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George Stone III takes in the solar eclipse with special viewing glasses at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Sterling.

or a few moments Monday afternoon, typically the hottest part of the day, the sunshine dimmed and the temperature cooled—and the nation looked up, captivated. Viewers with eyes toward the sky from Loudoun saw the moon covering more than three-fourths of the sun at the Great American Eclipse’s peak. The largest local gathering of sun watchers was at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, where a cheer went up as the moon started crossing into the sun’s path. In Loudoun, the eclipse could be viewed from 1:15 p.m. until 4 p.m., with the peak at 2:40 p.m. The solar eclipse drew an estimated audience of 220 million people in the United States, the largest crowd to ever witness an eclipse. Monday’s total eclipse was exceptionally rare. It is the first to traverse coast to coast in nearly a century. There will be 69 solar eclipses visible from somewhere on the planet in the next 100 years, but only a few will be visible from North America.

Vandals Hit War Memorial Amid Debate Over its Future BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ & NORMAN K. STYER Following the violent demonstrations in Charlottesville last week, the future of Loudoun’s Confederate war memorial— like thousands of others across the nation—is a focus of concern. So is its protection after the monument was vandalized early Thursday morning. Four days after a protester and two state troopers died in Charlottesville and hours before the vandalism occurred, County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) called for a community dialogue on the future of the Loudoun monument, and Gov. Terry McAuliffe issued a statement urging localities and the General Assembly to remove all Confederate monuments. “As we attempt to heal and learn from the tragic events in Charlottesville, I encourage Virginia’s localities and the General Assembly—which are vested with the legal authority—to take down these mon-

uments and relocate them to museums or more appropriate settings. I hope we can all now agree that these symbols are a barrier to progress, inclusion and equality in Virginia and, while the decision may not be mine to make, I believe the path forward is clear,” McAuliffe said. “For nearly a decade the question of the appropriateness of the Confederate Statue at the Leesburg Courthouse has arisen,” Randall 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.” Randall pointed out that a Virginia law restricts localities’ ability to taking down 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

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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 that would 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, if they so desire. “I always feel it’s better to give more discretion and power to localities,” she said. She added that it is “hypocritical” that Republicans in control of the state legislature often say they want government closer to the people, but don’t follow through when a local government makes a decision they disagree with. However, Del. J. Randell Minchew (R10) said a new law isn’t required, in light of a 2015 Danville Circuit Court ruling that the commonwealth’s prohibition on

moving or altering war memorials applies only to those erected after 1998. Loudoun’s monument was installed in 1908. In 2016, the General Assembly sought to undercut the Circuit Court ruling by amending the law to protect all memorials, but McAuliffe vetoed the bill. The ruling will be tested in a current case pending in Charlottesville, which, regardless of the outcome, is expected to go to the Supreme Court of Virginia. “The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors currently has this power and no further legislation is needed,” Minchew said. The county board will next meet Sept. 5.

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Farmwell Station Middle School sixth-grader Mallory Sultan organizes her locker ahead of her first day of middle school.

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t’s a big day in Loudoun County. The school system’s 90 public schools welcome back a record 80,700 students—almost 3,000 more than last year’s enrollment— and thousands of other students will return to the county’s private schools and homeschool programs within the next week for a new academic year. Not only does enrollment continue to steadily rise in Loudoun, the number of new school buildings does, too. This year, the county school system opens its 90th school, Brambleton Middle School. “There’s a lot to look forward to,” Superintendent Eric Williams said. “I’m

looking forward to the first day of school for all students, but also to see our latest new school in action. Pretty exciting.” It’s a day of firsts for many in the county. More than 5,200 kindergartners will begin their school career today, Thursday, and it’s also the first day of classes for more than 8,000 newly hired licensed employees—mostly teachers—to bring the school system’s total number of employees up to 11,102. And five schools will experience their own type of new beginnings with fresh faces in the principal’s office. Monica Kissel is the new principal at Kenneth W. Culbert Elementary, Mark Wertheimer takes the helm at Hillsboro Charter Academy, Rochelle Proctor is the new

principal at Middleburg Community Charter School, Nick Cottone steps in as principal of Seneca Ridge Middle School, and Lenny Compton will lead J.L. Simpson Middle School. Today is the first day of middle school for Gabriel Saines, who stopped by his new school, Farmwell Station Middle School, earlier this week to decorate his locker and get his class schedule. He didn’t mind admitting that he’s a little nervous to enter sixth grade after being so familiar with Dominion Trail Elementary School. “There’s a whole lot of new things— BACK TO SCHOOL >> 38

Familiar Face Tapped to Lead Loudoun YMCA BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

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Angel Cerritos has climbed the ladder from YMCA camp counselor, now to its executive director. He takes over for Laura Fears, who was a part of the YMCA for 17 years.

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A 13-year climb to the top of Loudoun’s YMCA now has Angel Cerritos poised to lead the organization into its future. For Cerritos, it’s the realization of the American dream. He began his career with the YMCA as a camp counselor and quickly rose through its ranks. Cerritos previously served as an associate executive director for five years, two of which occurred without a formal executive director in place. During that time, he oversaw the growth of the nonprofit’s budget from $684,000 to $1.6 million and expanded the schoolage program from eight off-sites to its current 17 off-sites. Last year, he was promoted to lead YMCA Ayrlawn in Bethesda, MD, the largest child care program center in YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. But a return to Loudoun is a homecoming for Cerritos. “To come back to my roots is amazing,” the Leesburg resident said. “I’m excited for the opportunity to work

“The work that we do is just amazing ... the fact that we’re able to provide children and families with different programs and services. We’re able to allow families a safety net for children to be cared for after school and during the summer,” he said. “Now we’re excited to have an early learning center. To be in that position to assist families with financial aid is amazing,” he said. The debut of the Y’s early learning center in Sterling last year has Cerritos especially excited. “It does allow us to provide additional services that we didn’t have before. We have our own space to be able to offer early learning programs, but also to do additional enrichment programs. Cerritos gives credit to outgoing executive director Laura Fears, who was a part of the YMCA for 17 years. “She was certainly a mentor and an amazing boss as well,” Cerritos said. Rusty Foster, chairman of the YMCA’s board of directors, also gave Fears

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Consultants See Support for Draft Envision Loudoun Policies BY RENSS GREENE

he consultants helping the county rewrite its comprehensive plan have released a report on public feedback during the second series of workshops around the county. In their assessment, most participants agree with the work so far. The consulting team gathered almost 2,000 responses from people at workshops and online, including asking for comment on the current draft statements of vision, goals, and objectives for the new comprehensive plan. They counted 13 percent of respondents who were supportive of those statements. However, 18 percent said they opposed them. In the middle, another 32 percent said were supportive, but with changes. The largest piece—36 percent of responses— did not directly critique the draft policies, an inaction interpreted at positive by the planning teams. The draft vision statement for the comprehensive plan reads: “Loudoun County continues to flourish as a prosperous and inclusive community with a well-deserved reputation for great places, natural and built as well as historic and new, in a variety of settings. The County will foster economic innovation, fiscal strength, and sustainability.” It is accompanied by a two-page document outlining in broad terms the direc-

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Attendees of an Envision Loudoun workshop hash out planning around the county.

tions the county will grow under the new plan, and represents a reorganization of the comprehensive plan from a long list of guidelines and zoning—which will still be present—to a more conceptual document broken up into five areas. Those include “shape,” encouraging a range of housing, employment, and recreation; “compete,” relating to economic development; “connect,” addressing transportation; “sustain,” dealing in natural and historic resources; and “support,” or quality of life. Among those people who were opposed, the most common criticisms were that the drafts so far should be more measurable and more specific to Loudoun and its identity, less subjective,

and more attuned to specific areas in the county—particularly the rural west. By contrast, people in favor of the work said it was broad enough to cover the diversity in the county, comprehensive, and headed in the right direction. Sixty-nine percent of the comments offered either substantive or specific changes to the draft so far, or focused on ideas or topics that respondents would like to see addressed in the new comprehensive plan. After reviewing the responses, the consulting team recommended no changes to the draft policies. “The majority of participants either supported the vision, goals and objectives as they are, or provided feedback

that will be used throughout the planning process,” stated Planning and Zoning Director Ricky Barker. “So while we are not modifying the vision, goals and objectives at this point, we will determine if these public comments have been addressed in other parts of the plan, or if they will need to be addressed by modifying the vision, goals and objectives during a later stage of the project.” The consulting team will now sort the comments into 13 topics areas: economic development strategy; green infrastructure; growth management; housing; infrastructure and utility planning; public facility plans; quality development; revitalization and redevelopment; the ongoing Silver Line comprehensive plan amendment; the rural, suburban, and transition policy areas; and transportation. That report will be one of the things included in an update to the Board of Supervisors due in September. This fall, Envision Loudoun will enter the fourth of five phases, working through the input collected in the first two stages of public workshops. The stakeholders committee will draft the components of a new comprehensive plan, which will be presented at public workshops in 2018. The plan must also pass review of the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Steinberg ended the statement by thanking the supporters who signed his petitions, and noted he had more than enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. He referred anyone interested in volunteering or contributing to the campaign to his website, forsteinberg.com. Steinberg is likely to have some company next November. Both Thiel and Maddox have said, win or lose, they plan to run again next year. The seats held by Councilman Marty Martinez and Vice Mayor Suzanne Fox also will be on the ballot in 2018, along with a new two-year mayoral term. A member of the town’s Economic Development Commission, Thiel moved to Leesburg when he was 10 years old. Now married and a homeowner in Crescent Place, he is employed by Booz Allen Hamilton. Maddox is a former member of the EDC, as well as the town’s Technology and Communications Commission. The 13-year town resident works full time for a Herndon-based IT company and runs her own consulting business. For both candidates, it will be their first time on a Town Council ballot. For more information about Thiel and Maddox, visit their campaign websites at thielforleesburg.com, or Vanessa4TownCouncil on Facebook. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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Leesburg Biz Forum to Address the ‘Real Scoop’ BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ The town’s Economic Development Commission is hoping to hear from area businesses on their everyday realities when it hosts a business forum Monday, Sept. 18. “The EDC wants to make sure we’re hearing the real scoop from the street about what’s going on with Leesburg businesses,” said Eric Byrd, the EDC vice chair who also serves as manager of Loudoun’s Small Business Development Center. “This is a forum to hear what’s going on, how businesses are doing, and what the businesses are struggling with. If we don’t know what the real situation is for all the stakeholders in the economic system, we can’t make good recommendations to Town Council about things that might help.” Leesburg businesses of all types, shapes and sizes are invited to come to the free forum, from 8:30-11 a.m. at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center. Identified challenges and issues could shape future recommendations from the EDC to the Town Council, Byrd noted. “This is an opportunity for any business in Leesburg to come be heard and to participate in that conversation,” Byrd said.

Those interested in attending the forum are asked to pre-register online at leesburgbizforum.eventbrite.com. When pre-registering, attendees are asked to select from more than a dozen choices of what the most pressing topics they’d like to discuss are. Choices include: workforce housing, social media, growth and scale, diversity and hiring, and partnership resources. The most popular topics selected by registrants will guide the discussion for the forum, Byrd said. The EDC will also use the forum to kick off a new, online business directory on the town website, and will do a hands-on session during the forum to show businesses how to get their information submitted to the directory. Byrd is hoping for high participation, and a good representation of Leesburg’s diverse business community. “We want to all be talking together,” he said of the business community. “This EDC is really unified in that we want to bring people together so we have some consensus in how we work together, and we’re all pretty serious about that.” krodriguez@loudounnow.com

[ BRIEFS ] ED Director Search Yields 29 Candidates The field of candidates vying to lead Leesburg›s Economic Development Department stands at 29. Current department director Marantha Edwards earlier this year announced her retirement effective Jan. 1, 2018. The application deadline for candidates interested in being considered for Edwards’ job closed Aug. 11, and brought in a total of 37 applica-

tions, of which 29 were deemed qualified, Town Manager Kaj Dentler said. Although details of considered candidates are kept confidential, Dentler did share that the 37 applicants represented 24 candidates from Virginia, two from Maryland, one from West Virginia, and even two international applicants. The remaining eight applications came in from all over the rest of BRIEFS >> 7

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Woman Gets 3 Years for Poisoning Coworkers’ Coffee The woman charged with poisoning her co-workers’ coffee at a Sterling office last year was sentenced to serve three and a half years in prison. Mayda Edith Rivera Juarez, 33, of Sterling, appeared before Circuit Court Judge Jeanette A. Irby last week for sentencing on one count of adulteration of food with intent to injure or kill. She pleaded guilty to the offense in February. According to evidence in the case, beginning in January 2016, her co-workers began experiencing stomach pain, vomiting, nausea, and other physical ailments. One victim noticed that his symptoms occurred soon after drinking coffee from the office breakroom. In October 2016, the victim reported to a supervisor his suspicions that someone was tampering with the coffee machine to his supervisor. The supervisor reviewed security camera footage in the breakroom and observed Rivera Juarez pouring Windex into the water reservoir of the office coffee maker. She was immediately fired. In a statement to investigators, Rivera Juarez said she put Windex in the coffee machine to make her supervisor sick and had also put Ajax

Jaurez dish soap in the coffee machine and that she had had poured Ajax directly into her supervisor’s coffee cup. Irby imposed a sentence of three years and six months in the Virginia Department of Corrections. Upon her release, Rivera Juarez will be placed on three years of supervised probation.

Suspects Sought In ATM Robbery The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office has released surveillance video stills of one of the suspects in the Aug. 11

armed robbery at a CountrySide ATM. According to the report, the victim was using the Bank of America ATM around 9:15 p.m. when he was approached by a male suspect who brandished a firearm and demanded money. He fled with an accomplice, taking the victim’s wallet and cash in a light-colored vehicle—possibly a blue or silver—four-door Hyundai or Honda. 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 SAFETY BRIEFS >> 9

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The Maryland man charged with a string of rural house burglaries in five counties was convicted of two felonies by a Fauquier County jury this Bailey week. In Loudoun, Theodore Roosevelt Bailey, 62, is charged with six counts of burglary, six counts of grand larceny, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A one-day jury trial is scheduled for Oct. 3. In the Fauquier case, he was convicted of breaking into a Mount Airy Road home near Upperville, although he left without finding jewelry, cash, or weapons reported stolen in the other cases. The jury recommended a sentence of 14 years in prison for the break-in and two years for possession of burglary tools. Bailey’s criminal history includes 13 prior burglary convictions and eight for grand larceny. He also faces similar charges in Spotsylvania, Clarke, and Frederick counties.

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An Aug. 17 domestic incident that began in Lovettsville ended with a crash in Purcellville. A woman involved in the altercation was spotted by a deputy on patrol on Rt. 287. She reportedly was erratically and was observed passing vehicles on a double yellow line. The deputy initiated a traffic stop, but the driver continued and a chase ensued, reaching speeds over 80 miles per hour. She ran one vehicle off the road while passing on a curve and also ran a red light and struck another vehicle. The chase continued to the Rt. 7/Rt. 287 interchange in Purcellville where she crashed and attempted to flee on foot. Maria R. Barzegar, 21, of Lovettsville, was charged with simple assault, assault on law enforcement, reckless driving and eluding. She is being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center with a Sept. 11 appearance scheduled in Loudoun County District Court.

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local photographer and business owner is rolling out a first-of-its-kind initiative that will recognize 100 of the county’s lesser-known, everyday heroes. Aliyah Dastour, owner of headshot and videography studio Alimond Studio in Leesburg, said she noticed countless people in Loudoun—people of all ages and backgrounds—who do amazing things to improve their little corner of the world, and she wanted to come up with a way to celebrate them. “I wanted to positively impact local lives by highlighting goodwill, charity, generosity and a stronger sense of doing good,” she said. Earlier this year, she created and launched Loudoun 100. She invited nominations of individuals who are doing incredible things for the betterment of the community but rarely get kudos. Over a 12-week stretch, she received 600 nominations through an anonymous online platform. Each candidate was screened and selected based on their empowering stories and their strong attributes in differing industries. Each candidate has a passion for specific values and beliefs that align with different causes and brands in Loudoun County, Dastour said. The Loudoun 100 will be unveiled at a launch party from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at ProJet Aviation in Leesburg. The event is open to the public and is expected to draw 500 attendees. The Loudoun 100 book—that tells the stories of the 100 honorees—will be released and a video featuring the Loudoun 100 will be shown.

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ducators from Fairfax Christian School joined Loudoun County leaders to officially break ground on a new school site last week, a moment almost a decade in the making. Fairfax Christian School opened in Fairfax City in 1961 and has since been housed on three different campuses. It moved into its current campus on Hunter Mill Road in Vienna in the early 1990s.

“We outgrew it a long time ago. We’ve been out of space for a decade,” said Jo Thoburn, president and CEO of Fairfax Christian School. Thoburn said construction on the new facility is ahead of schedule. The groundbreaking ceremony was Aug. 16. She expects the foundation will be poured this week and that it could be ready to house students as early as this spring. “It will definitely be ready for the 2018-19 school year, but if it’s ready in

April, we’ll move in in April,” Thoburn said. “We’re ready. It’s been a long time coming.” The school enrolls 250 kindergarten through 12th grade students, but its new campus at 22870 Pacific Blvd. in Sterling will have enough space to enroll 400 students. School administrators expect the new facility to fill up quickly. It will include 30 classrooms, a state-of-the-art science lab, performance hall and large gymnasium.

“We’ll continue providing high quality education for our students. We are a university prep school and we expect 100 percent of our graduates to attend four-year universities,” Thoburn said. “The new facility will enable us to even do a better job of what we already do well.” Learn more about Fairfax Christian School at fairfax-christian-school.com. —Danielle Nadler

School Boardroom Gets High Tech Upgrade BY DANIELLE NADLER The Loudoun County school boardroom got a big upgrade over the summer, thanks to a grant from the county government. The school system installed four new high-definition digital cameras and a new control room, along with upgraded cabling in the schoolboard meeting room. It also replaced the camera and upgraded the cabling in an auxiliary meeting room. Re-airing of meetings will be quicker and more efficient. The cameras and control room were paid for with $384,276 in Public Education and Government Grant Channels funds. Money for the grants is collected by Verizon and Comcast and provided to Loudoun County

to improve broadcast of public information, including public access channels, education channels and government channels, and to increase bandwidth capacity at schools. “This greatly improves the quality of the broadcast and webcast. It also allows us to incorporate enhanced graphics into our broadcasts,” Public Information Officer Wayde Byard said. “We were able to do this without a dime of taxpayer money.” The School Board requested the funds for this project from the Board of Supervisors in February. Funding was approved by the supervisors in March, and the upgrades were made in July. “Earlier this year, one of the four analog cameras in the schoolboard meeting room burned out and we

were faced with the option of repairing or upgrading our system. Since the industry standard has moved to digital from analog, we thought the best investment was to upgrade,” Byard said. “To a degree, the new equipment we bought is ‘future-proof,’ meaning we can add new technology modules as they become available. That was not possible with the older system.” The equipment was purchased through Mechanicsville-based company Digital Video Group, which also installed the equipment and provided training to school staff members. Re-wiring the meeting room to meet the standards set by the new digital equipment cost $35,516, which was covered by school system funds. Building Infrastructure Group out of Chantilly completed that part of the

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The National Conference Center is asking for Loudoun County Public Schools’ help as part of its plans to build 27 age-restricted townhouses in Lansdowne. The NCC has requested that the school system exchange about 16,090 square feet of land on the Riverside High School campus to provide a public access point for residents of those proposed townhouses. The NCC’s initial application had traffic from those townhouses running on Charlena Beth Drive between the high school and the conference center. The new option proposes to convert the existing emergency access, located across from Thomas Lee Drive, north of Charlena Beth Drive, to a public street. That would allow for Charlena Beth Drive to be converted into an emergency-only access road. School system senior staff members are recommending that the School Board approve the land swap at its next meeting Sept. 12. They said it would eliminate the mixing of residential traffic with school traffic, and the associated concerns for on-site traffic conflicts, liability, and setting a precedent. Kevin Lewis, assistant superinten-

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The Family Car Should Not Be the Family Home I was so excited when I decided to move to Virginia. I had fallen in love with the area—the schools, the weather, the opportunities, and the people. So, I packed up my two kids and moved from my hometown in Georgia to Loudoun County, where I had friends who were willing to put me up while I looked for a job. A few months later, everything had gone horribly wrong. I lost my job. I couldn’t stay at the house because I didn’t want my young kids exposed to a deeply negative domestic environment. We found ourselves sleeping in my car, relying on food stamps to eat, and using public restrooms to get ready for the day. I felt like such a failure. No family in Loudoun should have to face that kind of despair. I thought about returning to my mom’s home in Georgia, but my son— who is learning disabled—was doing well at his new school. So, I dug in and began researching my options. I talked to people at my church and contacted family services. I applied for assistance and looked into local nonprofits. A

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bed in a very small room, but it was a step forward. Day by day, things continued to improve. A kind woman not only donated her car but also took the time to teach me how to drive a stick. I went to class to learn a new skill and then I found a job—and then a second one. An older woman I had befriended at the shelter agreed to rent a townhouse with me so we could all afford a place to live in Loudoun. I am a very different person today. I learned to rely on myself and to stay positive. And I figured out what is really important to me in life—my family and my faith. My children, too, have learned hard life lessons. I am proud to say that we are stronger as a family and as individuals. I am very grateful to all the people who helped us when we needed it most. I hope that, together, we can all make it easier for other families to find the resources they need to make a fresh start. I want to be a part of the effort to End the Need in Loudoun County. Won’t you join me?

Ahead of the first day of school this week, The Salvation Army Tools for School program provided 400 children with backpacks packed with school supplies. The donations were made possible through the generosity of donors and volunteers. Captain Pradeep Ramaji and Captain Priscilla Ramaji, of The Salvation Army, offered a big thank you to the Catoctin School of Music in Leesburg, which provided many volunteers to make Tools for School a success. “We are so blessed to see our community’s kids carrying not only the backpacks from our Loudoun County Corps but bundles of joy and knowledge through our ‘Tools for School’ program,” they said in a joint statement. “We salute our precious donors, volunteers and employees who worked hard to make this program successful.” For more information about the programs and services available at The Salvation Army, or to make a donation, call 703-7711060 or go to virginiasalvationarmy.org.

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he Loudoun Valley Homegrown Markets Cooperative has teamed up with a local marketing company to better promote local producers and healthy eating. The EatLoCo.org website is the latest effort to promote the wide variety of fruits, vegetables and meats provided by local farmers and offered at area farmers’ markets. It’s the brainchild of Dan Hine, owner of Crimson Fly Digital Marketing. “This area is home to an incredible variety of food choices and market-fresh goods,” Hine said. “With EatLoCo as a resource to guide you and a farm-to-table mindset, a healthy Loudoun lifestyle becomes much more attainable.” EatLoCo.org offers more than connections to producers. The site maintains a calendar of local food and health-focused events, tips for getting fit, healthy kids and pets, home remedies, recipes, gardening and more. The interactive map of Loudoun County offers search functions for specific products or to locate farms and markets nearby.

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24 Loudoun Companies Cited for Rapid Growth Inc. magazine has released its 2017 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in America and 24 of them are based in Loudoun County. FCi Federal and Media Prowler continue their rapid growth, making the list for the sixth consecutive year. Strongbridge and federal government contractor Ian, Evan and Alexander made the list for the fifth time. Five area companies appeared on the list for the first time:InfiniSource Consulting Solutions of Leesburg, B3 Group of Leesburg, Punch Cyber Analytics Group of Ashburn, SinglePoint Global of Ashburn, and Unimex Corp. in Sterling. Loudoun’s Executive Director of Economic Development Buddy Rizer said the rankings are evidence of the county’s commitment to helping businesses achieve long-term success. “Although we’ve won more than $7 billion in commercial investment over the last three years, we’re interested in more than just business attraction and expansion. We want all Loudoun companies to experience sustained, year-over-year growth,” Rizer said. BIZ BRIEFS >> 17

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The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce’s next Leadership Series forum will feature George Mason University President Ángel Cabrera. GMU is the commonwealth’s largest public research university and one of 115 U.S. universities selected for the highest research category of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Cabrera was named Mason’s president in 2012. He will share his perspective on Mason’s rapid emergence and how world-class research universities act as a magnet for international talent, attract businesses by providing a career-ready work force, and drive regional economies through innovation and entrepreneurship. The program will be held from 8-10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, at Lansdowne Resort. For registration, go to loudounchamber.org.

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The new Hidden View Bed & Breakfast near Hillsboro will offer an open house tour on Saturday, Aug. 26. Between 1 and 5 p.m., visitors can check out the B&B’s property, the rooms, and the panoramic views. There will be raffles for prizes including free overnight stays. The B&B is located at 36474 Charles Town Pike. Learn more at hiddenviewbnb.com.

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mong the activities for those who gathered at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne on Saturday for an outdoor movie showing was a sneak-peek tour of mock-up rooms that will be in the new seven-floor patient tower. The tower construction is part of the hospital’s $300 million expansion, dubbed, “Loudoun Rising: Taking Health Care to New Heights.” Following that theme, the selection for the night’s movie under the stars was the animated feature “Up.” Expected to be complete in 2020, the tower will feature all private rooms. As the residents on Saturday’s tour learned, the room designs are focused on providing greater privacy, offering more natural light and window views, and making space for family members to

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Margaret Morton, left, works with Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing speech-language pathologist Elisabeth Miller to improve her speech and recall that were impacted by a stroke in January.

Recovering from Stroke: A Personal Odyssey BY MARGARET MORTON

From Bed to Hospital That response galvanized him into action. He called our physician daughter, Emma, who advised what to do. I remember I had time to pack my book and meds, and change into my best tartan Scottish nightie, before being trundled into a rescue squad vehicle parked outside the house. Even in mortal danger, you worry about mundane things. I remember hoping ruefully that the neighbors didn’t see the flashing red lights outside the house. At the Cornwall ER, I had a CT STROKE >> 20

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In my wildest nightmares I never thought I’d have a stroke. Maybe a heart attack, but never a stroke. But I did. Late on the night of Jan. 29, after my customary late-night reading, I fell into a troubled sleep. I awoke knowing something deep inside me was wrong. I wasn’t aware of where the problem was—only that something was amiss. I remember pulling myself up in bed, hoping the feeling of dread and malaise would go away. I went to the bathroom and headed back to bed, when my husband, Brown—who usually sleeps like a log—heard me and called me to come into his room. “What’s wrong? You never shuffle

your feet like that,” he said. “I don’t know where I am,” I told him.

Stroke << FROM 19 scan, and it seemed that I had a TIA—a transient ischemic attack—a prelude to a stroke. After the initial flurry of tests, and a talk with the ER doctor, I settled down to read—a faculty that’s never deserted me throughout this ordeal. All of a sudden, I realized I could not make intelligible words in speech or in my head. I pushed my call button, and the doctor said, “I thought this might happen—you’re having a stroke right now.” As there were no beds available at the hospital in Lansdowne, it was not until early morning that I was transported there by a rescue squad crew—where I recognized the worried faces of my family around me. Even in my state of confusion— where medical personnel noticed a

slight facial droop and inability to speak—I was aware that the high level of activity around me was not a good omen. The nurses were efficient and kind, but I remember being irritated that they were talking as if I could not understand. But I could. I remember getting upset about having to have an MRI, and in my mind I was refusing to do so unless they “put me out completely.” The next couple of days are hazy, but I remember my family by my bedside, helping me to recover speech and memory. The ability to speak began to return— slowly. As my older son said recently, laughing, “You could say you were speaking ‘fluently’—but in a language that was intelligible only to you.” “Do you remember your name? Who were your parents? Where did you live before you came to America? When and where you were born? Can you count to 10?” At first I couldn’t hold a pencil,

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therapy. Patients had to state a goal on the chalkboard on the wall. Mine was simple: “I want to be able to write again.” The neurologist treating me ordered another MRI and a CT scan, during which he found the affected stroke area was much larger than originally understood. The stroke had hit on the right side of my body, leaving me with a tender scalp and gums, difficulty in swallowing, a sore ear lobe and eye socket, muscle problems in the scapular, and significant and painful arthritis in hand and fingers. For days, I couldn’t move or use my hand properly, and I had great difficulty controlling my arm—which turned into a significant weapon that the unwary soon learned to avoid. During a family conference, my younger son eventually removed the pencil I was waving in the air—“you’ll poke my eyes out with that thing.” The intensive therapy made feel me as if I were at school again. We worked on balance and rhythm, as well as speech. The therapists were no-nonsense professionals who gave patients their best, and made it clear they expected the best in return. “You’re very motivated; you want to get better, and that is important,” the speech therapist told me. When I left the rehab center after two weeks, I had made significant progress: The right arm was no longer bashing everyone in sight. Typing was still beyond my reach—I, a formerly very proficient typist, could not control my fingers to touch each key correctly, producing a garbled mix-mash of numbers and letters. The biggest improvement was in speech. Through that arduous work, I discovered the brain is a very complex organism. Every day we worked on a variety of visual and mental exercises to tease my recalcitrant brain back into action, and I began to understand where my memory could expand and where it would balk. My reading comprehension had never left me, and speech got more fluent each day—but reading aloud was another matter. “That’s governed by another part of your brain,” the therapist said. On the day before my discharge, I finally achieved the goal set for me by the neurologist: “I’m not going to let you go until you can say, ‘No ifs, ands, or buts.’” That sounds easy—but not if you’ve had a stroke. I felt like an A student when I finally accomplished the task. During that hospital stay, I was buoyed by the love and support of my family, my grandchildren and my friends. My window sill was the envy of all—filled from side to side with beautiful flowers that gladdened the heart. I couldn’t have done it without them.

Coming Home Coming back into the wider world was both heartwarming and a bit daunting. You have to set up a regular schedule for ongoing therapy, get home help and drivers to take you to appointments. After several months, I craved days when I didn’t have to go to a medical appointment or therapy, and I could be just alone in my house with my husband— and my garden. STROKE >> 21

<< FROM 20 You also have to endure the curiosity of others, who are not quite sure how to approach you, knowing you’ve had a stroke. In a moment of truth, you remember the times when you yourself weren’t quite sure how to react in similar situations. Now, when people realize it is still the same old Maggie, I just laugh and say “look, when I can’t find the words I want, you’ll just have to imagine we’re playing charades and you’ll have to guess what I’m trying to say.” Relieved, they join in the game happily, and the awkward moment passes. My first “outing” was an emotional one—giving remarks at a memorial celebration of a dear friend. I did it in tandem with another good friend, whose presence and that of my daughter, who was ready to chip in if I lost it, helped me get through it. I also spoke recently at Oatlands Plantation at a World War II commemoration, as a Briton who grew up in rural England in the shadow of Hitler’s Germany. Partnered with my husband, and my daughter in the audience, that backup was crucial. I have learned the efficient use of short bullet notes, as I cannot yet read fluently from the written word.

The Hard Part

Wherever you are on the path to recovery, there are people and resources to help. Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Outpatient Specialty Rehabilitation department has a Driver Rehabilitation program, run in cooperation with Brant’s Driving School. The three-hour course includes clinical evaluation, classroom instruction and training and on-road behind-the wheel assessment and instruction. Call 703-858-6390. The Winchester Medical Center’s outpatient rehabilitation department has a similar program, its DriveAbility course, also run in cooperation with a driving school. Call 540-536-1180. Both require a signed doctor’s order. There also are a wide variety of mental and visual aids easily available to help bring memory back to life—including crossword puzzles and books offering numerous word games, puzzles and trivia challenges. Lumosity, an online game, offers a number of visual icons for expanding memory. Taboo, and the board game Mastermind, are also helpful. the necessity to help bring back memory—is giving me strings of unassociated words to repeat, and, worse still, asking me to do so in reverse order. My typing skills are much improved— there are fewer numbers mixed in with the letters. But, I find I have to edit what I write more carefully. As I sit in the waiting room waiting for my appointment, I’m struck by the age range of patients, and wonder if there’s any common denominator as they try to discover new pathways to brain health. Miller says patients all react differently, whatever their age. If there is any common characteristic, it’s their attitude to recovery, their pluck and willingness to participate in therapy and follow through with home program recommendations. The spirit and will to accept their “new normal” is all important, Miller says. Like all homework, what you put into it is key.

The Future I’m hopeful. I was told at Mt. Vernon I might not get back to where I was before Jan. 29, but, I can easily live with where I am. I still have “deficits,” but I have no facial droop; my speech is more fluent and improves every day; I can talk, type, walk, dress, cook, go out with friends; and I have a wonderful band of family and friends at my back. Best of all, I’ve accomplished the goal I set myself that first day at Mt. Vernon. I can write again. My advice is to hang onto your sense of humor and courage, and keep finding new ways to “rewire” your brain. If you fall down, just get up again and keep going. mmorton@loudounnow.com

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I continued my speech therapy on an outpatient basis, at Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing Center of Loudoun County in Lansdowne, where I have been working with licensed speech-language pathologist Elisabeth Miller, a 20-year industry veteran who treats both adults and children. The only nonprofit to provide speech and hearing services in Loudoun, particularly in rural areas, the clinic was established in 1964 by the Junior Women’s League. Fifty-three years later, it is still going strong. The prevailing advice to speech patients is that “you make the most gains in the first three to six months, and then on a much slower track until about a year and a half, or possibly more.” That assessment so far has been true. At first, I did speech twice a week, but on the advice of my neurologist Dr. Chawla, and Miller, we upped it to three days a week, to get the most out of that first sixmonth period. It’s been tough, and I’ve found my early cockiness rapidly evaporating under the intense work with Miller. The farther away you are from the stroke, the harder it gets. But we have mutually agreed to cut it back to once a week, based on my progress. “Many of my patients I would classify as having moderate to severe problems: I’d rate you as mild,” Miller said recently. She put me under a rigorous, data-based, routine—which I like because I want to analyze where I have difficulty. For instance, she’s helped me to “expand the envelope,” as I put it—to make groupings and associations of different words. She times me to see how many words in a specific category I can come up with. Then she’ll show me all the other words I could have found—as a wordsmith, that’s been a galling experience. Another test that I’ve hated—but see

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Students at the Ashburn Academy of Dance had a chance to see their art— and their humanity—through the eyes of someone who grew up with very little. Jose Soto was a special guest instructor at the school this week. His family brought him from Mexico to the United States in search of a better life when he was 8 years old. He overstayed his visit, working for cash, doing any kind of job to get by, until his family became legal residents. He has had little formal dance training—he said it adds up to about six months of ballet instruction—instead schooling himself through YouTube and performances with various dance companies. He first tried it in an elective class at 17 years old. His family couldn’t afford to send him to dance classes, although a ballet teacher, seeing his passion, took him under her wing for free for a time. Now, he’s on his way to citizenship, and using his art not just to make better dancers, but also better people. “I teach [students] to be good humans, and that’s it, because we need more good humans than we need good dancers,” Soto said. “Because that will come later in life if you love it, but being a human will be forever.” He has taught and performed across the country and currently performs with Scorpius Dance Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. But he has had to work every day to get there. “It’s OK to be tired, but when it gets to the point that it becomes a burden, stop,” Soto told the young dancers between classes. “Stop it, because dance is artwork. Dance is medicine. Dance heals.” Anne Marie Kimmel and Katie Beliveau, the co-owners of the Ashburn Academy of Dance, met Soto during a conference of other More Than Just Great Dancing studios, a nationwide network of dance studios of which they are part. They were captivated by his passion and hard work. They wanted to bring that passion back to their young dancers. “It’s hard in Ashburn, because they have this huge facility to dance in, and their parents have so many resources to give them,” Kimmel said. “… People in this area are trained and they have so much available to them.” With so much pressure to achieve and be technically perfect, she said, it can be difficult for dancers to tap into their passion and feelings. “Sometimes they’re so rigid into learning their technique that they forget that the movement comes from within, and I think he can really bring that out,” Beliveau said. “I’ve seen things in these dancers today that I have never seen before.” She said, “there’s something so raw about him that makes it OK.” “It doesn’t have to be just in dance, but when they are speaking in front of their peers or onstage expressing themselves, they really have something to pull from,” Kimmel said. During classes at the Ashburn Academy of Dance, he sweated and danced along with the students until he was panting for breath. And between classes,

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Lovettsville Resident Brings Gastropub to Town BY JOHN MCNEILLY What’s a community to do when a popular neighborhood watering hole suddenly shutters, leaving locals without a gathering place to catch up over cold beverages? In Lovettsville’s case, a group of townies are undertaking the cause to open their own Cheers-like establishment. Their goal, they said, is to have a place where everybody knows your name, but also offer a variety of excellent local craft beers accompanied by delicious, high-quality, but reasonably priced “gastropub” fare. The team’s vision is tantalizingly close to fruition, according to Joe Brower, an investment partner in the group who will serve as the day-today general manager of 1836 Kitchen & Taproom (1836 was the year Virginia formally recognized Lovettsville as a town). The eatery replaces the former Mad Horse Brew Pub. The latter went through several iterations (and owners) before closing for good in February. Brower said once final inspections are complete, the gastropub will open either the first or second week of September, just in time for the town’s heavily attended Oktoberfest festival that runs Sept. 22-24. The team is targeting Tuesday, Sept. 12, for a soft opening.

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Focused on beer and good eats “Many of our investors were regulars at the former place, so they know firsthand why it was so popular with locals,” Brower said. He said his team will honor and promote that loyalty while also putting their own distinctive stamp on the place. While the focus is still on beer and camaraderie, gone are the days of microwave- and toaster-oven-driven noshing. The food they’ll offer, he said, will be delicious, generous, and relevant to the beers. Twelve taps will rotate a diverse selection of local, state and regional beers. But their emphasis will unquestioning-

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The Dark Hollow bluegrass band performs in the fair gazebo. While the Lucketts Fair won’t continue next year, the tradition of Saturday night bluegrass performances at the community center isn’t stopping.

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Author John Rolfe Gardiner poses for a photo at his home in Unison in western Loudoun. He self-published his most recent book, “Newport Rising.”

Dean of Loudoun’s Novelists, Gardiner Embraces Self-Publishing BY JAN MERKER

or decades, John Rolfe Gardiner has been one of Loudoun’s literary lights. At 80, the award-winning novelist and short story writer turns a new leaf—jumping enthusiastically into the world of self-publishing. Gardiner’s new novel “Newport Rising,” set in pre-revolutionary Newport, RI, offers a look at the city’s often overlooked role as a cradle of American civil society and religious freedom, along with its darker history as a center of the slave trade. Gardiner, who for 30 years worked with noted publishing houses and earned spots in top magazines and journals, has found the industry increasingly tough to navigate in the past decade and, like both new and established writers, decided to go straight to readers with his latest project. “The book industry is becoming more and more concentrated, and it’s harder and harder for a good new writer even to get an agent much less find a publisher. For me, it’s a way to get away from that traditional race,” Gardiner said. “I’m happy to be trying something new and pleased with the idea that I’m not depending on bookstores to keep it on shelves. I’m depending on myself to get out there and let people know what it is and what the significance of the subject is.” Gardiner’s latest book has its roots in

the author’s ongoing fascination with 18th century Newport, which he sees as far more interesting and important than the 19th century mansions for which the city is best known. “[Newport] had the first still-extant synagogue in the country and it had the whole cadre of influential and very successful Jewish traders, as well as traders from the slightly more populous Anglican church,” Gardiner said. “The mix made sure that everybody stayed honest in terms of opportunity. This was what made them rich.” “Newport Rising” tells the story of Cotton Palmer, a printer and political columnist for a Newport newspaper, “tattle-mouth of the Newport Mercury,” and “pest to royalist and patriot alike” and his romantic interest, the feisty abolitionist Sally Warren. Gardiner’s fascination with Newport began with an interest in Newport’s thriving furniture industry in the 1700s. The author was also inspired by Edmund Morgan’s 1962 biography of Ezra Stiles, minister of Newport’s Second Congregational Church and founder of Brown University. The real-life Stiles appears in the novel in fictional form as Palmer’s antagonist. The novel also focuses on Newport’s role as the center of the slave trade in New England, and the often-overlooked slavery-based economy in Rhode Island. The city’s complex mix of religious freedom and slavery also gives it a much bigger role in Ameri-

can history than many readers realize, Gardiner says: “That produced what we have today—all the troubles we have and all the glories we have.” Gardiner, who grew up in McLean in the 1940s, attended Amherst College and served in the U.S. Army in England. He worked as a journalist in 1960s New York, then landed in Loudoun as part of a wave of artists and writers attracted to the historic charm of the village of Waterford. Gardiner spent time at the Skyfields artists commune near Bluemont in the early ’70s. He met his wife, the ceramicist Joan Gardiner, through mutual friends and moved to the western Loudoun village of Unison where the couple still lives. Gardiner’s first novel, “Great Dream from Heaven,” the story of a 19th century labor organizer in the mines of Tennessee, was published in 1974 and established his niche in the historical fiction genre. Gardiner’s best-known novels, “In the Heart of the Whole World,” set in 1980s Northern Virginia, and “Somewhere in France,” set in a World War I hospital, were published by the prestigious—and notoriously picky—Knopf publishing house. But a dozen years after his last traditionally published short story collection appeared, Gardiner found it tough to get a publisher interested in “Newport Rising.” So, like many younger writers, he turned to Amazon’s Cre-

ateSpace self-publishing platform. It was new, but energizing, territory. “It was certainly a steep learning curve,” he said. “I’m glad that I’m independent of that series of steps that puts you beholden to somebody else.” And as Gardiner, who turns 81 later this year, takes on the next decade, he’s still full of creative energy and observations. He recently added songwriter to his résumé, collaborating with local traditional music superstars Furnace Mountain on lyrics for their latest album. For Gardiner, it stems from a conscious decision to keep the words flowing in a new stage of life. “I want to keep looking for new ideas and researching new areas,” he said. “I don’t know what the next thing is going to be.” jmercker@loudounnow.com “Newport Rising” is available at amazon.com. For more information on John Rolfe Gardiner, go to johnrolfegardiner. com or facebook.com/newportrising.

OPEN LATE CONCERT SERIES: PIEDMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday, Aug. 25, 6-8 p.m.; National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg. Details: nationalsporting.org

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LIVE MUSIC: WILL SALZMANN

Modern country and classic rock favorites from Frederick, MD. Concert is free and open to the public.

Friday, Aug. 25, 6-9 p.m.; Blend Coffee Bar, 43170 Southern Walk Plaza, Ashburn. Details: blendcoffeebar.com

The talented young guitarist and Ashburn’s Got Talent winner returns to Blend for an evening of relaxing tunes.

TARARA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: THE CLASSIC ROCK EXPERIENCE Saturday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m.; 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg. Details: tarara.com

ACOUSTIC ON THE GREEN: JENNIFER DANIELS Saturday, Aug. 26, 7-9 p.m.; Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: acousticonthegreen.com

AOG wraps up its thirteenth season with critically acclaimed folk rock/alt-country. The event is free

Celebrate ’70s arena rock as Tarara’s retro summer continues. Tickets are $20 in advance.

LOCO CULTURE TASTE OF THE WORLD CULTURAL FOOD FESTIVAL Saturday, Aug. 26, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Ida Lee Recreation Center, 60 Ida Lee Drive NW, Leesburg. Details: aroundtheworldfestival.com

This free festival showcases cuisines and traditions from 20 countries with music, dancing and food vendors.

MHAA CONVERSATIONS IN HISTORY: THE POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE Sunday, Aug. 27, 3 p.m.; Mt. Zion Historic Park, 40309 John Mosby Highway, Aldie. Details: mosbyheritagearea.org

SUMMER ON THE GREEN: SOUTHERN CHARM Saturday, Aug. 26, 7-9 p.m.; Walker Pavilion, 11 Spring Farm Drive, Lovettsville.

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HILLSBORO MUSIC UNDER THE STARS IN THE GAP: KEN WENZEL AND CROSS KENTUCKY Friday, Aug. 25, 6:30, lawn opens, 7:30, music begins; Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Details: oldstoneschool.org

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The Mosby Heritage Area Association’s Conversations in History Series continues Sunday, Aug. 27, with a program titled, “Recruiting Virginia Unionists into the Potomac Home Brigade.” In the spring of 1861, Francis Thomas, former governor of Maryland, put out a call for the creation of a “Home Brigade” to defend western Maryland from rebel incursions. Three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry were raised, and these men spent much of the war guarding the transportation networks that ran through Maryland and West Virginia. Their war was primarily a guerilla war, though occasionally the Home Brigade would be called into more active service when Confederates crossed the Potomac. From the beginning, the Home Brigade was also a refuge for numerous Virginia Unionists driven from their homes. Starting at 3 p.m. at the Mt. Zion Historic Park, Travis Shaw, MHAA’s public programs coordinator, will examine Virginians who joined Union service by exploring the recruiting of these refugees, their motivations, and their combat experiences. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Mt. Zion is located at 40309 John Mosby Highway near Aldie. For more information, go to mosbyheritagearea. org.

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HISTORY TALK: MARGARET MERCER AND ASHBURN

Rock, pop and Top 40 favorites from a DC-based cover band. No cover.

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Laura Christiansen, curator of manuscripts and archives at Leesburg’s Thomas Balch Library, discusses the life of abolitionist and educator Margaret Mercer. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for students.

LWV VOTER REGISTRATION NIGHT Monday, Aug. 28, 4-7 p.m.; Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg. Details: loudoun.va.lwvnet.org

The League of Women Voters hosts a voter information session discussing absentee ballots, registration deadlines and information on the fall ballot. Event is free and open to the public.

ON STAGE AUDITIONS: ‘MAN OF LA MANCHA’ Thursday, Aug. 24 and Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 26, 1 p.m.; Cascades Senior Center, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Details: sterlingplaymakers.com

Sterling Playmakers hosts auditions for its November production of the classic musical. Roles are available for men and women 16 and up.

‘DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL’ Friday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center. Details: thelct.org

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.

MUSIC WITH A CAUSE: ‘BACH ‘N’ ROLL’

Saturday, Aug. 26, 9 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. Details: smokehouse-live.com

Ashburn’s own Delta Spur draws a crowd for energetic contemporary country from Zac Brown, Keith Urban and other favorites. No cover.

LIBATIONS BLUEMONT VINEYARD 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Friday, Aug. 25-Sunday, Aug. 27; Bluemont Vineyard, 18755 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont. Details: bluemontvineyard.com

The winery celebrates 10 years in business with a three-day extravaganza featuring Nomini Bay Oysters and live music from local favorites including 7th Son of WV, Casey Klein and Pete Carlone. Check the website for a schedule.

WILLOWCROFT DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Saturday, Aug. 26, noon-4 p.m.; Willowcroft Farm Vineyards, 38906 Mt. Gilead Road, Leesburg. Details: willowcroftwine. com

Willowcroft will set up an outdoor tasting bar so guests can enjoy Loudoun wines with their fourlegged friends.

BREAUX VINEYARDS DOG DAY Saturday, Aug. 26, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro. Details: breauxvineyards.com

Dogs are welcome and can enjoy treats and watering stations along with canine contests. Humans can enjoy pizza from Three Fires Oven Pizza and tunes from Steele and Oglevee.

Sunday, Aug. 27, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 711 W. Main St. Purcellville. Details: standrew-pres.org

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Music with a Cause presents Dancing Heart’s new program, “Bach ‘n’ Roll: Music from Bach to Boogie” featuring Karen Johnson on ﬂute with special guest artists Bryan Bourne on trombone and Mariko Hiller on piano. Tickets are $20 at the door and beneﬁt Loudoun Hunger Relief.

Friday, Aug. 25, 5-8 p.m.; Bungalow Lakehouse, 46116 Lake Center Plaza, Sterling. Details: mobilehopeloudoun.org

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Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyhotheater.com

The “American Idol” alum returns to his Texas blues roots with his new album “Strip It Down.” Tickets are $15 in advance.

LIVE MUSIC: BORROWED TIME Saturday, Aug. 26, 8-10 p.m.; Crooked Run Brewing, 22455 Davis Drive, Ster-

HARMONIZING FOR HOPE

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 house youth in Loudoun. Tickets are $50.

HEROHOMES CRUISE IN Saturday, Aug. 26, noon-4 p.m.; Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, Purcellville. Details: herohomesloudoun.org

Check out classic cars, motorcycles and vintage military vehicles at this fundraiser for the HeroHomes nonproﬁt, which builds houses for veterans. The event features children’s activities and local food and drink for sale.

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[OBITUARIES] Evelyn Blake Nelson Evelyn Blake Nelson, a true southern lady, passed away on August 17, 2017 at the age of 82. Evelyn was born and raised in Middlesex County. She attended Averett College and settled in Richmond, Virginia where she met and married her husband, Epes Luttrell Nelson. They moved to Leesburg in 1966, where they raised their two children. Evelyn was a devoted wife, mother, and friend remembered for her southern cooking, quilting, gardening, and decorating. She also enjoyed watching college sports, going to Loudoun County craft fairs, antiquing and being a grandmother. Evelyn worked as an office manager for several real estate companies in Leesburg, Virginia for over 25 years. Evelyn is survived by her two children: Monty Nelson (wife Donna), and Anne Nelson-Pieper (husband Randy). She enjoyed a large family including six grandchildren: David Nelson (wife Jena) and their son Harrison, Josh Burruss (wife Heather) and their children: Sophia, Lilliana and Noah, Maclay Pieper, Katie Pieper (significant other Kevin Abt), Becky Stratton (husband John) and their children: James and Amanda, and Sarah Pieper and her children: Linden and Nate.

Evelyn was blessed with her special extended family member and caregiver, Teresa Prada (husband Roberto). She will be greatly missed by all who love her. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband Epes Luttrell Nelson, parents Robert Yancy and Louise (Muse) Blake and a brother Robert Turner Blake. A Visitation was held on Tuesday August 22, 2017 from 4:30PM to 7:30PM at Loudoun Funeral Chapel 158 Catoctin Circle, SE Leesburg, Virginia 20175. Funeral Services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Capital Caring Hospice atwww.capitalcaring.org/donate. On-line condolences may be expressed at www.Loudounfuneralchapel.com.

Evelyn Elizabeth Freed Evelyn Elizabeth Freed was born on July 17, 1924, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She passed into a bright eternity with Christ on August 16, 2017, at her home in Lansdowne, Virginia. Her parents, John and Theresa Zotter, were immigrants from Austria who operated a grocery store and butcher shop. Evie had three sisters, Alma Kommiller, Edna Cummings, and Viola Stauffer—all of whom predeceased her.

Evie graduated from Allen High School and held a variety of jobs including a secretarial position at Muhlenburg College. She was married to Paul Fred Freed on August 10, 1946. She and Paul had one daughter, Vickie Lynn Farris. The Freed family moved to Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1958, where they lived until 1965. Evie’s husband, Paul, had been promoted to work in the New York City office of Blue Cross. During these years, Evie worked for a non-profit association located at Rutgers University. In 1965, the family moved to Walnut Creek, California, in light of Paul’s promotion to a regional management position in San Francisco with Blue Cross. Evie worked for many years as the secretary for the Walnut Festival Association. She was the sole employee of this large, volunteer organization which conducts one of California’s major civic festivals. She was feted by a series of past presidents of that association upon her retirement. Evie was a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek for more than four decades, where she was active in the church choir. Her husband, Paul, passed away in 1986. In 2006, Evie moved to Lansdowne, Virginia to be near her daughter, Vickie, and her ten grandchildren—Christy Farris Shipe, Jayme Farris Metzgar, Katie Farris Dunn, Jessica Farris Cole, Ange-

la Farris Ness, Michael Farris, Jr., Emily Farris Cook, Jon Farris, Joe Farris, and Peter Farris. Upon her arrival in Virginia, Evie joined Our Savior’s Way Lutheran Church in Ashburn. She remained an active member until her passing. Evie was well-known for her feisty, fun spirit. She loved drama, music, and was active in a number of bridge clubs for several decades. She dearly loved her family and tried to be a part of their lives as much as possible. She loved saying, “I only had one daughter but she gave me ten grandchildren.” Every Thanksgiving, she led her family in a tradition of oneby-one giving thanks for blessings during the year. She was quick to laugh and was a faithful friend to many. She is survived by her daughter Vickie (Mrs. Michael) Farris of Purcellville, Virginia, her ten grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren, a beloved niece, and two beloved nephews. Her funeral service will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 25, 2017, at Our Savior’s Way Lutheran Church, Ashburn, VA, 20148. Donations in her memory should be directed to Romania Reborn (a ministry to orphans founded by her granddaughter, Jayme), P.O. Box 2027, Purcellville, VA 20134. Arrangements by Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA. Please visit www.hallfh. com to express online condolences to the family.

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Editor: There were numerous disturbing scenes from the recent events in Charlottesville. Angry mobs, carrying lighted torches, shouting anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant and racist slogans list a few. One of the most upsetting was the sight of civilian militia, with the self-proclaimed role of defenders of the First Amendment, marching with AR-15-style weapons. Are we not protected by local police? By the state police? Must I hire my personal protection team? These weapons are designed for the quick, efficient killing of large numbers of people. In the tense atmosphere of that Saturday, a mistake by one of these men could have led to that result. Groups such as these are threatening. They do not ease tensions, promote civil discourse or bridge the divide between differing ideas. These weapons are best mounted on walls. The Constitution and I would be safer if the militia had hitched up with the Red Cross to distribute coffee and donuts. Fred Lillis, Leesburg

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Editor: It has come to the forefront of the news that some people believe that they are superior to others in the human race. It seems that they feel that, because they are from a certain nationality or color of skin or culture, they are superior to others. It is as if they feel that their make-up or birthplace makes them superior to others in the human race who were not so privileged as they. If that is true, and I doubt it, how are they are to act in accordance to their beliefs? What actions are superior to others? In other words, is degrading and trying to destroy other human beings just because they are superficially different a superior action? Does

destroying others make one better or superior? The answer, of course, is no. Matter of fact, such behavior and beliefs actually degrades the individual who believes them. Why, you ask? Because you’re created in the image of God and God is love. I John 4:8 says, “He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.” I John 3:10 says, “in this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God neither he that loveth not his brother.” These quotes show the real superior race; those from God; and the fallen human race; those who are of the devil. For who your God/god is, that is what you become like. If your God/god is the devil, then you’re degraded, fallen and of little worth. If your God is the creator of the universe and father of the human race, then you are exalted and will have his divine nature in you. That divine nature will last for all eternity because you are like Him and see him face to face. That, my friends, is what a superior race is and acts like. Brian Burton, Leesburg

Alzheimer’s Disease, What Next? Editor: My interest as the organizer of the annual Labor of Love Day to Honor Caregivers each Labor Day has been my community endeavors since we first started this campaign five years ago, During this period, the illness has mushroomed out of control and this pandemic is sweeping the world. Not one helpful protocol to abate this disease has been developed. We are still following the hospice/palliative route, as the old expression goes, stuck in the mud. Nursing homes under hospice discharge patients to their homes when palliative signs begin. At that time, the LETTERS >> 37

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ments because blacks, when free, would become savage and violent. Dixon’s aim was to instill “National Unity through knowledge of the truth.” He wrote of impending race wars and warned white Americans that black equality would be their doom: “The Southern people vainly imagine they have solved the negro question by Jim Crow cars and Grandfather Clauses for the temporary disfranchisement of the blacks. They have overlooked the fact that this nation is a democracy, not an aristocracy, and that equality—absolute equality, without one lying subterfuge—is the supreme law of our life.” From 1900 to 1908, 607 blacks were lynched in the United States. During those same years Jim Crow segregation laws in Virginia were expanded to reach beyond education and marriage to include everyday accommodations. The groundbreaking 1915 motion picture, Birth of a Nation, was based on The Clansman, and received high acclaim and a screening in the White House by Virginia-born President Woodrow Wilson. In Wilson’s scholarly work, A History of the American People, he praised the Klan’s Reconstruction-era efforts to free the South from “the incubus of that ignorant and often hostile” black vote. Wilson’s 1912 election fostered segregation across the Federal workforce and reinforced discriminatory practices across American society.

In 1908 virulent racism was being stoked. To no small extent, that racism was rationalized when statues and monuments glorifying those who fought to insure the practice of enslaving human beings and destroy the Union were placed prominently on public grounds. Today, many may see these as simply benign historical markers for revered generals, common soldiers or an honorable heritage, when in fact when erected they constituted a bold assertion of white supremacy and privilege—part and parcel of an effort to instill hopelessness and fear among black American citizens by encouraging and emboldening racist ideology and embedding racism into our lives and laws for generations to come. This is the historical milieu and context that is integral to the debate about the future of the monument that still stands today at the very doorsteps of Loudoun’s halls of justice. It remains an ominous sentinel to a cause that denied freedom and justice for all. Editor’s Note: Roger Lee Vance, mayor of Hillsboro, was born in Virginia and for more than two decades served as editorial director for history publications including American History, Civil War Times and America’s Civil War magazines.

A Historic Preservation Perspective BY HEIDI SIEBENTRITT, LOVETTSVILLE

munities to take stock of what we have now and to make decisions on what we wish to take with us into the future. Our present historic inventory includes landscapes, buildings, archives, oral histories, archaeological sites and, yes, monuments. The emotions surrounding Confederate statues specifically, is quite profound. Historically (and even prehistorically) humans have created statuary to glorify a cultural ideal—an ideal of physical beauty, fertility, bravery, power or even of hope for “huddled masses.” Therefore, large-scale immortalization of Confederate leaders is seen by many as an entrenched, weighty and perhaps immovable idealization of an era and a culture underpinned by the theoretical and physical dehumanization of black people. Within Morton’s preservation framework, my personal perspective on the removal or retention of Confederate statues becomes clear. It is now time for individuals and communities to ask the question: Is this what we wish to bring forward into the future? I believe this is a moment, perhaps the moment, when preservationists should take the lead, initiate a respectful dialogue and, in the process, begin defining the meaning of historic preservation for the 21st century.

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The debate surrounding the existence of Confederate statues on public grounds is growing. Many proponents of retaining these statues are people of good will whose perspective resides within the framework of historic preservation. Yet there is little conversation, and certainly no single opinion within the preservation community, on this issue. From a historic preservation perspective, removing the statues could constitute an attempt to revise and perhaps even “sanitize” the complex history of the American south and represent a rejection of the brave southern patriots (our own ancestors in many cases) that fought to preserve a way of life that can only partially be characterized by the institution of slavery. I am an historic preservationist and I feel compelled at this moment to engage in the debate. I have had the honor of working with scholars, historians, archaeologists and preservation-minded individuals who firmly believe that the values of preservation mandate the retention of these statutes as important historic artifacts that serve as literal “placeholders” in the history of our country and our community—a history we must embrace, warts and all—if we are to truly understand our past and learn from it. I am also a trained archaeologist and I know that artifacts

left in situ have far more interpretive value than those without provenance. For this reason, there has always been tension between archaeologists and Civil War metal detector enthusiasts—when a belt buckle or a bullet is removed from a battlefield, the artifact loses its context and the battlefield loses a measure of historic integrity. The artifact represents a monetary value for collectors but forfeits its historic value in the process. Isn’t it the ideal of historic preservation to keep important historic resources in their original form and contexts so the historic narrative remains intact? And yet … I find myself returning to an understanding of historic preservation that challenges traditional preservation ideals. An understanding that historic preservation is not about the past at all. Leesburg resident W. Brown Morton III is a pioneer of historic preservation at the local, national and international level. While working for the National Park Service he co-wrote the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation which continues to provide the professional community a framework for both preservation and for inevitable change. This is Brown Morton’s understanding of Historic Preservation: Historic Preservation is not about the past. The past is past. Historic Preservation is the very difficult responsibility of individuals and com-

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A VIEW FROM THE GAP

Those of us living in Loudoun County in the past two decades have been witnesses to and participants in unprecedented change shaped by massive growth in population and wealth. In the face of rapid urbanization and suburban sprawl, we continue to make heroic efforts to preserve Loudoun’s rich history, conserve important landmarks and landscapes and retain a semblance of its heritage. But landmarks and landscapes are merely old buildings or places, or pretty views easily dismissed, torn down or flattened unless succeeding generations have awareness of their significance, contextual meaning and influence on their present. Understanding our present demands that we understand our past. Appreciating history and how it shapes our world requires acceptance of basic knowledge built on demonstrable truths—and the dexterity to perceive the contextual contours of a place and a people who lived in a time far removed from ours. Remembering that the “past” was the “present” for those living it gives us a critical perspective on the reality of that which we cannot ourselves experience. History’s hard edges are often softened or distorted over time—by lore, embellishments and nostalgia, frequently with purpose and too often with malice. When historical context is lost or obscured, perceptions of the past are blurred and fictions can replace historical fact, with direct implications on our present. In America, we are confronted with a

harsh and haunting history that will never go away and that, rightly so, should sear every American’s heart. When our past and present collide as it did so jarringly in Charlottesville, we are challenged to either acknowledge and accept our past to build a more just future, or turn away to leave unhealed wounds to incubate and inject more toxicity into our collective bloodstream. Such a collision is about to occur on the Loudoun Courthouse lawn, where for more than a century a statue has stood memorializing the short-lived Confederacy and those Loudoun soldiers who fought and died for its cause. As the future of this monument unfolds, knowing the context of its inception is critical to understanding its meaning. The United Daughters of the Confederacy dedicated the statue on May 28, 1908, in a celebration similar to hundreds across the South marking the centennial of Jefferson Davis’ birth on June 3, and amid a renewed veneration of the “Lost Cause.” Thomas Dixon’s novel The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, was published in 1905, the second of a trilogy that portrayed the naked terrorism of the KKK in the aftermath of the Civil War as a justified and honorable response to Reconstruction’s “oppression” of white Southerners. Enormously popular, selling more than a million copies, The Clansman was adapted for the stage and performed for large audiences across the south in 1906 and 1907. Its main message, aimed at whites, was to maintain segregation and defy the 14th and 15th Amend-

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Statue debate << FROM 1 nounced last week that no permits had been issued for the assemblies. “Prior to the horrific events in Charlottesville on Saturday, August 12, 2017, a group known as United Patriots planned to hold a ‘Rally to Defend Our History’ in front of the Loudoun County Courthouse on Saturday, September 16, 2017. In the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy, that group has cancelled their event,” Burk stated. “Permits to use the Loudoun County Courthouse grounds are issued by Loudoun County. At the present time, United Patriots has not submitted an application to use the courthouse grounds on any other date.” Her statement also noted that plans by the Loudoun County NAACP to hold an event also on Sept. 16 did not appear to be moving forward. The group had planned to gather on the Town Green in front of Town Hall and proceed to the courthouse grounds. No application has been made by the group to use the Town Green or any other town-owned public property, including public streets, Burk said. Moving forward, town leaders will do their best to steer clear of bringing events like those occurring in Charlottesville on Saturday to the county seat, she said. “The Town will not issue permits for the use of public property to groups that intend to incite violence or disrupt the peace,” Burk stated. “I would like to assure the public that the Leesburg Police Department is working closely with the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office and the

Virginia State Police to be prepared to maintain safety and protect the public in the event that an unscheduled rally takes place. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and advise the public as necessary.”

Vandalism Suspects Sought Meanwhile, the search for those who spray-painted graffiti including obscene language on the Confederate memorial continued this week. The Sheriff ’s Office released surveillance video of two possible suspects. It shows two light-skinned males wearing hooded sweatshirts entering the courthouse square from Church Street at 12:15 a.m. Thursday. It can be viewed on the Loudoun Now website or the Sheriff ’s Office Youtube channel. Clean-up crews with power washers moved quickly after the damage was discovered Thursday morning. There was no permanent damage to the statue. There are several security cameras around the courthouse complex. Friday morning, two portable cameras were brought in and posted near the memorial. Over the weekend, additional permanent cameras were installed to provide a wider view of the court grounds. Also, deputies were stationed near the monument in the days following the vandalism. Anyone with any information regarding the case is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at 703777-0475. Tips may also be submitted through the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office app. krodriguez@loudounnow.com nstyer@loudounnow.com

Back to school << FROM 3 new school, new buddies and friends,” he said. “I’m just trying to breathe, trying to stay calm.” Just a few lockers down from Gabriel, Mallory Sultan could relate. The sixth-grader spent Monday decorating her locker with magnets, a marker board and photographs, and carefully organizing her notebooks and folders for each class. “I’m a little nervous I won’t be able to find my classes or get to my locker between each class to get my books,” she said. The school’s new policy requires students to keep backpacks in their locker and instead only take what they need for each class with them. How to hurry back to her locker during the five minutes between class bells was her big

YMCA << FROM 3 plaudits for the work she did for the organization. “Laura Fears had more of an impact on youth in Loudoun than she realizes,” Foster said. “She expanded the after school program, is the reason we have the Youth Development Center in Sterling, and she’s the reason we are able to assist so many families in Loudoun by significantly growing the Caring for

question this week. Thankfully, her sister Gabby is a seasoned middle schooler who is entering seventh grade. “She said to just stay organized and not get stressed,” Mallory said. The 11-year-old has also been on the other end of the advice, offering tips to her younger brother, Brock, who’s entering kindergarten. “I told him, listen to your teacher. And don’t be mean to other kids.” Gabriel, 11, had a few words of advice for some of those 5,200 kindergartners who will experience elementary school for the first time. “Stay calm, go to the teacher—they know the ins and the outs of the building. And don’t be afraid to ask for help,” he said. “I hope you will do a great job.” By the time the school year wraps up June 13, they’ll all be pros. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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