statue at the Leesburg Courthouse has arisen,” Loudoun Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) wrote in a press release. “Following the events in Charlottesville that resulted in the tragic death of three people, I know and appreciate that emotions around these issues are high. This is why it is important to have an open, respectful, inclusive dialogue.” She said she has had questions about the location of the monument in Leesburg. Randall pointed out a Virginia

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satisfy the need for universal full-day kindergarten. … This is just an illustration of how the tool would work, and where it would work,” Lewis said. “The School Board could always say we don’t want to do it in any particular case. So the ultimate decision still rests with the board.” DeKenipp said he still sees these potential boundary changes as disruptive, and he criticized board members for drafting a long-term policy to fix a short-term problem. “We’re doing boundary processes right now without any public input. We’re making decisions that affect the schools and the communities and the families that live in them.” On the other side of the debate, Chairman Jeff Morse (Dulles) said boundary adjustments will likely be the answer to bring a full-day program to kindergarteners in his district. “In the Dulles South area, we’re going to potentially have this exact situation, so I’m going to support this.” To demonstrate just how desired a full-day program is, Joy Maloney (Broad Run) said she recently mentioned on her Facebook page that one full-day kindergarten class had opened up at Mill Run Elementary. “That post went viral. That’s the need we’re talking about here,” she added. “In order to provide universal full-day kindergarten as quickly as we can, this policy will help us in that fashion.”

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garten. They said a review process with fewer public hearings and work sessions help bring full-day kindergarten to more schools. The School Board had initially considered keeping that threshold at 10 percent of a school’s population, but Williams said the policy should provide flexibility to reassign 15 percent if the board wants to bring full-day kindergarten to the more crowded schools. During a June meeting, School Board member Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin), who is skeptical that any boundary change would be minor, asked for specific examples where reassigning 15 percent or less of a school would allow for full-day kindergarten. Assistant Superintendent of Support Services Kevin Lewis returned to the Aug. 8 meeting with two examples. At Cedar Lane Elementary in Ashburn, reassigning 106 students—14.6 percent of the school’s enrollment—to neighboring Newton-Lee Elementary would allow for five full-day kindergarten classrooms. Last school year, Cedar Lane had just one full-day class. At Lucketts Elementary just north of Leesburg, moving about 47 students to Waterford Elementary would free up space to provide for one full-day kindergarten class. “The question at hand is how we can

James Alex Fields Jr., the Ohio man accused of ramming his car into a group of marchers, a hate crime, something he wants state and national leaders to do more to prosecute. Hate crimes have been on the rise in recent years, in Virginia and nationwide. Herring said, fearing that under President Donald J. Trump’s administration, the U.S. Department of Justice would not fight for victims of hate crime, he asked the Virginia General Assembly for more flexibility to prosecute people who have committed hate crimes. Legislators voted down the idea, so he instead launched a new website, NoHateVA.com. The site lists statistics about hate-inspired crimes and includes information about what constitutes a hate crime and what recourses victims have. “It is incumbent upon all of us to stand up when we see hate and call it out,” Herring said. “No Virginian should be singled out for abuse, harassment, or mistreatment because of who they are, what they look like, how they worship, where they come from,

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law restricting localities' ability to take down or alter war monuments. Charlottesville’s own attempt to remove its statue is currently hung up in court over that law. “This fall it is my intention to place in Loudoun’s Legislative Agenda an item that allows a locality greater discretion over Monuments and Memorials in its individual jurisdiction,” Randall wrote, pointing out that will need approval from the full Board of Supervisors. State Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-33) said she would “absolutely” carry a bill that would give local jurisdictions the right to take down war monuments. “I always feel it’s better to give more discretion and power to localities,” she said. “I think local officials are in a better place to decide what’s appropriate on their local property.” This is far from a new issue in the commonwealth. Last year, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill that would have made the law on the books stricter. The current law prohibits local governments from removing or modifying war monuments, although a Circuit Court judge in Danville ruled that the law applied only to those that were erected after 1998. Legislation introduced by a delegate from southern Virginia, vetoed by the governor, would have applied the protection to all Virginia monuments, no matter the year they were created..

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serving as part of the protest security effort crashed, killing the two troopers aboard. Loudoun NAACP President Phillip Thompson said the violence in Charlottesville was “sad, but it had to happen.” “Every once in a while in America, we gotta see this, just like people had to see the hoses get turned on the black of people of Alabama,” Thompson said. “We had to see it before we finally opened up our eyes and said, whoa, this is what we’re up against.” On Monday, Attorney General Mark Herring denounced the violence that erupted in Charlottesville during a second vigil in Ashburn. “The ideology of hatred and bigotry has no home anywhere in Virginia,” said Herring, a Loudoun native. “The people of Charlottesville are not going to let their community be defined by that violence, and we’re not going to let Virginia be defined that way.” Monday’s prayer vigil was held at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Ashburn and led by Pastor Michelle C. Thomas. “This is not my prayer, this is our prayer. This is not my fight, this is our fight,” Thomas said. “Four-hundred years of slavery, 200 years of Jim Crow, and many years of fighting for civil rights. And now we’re still fighting.” Taking questions after the prayer, Herring said he considers the action of

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