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change in the way the Virginia Alcoholic Beverages Commission interprets the rules governing wine and beer. And that shift in policy could open up possibilities across the county. “There’s always been a tremendous amount of collaboration, whether it’s wine barrels being used in production, or whisky barrels used to fortify products,” said Visit Loudoun President and CEO Beth Erickson. She said sharing a tasting room continues in that vein of collaboration. Her organization has studied the profiles of winery and brewery visitors, and she said they are very similar—except that winery visitors tend to be women, and brewery visitors tend to be men. “I think that collaboration is always a

A review by the Virginia Department of Education into Loudoun County Public School’s restraint and seclusion practices found that there is no evidence of systematic failure to comply with state guidelines. It found that reports of special education students being restrained and locked in rooms as part of discipline were isolated incidents. Superintendent Eric Williams requested that VDOE conduct an independent review following news reports earlier this year that documented stories from parents that their children with disabilities had been held in isolation rooms for hours at a time. State legislators also called for an independent review of the school system’s practices. In response to the report released Aug. 22, Williams stated this week, “We appreciate VDOE’s review and are generally pleased with the findings, but I want to emphasize that we have work to do to improve our policies, procedures, and practices in the area of special education, generally, and restraint and seclusion specifically.” VDOE’s report recommended the school system make several improvements, including adopting more specific policies and procedures that explicitly ban “pharmacological restraint,” which is restraint using medication to subdue or sedate. The report did not find evidence that LCPS uses pharmacological restraint, but stated that the school system’s guidelines also do not prohibit it. The report also recommended LCPS require that every student is seen in the school clinic for incidences of seclusion and restraint; and that it review the incidences that involve isolating students in “chill rooms” to determine whether such actions were appropriate. It also encouraged the school

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Hillsborough Vineyards winemaker Kerem Baki fills casks of wine at his winery near Hillsboro. Soon his brother Tolga Baki, owner and head brewer of Belly Love Brewing Company in Purcellville, will join him to offer beer alongside its wine.

A Promising Pairing Wineries, Breweries Can Now Serve Wine, Beer Side by Side

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hen Hillsborough Vineyards starts serving beer later this year, it will be one of only three craft beverage makers in Loudoun County to serve the two drinks side by side. Kerem Baki, the winemaker at Hillsborough Vineyards, is getting together with his brother Tolga Baki, the owner and head brewer of Belly Love Brewing Company in Purcellville, to expand the operation to brew beer. Completely separate from Belly Love, the new brewhouse will bring beer into the tasting room overlooking the scenic, rolling vineyards. The brothers can serve the two beverages in the same tasting room thanks to a

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The tasting room at Hillsborough Vineyards near Hillsboro, overlooking the winery’s rolling acres of grapevines, will soon offer craft beer alongside its wine.

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Bell Joins Race to Unseat Black in Senate BY RENSS GREENE Second-term state delegate John J. Bell (D-87) has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Richard H. Black (R-13) in the Virginia senate race next year. Bell, of South Riding, said Black does not represent the changing district, one of the fastest-growing in Virginia. “Number one is focusing on the 13th District and the needs of the families and people who live and work there,” Bell said. “Senator Black has focused on Syria and many issues that have nothing to do with the 13th District.” He said his campaign will seek to differentiate him from Black, one of the state legislature’s most conservative members. Black is known for stirring controversy with his opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion—once handing out plastic fetus dolls to legislators—and his vocal support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is accused by American and international agencies of human rights abuses and war crimes during his time in power. “The straw that broke the camel’s back for me was his 24-minute speech on Syria when we were having a very crucial special session on passing Medicaid expansion,” Bell said. In the press release announcing his campaign, Bell specifically cited “keeping children safe in schools, protecting reproductive choices for women and finding cost-effective transportation solutions, not someone who uses his platform to propagate an extremist agenda.” BELL >> 33

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Del. John J. Bell (D-87) attends a canvassing event in November 2017 before Election Day.

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BY RENSS GREENE Attorney and small business owner Suhas Subramanyam has announced he will run to fill the seat to be vacated as Del. John J. Bell (D-87) runs for state senate. Subramanyam was a White House technology advisor during the Obama administration. Today, he is the founder and CEO of consulting firm S2 Impact LLC, based at his home in Ashburn. He advises companies and nonprofits on technology, government regulations, and economic empowerment. “I have learned from my work in the commuSuhas Subramanyam

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When announcing Welsh’s arrest, investigators said he and Rishi were The bullets don’t match. close friends, and it was believed That finding by forensics investigaWelsh targeted Rishi over narcotics tors resulted in the Commonwealth’s activity taking place inside the home. Attorney’s Office last week halting the The mother was not believed to be an prosecution against Brian K. Welsh, intended target. Both victims were 38, who had been charged with two found shot multiple times in different counts of first-degree murder in the parts of the home. double homicide of a mother and her Detectives at the time said they inadult son found dead in their Aldie terviewed more than 60 people and home Jan. 31. followed leads in West Virginia and Welsh had been held in jail without northern and central Virginia, and bond since his arrest in March. He served 21 search warrants and seven appeared in Loudoun County Discourt orders before filing the charges. trict Court on Aug. 23 for a prelimiThey also claimed that the Brownnary hearing on the charges. Before ing Buck Mark .22 LR semiautomatthe hearing started, however, Deputy ic pistol linked to Welsh forensically Brian K. Welsh Commonwealth’s Attorney Sean P. matched to shell casings found at the Morgan announced that a ballistics scene. report sent to his office the previous day showed that the Welsh’s attorney, Thomas B. Walsh, in court last week said nine bullets found at the crime scene did not match the gun that he had previously disputed that claim and had chalturned over to authorities by Welsh’s family. lenged prosecutors’ attempts to link the on-scene evidence As a result, he said, Sheriff ’s Office detectives have re- to the weapon linked to Welsh. “The bullets don’t match. I’ve opened the case and were continuing their investigation. been saying that all along,” he said. With no pending charges, Welsh was released. Walsh also said that DNA evidence found on a wallet left The investigation began after Mala Manwani, 65, and her on Rishi Manwani’s body had excluded Welsh as a suspect, son Rishi Manwani, 32, were found dead at their home on but did match an individual in the state’s database for a Jan. Tomey Court. Mala’s co-worker asked deputies to check on 2, 2001 crime. her after she failed to show up at work during the week. Investigators believe the Manwanis were killed about two days nstyer@loudounnow.com before they were found.

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The Loudoun Wineries Association has announced the winners of its fourth annual Loudoun Wine Awards. Seventy wines were entered in the competition, 18 of them were named gold medalists and 47 won silver medals. All of the entrants must be made up of 100 percent Virginia fruit, with 75 percent of the fruit from Loudoun County. All wines also must be produced and bottled in the county. Seven wineries won two gold medals for serving the county’s best wine: Bozzo Family Vineyards, for its 2016 Second Act red blend and 2017 Murph chardonnay; Doukenie Winery for its 2015 cabernet sauvignon and 2017 Sauvignon Blanc; Maggie Malick Wine Caves for its 2017 Albariño and 2017 viognier; October One Vineyard for its 2015 cabernet sauvignon and 2015 merlot; Sunset Hills Vineyards for its 2015 Mosaic and 2015 reserve cabernet franc; and Zephaniah Vineyards for its 2015 Chambourcin and 2015 Three Captains Red. Loudoun wineries that won one gold medal are: 868 Estate Vineyards, Cana Vineyards, Fabbioli Cellars, Hillsborough Vineyards, Willowcroft Farm Vineyards, and Wine Reserve at Waterford. “It is exciting to see the number of gold medals on the rise in the competition. Every year we are seeing more wineries submitting wines with Loudoun County fruit that are producing worldclass results,” said Aimee Henkle, chairwoman of the Loudoun Wine Awards Committee and co-owner of The Vine-

yards and Winery at Lost Creek. Several wineries were awarded multiple silver medals, including: 868 Estate Vineyards and Lost Creek Winery each won seven, Zephaniah Vineyards won five, Cana Vineyards, Maggie Malick Wine Caves and Doukenie Winery each won four, Bluemont Vineyards and Willowcroft Farm Vineyards won three; 50 West Vineyards, North Gate Vineyards, Hillsborough Vineyards and Fabbioli Cellars each won two. Quattro Goomba Winery and Sunset Hills Vineyards were also each awarded a silver medal. The medal winning wines will be poured at the Grand Tasting Reception prior to the awards ceremony and dinner on Friday, October 19, at Lansdowne Resort & Spa. The award winners including the Chairman’s Award (best-in-show), best-in-class by varietal category, Loudoun County’s Winemaker of the Year, Winegrower of the Year, and Wine Ambassador of the Year will be announced at the awards ceremony. Loudoun Wine Award Dinner tickets are $89 and can be purchased at http:// lwa2018.eventbrite.com. The eight judges were The Inn at Little Washington Sommelier Lindsey Fern, Washington Post wine writer Dave McIntyre, wine buyer with The Country Vintner Jason Bise, Author of DrinkWhatYouLike.com Frank Morgan, Cork ‘N Fork Shops owner Antoinette Landragin, Master of Wine Caroline Hermann, American Wine Society Certified Judges Jennifer Krafts and Rex Bambling. Of the 70 wines entered, 65 were recognized with gold or silver medals.

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County Launches District Court Mental Health Docket

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he first participant has enrolled in the Loudoun General District Court’s new mental health docket—a new program aimed at getting suspects whose crimes are related to mental illness into treatment rather than jail cells. “Mental illness is a common factor in many of the cases we see and we’re hopeful by adding this component will help these folks get the treatment they need, reduce future involvement in the court system, and keep our communities safer,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman. The goal of the program is to reduce recidivism and improve both individual clinical outcomes and public safety, by offering an individualized, comprehensive, community-based treatment plan with court supervision, for each participant. The docket’s reach is limited. To qualify, the individual must be a Loudoun resident and have criminal charges that can be resolved in General District Court—in other words, misdemeanors, or felonies that the parties agree to resolve as misdemeanors. Participants must complete a two-part screening process and, if eligible, enter a plea agreement. Once accepted, participants will meet regularly with the mental health docket team to provide support to the individual, celebrate milestones, and monitor compliance. “The Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Disability Services has resources at the jail and is providing services to people, and they are definitely overworked and underpaid,” said Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy McMullen, who helped organize the program. “So this is a mechanism that we can try to get people services in the community. But we have to balance

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The Loudoun General District Court has launched a new program to treat suspects who suffer from mental illness.

it, and Mr. Plowman is obviously concerned about public safety as well.” The effort was spearheaded by members of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, the Office of the Public Defender, Department of Community Corrections, Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, & Developmental Services, and the Loudoun General District Court. Those same agencies are represented on the mental health docket team by current staff members.

Docket team members began traveling throughout the commonwealth to observe existing mental health dockets in 2016. Creation of Loudoun’s Mental Health Docket was approved by the Virginia Supreme Court in May and screening of applicants began in midJune. The team members also completed illness management and recovery training sponsored by the department of mental health in April, and a 32hour training sponsored by the Virginia

Supreme Court in May. Several team members also attended the mental health track of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals annual conference in Houston, TX, earlier this summer using federal grant funds obtained by the Loudoun Community Criminal Justice Board. Judge Deborah C. Welsh presides over the docket. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Firefighters Fill the Boot Against Muscular Dystrophy LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT As the end of summer approaches, firefighters in Loudoun and across the nation will again be busy filling their boots to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association and “Jerry’s Kids.” Members of the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System and the Loudoun Career Fire Fighters Association Local 3756 are stepping up to help. From Aug. 27 through Sept. 4, they will be collecting donations across county. The Fill the Boot drive is the result of a partnership between the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters. For more than 60 years, the firefighters association has pledged to assist the Muscular Dystrophy Association in any way possible until a

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Loudoun firefighters will once again Fill the Boot to fight muscular dystrophy.

cure is found to treat the debilitating disease. Research and assistance for individuals suffering from neuromuscular disease can be a heavy financial burden on a family. Loudoun’s first responders are here to support them. “All of our fire and rescue personnel are fully committed to this great cause and we appreciate the generosity of Loudoun County citizens that make this campaign a success,” stated System Chief Keith H. Johnson. “Your donations are the true meaning of neighbors helping neighbors.” All funds raised by Loudoun County firefighters assist local families affected by one of the 43 neuromuscular diseases. These donations provide families with a network of specialized clinics, financial aid for assistive equipment, support groups, informative publications and accessible summer camps for kids.

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Side by side << FROM 1 good opportunity for Loudoun County, and the chance for our wineries and our breweries and our distilled products to work ever more closely together, I think, is an exciting opportunity,” Erickson said. In the case of the Baki family, the brothers are starting a whole new brew house to take advantage of the loosened restrictions. Kerem has been making wine for almost 20 years, starting with an internship at Chrysalis Vineyards near Middleburg his senior year of college. He went on to study oenology—the science of winemaking—in graduate school. He said the new venture at Hillsborough comes mostly because “I just wanted to work with my brother.” “He’s proven himself to be a successful brewer and businessman in his other venture with Belly Love, and for a long time it was his ambition to also start a farm brewery,” Baki said. Kerem said his father told him rather than start a new farm somewhere else, why not work together at Hillsborough Vineyards? At the time, the Baki family would not have been able to serve both beer and wine in the same tasting room. But after the change about a year ago, they are now only weeks away from serving their first beer at Hillsborough Vineyards and Brewery. Before the rule was changed, they would have been required to maintain two separate tasting rooms—as was the case at Quattro Goombas Winery and

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Chris Jacques, brewer at Quattro Goombas Brewery in Aldie, poses for a photo next to a canning machine for crowlers. Quattro Goomas is one of a handful of places in Loudoun producing craft beer and wine and serving them side-by-side.

Quattro Goombas Brewery. Quattro Goombas, near Aldie, has been making both beer and wine for years. When it first started, a fence was required around the brewery area to separate it from the wine operations. The two tasting rooms are right next to each other—patrons in the beer tasting section could wave or even reach over and clink glasses with the people on the wine-tasting side. But with the change, beer lovers can pick up a pint at the brewery and wander over to visit their friends sipping wine, or share a picnic table outside.

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“What I’ve seen a lot is you get a group of friends that are out there, and there are six wine drinkers and one beer drinker, or vice versa,” said Quatto Goombas owner Jay Decianno. “And that’s been really nice for them.” Quattro Goombas head brewer Chris Jacques said his brewery is working on bringing wine into the beer hall. Already Quattro Goombas has prosecco on draft. “Eventually we would like to sell glasses and bottles in the brewery since the brewery is open longer than the winery by two hours,” Jacques said. “It’s

a matter of logistics—space for glassware, space to sell and taste.” That also lends itself to new ideas like flights of half beer and half wine. “For us, it’s been an awesome change in the law that allows us to do some fun things we couldn’t do before,” Jacques said. “Eventually too we’d like to do chocolate, cheese, fruit and other food pairings side by side with wine and beer.” Kerem said with the rules change, “all the cards kind of fell into place.” Like SIDE BY SIDE >> 9

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at Quattro Goombas, co-locating allows the Bakis to use some of the tools of the winemaking trade in their beer, something with which Jacques has also experimented. “I don’t want give out too much information, but a very simple crossover is taking fermented beer and aging it in wine casks,” Baki said. “That’ll kind of bring on some of the flavors of the wine.” He said they may also use grape skins or the grapes themselves in the beer recipe, and being on the farm allows them to experiment with using other farm products in the beer. The spirit of collaboration is not lost on Doug Fabbioli, the owner and winemaker at Fabbioli Vineyards. He has been sending two custom wines to the tasting room at Vanish Farmwoods Brewery in Lucketts, a vidal blanc and a meritage. He said he has known Vanish’s founders, Jonathan and Hilda Staples, since that venture began, and fell into the business naturally. “I always want to make sure that we’ve got a good neighborhood,” Fabbioli said. He has helped other winemakers get their start, and is growing both grapes and hops on the farmland around Vanish. “Sure I’d love to sell more wine—I always want to sell more wine,” Fabbioli said. “But there’s a cultural aspect of it, too.” “I think it unlocks more opportunity,” said Loudoun Department of Economic Development Agricultural De-

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velopment Officer Kellie Hinkle. She said when people ask her which winery is her favorite, she first asks them what kind of wine and experience they want. “There is a winery for every situation, and I feel like adding the beer to it just expands that situation and that opportunity,” Hinkle said. “Not every winery is going to add beer, and not every brewery is going to add wine.” Other brewers and winemakers also do both, but not all think combining the two is the right move for them— such as the Zurschmeide family, who runs both Dirt Farm Brewery and Bluemont Vineyard. Janelle Zurschmeide said they’ll likely keep the two businesses separate. Both are already well-established in their own right. Similarly, the Corcoran family-owned Corcoran Vineyards and Cidery and Corcoran Brewing, although the brewing operation folded into B Chord Brewery. But while historically breweries and wineries have been kept at arm’s length, Baki said his more than 1,000 wine club members are excited to try the craft beer. “Every month I do an educational winery tour for our wine club members, and I always give them a brewery tour as well, and everybody’s excited about it,” Baki said. The Bakis plan to start serving beer at Hillsborough Vineyards in mid-September.

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Kites Take Flight at Ida Lee Park “I feel like a kid again,” said Yohana Djuanda, pictured here, as she flew a kite at Leesburg’s World Heritage and Kite Festival with her son and daughter, Ahmad and Maryam. Saturday’s sunshine and light breeze made for the perfect weather to fly a kite, sample ethnic foods, and watch internationally inspired entertainment.

The Town Council will reopen debate on downtown parking policies at its Sept. 11 meeting. Council members held an Aug. 14 public hearing on the topic, but held off on debating the numerous recommendations. The recommendations, which include those put forward by an outside consultant and town staff along with input from the Town Council, include several Zoning Ordinance amendments, as well as program changes. The Planning Commission has also studied the options and finalized its recommendations last month. Among the potential fixes include changes to the controversial payment-in-lieu-of-parking fee, which gives developers the option to pay a per-space fee rather than constructing parking for a project. Program changes include a biannual parking study, expanding mass transit opportunities, and even giving payment-in-lieu purchasers parking passes to use underutilized metered parking spaces.

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Zoning Process Parks CartWheels — For Now

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he need for a change in Leesburg’s zoning ordinance has stalled plans for the CartWheels transportation service in downtown Leesburg. Asa Rusk was set to launch his CartWheels business in August. The company wants to offer road-ready golf cart transportation service throughout the downtown, giving visitors to the booming restaurant and brewery scene a safe way to travel the bustling streets. But that has come to a halt for now. While Rusk declined comment for the article, the CartWheels Facebook page notes that a meeting with the town staff just prior to the business’ launch found that the town’s current zoning rules prohibit road-ready golf carts on towns streets. “That’s not to say we did not do our due diligence; we did,” the post reads. “But being such a new business model, a model working in cities and towns across the country, the Town needs

As November’s Election Day inches closer, town residents have an upcoming opportunity to hear from all eight candidates on Leesburg’s ballot. The League of Women Voters is hosting a candidate forum for both the mayoral and Town Council candidates Thursday, Sept. 13, at Rust Library. The forum will be from 7-9 p.m. and will be moderated by Loudoun Now Publisher Norman K. Styer. Audience members will be invited to submit questions for the candidates. All three mayoral candidates— incumbent Kelly Burk and challengers Councilmen Ron Campbell and Tom Dunn—have confirmed their attendance. All five candidates on the Town Council ballot are also expected to be there—incumbent council members Vanessa Maddox, Marty Martinez and Suzanne Fox, and challengers Kari Nacy and Neil Steinberg.

Airport Projects Get State Support

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Leesburg’s zoning ordinance prohibits golf carts on town streets, but the Town Council may change that to allow Asa Rusk CartWheels shuttle service business to continue operating this fall.

time to study, write some new codes and explore the concept in more depth. They were adamant in their support. After all, alternative transportation

and the increased use of Pennington [parking lot] and other underused CARTWHEELS >> 12

Two projects at Leesburg Executive Airport were the recent recipients of state funding. According to a recent release from the Virginia Aviation Board, the airport received almost $25,000 in total funding for the design of its runway and taxiway lighting rehabilitation project; and for an environmental assessment for its north end development and maintenance equipment storage. In total, the VAB awarded more than $6.4 million to support 30 construction and system improvement projects at 25 airports across TOWN BRIEFS >> 11

Leesburg Airport Customs Facility Moves to Construction burg customs facility is operational, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to clear international flights at the Leesburg Executive Airport, using on-call personnel based at the Dulles International Airport. “This will allow fights originating in other countries to fly directly to Leesburg Executive Airport,” the report reads. “Charter aircraft operations at the airport have advocated for this enhanced service as a way to encourage additional higher value flights into and out of Leesburg. Construction is expected to commence in October. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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Leesburg Executive Airport, shown here, will soon have a U.S. Customs facility on site.

Leesburg Council Wants Flexibility to Study City Status be required to provide schools, courts and other services now handled by the county government. At its recent meeting, the council voted to send a letter to the state commission expressing its viewpoint. The commission is accepting written comments on the draft report until early September. Councilman Ron Campbell was the lone council member to vote against sending the letter. Notar said this week the final draft of the letter is still being worked on.

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

The Leesburg Town Council has put pen to paper to let the Commission on Local Government know its position on the longstanding statewide moratorium on city status. Town Attorney Barbara Notar brought the matter up to council’s attention. The General Assembly, in 2016, voted to extend the moratoria on annexations by cities against counties, including towns seeking city status, to at least 2024. In the bill amending the statute, legislators also included an annexation study with recommendations krodriguez@loudounnow.com due back to the General Assembly by the end of this year. The draft report, ! EE Notar wrote to staff, recommends that R F the moratoria become permanent. Have you updated your Will? Do you even have a Will? While the Town Council has never taken a firm position on whether it Is a Will enough to avoid a lengthy/costly probate? Come ﬁnd out. wants to seek city status for Leesburg, “Straight forward, easy to understand without the legalese.” council members have often lobbied Silver Spring Olney Chevy Chase Monday March 12th @1pm Tuesday March 13th @ 11am Tuesday March 13th @ 3pm their legislators to end the moratoria, Long Branch Community Library Olney Library Chevy Chase Library to allow the town to study the costs and 8800 Garland Ave 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Road 8005 Connecticut Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20901 Olney, MD 20832 Purcellville Leesburg LeesburgChevy Chase, MD 20815 benefits of such as change. For example, residents of the City of Leesburg Mon., September 10th at 3pm Thurs., SeptemberRockville 13th at 6:30pm Sat., September 15th atPotomac 11am Gaithersburg would no longer pay Loudoun CounWednesday March 14th @ 11am Thursday March 15th @ 11am Thursday March 15th @ 3pm Carver Center Leesburg Junction Leesburg Junction ty taxes, but the City Council would easy to understand without the legalese.” Rockville Memorial Library Gaithersburg Library Potomac Library “Straight forward,

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With the recent allocation construction funding, the new U.S. Customs facility at Leesburg Executive Airport is expected to begin operation this fall. The Town Council recently awarded a $129,912 contract to AtLam for the construction of the U.S. Customs clearance facility at the state’s second-busiest general aviation airport. In the same vote, the council also approved a supplemental appropriation of $29,700 for fiscal year 2019 since the project is expected to come in over the originally budgeted amount of $130,000 when other costs and contingency is taken into account. Six thousand dollars of

that additional funding provided by a Virginia Department of Aviation grant. According to a staff memo, the project will retrofit a portion of the airport terminal building to qualify it as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection International General Aviation Facility. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to clear international flights at Leesburg upon the completion of a facility meeting its standards. The staff report notes the numerous benefits to the town once the facility is operational. Right now, when flights enter the U.S. from a foreign country, they must stop at the first port of entry for customs clearance, prior to continuing on to Leesburg. Once the Lees-

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Many teenagers can’t wait until they turn 16 to get their driver’s license and hit the road. Loudoun County High School junior Trey Stroupe had a higher aspiration: pilot an aircraft by himself. He achieved that goal May 12. Just a few weeks after his birthday, Stroupe took off from Leesburg Executive Airport in a Cirrus SR20 for his first solo flight. He flew to Harper’s Ferry and completed three successful takeoffs and landings. “I was at a loss for words on the first flight,” Stroupe said. “I couldn’t talk or anything, I was just taking it all in for the first time. Seeing the ground below, being up in the air, taking it all in from the cockpit.” Stroupe started flying on his 15th birthday after he received an introductory flight as a birthday gift. By the time the wheels hit the runway, he had found a new passion. Since then he’s taken flying lessons at Leesburg Executive Airport through a company called OpenAir, while waiting for his next birthday to arrive. Like Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles, the Federal Aviation Administration requires licensees to be 16 years old and to complete 15 hours of supervised time behind the wheel—or rather the yoke— before traveling without an instructor sitting in the next seat. Stroupe’s flight instructor, Bob Gar-

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ity, said a student hitting those flying milestones so young is “pretty unusual.” “It’s unusual to find a young man his age who knows exactly what he wants to do and is going after it,” Garity said. And he said while Stroupe can fly a plane by himself, his parents still drive him to the airport. Once he graduates from Loudoun County High School, Stroupe plans to attend aviation school; he is looking into U.S. Air Force Academy, University of Colorado, Purdue and Virginia Tech. He hopes to eventually become an aerospace engineer or a U.S. Air Force pilot. “I really enjoy flying,” he said. “I think it’s more fun than driving. It’s something that not a lot of people can do and it’s just special to be up in the air.” For now, in between balancing school, NJROTC and athletics, Stroupe still tries to schedule at least one flying lesson a month to keep his skills sharp. “He’s a real good pilot,” Garity said. “He’s really conscientious, he studies all the material. He handles the airplane like a professional, and he doesn’t even have a license yet because of age.” Stroupe also plans to complete all the requirements to obtain his official pilot license as soon he turns 17. TJ Davis is a summer intern at Loudoun Now, studying journalism at Liberty University. estimates that service on the streets will not be available until at least October, although it will be allowed to be used during special events. “Your enthusiasm for CartWheels, from its service to its advertising model, was tremendous and appreciated. We ask for your patience. Also a nice email or call to the Town Council in support could make a difference and expedite the process. Again, the representatives we have met with from many departments of the Town believe in the concept they just need to fine tune it,” the post reads. For more information on CartWheels, go to cartwheelsva.net. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

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LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT The Loudoun County Health Department has issued an alert about two specific locations where residents could have been exposed to a person with measles in recent days. Health officials are seeking to identify people who may have been exposed. The potential exposures would have occurred: Friday, Aug. 17 at the Inova Medical Center on Hirst Road in Purcellville between 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., or Monday, Aug. 20, at the 2 Riverbend Building at 44084 Riverside Parkway in Lansdowne, between 1 and 5 p.m. Health officials stated they were not aware of any other Virginia locations or dates where exposures may have occurred. Measles is a highly contagious illness that is spread through coughing, sneezing, and contact with secretions from the nose, mouth, and throat of an infected individual. Measles symptoms usually appear in two stages. In the first stage, most people have a fever of greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery red eyes and a cough. The second stage begins around the third to seventh day when a rash begins to appear on the face and spreads over the entire body. Based on the date of exposure, the Health Department determined that anyone infected with measles could develop symptoms as late as Sept. 10. What should you do if you were at one of the above loca-

tions at the time specified? The Health Department advises: If you have received at least one dose of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in the past, your risk of being infected with measles from any of these exposures is very low. If you have never received MMR vaccine, you may be at risk of measles. If you notice the symptoms of measles, immediately limit your exposure to others. Please call your primary health care provider to discuss further care. Call ahead before going to the office or the emergency room and tell your primary health care provider’s office that you were exposed to measles. Residents who believe they may have been exposed to measles at these two locations on the dates and during the time frames indicated, and have never received an MMR vaccine, should call 703771-5512 and leave a message with their contact information and a Health Department representative will follow up. According to the Health Department, measles is easily preventable through safe and effective MMR vaccine. The best protection against future measles cases is the on-time vaccination of all susceptible persons. Two doses are recommended for most individuals with the first dose given at age 12-15 months and the second prior to kindergarten entry (age 4-6 years). Find more information on measles at vdh.virginia.gov.

AMATEUR (HAM) RADIO LICENSE CLASSES Across town, around the world, even in outer space, Amateur Radio Operators are everywhere. People from all walks of life have found it to be a fascinating hobby! Experienced Radio Amateurs from the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group (LARG), based in Leesburg, VA, plan to hold a series of eight weekly class sessions for the (beginner) Technician Class Amateur Radio License starting on Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 6 to 8:30 PM for persons age 10 and up. Classes will be held at the Leesburg VFW Hall, 401 Old Waterford Rd. These classes will give students the information needed to be able to pass the Technician Class license test, plus additional information about Amateur Radio culture, operating practices, what to consider when setting up your first station, and making that first contact with another Radio Amateur. No prior electronics knowledge is necessary and there is no Morse code requirement. If you’re interested, then you’re qualified.

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Video Released in Asian Grocery Break-in The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office on Monday released surveillance video of the suspect in an Aug. 22 burglary of a Sterling grocery store. The suspect entered the Asian Grocery and Halal Meat store along Rt. 7 at approximately 1 a.m. by breaking the front window. Surveillance video shows the man wearing a white longsleeve shirt, hat, black gloves and a face covering. He took a small amount of cash from the register. The video can be viewed at sheriff.loudoun.gov/15387. Anyone with any information about the case is asked to contact Detective K. Mitchell at 571258-3138. You may also submit a tip through the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office app.

Sterling Park Stabbing Under Investigation The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating a stabbing that occurred in the Sterling Park community early Monday morning. The victim reported he was confronted by man who got out of a vehicle on Dinwiddie Street. The victim said the man tried to take his cell phone and when he attempted to run away he was stabbed. The victim ran to West Charlotte Street where he knocked on several doors before passersby stopped to help. The Sheriff ’s Office was notified of the assault around 2:30 a.m. The suspect was described as an approximately 25-year-old Hispanic man wearing a blue stripped shirt with blue baggie shorts. He’s 5-feet, 8-inches tall, with a heavy build. The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment of injuries described as non-life-threatening. Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to contact Det. R. Reed at 703-7771021.

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BY DANIELLE NADLER lmost a week after students countywide returned to classes, many teachers say they’re still awaiting the arrival of math textbooks. The School Board approved the purchase of the new new math textbooks for kindergarten through high school students in April. Wayde Byard, the school system’s public information officer, confirmed that there was an error on the part of multiple vendors with the delivery of some of the new math materials. “We are working diligently toward a solution with each of these vendors,” he said. He said that some secondary teachers have received textbooks and digital resources. “For those who have not, we are in close communication with the vendors to receive an updated timeline on the delivery of those materials,” Byard said. “Staff are working closely with textbook distributors to make sure that the secondary schools have the necessary mathematics materials and resources to support student learning.” While Byard said all teachers and students will have access to all materials online to use while they wait for physical resources to arrive, two high school math teachers said Monday that they knew of only a handful of secondary math teachers who received textbooks or anyway to access online materials. One high school teacher said the math teachers were required to turn in all of their old books at the end of last school year, so they have no material on which to build their lessons. Every elementary, middle and high school math teacher attended an all-day professional development workshop three days before school started, the teacher said, but there was little that could be done because no textbooks or teaching material had shown up. “Once the school year starts, there’s no time to lesson plan,” said the teacher,

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Superintendent Eric Williams greets Wayne Mills, the first principal of Sully Elementary, during the school’s 50th anniversary celebration.

Sully Elementary Celebrates 50 Years

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Students work on a class project at Woodgrove High School in Purcellville.

who asked that her name not be made public for fear of retaliation. “It is insulting. What we’ve been told is to just be patient and shut up about it.” Some elementary school teachers received textbooks and workbooks but the wrong ones, according to an elementary teacher who spoke to Loudoun Now on the condition of anonymity. She said her teaching team was told the afternoon before the first day of school that they were sent the wrong materials and now needed to ship them back— one textbook and two workbooks per student to total 1,900 books. The books they received are geared toward Common Core standards, not Virginia’s Standards of Learning. Teachers had already begun planning lessons from those books, written students’ names on the workbooks, and recycled the boxes they came in. “Well the publisher wants all of that back, so our poor custodian is running around trying to get everything boxed up and shipped out.” In the first week of school, the teacher

Students’ SOL Scores Dip Slightly BY DANIELLE NADLER Loudoun County’s public school students’ pass rates dipped slightly on state-mandated math, reading, history and science exams, as shown in results released by the Virginia Department of Education last week. This is the first year Loudoun’s Standards of Learning scores have taken a modest hit after seeing three straight years of gains from 2013 to 2016 followed by a leveling off in 2017. Still, Loudoun public school students’ overall pass rates met or exceeded the state pass rate for 27 of the 28 tests administered

this past spring. Loudoun saw the biggest slump in mathematics, where 83 percent of students passed, down two points from last year. Reading, history and social sciences, and science fell by just one point to 86 percent, 91 percent, and 88 percent, respectively. The pass rate in writing stayed level at 90 percent. The one testing area Loudoun County lags behind the state in is eighth grade math. The county’s achievement on that test decreased from 64 percent in 2015-16 to 62 percent in 2017-18. That column has been a bit of a black eye on

said she’s had to get creative. She’s given students worksheets, flash cards and dice games to use to brush up on their math until the books arrive. “Knowing Loudoun County Public Schools we’ll be lucky if we get the right books by December,” she added. Superintendent Eric Williams and the School Board made a big push in the spring to carve out funds in fiscal year 2019 budget for textbooks. Administrators had said in School Board meetings that many of the textbooks were outdated. Several million dollars were earmarked for new textbooks and digital resources. The new textbooks that the School Board adopted are: “Go Math!” from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for elementary students; books and materials from Pearson publishing company for middle school math, algebra, algebra II, and geometry; and material from MacMillan Publishers, Pearson, and Wiley for the high schools. dnadler@loudounnow.com

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. Among Loudoun’s English Language Learner students, the school system lost a bit of the traction it gained last year. They showed improvements in every area on the SOLs during the 2016-2017 academic year. This year, they continued making progress in writing— from 56 to 57 percent—but they lost ground in reading (from 66 to 62 percent), history and social sciences SOL SCORES >> 18

Sully Elementary’s former and current staff members and students gathered at the school Aug. 21 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Wayne Mills, who was the school’s first principal at just 27 years old, spoke about how Sully Elementary’s opening was rushed because elementary schools in Sterling Park had quickly become crowded. Mills had ended the 1967-68 school year as the principal of Aldie Elementary and found out a week before Sully opened that he was to be its first principal. On the first day of school, construction crews were still busy working on the campus. The primitive conditions at Sully’s opening meant accommodations had to be made. Everyone packed a lunch and ate in their classroom. Students were kept inside for recess because the playground was a construction site. There was no homework because the students had no books to take home. And when there was a weather emergency, someone had to run over from Guilford Elementary to tell the staff at Sully. But, Mills said, no one complained because they were just happy to have a new school. Last week’s small celebration of the school’s 50th year invited former administrators, teachers and students back to campus. Current Sully students were also welcomed to attend and enjoy lunch with their families, courtesy of a $1,169 grant from the Loudoun Education Foundation and the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation. Volunteers from Christian Fellowship Church prepared the barbecue lunch.

State of Education Breakfast Sept. 5 Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Eric Williams and George Mason University Vice President for Academic Innovation and New Ventures Michelle Marks will be the featured speakers at the annual State of Innovation in Education on Sept. 5. Williams and Marks will disSCHOOL NOTES >> 18

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Shocktober Takes Over Loudoun BY RENSS GREENE In its ninth year, the Arc of Loudoun’s popular Shocktober haunted house is coming back bigger and better than ever—and all across Loudoun. Shocktober is the nonprofit’s largest fundraiser. The Arc of Loudoun’s staff and volunteers work on the attraction six months out of the year to get the 150-year-old Paxton Manor ready. Last year, Shocktober saw more than 12,000 attendees and raised more than $400,000. That accounts for about half of the Arc of Loudoun’s fundraising. This year, Arc of Loudoun has new partnerships across the county, like the new Fears and Beers—a brewery tour to go with the haunted house—an escape room, and The National Con-

ference Center’s new Halls of Horror. There is also the Trail of Terror guide to a three-day tour of Loudoun restaurants, wineries, breweries, places to stay, and things to do. Visiting those places wins Shocktober fans discounts and prizes and sends a donation to the Arc of Loudoun. Shocktober’s new theme is “Paxton Hall,” a haunted boarding school with a dark history, with new rooms, new characters, and new scares. The Arc of Loudoun advocates for and provides direct service to children with disabilities, as well as their families, caretakers, and the professionals who work with them through its several programs. Shocktober opens Oct. 5. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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School Testing Coordinator Katie Loudermilk—who plays “the lunch lady” at Shocktober—waits at Paxton Hall for the next group of unfortunate students.

Leesburg Council Urges Schools to Provide More Parking at LCHS

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BY DANIELLE NADLER The Leesburg Town Council voted unanimously earlier this month to send a letter to the School Board requesting they provide more on-campus parking at Loudoun County High School. The decision comes amid growing complaints from residents who live near the high school that students and teachers are parking on residential streets. Each year, Loudoun County High School sells 260 parking permits to student drivers, but the school has only 245 available spaces, according to the staff report. Plus, there are other students who do not buy permits— which cost $100 per semester—and park along nearby streets. “This practice has not been well received by some residents,” town staff reported. Staff members are suggesting the School Board consider seven possible solutions, which they will outline in their letter. Among the suggestions are to: add a parking lane along Dry

SOL scores << FROM 16 (from 70 to 67 percent), math (from 68 to 62 percent) and science (from 60 to 56 percent.) Pass rates among students with disabilities fell—although ever so slightly—in every subject area. Reading and writing each fell one point to 59 percent and 57 percent, respectively. Math slipped four points to 55 percent; history and social sciences fell three points to 71 percent; and science dipped three points to 64 percent. In recent years, school leaders have allocated 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.

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Cars park along Catoctin Circle near Loudoun County High School, which has 513 parking spaces. By comparison, Tuscarora High School, one of the county’s newer schools, has 809 spaces.

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cuss the ways local K-12 and higher education systems are employing innovation to better prepare students for the 21st century workforce and society. The event is sponsored by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. It begins at 8 a.m. and is held at Loudoun County Public Schools Administrative Offices, 21000 Education Court in Ashburn. Cost to attend is $55 for chamber members and $85 for non-members. RSVP at loudounchamber.org.

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nities for engagement and to give students the opportunity to experience deeper levels of learning, Lane stated. “Ultimately, with increased student engagement, test results will reflect this renewed focus on deeper learning.” dnadler@loudounnow.com

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private property and major public infrastructure improvements, and that staff has not contacted any of the impacted property owners to gauge their support. In a letter to Leesburg Town Manager Kaj Dentler, Kevin Lewis, the school system’s assistant superintendent of Support Services, stated that his staff would assess the situation this fall as it continues work on the school division’s six-year Capital Improvement Program. Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk wrote School Board Chairman Jeff Morse (Dulles) to encourage these efforts. “… On behalf of the Leesburg Town Council and our residents, I encourage the Loudoun County School Board to take this issue seriously during your budget discussions,” she wrote. “It is very important to the quality of life for our residents who live in the surrounding neighborhoods of LCHS that the School Board ultimately approve a plan of action that will mitigate the problem for all parties involved.”

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Four years after Old Ox Brewery opened its doors in Ashburn, it’s redeveloping the quarter-acre Middleburg Health Center property to serve as a tasting room and beer garden. Here, workers prepare for the release of the seasonal Oxtober Beir.

Old Ox Brewery to Open Tasting Room, Beer Garden in Middleburg

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ld Ox Brewery, which has grown quickly to become one of Northern Virginia’s largest breweries, is opening a second tasting room in Middleburg. The Middleburg Town Council last week voted unanimously to approve the sale of the town-owned Health Center property with Old Ox Brewery for it to open a tasting room and an outdoor beer garden. The brewery will spend $750,000 to purchase the quarter-acre property, which is located at 14-16 S. Madison Street and includes a 3,400-square-foot building. The sale comes months after the town set out to find better social and economic uses for the property, which it’s owned and managed for 39 years. The brewery’s owners expect to attract more visitors to the town and contribute to the community by creating new events, becoming involved in existing events, and collaborating with other businesses. “Everything’s been going really well,” said Old Ox Co-owner Chris Burns. “We’re incredibly excited about this opportunity.”

Burns said he anticipates phase one of the property redevelopment to begin in early October and take up to 14 weeks to complete. This phase will include converting the building’s unoccupied 2,900-square-foot basement into a tasting room and the 1,000-square-foot courtyard into a beer garden. A private event space and a game room with dartboards and shuffleboard tables will also be constructed in phase one. Burns said the brewery would open to the public once this phase is complete next spring. Until then, the brewery might open a pop-up location to introduce their beers to the town. Phase two will see the installation of a three-barrel, 95-gallon brewing system in the property’s five-bay garage that’s been used as a parking garage for Middleburg Police Department’s cruisers. Old Ox expects to brew about 200 barrels, or 6,200 gallons, of beer on site each year, with brewing taking place no more than twice a week. It also plans to brew specialty beers for its Middleburg location. “We want to be able to produce these fantastic, experimental, small-batch beers,” Burns said. “That’s a great opportunity for us to stretch our creative muscles.”

Since Old Ox opened in a warehouse space in Ashburn in 2014, it’s grown to attract more than 100,000 visitors each year. This year, it will also produce and distribute 5,500 barrels—or 170,500 gallons—of beer to locations in Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, and in the Hampton Roads area. Until the brewing system is installed, Old Ox will continue to transport beer to Middleburg from its Ashburn location. Burns said that popular beers like Golden Ox and Hoppy Place IPA will continue to be brewed in Ashburn and transported to Middleburg. Burns said the brewery will also offer food to its customers, whether that’s via food trucks or through another outlet. “We recognize food as an important part of the experience,” he said. In the spirit of working with other local businesses, Burns said Old Ox could brew beers like an oyster stout in conjunction with the King Street Oyster Bar or a coffee beer with Middleburg Common Grounds. “Community focus has always been one of the pillars of our business,” he said. “We’re always looking to strengthen the communities that we serve.” The brewery also plans to keep the three building’s existing tenants—a Pi-

lates studio, a counseling service and a doctor’s office—in place. As for any concern about noise and odor in the building, Old Ox plans to not occupy any space on the first or second floors and intends to set appropriate hours of operation for its Middleburg location. It also won’t create any odors from spent grain, since it will remove the grain within 24 hours of brewing. Steam produced from brewing will also be vented through the roof of the building. Business and Economic Development Director Jamie Gaucher said is hopeful that Old Ox will bring visitors to the town, which will help bring more business to the town’s many new restaurants. “We have people coming to town looking for an authentic Middleburg experience and anything that adds to that … I think adds to the cultural opportunity that we have here in Middleburg,” he said. “At the end of the day, it’s going to bring some additional diversity to the local economy.” Mayor Bridge Littleton said the Town Council appreciates the brewery’s hard work in preparing its redevelopment proposal. “We look forward to having you guys here,” he said. While the proceeds from the sale will be set aside in a separate town fund and put toward charity, in the long run it will provide the town with at least $1,030 annually from property taxes, plus revenue from meals tax, business license fees and water and sewer payments. During the past four decades, the town has been operating the Health Center property at a loss. Not only has it been responsible for property maintenance, but it’s also been unable to collect tenants’ rent payments, because of a stipulation in the property’s 1939 incorporation document requires the property owner to donate all generated revenue to charity. According to Health Center Advisory Board member Howard Armfield, about $30,000 is donated each year. The process of securing a new owner for the Health Center property has gone fairly quickly. The town first asked in the spring for companies to express their interest in purchasing. Two responded: Old Ox and the partnership of Treptow Development Co. and St. Mawes LLC, which focused its proposal on residential and commercial components. A proposal review committee analyzed both responses and recommended in June that the Town Council move forward with Old Ox. pszabo@loudounnow.com

Primera Air Begins Low-Cost Flights Between Dulles, London LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT Gov. Ralph Northam was in Loudoun last week to celebrate Primera Air’s inaugural flight to Dulles from London Stanstead Airport. It is the first low-cost, transatlantic service between London and the Washington region. Primera Air will offer five nonstop, roundtrip flights per week. “Today, we celebrate the expansion Courtesy of MWAA of the important partnership between Gov. Ralph Northam joins area dignitaries and representatives of Primera Air in celebrating the Virginia and the United Kingdom, airline’s first flight from London to Dulles Airport on Aug. 23. as well as the increased connectivity that this new transatlantic service rep- coming more British travelers as they charming small towns. This new serresents,” Northam said during the Aug. explore our beautiful beaches, stun- vice taking flight represents a key av23 ceremony. “We look forward to wel- ning mountain resorts, lively cities and enue for increased business and trade

investment from the United Kingdom and across the European continent.” The airline’s low cost fares—beginning at $199 for the Dulles route—are expected to boost international tourism in the commonwealth. In 2017, 560,000 overseas travelers visited Virginia and spent more than $1.6 billion. Of those visitors, 80,000 were from the United Kingdom, according to the Virginia Tourism Corporation. Primera Air today also announced plans to launch a second route between Dulles and Brussels, Belgium, beginning June 2, 2019—making Primera Air the first low-cost, long-haul carrier with service to Brussels Airport.

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Wine Kitchen in Purcellville Plans Farewell Bash

BY PATRICK SZABO

ith Loudoun’s first ever Restaurant Week in full swing, the Wine Kitchen Hearth & Steak in Purcellville isn’t just participating—it’s planning to go out with a bang. Wine Kitchen owner Jason Miller, 40, recently announced that his Purcellville location would be closing after five years. Because the restaurant’s last day of business will coincide with the final day of restaurant week, Friday, Aug. 31, Miller said he’s treating the location’s last week more like a celebration than a funeral, with a closing-night party and specials throughout the week. While Miller’s other ventures—the Leesburg Wine Kitchen and the Wine Kitchen on the Creek in Frederick, MD—have become culinary destinations, the Purcellville location struggled to gain traction amid light foot traffic and a fire that closed the venue for months. “It’s more about creating other opportunities for us as a company,” he said of the decision to close Purcellville. “It’s sad and disappointing to be closing but I think in the long run it will be for the better for everything.” Of course, talk about the Wine Kitchen isn’t completely centered on its closure in Purcellville. The Leesburg location earlier this year started serving specialty cocktails and has steadily seen an increase in business, thanks in part to the blossoming nightlife in downtown Leesburg. Miller said he also feels that the town has become more of a destination for visitors in recent years. “We’re just seeing a lot more people in downtown than we used to,

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The Wine Kitchen Hearth & Steak in Purcellville will wrap up Loudoun Restaurant Week on Friday with a farewell party.

which is great,” he said. In Frederick, Miller said the Wine Kitchen is on the verge of expanding, with an announcement coming this month that will reveal plans to open a separate, smaller concept of the restaurant elsewhere in the city. Miller has also been working with the team organizing the county’s Restaurant Week by providing information on how his Maryland location has benefitted from Frederick Restaurant Week each year in March and the Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, which took place last week. “I’ve seen the rewards of participating in the program,” he said. Now fully prepared for Loudoun’s version of the event, the menus for the Leesburg and Purcellville Wine Kitchens are primed with specials. In Leesburg, the Wine Kitchen is offering a beet and citrus salad with walnut vin-

aigrette, oranges, shaved fennel, spicy walnuts and beet goddess dressing. In its final week of operation, the Wine Kitchen Hearth & Steak is offering a lamb chop special with lacinato kale, new potatoes, Asian pear gastrique and a pear and fennel salad. Both restaurant locations will also continue offering customers their signature wines, including the more popular French sauvignon blanc. Miller said Loudoun Restaurant Week will be the perfect opportunity for residents and visitors to eat at restaurants they’ve never been to before. “This is the time to do it and go and check out new places,” he said. “That’s what Restaurant Week is kind of all about.” pszabo@loudounnow.com

BLUEMONT Apple Gala, Cider Festival Throughout September Although most people associate September with back-to-school and a drop in the heat index, it represents apple picking season for farmers. Great Country Farms beginning Saturday and Sunday, Sep. 1-2, will host the first weekend of its five-weekend Apple Gala and Fresh Cider Festival. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each weekend in September, families can head out to the farm to go apple picking, learn how apple cider was made in the nineteenth century, enjoy music from children’s entertainer Tony M. Music, get lost in a corn maze and try some cider donuts. Admission for children is $10 on Saturdays and $8 on Sundays. Adult admission is $12 each day. For more information, go to greatcountryfarms.com.

HILLSBORO 868 Estate Vineyards to Host Beer Weekend This Saturday through Monday, 868 Estate Vineyards will host its Summertime Beer Weekend as it highlights three local beers to send the summer off—Port City Brewing’s Witbier, Champion Brewing Co.’s Missile IPA and Monocacy Brewing Co.’s Gose of Althea. Winery guests will also be treated to wine, wine slushies, live music and hot cooked food from The Grill, including pulled BBQ pork sandwiches, corn veggie burgers, chicken salad sandwiches and Nathan’s hot dogs. For more information on the event, go to 868estatevineyards. com or call 540-668-6000.

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Construction Begins on 23-Home Villages at Lovettsville Development BY PATRICK SZABO Within the next month, construction on the Villages at Lovettsville subdivision will begin on the 7.2-acre Keena Property, located on the eastern side of town between East Broad Way, South Locust Street and Frye Court. Owned and planned by the Keena family since 2002, the infill development will see Ryan Homes build 23 single-family homes on 0.2-acre lots to fill out the property that’s already home to seven residences and the 1836 Kitchen & Taproom. It will be the first development built in the older part of town since Lovettsville Manor’s seven sets of duplexes were built on Frye Court in the mid-1990s and the second since the 44-duplex Lakeview Village community was built a decade prior to that. After 16 years of planning, the Kee-

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Construction on the Villages at Lovettsville community on the 7.2-acre Keena Property between South Locust Street and Frye Court will start within the next month.

nas have more of an incentive to start construction at this point because they have until June 2019 to take advantage of the town’s previous water and sewer

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Christopher Newport University Awards Fontaine The mayor of Lovettsville didn’t just start being a leader on July 1, he’s been doing it for decades. Christopher Newport University earlier this month awarded Mayor Nate Fontaine its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Service Award for his “incredible accomplishments and service.” Before Fontaine graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from the college in 2007, he was a member of the university’s Presidential Leadership Program. For 12 years, Fontaine also served in the Virginia Air National Guard as an F-16 and F-22 crew chief. He currently oversees an IT security branch within the Department of Homeland Security. In town, Fontaine served on the Planning Commission from 20152017 and founded the Coalition of JUMP TO >> 23

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them of their curbside parking spaces. While Bateman said there is potential for temporary parking hassles, he noted that residents will have much better parking once the development is complete, since Frye Court will be improved and there will be additional parking along the East Pennsylvania Avenue extension and the Locust Street-Frye Court connector road. “Overall, the parking situation will permanently be improved,” he said. “We feel confident that they’ll take advantage of and appreciate those improvements.” Bateman said the town also realizes that construction projects are disruptive and that residents in that part of town are not as used to them as those living on the western side of Rt. 287, which has seen the construction of seven residential communities and three commercial developments in recent years. “This is something new for those residents,” Bateman said. Under the town’s zoning ordinance, construction will be limited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays. The town does not

allow construction on Sundays. “It will be imperative on my part to enforce those restrictions,” Bateman said. “That should give our residents some degree of comfort, I would hope.” Although there may be some inconvenience during construction, the developers expect the project to improve the roads and even reflect the history of the 182-year-old town, seeing that the Keenas plan to name the residential streets after the town’s historic places and people. Stone Jail Street will be named after the old stone jail on Locust Street, Ritchey Alley will be named in honor of a member of the Ritchey family whose members used to work at that jail, and Spotter Post Alley will be named for the residents who volunteered to look out for enemy planes during World War II at the spotter station, which was located where the Lovettsville Community Center now stands. Construction on the development is now slated to begin within the next few weeks and wrap up by summer 2021. pszabo@loudounnow.com

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Road Improvement Project Moving Forward The Town of Lovettsville’s South Church Street and Pennsylvania Avenue road improvement project is making headway. The Town Council this month voted to approve an additional $9,000 for the Pennoni engineering firm to coordinate meetings with the town, VDOT, the county, utility companies, the Planning Commission and the general public to solicit input on the project’s concept design. That amount is in addition to the $61,000 that the council approved in July for Pennoni to complete a topographic survey, conduct geotechnical engineering, develop a concept plan and help the town apply for extra funding from the county and VDOT by preparing supporting documentation, exhibits and cost estimates. Once these tasks are completed, the town will give Pennoni the go ahead to prepare construction plans and a traffic management plan for $83,000. At that point, the firm will also spend $14,000 to help the town select a construction company.

Town Receiving Applicants for Town Manager Position The search for the Town of Lovettsville’s next town manager is underway and the applicants are pouring in. Interim Town Manager Larry Hughes said that the town has already received multiple résumés from applicants interested in the job and is expecting even more to come in. The recruitment pack-

age for the position was posted last week to municipal government organizations, including the Virginia Municipal League and the International City Management Association and the West Virginia Municipal League. To keep a competitive edge over the Town of Middleburg, which is also searching for a new town administrator, the Town Council earlier this month voted unanimously to increase the town manager’s maximum pay to $100,000, which is $20,000 less than Middelburg’s maximum. The deadline for applications is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sep. 21.

MIDDLEBURG Greenhill Winery Welcomes Polo Players Greenhill Winery & Vineyards from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on next Thursday, Sept. 6 will host a “Meet the Players” event for visitors to greet the players of the National Sporting Library and Museum’s annual polo match, which will be held Sunday, Sept. 9. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP by Tuesday, Sept. 4 at greenhillvineyards.com/reservations. For more information, call the winery at 540-687-6978.

Sporting Library’s Last Summer Concert on Friday Don’t miss your chance to experience the National Sporting Library and Museum’s last summer concert of the year. The museum from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 will hold the final event of its summertime Open Late Concert Series. Visitors are invited to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs for a performance by the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, which will be playing classical music and show tunes. Admission to the concert and museum is free. For more information, contact Membership and Events Assistant Reid

O’Connor at 540-687-6542 or roconnor@nationalsporting.org.

PURCELLVILLE Purcellville Arts Council Awards Grants The Purcellville Arts Council has awarded grants totaling $9,000 to five area organizations—the Blue Ridge Thunder Cloggers, Joshua’s Hands, Loudoun Ballet Performing Arts, Loudoun Valley Viking Theatre Company, and the Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour. The council applied for and won a $4,500 in matching funds through the Creative Communities Partnership Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The purpose of the grant is to encourage local governments to support the arts. The $4,500 awarded to the Purcellville Arts Council was matched dollar-for-dollar by the Town Council. “The funds that the Purcellville Arts Council awarded to local arts organizations helps support amazing talent right here in Purcellville while connecting these artists with our citizens,” state Arts Council Chairwoman Liz Jarvis. “Combining the funds from the Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Creative Communities Partnership Grant with funds from the Purcellville Arts Council gives local performers a chance to be featured in professional caliber productions and will enhance the infrastructure that builds the foundation for future productions. The support we give local arts organizations helps develop the reputation of Purcellville as a destination for both visual and performing arts.”

Franklin Park Arts Center to Preview Next Season For those who have been anxious to know more about the Franklin Park Arts Center’s next season of events, now is the time to find out.

The center at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 will host a Season 11 Preview Event for guests to get a first glimpse of the 2018-2019 season via a showcase that will highlight a few of the upcoming performers. A reception for the special exhibit “A Jewell of a Collection” will be held in the lobby and door prizes will also be awarded. The event is free, but guests are asked to register beforehand by calling 540-338-7973. For more information, go to franklinparkartscenter.org.

Indian, Western Jazz Performance Saturday Aligning with its drive to showcase a wide range of music, the Franklin Park Arts Center will host an Indian and western fusion jazz concert by Ustad Shafaat Khan, a world-renowned Indian classical musician who has performed for audiences across the world. Starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Khan will sing and play a blend of Indian, western, jazz and rock rhythms on Sitar and Tabla. Tickets are $20 per person. For more information on the performance, go to franklinparkartscenter.org.

ROUND HILL Suzi Brown Performs at Bogati Winery This Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m., Bogati Winery will host a performance by Suzi Brown, a Harrisburg, PA-based musician who plays cultural styles of music including Celtic, Asian, island, jazz and tribal beats. Before becoming an independent singer and songwriter, Brown toured with bands in Australia, China, Thailand and the U.S. She has been featured on on ABC News 27 and has even opened for Sixpence None the Richer. For more information on Brown’s music, visit suzibrown.net. For more information on her performance, go to bogatibodega.com.

Town Council earlier this year decided to grandfather in pre-approved projects to not “add substantial costs to a project mid-development,” according to Zoning Administrator Josh Bateman. The town approved the Villages at Lovettsville development in 2016. There are also multiple proffers associated with the project designed to benefit the town and residents when construction is all said and done. Those include repairs to and repaving of Frye Court in anticipation of its acceptance by VDOT into the state road system, upgrades to the sanitary sewer lift station on Frye Court, the addition of eight temporary off-street parking spaces for the taproom and the contribution of nearly $12,000 for two streetlights on East Broad Way. The development will also add curbing, gutters, a sidewalk and a storm water drainage system on Locust Street and two new through routes—a road

connecting South Locust Street with the Frye Court cul-de-sac and a 400foot extension of East Pennsylvania Avenue connecting it with Frye Court, which, according to Lovettsville Historical Society and Museum Vice President Edward Spannaus, existed years ago. “The project results in substantial improvements to the public infrastructure in this part of town,” Bateman said. While the Keenas have planned the Villages at Lovettsville for nearly two decades, progress on the project didn’t pick up until January 2016, when the town approved the rezoning concept plan to allow for the construction of the homes. A few months later, the town approved the subdivision’s site plan. It wasn’t until this month, however, that town staff signed the final plat and Mayor Nate Fontaine signed the deeds and agreements, allowing the Keena family to move forward with construction. Of course, Frye Court residents have expressed some concern about construction, saying that it might rob

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Music in the Gap: Chris Bone and Jim Steele Friday, Aug. 31, 6 p.m. Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro

Details: oldstoneschool.org Hillsboro’s beloved summer concert series wraps up with a bang with two local favorites, serving up favorite classic rock, old and new country jams and a side of original material. Concert is free. Food, beer and wine will be available for sale.

NSLM Open Late Concert: Piedmont Symphony Orchestra Friday, Aug. 31, 6-8 p.m. National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg Details: nationalsporting.org

Courtesy of AhSo

Jason Maddens, a chef and sommelier, created AhSo as a restaurant that brings together his two loves: good food and good wine.

AhSo Dishes Up Creativity Paired with Just the Right Wine in Brambleton

BY GRANT WISHARD mid Brambleton’s newly unboxed shopping centers and manicured suburban neighborhoods is a new restaurant that is luring DC foodies off their city perch. AhSo is the creation of Chef Jason Maddens, who describes his first restaurant as a “modern American bistro” where he can flex his muscles as a sommelier, pairing fine wines with a dynamic, locally sourced menu. Maddens cooked for many years alongside DC legends Jon Krinn and Michel Richard, but he’s stepping out on his own with AhSo. He remembers considering opening in Reston, and DC might have seemed to be the obvious choice, “but nothing had the allure for me that Loudoun County did.” First and perhaps foremost, Maddens was born and raised in Loudoun. He and his wife,

Tiffany, decided years ago that it was the perfect place to raise their two kids, now 4 and 6. Loudoun has changed a lot since Maddens was growing up here. Most of the restaurants he loved as a kid have since shut down, including his nostalgic favorite, the Chesapeake Bay Seafood House. Maddens has changed, too. Food was important in his Italian home, where “life revolved around the kitchen,” but he never considered cooking a career path. Going to school for engineering at West Virginia University, he took a year-long break to earn instate tuition and, meanwhile, worked at a restaurant. At the time, in the early 2000s, the Food Network was in its heyday. “You had Emeril (Lagassé) and you had Mario (Batali) and you had all these chefs and it was just entertaining, and I just got sucked into the whole restaurant thing,” he said. He decided to ditch

three years of training as an engineer and stick with the restaurant industry. He and Tiffany chose to open AhSo in their own backyard after recognizing a need for it in the Ashburn area. “There’s very few independently owned, chef-driven restaurants that have a dynamic, changing menu,” Maddens said. They wanted to put that experience in arms reach of their neighbors. The dinner menu offers two routes—a traditional first course, second course, dessert menu, or micro wine dinners that serve the full table. You might enjoy braised Spanish octopus, which is prepared with Spanish chorizo, white beans, and tomato for your first course, eggplant tikka masala for your second, peach crisp for dessert. The menu changes daily—at one point ranging from a low-country boil, to Antarctic salmon, to a half-fried AHSO >> 25

Next Loudoun100 Episode Features Local Band “Our band is a melting pot of different groups and we bring all our different likes together,” said Tom Cegielski. The band was named after the street they started on, Brindley Place, and their hard work has already created a buzz in the Loudoun music scene. They believe that their diverse backgrounds and influences contribute to their meaningful sound. For Brindley Place, music is much more than a hobby; their passion for it manifests in their daily lives. “There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t play” Grant Mayo said. For Isabella Farmer, music was associated with comfort when she lived in Columbia. “There was always a language barrier between me and the kids at school, so I didn’t have a lot of friends. I just played music all the time.” Isabella advises young people to find something you “never get tired of and you don’t mind sacrificing other things for, and pursue it.” Brindley Place is a perfect example banding together to create something legendary, and they’re doing it right here in Loudoun County.

NSLM’s final summer concert of the year features gorgeous tunes from the Warrenton-based PSO. Concert is free. Wine, beer and food will be available for sale. Picnics are welcome but no outside alcohol is allowed.

Mobile Hope Harmonizing for Hope Saturday, Sept. 1, 5-8 p.m. Bunker’s Sports Cafe, 501 E. Market St., Leesburg Details: mobilehopeloudoun.org This year’s benefit karaoke competition features celebrity judges including Redskins Coach Jay Gruden, former Redskin and Leesburg gallery owner Chris Cooley and quarterback Alex Smith, along with special guest singers from the Redskins team in support of the Mobile Hope nonprofit serving precariously housed youth in Loudoun. Tickets are $50 in advance.

Tarara Summer Concert Series: Classic Rock Experience Saturday, Sept. 1, 6-9:30 p.m. Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Lucketts Details: tarara.com This magical musical journey to the ‘70s offers your favorites from Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and other arena rock favorites. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the gate.

Village at Leesburg Plaza Party: Shane Gamble Saturday, Sept. 1, 6-8 p.m. Village at Leesburg, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg Details: villageatleesburg.com This rising country star recently released a brand new EP and wraps up the Village’s summer concert series. Admission is free.

LoCo Musicians Festival Sunday, Sept. 2, 2-8 p.m. Alimond Studio

From left, Isabella Farmer, Tom Cegielski and Grant Mayo make up the Loudoun County-based band Brindley Place.

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868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro Details: 868estatevineyards.com Todd Brooks has put together an amazing lineup of 30 of the area’s best musicians including Julia Kasdorf, Gary Smallwood, Jason Masi and other favorites for

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SIP AND GROOVE Live Music: Steve George and Friends The Barns at Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton Details: thebarnsathamiltonstation.com

Hidden Brook Winery Comedy Night

The world-renowned Indian classical musician returns to Franklin Park performing his unique fusion of Indian classical, western, jazz, and rock rhythms on sitar, tabla and vocal. Tickets are $20.

Friday, Aug. 31, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hidden Brook Winery, 43301 Spinks Ferry Road, Leesburg Details: hiddenbrookwinery.com Enjoy a night of laughs and great wine. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

Get the holiday weekend going with great classic rock and country tunes from a local favorite. No cover.

Live Music: The Colin Thompson Band

Live Music: Jumpstack

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville

Friday, Aug. 31, 8-11 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 1, 3-7 p.m.

Details: monksq.com

Creek’s Edge Winery, 41255 Annas Lane, Lovettsville

One of the country’s top roots music guitarists, Thompson brings his full band for a high-energy evening of rock, blues and soul.

Details: creeksedgewinery.com

Saturday, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org

Live Music: Split String Soup Saturday, Sept. 1, 8-11 p.m. B Chord Brewing Company, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Bluemont Details: bchordbrewing.com With influences from traditional music to classic rock and country, Split String Soup offers an eclectic Americana sound all their own. No cover.

LIBATIONS

Live Music: The J.S. Trio

Live Music: Deane Kern

Casa Nostra, 2 W. Market St., Leesburg

Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn

Saturday, Sept. 1, 1-5 p.m.

Details: casanostrava.com

Details: oldoxbrewery.com

Doukenie Winery, 14727 Mountain Road, Hillsboro

This jazz trio features the Woodshedders’ Jesse Schultzaberger on drums with Louis Hinds on bass and Rick Whitehead on guitar. No cover.

Celebrate Labor Day weekend and the beginning of fall with the release of Oxtoberfest Bier, a pig roast, live music, vendors and games. Admission is free.

Details: doukeniewinery.com Doukenie celebrates summer’s last Saturday with contemporary roots music from a winery circuit favorite. No cover.

Live Music: Willie White

Live Music: Annie Stokes

Bike TrAle Brewing, 101 Loudoun St. SE, Leesburg

Sunday, Sept. 2, 2-5 p.m. North Gate Vineyard, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Hillsboro Details: northgatevineyard.com Annie Stokes is known for her eclectic indie folk sound, lilting voice and poetic lyrics. No cover.

NIGHTLIFE Round Hill Bluegrass Jam Friday, Aug. 31, 6 p.m.-midnight The Old Furniture Factory, 6 W. Loudoun St., Round Hill

Saturday, Sept. 1, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Details: facebook.com/biketralebrewing The Leesburg-based singer songwriter pulls from diverse influences, from Jimi Hendrix to Bob Dylan to Jerry Garcia. No cover.

Live Music: Chris Timbers Saturday, Sept. 1, 7-10 p.m. Dragon Hops Brewing, 130 E. Main St., Purcellville Details: dragonhopsbrewing.com

Great Country Farms Apple Gala and Fresh Cider Fest Saturday, Sept. 1 and Sunday, Sept. 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Great Country Farms, 18780 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont Details: greatcountryfarms.com Kick off fall with apple picking, cider pressing and yummy cider doughnuts. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for children. The festival continues Saturdays and Sundays throughout September with free admission for first responders with ID and their families Sept. 8 and 9.

COMING UP Live Music: Never Born to Follow EP Release Party Saturday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.

Old Ox Porktoberfest

Enjoy big vocal harmonies and great string sounds from the WV-based husband and wife duo. No cover.

Saturday, Sept. 1, 6-9 p.m.

Loudoun’s newest yoga studio opens its doors with free yoga, light refreshments and prizes.

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg

Sunday, Sept. 2, 4-9 p.m.

Details: tallyhotheater.com This up-and-coming Loudoun-based band recently opened for Bon Jovi and now brings things home to Leesburg with a brand new EP. Admission is free with a donation of school supplies for Mobile Hope.

Loudoun Pet Expo

LOCO CULTURE

Sunday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, Purcellville

Lotus Town Yoga Grand Opening Saturday, Sept. 1, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Details: loudounpetexpo.com

Lotus Town Yoga, 27 S. Loudoun St., Lovettsville

This family-oriented event features more than 40 vendors, a dog swim, adoptions, Animal Ambassadors, food and live music.

Details: lotustownyoga.com

Family Fun

to Help Families in Need

NoVa native Chris Timbers draws inspiration from soul, contemporary jazz, blues, rock and country for an eclectic sound all his own. No cover.

Details: oldfurniturefactory.com

AhSo << FROM 24 chicken from Lovettsville. The Maddens are surely onto something. Since opening in December, the restaurant’s fresh, creative menu has drawn hungry patrons from throughout Loudoun and beyond its borders. It’s quickly become known as the go-to spot for Wednesday nights, when AhSo ladles out ramen. Maddens and his team go a step beyond many of the best ramen kitchens by making their own noodles. A lot of the restaurant is that way—a step beyond. One of the first thing customers notice is AhSo’s bar, a proud display of liquor on bright copper shelfing, plus two solid walls of wine, displayed medieval weapon-style on black racks, gleaming, and ready to be deployed. “We’re all about the wine,” the sommelier says with a grin. With wines from all over the world, most restauranteurs won’t recognize the names and labels, but that’s where Maddens comes in. In addition to changing the menu

every week, he has taken on the task of pairing each dish with a carefully selected wine. As much as the former engineer-turned chef and sommelier enjoys crafting the perfect dish, he revels in serving just the right wine with it. “When you nail a pairing—say you serve this lamb pasta dish with this great Australian shiraz and it works perfectly and you put that on the menu and someone orders it and then I go by and say ‘how was everything tonight?’ and they say ‘oh my god I’ve never had this happen with wine and food!’—for me that’s the most satisfying thing,” he said. So what’s next for AhSo? They’re going to keep innovating and improving, promising “the menu will change as often as our creativity and the supply from land and sea allow.” Currently, AhSo is only open for dinner and Sunday brunch, but next month they plan to tackle lunch as the school year starts in earnest. Find AhSo at 22855 Brambleton Plaza, Suite 108. Learn more at ahsoresto.com.

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Saturday, Sept. 1, 1-4 p.m.

Live Music: Ustad Shafaat Khan

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the inaugural LoCo Musicians Festival. Suggested donation is $10 goes to a fund to help developing musicians. Wine, beer and food will be available for sale.

This lively monthly jam offers opportunities to play or just enjoy some terrific tunes including bluegrass, folk and old time. Food and drinks will be available for sale. Suggested donation is $5 with proceeds going to Genesis International.

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Beyond Back to School, Loudoun’s Entertainment Scene Maintains Momentum

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2u the world’s 2nd best u2 show 9/14/18 DOORS: 7:00PM

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ast week, children, teachers, and school staff across Loudoun shed a collective tear for Summer 2018, which came and went all too quickly. As downcast students settle into their classrooms, and memories of summer loves and dreamy vacations fade away, it’s all too easy to get caught up in the feeling that everything is ending and that the sun will never shine again. At Get Out Loudoun, we’re here to tell you that isn’t so. Don’t believe us? Well, we’ll just have to prove it to you. This weekend, there are events, concerts, and beer releases taking place all throughout Loudoun that should not only ease your mourning, but will actually make you excited for the many entertainment-filled weekends that autumn has in store. After all, just because the sun

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE Please take notice that the Lovettsville Town Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday September 6, 2018, beginning at 7:30pm, in the Lovettsville Town Office, 6 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Lovettsville, VA 20180, to consider the following amendments to the Lovettsville Town Code Chapter 18, Licenses, Taxation and Miscellaneous Regulations that will or may result in an increase in taxes and fees levied within the Town, in addition to other amendments facilitating implementation of a cooperative agreement for collection of taxes with Loudoun County: 1. Add sec. 18-1 to authorize reliance on upon assessments performed by the Loudoun County Commissioner of the Revenue for purposes of taxation and other authorized purposes, including incorporating portions of Loudoun County Code chapter 860, addressing administration of real property taxation. 2. Add section 18-3 to authorize agreements for the cooperative collection of assessment, billing, collection and refunding of taxes within the Town. 3. Add secs. 18-4 and 18-5, incorporating by reference Loudoun County Code chapters 224 and 864, addressing authorized means of paying taxes, fees for dishonored payment, exemptions and refunds generally. 4. Amend sec. 18-23 to provide for semi-annual payment of real estate taxes on June 5 and December 5 of each year. 5. Amend sec. 18-25 to conform the ordinance to potential agreements pursuant to sec. 18-3 and to provide that penalties for late payment become part of the tax assessed. 6. Amend sec. 18-202 to increase the motor vehicle license fee for motorcycles, motor bikes, motor scooters and any other licensable motor vehicle kind from $16 to $25, to match the license fee on other motor vehicles, effective January 1, 2020. These amendments are authorized by Va. Code sections 15.2-1104, 15.2-1300, 58.1-3005, 58.1-3007, 58.1-3100 et seq., 58.1-3200 et seq., 58.1-3600 et seq., and 58.1-3900 et seq. A complete copy of the proposed text amendments may be reviewed in the Town Office between the hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm,weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly-scheduled meeting at the same time and place. All interested persons are encouraged to attend the hearing. 08/30/18

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The Lovettsville Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item at their meeting at 7:30 pm on September 5, 2018 at the Lovettsville Town Office located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue: LVCU 2018-0001 Application for a Conditional Use Permit to Install Wireless Communication Equipment on the Town of Lovettsville Elevated Water Tank Located at 14-A Quarter Branch Road Consideration of an application for a Conditional Use Permit filed by Velocity Wireless LLC on behalf of the applicant Sprint Corporation to install additional wireless communication equipment on the Town of Lovettsville elevated water tank located at 14-A Quarter Branch Road within the R-2 Residential Zoning District. The property is more particularly described as Parcel Identification Number 333-45-9227. The application proposes to install three (3) additional antennas, install six (6) additional remote radio heads (RRHs), replace the two (2) existing ground-level cabinets, and upgrade related wireless communication equipment at the site. The proposed zoning amendment is available for review at the Town Office between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm during weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. Call (540) 822-5788 for more information or contact Joshua A. Bateman, Zoning Administrator at jbateman@ lovettsvilleva.gov. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly-scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

The Middleburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers located at 10 W. Marshall Street, to consider the following: 1.

AN ORDINANCE TO RESCIND MIDDLEBURG TOWN CODE CHAPTER 55.1 AND IN ITS STEAD TO ADOPT TOWN CODE CHAPTER 55.2 PERTAINING TO VEHICLE LICENSE FEES. If approved, the ordinance would allow the collection of the Town’s vehicle license fee to be done by the Loudoun County Treasurer and would eliminate the requirement for a vehicle sticker effective November 16, 2018. It would also increase the license fee for motorcycles from $15 to $25.

AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ARTICLE II AND REPLACE IT WITH NEW ARTICLE XI AND TO AMEND SECTION 97-8.3 OF THE TOWN CODE CHAPTER 97 PERTAINING TO REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES AND TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED. If approved, the ordinance would allow for the collection of the Town’s real estate taxes, starting in 2019, and business personal property taxes, starting in 2020, by the Loudoun County Treasurer. It would also set fees as follows: -Initial Penalty when unpaid after due date – Ten percent (10%) of the past due amount or ten dollars ($10), whichever is greater, not to exceed the amount of the tax; -Further Penalty when unpaid after sixty days – Additional penalty of fifteen percent (15%); -Interest when unpaid after due date – Ten percent (10%) annually; -Collection Fee – Thirty dollars ($30) if taxes remain unpaid after 30 days’ notice of delinquency; thirty-five dollars ($35) if taxes paid subsequent to a judgement being obtained. -Fee for dishonored payments – Forty dollars ($40) -Penalty for late or non-filing of tangible business personal property tax returns – Ten percent (10%) of tax assessable on property subject to the tax return.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3-8 PERTAINING TO RETURNED CHECKS. If approved, the fee for returned checks would continue at the current amount for payments to the Town that are not related to motor vehicles, real estate or personal property taxes collected by the Loudoun County Treasurer.

08/23/18, 08/30/18

Public Hearing Notice Town Of Hamilton The Hamilton Town Council will hold a public hearing on September 10, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hamilton Town Office, located at 53 East Colonial Highway, Hamilton, Virginia for the purpose of receiving comments on, considering, and possibly voting on the following item:

SUP-2017-01 – Bullets & Beans Coffee Shop (Restaurant, Adjacent to a Residential Use) – A special use permit application submitted in accordance with Hamilton Zoning Ordinance Article 4, Section 6.3.18 for Bullets & Beans, LLC to operate a coffee shop adjacent to a residential use at 62 East Colonial Highway. This parcel is zoned C-2 and has an approximate area of 0.09 acres. The property is identified by Loudoun County Tax Map Number /37/A/1////96/ and Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 418-20-4547-000. Further information regarding this application is available for review at the Hamilton Town Office, 53 East Colonial Highway, Hamilton, Virginia from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. All members of the public may appear and present their views pertinent to these matters. David R. Simpson, Mayor Town of Hamilton 8/23/18, 8/30/18

A copy of the ordinances are available for public inspection in the Middleburg Town Hall, located at 10 W. Marshall Street, during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. All interested citizens are invited to attend this public hearing to express their views.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § § 1-211.1; 8.01-316, -317, 20-104 Case No.:

CL116291

Loudoun County Circuit Court 18 East Market St., Leesburg, VA 20176 Paola Roxana Holibonich /v. Carlos Alberto Crespo Sosa The object of this suit is to: OBTAIN A DIVORCE A VINCULO MATRIMONII on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption for a period of more than one year, namely since on or about November 13, 2016; that the Complaintant be awarded such further relief as this Court may deem just and proper and the nature of this case may require. It is ORDERED that Carlos Alberto Crespo Sosa appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before 10/05/18 at 10:00 am. 8/09/18, 8/16/18, 8/23/18, & 08/30/18

The amendments are intended to realign the Town Code and the Town’s procedures with that of Loudoun County under the requirements of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Town and County, dated March 23, 2018, that will allow the County Treasurer to bill and collect real estate taxes on behalf of the Town starting in 2019 and personal property taxes and vehicle license fees on behalf of the Town starting in 2020.

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Challenging Times “We are three-hundred-and-twenty-five million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always

had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do.” Those were among the parting words of Sen. John McCain, whose passing—if only for a few days—has spurred reflection on the harm resulting from the growing political divide that has paralyzed the nation’s government. In the age of social media—when our worldview is constantly affirmed with content feeds that provide only information fitting our tastes—the gulf between us seems too wide to bridge. Added to

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Editor: I read the article on four-lane plans for Rt. 15 north as I cannot reach my home by any other road. Supervisor Higgins states that “the process has been more open than any process the County has ever held.” Unfortunately, an “open process” that directly contacts HOAs, various business//historic/associations and fails to directly contact 1,700 unrepresented property owners is far from “open.” The county clearly knows how to “reach me” when sending my tax bills by mail. Yet for a project with the enormity of a complete Rt.15 redesign I’m not even worth a letter of intent and a stamp. This is wrong, and the opposite of a universal and equally “open” process. Even property owners fortunate to be represented by a “seat” at the invitation-only “stakeholders meetings” have come to find that before the county began its closed process many of the project goals were already finalized in the “mind” of the county. Fact: The county submitted a request to the Regional Transportation Board to study four-laning before the first meeting of stakeholders was held. Fact: By December the county submitted a funding request to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for four-laning, and residents were asked to support securing this “place hold of funds” as design process continued. Months later—through citizen effort—residents became aware the submitted four-lane proposal went much further north than had been presented to residents. We had been asked to “support” the request on the basis of false and misleading information about the goals of the project. After the fact is when residents found out a goal of the $81 million project is to “attract traffic” from as far away as the Beltway. Fact: The new draft of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan indicates county desire to turn Rt. 15 north into an “expressway” with severely limited access, such as you see on Rt. 7. Absolutely none of the verbal discussions I’ve had with supervisors during this process indicated such goals. I’ve been told: “Four lanes to Whites Ferry then a merge.” Weeks

dangerous or evil. In the halls of Congress, it is increasingly rare to find a middle ground on which issues can be debated on their merits. Those who pursue such talks are driven to the sidelines. And the gulf grows wider. As this becomes accepted as the norm of political behavior, it threatens to infect even local government meeting rooms. There have been times when our boards of supervisors or town councils have been driven more by party affiliation than by constituent service, but those terms never ended productively and the actors were rarely rewarded by voters. At the local level, inaction isn’t an option—schools must open and the road network must function. Problems must be solved, and mostly that comes from the elected leaders working together. Arizona’s senior senator set a positive example of public service in many ways during his life. If his passing can inspire a new generation of “mavericks” on both sides of the political aisle the nation will be better for it. We can come through these challenging times stronger than before. We always have.

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later, “four lanes to merge just before Montresor.” Then, “merge just north of Montresor.” Then, “merge just south of Lucketts.” This “open process” has been a sham, and a slap in the face to the vast majority of Loudoun residents who have indicated in surveys, public comments, and comments on Envision Loudoun our deeply held desire to preserve our rural, agricultural character and centuries of history. Wake up, Loudoun. We’re about to lose our culture and heritage. — Rosemary Lawler, Leesburg

Rare Opportunity Editor: Conservation easements help everybody in Loudoun County. Start with money. Easements do more than preserve the pretty countryside that makes Loudoun unique. By reducing the number of houses that could be built on the protected property, every taxpayer saves money. New houses have an initial cost to the county of about $40,000 on average. This is an amount ratified by the Board of Supervisors earlier this year. Easements also save significant money each year since houses require county services of $1.62 for every $1 they pay in property taxes. Easements are freely entered into by landowners and the landowner still owns the acreage, so property rights are not threatened. Supervisor Tony Buffington has introduced an initiative to help landowners pay some of the upfront costs that conservation easements require, such as a survey, an appraisal and so on. His legislation has an income ceiling so it’s not “welfare for the rich,” and it also brings in private nonprofit groups for additional help. This is a rare opportunity to enact something that puts money in your pocket, and preserves properties with scenic and environmental qualities that benefit us all. The bill goes before the Board’s Finance Committee in early October. Please go to loudoun.gov, look under “Government” to find supervisors’ email addresses and ask them to approve this effort. — Robert W. Rood, Jr., Hamilton

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Bell << FROM 3 In particular he has advocated a partial buyback of the privately owned Dulles Greenway toll road, something he continues to push. He said that would give the state a seat at the table and a way around the “bad deal” that gives the State Corporation Commission little authority to deny toll increases on the Greenway. “As a partner and really a half owner, we could force distance-based pricing,” Bell said, along with lower tolls in part because the state could take over the cost of policing and clearing the road. Currently, the Greenway pays the state police to patrol the road and hires private companies to clear it during bad weather. Bell also mentioned a number of gun law reforms, such as making it a crime to leave a loaded gun unattended at home. “We have to tackle this one from a 360-degree perspective,” Bell said. Bell joins a race that, like many since the election of President Donald J. Trump, is crowded with Democrats. The race has already seen formal announcements, filings, or fundraising from at least four other Democrats. He said he stands out as the only Demo-

cratic candidate in the race so far who has held elected office. He also begins his campaign with endorsements from 13 other elected officials, including Loudoun Delegate Jennifer B. Boysko (D-86), Karrie K. Delaney (D-67), Kathleen Murphy (D34), David A. Reid (D-32); and Senators Barbara A. Favola (D-31) and Jennifer T. Wexton (D-33), who is seeking a seat in Congress. “Over the past five years, I have come to know John to be a tenacious candidate, and thoughtful legislator,” Wexton stated. “After we flip the U.S. House from Red to Blue in November, all eyes will turn to Virginia as we fight to flip our State Senate in 2019. There is no doubt in my mind that John is the right candidate to lead that fight.” Bell is a retired U.S. Air Force officer, serving from 1981 to 2007 as a finance officer and retiring as a major. He and his wife Margaret, a Realtor, have five children and three grandchildren. The 13th Senate District covers the western half of Loudoun County and a portion of Prince William County. In 2011, Black, who had served in the House of Delegates since 1998, handily won the set over Democrat Shawn Mitchell. His 2015 re-election victory was narrower, as Democrat Jill McCabe came within 2,354 votes of a victory. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Subramanyam << FROM 3 nity that the best policymaking comes from understanding the issues on a personal level,” Subramanyam stated. “Drawing from my service, I plan to continue Delegate John Bell’s work of fighting for affordable healthcare, making our region attractive to businesses, and making sure all Virginians are treated equally under the law.” In addition to work in the legal field, he has formerly served as a Senate Judiciary Committee law clerk under Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) and as a legislative assistant to Florida Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D).

He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Ashburn, the Loudoun Health Council, and serves as a volunteer firefighter with the Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. He is the son of Indian-American immigrants. Subramanyam originally filed to run for the 13th District seat in the state Senate; his campaign, which had raised more than $93,000, has changed course to run instead for the 87th District seat in the House of Delegates. Bell announced this week that instead of seeking re-election, he would try to unseat incumbent Sen. Richard H. Black (R-13). The 87th District comprises parts of Sterling, Ashburn, South Riding, Aldie, and Haymarket. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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August 30, 2018

Conservation Easements are a Good Deal for the Taxpayers BY JOHN ELLIS, PRESIDENT, SAVE RURAL LOUDOUN The Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal by Supervisor Buffington to provide modest financial support to landowners who are considering putting their land under conservation easement. Mr. Buffington suggested that the county set aside $150,000 in next year’s budget for this program. In the board’s initial discussion, several important questions were raised that will need to be resolved before supervisors reach a final decision. One supervisor asked, for example, whether rural preservation could save taxpayers’ money as much as the advocates have claimed. There are two dimensions to this question: (1) how do new rural subdivisions affect the county’s capital investment costs? and (2) how do they affect the county’s operating costs? The draft Comprehensive Plan projects that residential density in our rural areas will increase by at least 60 percent over the next 20 years, more than doubling in some areas. The supervisor pointed out, however, that the county has no plans to build additional schools, fire and rescue stations, or other capital facilities there. This led him to assume that the existing public facilities must be adequate for a rural population that is twice as large as it is today. This is a truly heroic assumption. Consider the current conditions on our rural roads, for example. Readers are all acutely aware of how heavily congested and increasingly dangerous they are. This is generating increased pressure to build more multilane highways over farms and scenic byways, regardless of how much that might encourage builders to put in more subdivisions—bringing in more cars and creating still more congestion. The county’s FY 2019 budget already includes $2.7 million to expand rural roads over the next five years. If the rural population continues to rise as fast as the county projects, the demand for more taxpayer-funded

VDOE Report << FROM 1 system to improve communication with parents about its seclusion policies and its overall guidelines when it comes to caring for special education students. The report also stressed that, “every effort should be made to prevent the need for the use of restraint and for the use of seclusion…Physical restraint should only be used in an emergency, i.e. a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected situation that requires a person(s) to take immediate action to avoid harm, injury or death to a student or to others when there is an immediate danger to the student and/or to others.” The report commended LCPS for its robust training to staff members on restraint and seclusion, its school-based crisis teams and procedures, medical resources, and the “quick, appropriate

highways will undoubtedly increase just as rapidly. The same is true for the county school system. As Loudoun Now reported Aug. 15: “The Loudoun County School Board got some unwelcome news Tuesday that they’ll need several more school sites in the next 20 years than they had initially planned.” It turns out that School Board planners had not been aware of the county’s growth projections, which would require them to increase their capital investment budgets significantly. To the extent that population growth is directed to rural areas, the cost to the taxpayers may be even higher, since Virginia law only allows the county to accept offsetting “proffers” from private sector developers, including proffers for new schools, when their projects are located in designated urban areas. Using the county’s standard bud-

response by LCPS to the specific incident that prompted media reports in the spring of 2018.” Following those news reports, the Loudoun County School Board created a special education ad hoc committee charged with scrutinizing special education practices and coming up with recommendations to improve them. It is made up of school staff members, board members, parents, and outside experts. Beth Huck (At Large), the School Board member who chairs the committee, said the concerns raised by parents in the news reports were not a catalyst for the ad hoc committee—she and other board members had talked about starting one for months—but they certainly were a contributing factor. She said VDOE’s findings confirm that there is still room for improvement. “Even if the report came back squeaky clean, we still have work to do as an ad

geting factors, Save Rural Loudoun estimates that the capital investment costs of new schools, emergency response, police and other public facilities needed to accommodate the county’s current projections for rural residential growth would be about $195 million. This does not include the county’s proportion of the costs for the new or expanded roads or any debt service costs the county might incur to make these investments. It also assumes that the county will continue to provide no public water or sanitation services to the rural population, a policy that may be difficult to maintain as the new suburban areas in the west become increasingly indistinguishable from the suburbs in the east. These capital costs would be substantial. The annual operating costs to the county would be even greater. Even if more cars can be packed onto

hoc. There are issues with communication and consistency that we still need to address.” She gave the example of a decision that was made last school year by senior administration staff to no longer allow outside care providers—such as therapists or psychologists—into schools to observe their student clients. There has been no place where that rule change was written, Huck said. The ad hoc committee will likely recommend that schools allow outside providers into the classrooms within reason, as to not disturb students’ education—and that the guidelines are documented and clearly communicated. The committee is slated to present their full list of recommendations to the School Board in November. The person who will be enacting those recommendations is also new to the position. Shortly after creating the ad hoc committee, the School Board

the same roads and more children can be crowded into the same schools, the county still must hire more deputies, more first responders, more teachers and administrators, and other staff in order to provide a larger population with an acceptable quality of public services. Based on data obtained from the county, we estimate that the cost of providing these services to each rural residence exceeds the real estate revenues currently paid by at least $4,000 per year. If we accept the county’s current growth projections, the additional operating costs that would need to be covered by county taxpayers would amount to about $360 million over the next twenty years. Counting both capital and annual operating expenses, therefore, Loudoun taxpayers will need to come up with at least $550 million more over the next two decades if residential densities in our rural areas increase as much as projected. These costs are directly tied to the rural population and are, therefore, an inevitable consequence of continued conversion of our remaining farms, fields and forests into residential subdivisions. The only question is whether the county’s current projections for increased rural density can be constrained. One way to do that is for the county to promote conservation easements, which reduce the amount of rural land available for new residential developments. If the county provides $25,000 to help a landowner cover the legal and administrative costs of an easement on land in which 10 homes would otherwise have been built, it would save about $40,000, on average, in operating costs—a 38 percent return on the county’s investment. The more land that is set aside in this manner, the greater the savings for the county’s taxpayers. Of course, there are many other good reasons to provide rural land. But just from this narrow, fiscal perspective, county support for conservation easements is clearly a good deal for everyone.

hired Asia Jones as the assistant superintendent of the Pupil Services Department, which oversees special education. Jones is also a member of the committee. Jones started the job Aug. 1, a move that Huck said is another step in the right direction. “New leadership plus this ad hoc committee will be a good combination to look at the special education department holistically.” Jones said in her first year on the job, she will focus extensively on special education, including improving practices and trust with parents. “It is my intention to engage and proactively communicate with parents and stakeholders,” she said in a prepared statement. “I look forward to the continued work within the department to empower all students to make meaningful contributions in their community and world.” dnadler@loudounnow.com

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On Liberty

BY BEN LENHART erhaps no word better defines America than “liberty.” Patrick Henry was not joking when he said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” His fellow patriots knew that if they failed in their fight for liberty from England, they would face death. Cherished by all Americans regardless of political leanings, liberty finds its foundation in the Constitution. This article looks at how liberty is protected by the Constitution and beyond.

Liberty in the Constitution The Constitution does not hide its love of liberty, declaring that one of its primary goals is to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” The Constitution’s Fifth Amendment forbids the federal government from depriving any person of “life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” And the 14th Amendment—one of three amendments spurred by the Civil War—applies the same prohibition to state governments. While the federal government was seen as the main threat to liberty when the Fifth Amendment was passed in 1791, the state governments came to be seen as a greater threat to liberty—especially for newly freed slaves—in 1868 when the 14th Amendment was passed. Curiously, the word “liberty” does not appear in the main text of the Constitution (aside from the Preamble and Amendments), but the idea of liberty is sewn into the very fiber of the Constitution

What Liberties Do We Have? The Constitution guarantees many specific liberties—such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly. Other vital freedoms are implied by language of the Constitution, such as the freedom to travel. Still other liberties are expressed as “rights,” but are understood as rights that give us liberty or freedom—such as the right of privacy, the right to bear arms, the right not to be arrested without probable cause, and the right to equal protection of the law. All of these liberties work together to make Americans some of the most free and independent people on earth. Con-

sider the billions of people today that, sadly, risk being thrown in jail merely for criticizing their governments or leaders (such as in Iran); do not enjoy equal protection of the law (such as women in some Muslim countries); or are not free to travel (such as in North Korea). Americans enjoy all of these freedoms and more, but the key question is: how do we protect them? While the Constitution itself identifies many of our fundamental freedoms, that by itself is not enough.

Armed Forces and Liberty It is said that “freedom is not free,” and few things are more true. The fastest way for a people to lose their freedom is by an invading army that conquers their homeland and destroys their liberty. The French people lost most of the liberty when the Nazis invaded in World War II. Entire regions of Syria and Iraq recently lost their liberty when ISIS conquered their lands. History is littered with examples of forfeited freedom at the hands of foreign invaders. With a few arguable exceptions, a foreign army hasn’t invaded the American mainland in more than 200 years (since the War of 1812). For this we can thank our armed forces and our Constitution. Article One of the Constitution empowers Congress to create our armed forces and to pass laws governing their conduct. Article Two names the president as the commander in chief. But Americas too often take for granted that our liberty is safe from foreign threats. Protection of our liberty is not automatic, but instead is earned thanks to the skill and dedication of the millions of people serving in the armed forces±—Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. At base our Constitutional liberties depend on our ability to deter and prevent foreign invasion, a job for which we must constantly thank our armed forces.. Of course there is also an opposite risk: the countless examples in history of military coups or interventions that resulted in loss of citizen’s liberty. Among the safeguards against a military coup in American, the Constitution requires that a civilian—the president—be the head of the armed forces, and America has so far escaped this scourge.

Rule of Law and Liberty

right” and freedom is scarce.

While laws can take away liberty in the short run—you are not “free” to exceed the speed limit or rob a bank—in the long run, the rule of law is the fertile soil that let’s liberty grow. If the dictator lets his friends (or those who give him bribes) ignore the law, but punishes his enemies even when they adhere to the law, no one is free. Our founding fathers understood this and created a Constitution with the building blocks for rule of law in America. In 1803, the Supreme Court held in Marbury v. Madison that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and the Supreme Court—not the president or Congress—has final say in its interpretation. This famous ruling helped establish rule of law in America by giving the court power to (A) order a president to obey the law (in this case it was President Jefferson), and (B) invalidate any law passed by Congress that contradicts the Constitution. The clear message of Marbury: No one is above the law. The Court has gone on to strike down hundreds of actions by Congress and the president because they ran afoul of our most fundamental protector of liberty: the Constitution. While certainly not perfect, this judicial oversight sends a message and sets a tone for America; everyone from our highest leaders on down is subject to the rule of law. As John Adams put it, “we are nation of laws, not of men.” Rule of law—and thus liberty—is bolstered by Article II of the Constitution, which directly vests the president with the power to enforce the law. From FBI agents to TSA officers and the Secret Service, the Executive Branch has broad powers to keep the peace and prosecute law violators. Article III creates our federal court system -- another key facet of “rule of law.” State and local governments have their own law enforcement and courts. All of these “rule of law” components work together to enforce laws and thereby protect liberty. While important problems still remain in our “rule of law” system, it provides the foundation that lets liberty flourish. Imagine a world without rule of law: widespread crime without punishment, constant corruption, no protection for individual rights, no free and fair elections— in short, a world where “might makes

Separation of Powers and Liberty Less recognized but equally important for our liberty is our Constitutional system of separation of powers. Concentrated power corrupts, and corruption kills liberty. Our founders knew this, and added Constitutional safeguards to prevent any one person or body from gaining too much power. The president can be impeached by Congress. The courts can overrule Congress or the president if they act contrary to the Constitution. Congress controls the purse strings, but the president controls most of the actual government spending. Only Congress can declare war, yet the president is commander in chief. The president can veto a bill from Congress, but Congress can override that veto. And most fundamentally of all, the entire federal government is limited to the powers given to it in the Constitution. Courts can and do strike down Congressional laws or presidential actions that exceed the powers given by the Constitution. If there were no such checks and balances, it would not be hard to imagine a president slowly growing into a dictator and then eliminating the “inconvenient” liberties of the people— one need only look at examples around the world today to see this happening. The goal of separation of powers is to lower the odds of tyranny in America and thereby raise the odds that our liberties are protected.

Conclusion Liberty is America, and America is Liberty. The founding fathers deeply believed this and tried to create a Constitution that would make this true. The Constitution gives us the tools to protect liberty, but it is up to all Americans to use those tools. Ben Lenhart is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has taught constitutional law at Georgetown Law Center for more than 20 years. He lives with his family and lots of animals on a farm near Hillsboro.

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