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By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

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or Middleburg, it was the summer storm of the century, a snarling, swirling, hail-spitting deluge that wreaked havoc throughout the village and surrounding areas. It hit late on a wild June 16 day that also included an earlier freakish gas leak that forced the evacuation of the town office, Safeway and other nearby buildings.

The gas leak occurred when a private contractor working on the old Mosby Tavern building inadvertently hit a gas line. The gas was turned off almost immediately and after several hours, repairs were made and it was back to business as usual, including the seemingly endless roadwork all around town.

Thunderstorms were predicted, but no one expected tennis ball-sized hail, 70-mile-an-hour winds and horizontal rain. There’s no official dollar damage estimate yet, but town administrator Martha Semmes said “I assume it’ll be in the millions. It’s overwhelming when you think about the level of damage.”

Car windshields and frames, windows, gutters, skylights and roofs took the brunt of the damage. Debris from fallen branches and leaves was everywhere.

“It put everyone pretty much in shock when you came into town,” said Punkin Lee, president of the Middleburg Business and Professional Association. “The carpet of green leaves on the streets was pretty creepy. But people are rallying.”

State Farm Insurance pitched a tent and set up a mobile trailer office at Hill School a week later. Their “catastrophe team” was examining 40 cars a day for estimates; many were totaled. Other insurance adjusters were working around town to assess home, office and shop damage.

At Salamander Resort, more than 100 vehicles in the parking lots suffered major windshield and body damage. At Hill, where a faculty/board event was taking place when the storm hit, 42 vehicles had to be towed away. A Hill school bus, three mini-busses and a van were damaged, and several building windows were smashed.

The Town of Middleburg lost its entire fleet of police cars and had to borrow a cruiser from the Loudoun Sheriff ’s office.

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al roof at the water treatment facility. The Pink Box also had windows blown out.

“It’s certainly the worst thing I’ve ever seen here outside of a major snowstorm,” Semmes said. She estimated several hundred thousand dollars worth of damage to town facilities and vehicles, but said she’s been told none of the town or individual losses will be covered by county or state disaster relief funds.

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Among local businesses, The Fun Shop had a double dose of disaster. In the first storm, the roof was severely damaged and water came pouring into the second floor. When a second storm hit five days later, the main floor ceiling collapsed, damaging or destroying merchandise and fixtures.

“We’ve been hit hard by both storms,” Middleburg Mayor Betsy Allen Davis, the Fun Shop owner, wrote on Facebook.

“The first one last Thursday closed the upstairs in our main building and the one this past Tuesday ruined the main floor, as well. I can’t begin to tell you how devastating this has been. But with family, friends and wonderful employees, we will reopen!”

They did, eight days later.

Best of all was the news that no one was believed to be injured.

“Everybody was okay, that’s the main thing,” Semmes said. “Considering the sheer force and size of the hail stones, someone could have been seriously hurt.

We’re very fortunate that didn’t happen.”

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Busy as a Bee Smith After All These Years

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t age 95, Bee Smith still stands ramrod straight, all 6 feet, 5 inches of him, works out with a personal trainer at least twice a week and remains a regular in a high-spirited, lowstakes floating monthly poker game. His memory is absolutely spot on, going all the way back to his very first recollection as a young boy.

That would be the return of Charles Lindbergh to the United States after his historic solo transatlantic 1927 flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis. Smith was there on the shores of the Potomac River that day when Lindbergh’s ship back to the U.S. docked in Washington, where he got off and headed for the White House.

“It proves a point,” Smith said, sitting in a comfortable room at his Middleburg home recently. “I really am as old as I am.”

A few weeks ago, Smith celebrated that 95th birthday, and he clearly shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.

Bee is a childhood nickname and his life story offers a fascinating tale of a man who was born in 1921 in Alexandria, Virginia and went on to become a highly successful businessman, banker and real estate entrepreneur. Smith played significant roles in helping develop Tysons Corner and the Landmark shopping center in Alexandria, as well as obtaining his home town’s first cable television license in the medium’s infancy in 1980.

“I was a dabbler,” Smith said with genuine modesty. “And I enjoyed all of it.”

ready to go, they realized if I went, no one else on the base could do what I’d been doing, so I had to stay.”

In 1944, the Soviet Union gave the U.S. permission to locate a base in Siberia, the better to bomb Japan from the north. Smith and his fellow airmen trained in Casper, Wyoming over that winter to simulate similar frigBee Smith Photos © By: Leonard Shapiro id conditions, but they never made it to Russia.

Smith attended three different high “The Battle of the Bulge hit,” Smith schools—Alexandria High, then George said, “and our whole unit was broken up.

Washington when the first school closed, The military was pretty much focused on and finally Episcopal. Though he never Europe at that point.” graduated from Episcopal, he had enough After the war, Smith and his wife of 42 credits to get into Washington & Lee. But years, Babette, moved back to Alexandria. his education there was soon interrupted He eventually graduated from George

by World War II, and he spent 38 months Washington, told his attorney father he in the Army Air Corps. wanted no part of going to law school and Smith initially applied to officer can- moved to Colorado before returning to didate school but was told because he Virginia in 1954 to go into the insurance weighed only 142 pounds spread thinly business. over his 6-5 frame, he couldn’t qualify.

Eventually, he and some doctors at Still, he made a significant contribution Alexandria Hospital began investing in to the war effort, training pilots and bom- apartments before he got into the bankbardiers at bases around the country on ing business and various other projects, how to maneuver their planes into posi- including helping to establish retirement tion for the most effective bombing runs. facilities like the Goodwin House and “Five different times I was going to go Westminster Canterbury for older resioverseas,” he said. “But every time I got dents.

One day in 1980, then Virginia Gov. John Dalton called and asked him if he would serve on the board at Norfolk State University. “I told him I’d never even heard of the school,” Smith said. “But I called him back and said ‘I’ll take it.’ I was on the board for ten years, and it’s the most fun I ever had.

“I was the white chairman, the rector, of a historically back college,” he said.

“The school needed help. We got a new president, Harrison Wilson, and we’re still great friends. I eventually got him fiveyear contract, which had never been done before. We got theNorfolk and Southern Railroad to give them property that doubled the size of the school, and they went up to 8,000 students.”

There is a dormitory on campus named for Smith, and he still pays close attention to the college. He also has had countless other pursuits. He’s traveled to 104 different countries, almost always as a tourist, including a memorable visit to Antarctica “where we sort of got penguined out.” He has a prized collection of antique maps, one going back to 1540, and still follows the Redskins and checks the Nationals box scores, as well.

After a divorce, and six years as a bachelor, Smith remarried again at the age of 72 to his wife, Regina. He finally stopped working full-time at age 80 when he closed his Alexandria office building, and they’ve lived in Middleburg for the last 23 years.

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“Maintain your values,” he said. “And enjoy yourself. I love life. That’s why I’m still hanging on to it.”

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Sandy Danielson in her gallery

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Sandy Danielson Exhibits Artful Innovation

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By Caroline Fout For Middleburg Life

andy Danielson has an eye for all things beautiful.

The Minnesota native and longtime resident of Middleburg proudly displays the work of a multitude of local artists in her gallery Artists in Middleburg. Occupying the airy space on West Washington St. since the fall of 2014, the gallery has been home to an organization that places an emphasis on local artwork and the artist community.

Danielson provides members as well as art-lovers a way to share, see and enjoy.

“We just became a non-profit in October and that’s always been the goal,” Danielson said. “We’re having monthly themed exhibits that are juried, because we believe that juried exhibits are a benefit for the community. We’re trying to choose excellent art and not just what the artist wants to sell.”

For a one-woman-show running the operation, Danielson has her work cut out for her. She regularly enlists the help of volunteers as well as interns, but she single-handedly mans the gallery.

Although a majority of the paintings adhere to the current exhibition theme, artists can submit work to be placed in the “Chaos Exhibition Gallery.”

“When the Artists in Middleburg first started, they had chaos-themed exhibits, which meant that there were a variety of mediums, and a variety of subjects,” Danielson said. “This is the first month we’re doing this.”

Danielson emphasized that “education is paramount,” and every Monday in the gallery is an open studio, complete with a live model. Danielson has also enlisted the help of Krister Killinger, an artist and art educator who will be organizing a Cartoon Drawing Camp for kids starting in July.

“I think we are going to have adults who are going to want to take that too,” Danielson said with a smile.

Danielson also has a passion for photography and film as well as painting and sculpture. Following her graduation from the University of Minnesota, she continued her studies at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. While focusing mainly on visual arts, Danielson also took classes in humanities and drama.

Upon her move from Minnesota to Alexandria, Virginia, she began work at the Textile Museum in Washington. Re-

“Bull Brothers,” an acrylic painting done

by Maggie Steinhilper locating to Middleburg in 2000, she was thrilled to be closer to her beloved thoroughbred, boarded at a small farm outside of town.

“He’s 27 now and the love of my life,” she said.

The Artists in Middleburg Gallery embodies a “natural outgrowth” of Danielson’s “love and experiences.” Her first exhibit was held in the fall of 2014, and Danielson admitted “we’re very young and still have growing pains.”

The organization itself was originally a much more casual affair. Danielson has taken Artists in Middleburg a step further, with one of her main goals to “bring artists together, and make a statement.”

The gallery’s inclusion of the work of local artists stretches to a 50-mile radius, and as Danielson explained, “a lot of the work tends to reflect the area.” Those traveling from D.C. and neighboring cities tend to gravitate towards paintings of landscapes, horses, and various farm animals, taking part of the country home with them. The pieces featured in the gallery can range anywhere from $300 to $2,500 dollars, depending on their size and medium.

Danielson has incorporated a smaller room in the gallery dedicated to supporting youth programs. Mugs, notepads, cards, as well as small paintings can be bought and the proceeds will go to the youth program fund.

“For me, I need to feel something, there is an emotion that needs to come through,” Danielson said, describing her method of picking out her favorite paintings. And what’s the best way to go about finding and purchasing a painting?

“Just fall in love with it and enjoy it,” she said. In her passion for all things art and the development of her gallery, Sandy Danielson has done exactly that.

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Forrest Allen and Charlotte Davis

Charlotte Davis: Running on Empty For A Place To Be

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By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

t was an unseasonably warm April day when Charlotte Davis set off to run the Boston Marathon this past spring. About halfway through the 26.2-mile race, her body was screaming for her to stop, but her head had other ideas, especially after she spotted some familiar faces in the crowd.

One of them was Forrest Allen, her Middleburg neighbor and long-time friend from the days when both attended The Hill School. Allen had suffered a traumatic brain injury in a snowboarding accident in 2011 but had made great progress after numerous surgeries and grueling rehabilitations, including the innovative music therapy program offered at Middleburg’s “A Place to Be” that allowed him to regain his voice.

And now, with more than 13 miles to go, one of the main reasons she was running that day—Forrest Allen—was waving at her from a group that also included his mother, Rae, his service dog, Tolliver, and Charlotte’s parents, Jim and Shannon Davis.

“I was definitely hurting,” Charlotte said. “But after seeing Forrest and everyone else, I guess I fell out of my body and the training started to kick in. The fact that they had all come up to see me came into my head. That really pushed me, and they were there at the finish line, too. I got a big hug from Forrest.”

Davis is a 25-year-old Princeton graduate who played four years of varsity lacrosse for the Tigers. She now lives in Boston and works as an analyst for BlackRock, an American global investment management corporation that is the world’s largest asset manager, with over $4.5 trillion in assets under management.

She joined the firm in 2014 and soon learned that the infamous Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 had hit very close to her workplace. Joseph Craven, who ran Boston’s BlackRock office, had a son, J.P., who was 12 feet away from the first of two terrorist bombs that went off near the Boylston Street finish line. J.P. was there to watch his father finish the race and suffered burns and a severe head injury that day.

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enough to run in the 2014 Boston Marathon himself to help raise funds for the hospital. A year later, a dozen runners in BlackRock’s Boston office, including Charlotte Davis, decided to enter the 2015 Boston Marathon in order to continue those donations. And Charlotte had an equally altruistic goal: she wanted to do the same for A Place to Be. Using various social media tools as well as informing her vast network of friends and family about what she had in mind, Davis raised $13,000 for BMC that year, and she and her family matched it with the same amount for A Place to Be. This year, she did it again, raising $18,000, with another family match for Middleburg’s APTB. In mid-June, Charlotte came home for a Middleburg visit and, along with Forrest and Tolliver, stopped by at APTB’s summer theater camp at Hill School. She wore the medal she got for finishing the Boston race, and Forrest had the 2015 medal draped around his neck as well. When she was introduced by director Tom Sweitzer, she got a spirited ovation “that just blew me away.”

“I was very humbled when I walked through the door,” she said. “The impact of what I did was really palpable to me.

You don’t realize it until it happens. It was pretty overwhelming.”

And so was that weekend before the marathon. Forrest and his mother came up on Friday evening and on Sunday, they all went to an Episcopal church service where the minister asked anyone who was running in the marathon the next day to stand up.

“Forrest stood up with me,” she said.

“It was great.”

Davis said she always ran to stay in shape for lacrosse but had never even thought about doing a marathon until the 2015 race. She trained for this year’s event by running about 40 miles a week starting last January and finished in a more-than-respectable four hours and six minutes. That was 18 minutes faster than her time the previous year, despite the less than ideal 75-degree temperatures.

And next year?

“Ask me in a couple more weeks,” she said, smiling. “I really don’t consider myself a runner. I consider myself a survivor.”

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The National Sporting Library & Museum Sixth Annual Polo Classic fundraiser

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he first four fabulous polo players have been named for the National Sporting Library & Museum’s sixth annual Polo Classic fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Great Meadow in The Plains.

This year, Ignacio “Nacho” Figueras, John Gobin, Bill Ballhaus and David Greenhill will compete and additional polo players are being secured.

Born in Argentina in 1977, Nacho Figueras developed a love of horses and the game of polo by the age of nine. When he was 17, he began his professional polo career playing for the very successful White Birch high-goal team in the U.S. From there he has played in Spain, England, Argentina, Brazil, Singapore and the Philippines.

Figueras, who has appeared in many Polo Black advertisements for Ralph Lauren, plays for the Black Watch Polo Team in Bridgehampton, New York and Palm Beach. In the U.S. offseason, he returns to his Argentine ranch in spring and fall, where he has Cria Yatay, a polo pony breeding business.

Many in Middleburg are familiar with John S. Gobin who grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He began playing arena polo in interscholastic competitions at the age of 15. From the age of 17-19, he trained to become a polo player in Argentina.

Gobin began by playing with polo

Nacho Figueras of Argentina has been named to play at the National Sporting Library & Museum Polo Classic on September 11.

Courtesy Photo patron Geoffrey Kent, the founder of Abercrombie & Kent, and later played on the Budweiser Polo Team. He won the Westchester Cup alongside Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the Guards Polo Club in England in 1992.

He won the Camacho Cup on the American team against Mexico in 2009 and has competed on Team USA in the 2011 Polo World Championships (World Cup) against Argentina.

operate Beverly Equestrian, a full-service multi-disciplinary equestrian facility near The Plains.

David Greenhill is the co-owner and president of SD (Satcom Direct), serving business aviation and military government markets worldwide. Greenhill attended the United States Air Force Academy, earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master’s in philosophy and theology from Yale University.

Originally from North Carolina, Greenhill has called Virginia home for over 15 years. An entrepreneur, he owns Greenhill Winery & Vineyards in Middleburg, home to internationally acclaimed wines, as well as Middleburg Life. Greenhill is a member of Great Meadow, Banbury Cross, and Palm City Polo Clubs, and has trained all over the world including Dubai, Geneva, Paris, and London.

According to NSLM Executive Director Melanie Mathewes, “our polo fundraiser is a celebration of sporting culture and an opportunity for sporting enthusiasts to experience a very exciting part of the NSLM mission.”

Proceeds from the Polo Classic support the NSLM’s mission of preserving, promoting, and sharing the literature, art, and culture of equestrian, angling, and field sports.

(Tickets for the NSLM’s sixth annual Polo Classic are available at NationalSporting.org, or by calling the NSLM at 540-687-6542 ext. 24.)

Gobin has also played on the Duck Hill Polo Team at the Aiken Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina, and has won the U.S. Arena Championships four times.

He has been the manager of the Great Meadow Polo Club in The Plains since 2007.

Bill Ballhaus is a third-generation aerospace engineer, and has spent the last 15 years leading both publicly-traded and privately-owned technology-oriented businesses. In 2008, Forbes named him as one of America’s 21 most powerful CEOs

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Ballhaus began playing polo in 2011 and has since played year round in Virginia, Aiken, Wellington, and Argentina. He competed in the 2015 Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, the Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic in 2014 and 2015, and the National Sporting Library & Museum’s Polo Classic fundraiser in 2012 and 2013.

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Lena and Lennart Lundh and Paul Cronin hosted a garden party at Marly with a musical performance by Zubabu: Sebastian Baverstam- cello, Cristian Budu- piano and Suban Thomas-drums. A soft rain added atmosphere and a buffet supper hosted by Nadia Stanfield and Gertraud Hechl followed.

A beautiful set-up at the garden party

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Has the construction in Middleburg crushed business?

Hail yes!

The ongoing construction and recent hailstorm has really hammered Middleburg.

Literally. Now before the Town Council snaps like a brittle twig, please realize most everyone is well aware of the importance of upgrading our water system and primary infrastructure. Many are also well aware that a construction plan or approach, no matter how well conceived, can’t possibly anticipate all the disruption. The Town Office has certainly gotten many fiery suggestions on how it should have been handled—likely from shop owners whose business is off and ledger is completely upside down. Many don’t know whether or not they should bother with a fall buy as they tape busted windows and haggle with insurance adjusters.

But, enough of all that. This message is not a rant, it’s an

ALL MIDDLBURG SHOPS NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

appeal. An appeal to the community to please come out and support the shops and retailers that have, through no fault of their own, taken the brunt of the physical and economic destruction. The hailstorm added insult to injury and has taken Middleburg retail sales to a new low.

Salamander Resort’s commerce has, to date, helped generate revenue in Middleburg, but visitors, let alone locals, more recently have been repelled from the shopping district with crime-scene tape everywhere and totaled luxury cars being flat-bedded out of town by the dozens. In short, it’s up to our community to support the local shops and literally keep them in business while the work goes on.

Please get out there, watch your step, whine if you must—it’s therapeutic—but by all means, buy! All shops in Middleburg need your support.

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74th Annual Lily Show at Foxcroft School The Garden Club of Virginia’s annual Lily Show was hosted by The Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club and is affiliated with the North American Lily Society.

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A New Home for a Very Old Church Congregation bible-centeredness,” Rev. Bassinger said.

The church decided to vacate its previous location because their congregation decided to leave the Episcopal church.

“As a result of serious disagreements there was a split,” Rev. Bassinger said.

“About 19 or so churches left the Dioceses of Virginia and they formed their own Anglican group. This church was one of those that left.”

The vote by the congregation was nearly unanimous. There were only a handful of votes to remain with the Episcopal diocese. Virtually the entire congregation, with the exception of one family, has stayed with the church and will be moving to the new location.

The church tried to remain in its old building, but the Dioceses of Virginia was awarded the property in court. The church then tried to buy back the original property, but the Dioceses would not sell them the building. They did reach a settlement in court that let the congregation to stay in the old building for five years, giving them enough time to purchase and build the new church.

After more than 130 years, it has come full circle. The new building will be consecrated by an Anglican bishop on Sunday August 21, 2016.

“We picked August 21 because the original building was dedicated August 21, 1878,” Rev. Bassinger said.

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he Church of Our Savior Oatlands may be moving to a new building, but its roots remain intact. Founded in 1878 by Katherine Powell Carter, the great-granddaughter of Col. Leven Powell, who settled in Middleburg at ‘The Hill’ for which The Hill School is named, saw a need for increased church services in the remote countryside.

The original church was constructed in 1878 but Mrs. Carter had been holding services at Oatlands for some time before that. The new church wants to retain this identity, the reason it decided to retain Oatlands in their name.

“She (Mrs. Carter) was the one who really got this church going,” said current Reverend Jim Bassinger. “During the Civil War, people had no horses. There was an Episcopal church in Aldie and in Leesburg, but nothing in between. She began having services at Oatlands Plantation. Eventually she helped get the church building going.”

Rev. Bassinger took over from the late Rev. Elijah B. White III who passed away in March. “He was the one who acquired this property when it was for sale,” Rev. Bassinger said. “It was actually at auction.”

The new property is 24 acres, and is less than two miles from the old location just on the other side of Oatlands. The

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New Anglican Church near Oatlands property has two existing buildings, and now the new church. One of the buildings is Rev. Bassinger’s home and the other will function as the Parrish hall until a new hall can be built in the future.

The property was purchased in 2011, site-work began in 2014 and construction of the new church began in November, 2015. The new building seats 144, which leaves the current congregation of 60 to 80 families plenty of space to grow.

“The design was to be a colonial church; to be a ‘new-old’ church,” Rev. Bassinger said. “It’s a new church but its ideal was to be very classic… It has the kind of taste, and ambiance of a colonial, a traditional Virginia colonial church.

Rev. Bassinger hunted around for an-

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tique pieces to evoke the same history as the previous church. “The pews we got from an Episcopal church in Boyce that are early 1900’s vintage,” he said.

Sandy Lerner, owner of Hunters Head pub in Upperville and the Home Farm store in Middleburg, had purchased the old church in Boyce, and stored the pews.

When she heard that the Church of Our Savior Oatlands needed pews, she donated them. There has also been an anonymous donation of a prayer desk for Rev. Bassinger.

The current congregation pulls its members from Leesburg, Middleburg, The Plains, Haymarket, Marshall and even from Arlington. “Those who come from a distance come for our tradition and our

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Springbrook Farm Offers Modern Spaces, Light

Turnkey Property Is Set on 35 Acres in Marshall, Featuring Stylish Amenities

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esigned to meet needs and exceed expectations, this month’s featured property celebrates style for daily living, for entertaining, and for those who desire open spaces and plenty of light.

Located on 35+ acres in two parcels in Marshall, close to Middleburg and Route 50, the enchanting property offers up a main house and numerous outbuildings essential to those wanting to live in horse country. A lovely creek meanders and adds to the ambiance, and the pool-and-patio area out back is sure to be a fan favorite during the warm months – it’s your own private oasis!

The property currently is on the market, listed at $2,650,000

by Cricket Bedford of Thomas & Talbot Real Estate.

The understated curb appeal of the main home, with its brick construction and copper roof, give a hint to the high-quality elements that await inside.

We begin our tour in the soaring two-story foyer area with a curved staircase. This gives a sense of the contemporary style we will find as we explore the domains.

Both the living room and dining room are expansive in size and feature chic fireplaces.

The kitchen was designed both to be aesthetically enchanting and fully functional, with a separate pantry and laundry room.

A large family room and sunroom area toward the rear of the home is a perfect spot for an informal gathering and opens to the pool area. A separate den area/library offers vistas from a bay window, as well as built-in bookshelves.

The master retreat is located on the main level and is a marvelous embodiment of modern living, with large bedroom and sitting areas and a fireplace, plus his-and-hers dressing rooms.

The custom-designed master bath is a study in sumptuousness, offering a soaking tub, separate shower and his-andhers vanities.

Two bedrooms are found on the upper level, with a full bath and a large balcony area.

There is an oversize, three-bay attached brick garage, which is augmented by a one-bedroom apartment above it, featuring a living room, kitchen and full bath.

Gorgeous, mature landscaping encloses the main house compound, pro-

viding exceptional privacy.

The pool area was touched on before, but is worth revisiting. With verdant surroundings in all directions, enjoy your private splash in the pool.

While the home is exceptional on its own, it is complemented perfectly by the Hunt Country amenities that await.

Equestrian facilities are plentiful and upscale, starting with a 10-stall cen-

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ter-aisle barn that features a heated tack room, wash rack, feed room as well as an upper-level two-bedroom apartment.

Six fenced paddocks, two run-in sheds, a riding ring and five-bay equipment shed complete the package.

Elegant, creative and welcoming, this is a home that truly awaits its next occupants with open areas. Versatility – from the floor plan to the location to the

equestrian amenities – is the watchword at Springbrook Farm.

Articles are prepared by Middleburg Life’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients.

For information on the home, contact the listing agent.

For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Middleburg Life real estate advertising department at (540) 687-6059.

Facts for buyers Address: “Springbrook Farm,” Old Carters Mill Road, Marshall.

Listed at: $2,650,000 by Cricket Bedford, Thomas & Talbot Real Estate (540) 229-3201.

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Small is Mighty: New Piedmont Animal Clinic Has Big Plans

By Caroline Fout For Middleburg Life

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strong trio of experienced veterinarians have taken charge at the newly-established Small Animal Clinic at Piedmont Equine in Marshall.

An addition to the pre-existing Piedmont Equine Clinic, the Small Animal Clinic opened its doors on May 25 with Pamela Thayer Davis, Gretchen Verheggen and Renee Nolan heading the practice.

“Our first patient was a rooster named Hook,” Davis said with a smile. “The Piedmont Equine Clinic has been around since 1996, and the process of building this addition started five years ago, with the acquisition of the property where the practice is now located.

“We broke ground last February,” added Mandy Steinhoff, the manager of the Small Animal Clinic at the Marshall end of the Zulla Road near the Tri-County feed store. Steinhoff played a key role in overseeing the construction process of the new clinic, which remains attached to the equine clinic. The two practices share some of the same ultrasound and digital x-ray equipment.

“We’ve been living, sleeping, breathing this project for the last year-plus,” Davis said. And by the looks of the new facility, she couldn’t be more accurate.

The clinic houses four exam rooms, one of which is specific to cats. A surgery wing has two raised operating tables with heated tops to prevent hypothermia while the patient undergoes surgery. The surgery room also includes state-of-the-

art anesthesia machines, which stand on wheels and “increases our ability to move and work around pets in certain situations,” Steinhoff said.

A large treatment room stands adjacent to the surgery suite, in which all three head veterinarians have situated their office.

“Its kind of like a fishbowl, so we can always see what’s going on from the office,” Verheggen said.

Next to their office are multiple recovery cages in which furry visitors can relax after surgery. Two large dog kennels and one cat ward occupy the back part of the clinic, as well as an isolation ward.

“The isolation ward gets its own separate entrance,” Verheggen said. “We want to be as careful as possible.”

The clinic holds a special consideration for cats.

“They are much more nervous animals than dogs,” Nolan said, the main reason the practice has installed a cat-only exam room as well as a cat-only ward in order to keep felines tranquil and separate from canine patients.

The cat-only exam room is equipped with a smaller, cat-specific scale as well as a pheromone adapter, which is easily plugged into the wall. It emits a feline scent to make cats feel more comfortable.

Pet owners who bring in their cats also can walk directly back to the cat exam room, eliminating the possibility of their pet becoming stressed by running into a dog or other animal.

The unique cat-friendly part of the

Photos by Caroline Fout Pamela Thayer Davis, Mandy Steinhoff, Gretchen Verheggen, and Renee Nolan of The Small Animal Clinic at Piedmont Equine stand next to their newly minted sign clinic reflects the extensive amount of knowledge that Davis, Nolan, and Verheggen possess as veterinarians.

Attending the Virginia Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, both Davis and Nolan graduated together in 1991.

Nolan and Davis’s husbands, John Nolan and Joe Davis, are also head of the veterinary services at Piedmont Equine Clinic, directly connected to the Small Animal Clinic.

And talk about a powerhouse team.

Verheggen is a 2014 Cornell University graduate, who came to intern at the Equine Clinic soon after she graduated.

However, she left for a year to participate in specialty medical image training.

“Gretchen has high skills in ultrasound and radiology,” Davis said. “So instead of having to refer out for these kinds of

things, we can have them done in house.”

Verheggen returned as the construction of the Small Animal Clinic at Piedmont Equine was underway, and hasn’t looked back. Steinhoff started as a receptionist, eventually becoming the clinic manager as well as overseer of the practice’s construction.

“All of us have collectively known each other for a long time, so we can work well together,” Davis said. The clinic is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will take any and all kinds of small animals.

“We’re open, we’re ready to see everybody, and are very anxious to make our family a part of your family,” Steinhoff said. “We want it to be a good experience for the pet and pet owner.”

Even if that pet is a rooster named Hook.

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Greg Montgomery Exhibition at National Sporting Library & Museum

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rtist, illustrator and designer Greg Montgomery was at the College of St. Rose in Albany working on a Masters degree in art in the mid1980s. One of his first courses was in silk screening, and now, 30 years later, he “loved the process — the hard edges and brilliant colors.”

One of his first class assignments involved producing a poster.

“We were living in Saratoga Springs, not far from one of the most beautiful thoroughbred racetracks in the country and the scene of the famous mid-summer Derby, the Travers Stakes,” Montgomery told Middleburg Life.

“There was no poster that announced the splendor of the Saratoga Race Track or the pageantry of the race, so I created one for a silk-screening project as part of my course work.”

The first poster was “The Silks” in 1986. “It celebrates the pageantry, the royalty of racing in the style of coats of arms,” he said.

Montgomery, 67, has since gone on to create Travers and Saratoga posters for the glittering summer racing season as well as 40 covers for the republishing of the famous murder-mystery series by Dick Francis. And now, The National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) is curating “To the Finish: The Art and Process of Greg Montgomery.” The exhibit, from

July 29 through Nov. 27 is sponsored by Greenhill Winery & Vineyards and NSLM Vice Chairman of the Board, Jacqueline B. Mars.

The exhibition of approximately 35 fine art prints and preparatory materials delves into the artist’s creative process.

It includes a giclée of the poster he has designed for this year’s NSLM’s sixth annual Polo Classic as well as his early A detail of the Color-aid paper study for Rain or Shine, seri-graphs (silkscreen 1988, reveals the level of detail required to cut and fit prints), drawings, and varying sizes of different color papers seamlessly tocut-paper studies. Also gether. On the margin, the artist mixed silkscreening displayed will be sever- inks to match the paper colors.

Marker study and ink color matching © Greg Montgomery al other giclées printswatches for The Silks, 1986. © Greg Montgomery ed with the innovative ink-jet printing focus your view.”

“Drawing is a language that I speak,” technology that results in realistic colors, Montgomery applies his bold and detail, and faithfulness to the original me- colorful graphic style to the wide range of he said. “Graphic design is what I do with it.” dium. scenery one might encounter at an equesMontgomery will be at the NSLM on “When beginning a drawing or illustrian event and is reminiscent of a vintage Friday, July 29th, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, for tration, it’s the composition of a scene that a 6th Annual Polo Classic Poster Signing catches my eye,” Montgomery said. “I see travel-by-train poster.

There have been drastic changes in when the exhibition opens to the public. the shapes, the darks and lights, the colors and balance or tensions within the scene. print making processes over the years, That evening, the Piedmont Symphony I seek to simplify what I see into flat solid but Montgomery’s countless drawings Orchestra will be the featured Open Late shapes of color with hard edges and high and sketches remain the most important Concert series performers. For more incontrast, creating strong focal points and aspect of his body of work. Here, the ker- formation visit NationalSporting.org or call 540-687-6542. aligning elements within the artwork to nel of the artist’s intent is a constant.

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Old Fashioned Cocktails All the New Rage at Hugo

By Dulcy Hooper For Middleburg Life

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he Hugo Bar and Eatery, the newest culinary endeavor created by Michael Mercer and Jason Miller, is truly a restaurant with a very old soul.

Located within WK Hearth in Purcellville, which opened in 2013 as the third restaurant created by co-owners Mercer and Miller, Hugo Bar and Eatery is based on the 1917 cocktail guide by Hugo R. Ensslin, “Recipes for Mixed Drinks.”

Ensslin was a German-born bartender, and his book is considered to be the last cocktail guide published before the beginning of Prohibition. In fact, with 400 some recipes, “Recipes for Mixed Drinks” is described as an “accurate guide to what people were drinking before Prohibition.”

“There is a cocktail renaissance going on,” said Miller, “and I feel that we are doing something unique and special here.

As Loudoun County has evolved – wine, beer, crafted spirits – so many things are happening. To the degree we could play a part in any of it, we wanted to do that.”

Miller said he was inspired when he happened to find a copy of Ensslin’s book in a local shop.

“We wanted to do something unique and special,” he said, “and things just started to fall into place. It all just resonated for me.”

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other things began to point in the direction of creating Hugo: the fact that Ensslin’s book was published in 1917, and that the farm house was built in 1917.

“Too many things were lining up for us to say no,” Miller said. “We had been looking around to find the right place, and the right place turned out to be right here at WK Hearth.” Hugo’s revamped interior, defining the ground floor of WK Hearth, includes gilded mirrors surrounding the bar, red draping that separates the upstairs from the downstairs, and a small booth area.

“And unlike with wine or beer, we can do experiments with cocktails that take five minutes,” Miller said. “We can see what happens if we add a little more of this or a little less of that. We can extend our hospitality that way, providing our customers just what they want.”

Miller said that a concoction called “Aviation” is Hugo’s most popular cocktail. It is also considered to be Hugo Ensslin’s signature drink, a libation incorporating gin, maraschino, lemon juice and crème de violette. At Hugo, “Aviation” is created exactly as it is in Ensslin’s book.

Not so with some of the other cocktails. For instance, in “Widow’s Dream,” the Ensslin original calls for Benedictine and a whole egg cracked into the drink, which is then topped with whipped cream. At Hugo, the recipe is re-interpret-

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very rewarding.”

Many of WK Hearth’s patrons have come to anticipate and appreciate Miller’s poetic and lively write-ups of the various wines: “Both warm and cool, like dangling your feet in a lake on a late summer afternoon,” reads one. Another is “like a desert evening, warm and cool at the same time.” Or a “Still darkness blankets the glass, punctuated by shining constellations of acidity and the fragrance of desert flowers.”

“Writing is too much work,” Miller said. “We are having a good time with these cocktails.”

(The original Wine Kitchen is located in Leesburg, and there is a Wine Kitchen in Frederick, Maryland. Hugo is located on the first floor of WK Hearth, 130 Purcellville Gateway Drive in Purcellville., VA. Call 540-751-9919.)

ed to include Benedictine with milk and a fennel and orange syrup – and no egg.

“We really needed to recreate that drink without a raw egg,” Miller said.

In keeping with the philosophy at WK Hearth, Hugo maintains the same commitment to local, seasonal ingredients.

“We make our own ginger liquor,” Miller said, “as well as strawberry and blackberry liquors. We approach cocktails much the same way we approach the menu: keep it simple.” Small plates are available, along with WK Hearth’s menu, which can be ordered at the bar. Similar to the cocktails, novel items can be ordered – small vessels stuffed with steak tartare and a particularly wonderful plate of squash blossoms.

Miller said that the reaction of customers has been very positive. “I guess we’re pushing people outside of their comfort zone just a bit, and it’s all been

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heir stories are both harrowing and heartbreaking. Still, at the end of the day, these tales of heroin addiction and occasionally, death by overdose, also offer some hope for anyone who attends the bi-monthly Thursday evening support group meetings at the Fauquier Hospital.

The group’s formal name is FODA, as in Families Overcoming Drug Addiction.

The 90-minute sessions started only last December, but they are already attracting between 20 and 40 attendees at every meeting, proof positive that addiction has become a significant problem both in Loudoun and Fauquier counties, with heroin increasingly the drug of choice.

Moira Satre helped start the group, and when she talks about her oldest son Bobby, a graduate of then Notre Dame Academy (now Middleburg Academy), it’s difficult to hold back tears. He was 31 when he died last year from a heroin overdose, after what his mother, a long-time registered nurse, described as a frequently hellish 13-year odyssey that began with the discovery of a marijuana pipe in her son’s room the night of his senior prom.

Over the years, he was in and out of rehab programs, making progress and then relapsing. Even as he was going to community college, had landed a decent job as a sales rep and even got engaged, she said he always feared the intense heroin craving that is a byproduct of one of the planet’s most addictive substances.

During one recent FODA meeting, a young man stood up and repeated what he said he’d once told his own father.

“Imagine the best sex you’ve ever had,” he said that night. “And it’s better than that.”

And far worse.

Sadly, the results of a survey taken by the Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education of 5,000 middle and high school students in Fauquier indicated that some youngsters are starting to abuse alcohol, tobacco and marijuana as early as 13. Released in March, the survey indicated that 79 students admitted to using heroin within the last year. Loudoun County reportedly has similar problems.

Satre and two other Fauquier mothers who had lost children to fatal overdoses, Linda Franklin and Caroline Folker, became acquainted last year and decided to form a support group that could provide aid and comfort to families going through the same sort of agony they’d experienced. The sessions are led by Jo Tartt, Jr., a former Episcopal minister who left the clergy and became a highly-respected art gallery owner in Washington before moving to Warrenton several years ago.

Tartt and Linda Franklin were friends, and he was asked to join the new group’s board. He also was a natural to serve as its discussion leader, even if the discussion comes almost entirely from those attending.

“We go around the room,” Tartt said.

“If someone is new, we ask if they want to say why they’re there. If they don’t, that’s

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fine. It’s not a religious group or a spiritual group. It’s not a treatment group. It’s a support group. The goal is to create a format where they feel comfortable enough to speak their mind, from the heart, and be with people who know what it’s like. A few have lost children. Some have kids in treatment, some kids are in jail.

“These are good people and this drug epidemic has come to families and they don’t know what to do. They go through denial. Some of them put their kids in jail because it’s the safest place for them to be.”

Satre also has formed an adjunct non-profit group called CAYA (Come as You Are) that’s trying to spread the word on addiction, and work with local law enforcement and school officials to educate the public. Her advice to parents who suspect their children might be going down the path to substance abuse is direct and to the point.

“I would go through their rooms when they’re not there,” she said. “I’d look for anything. Missing or bent spoons are signs that they are shooting up. I’d confront them and talk to them. You can almost look in their eyes and tell, and you have to have that dialogue.

“If they’re on drugs, they’ll also exhibit certain characteristics. They’ll sleep a lot, become argumentative. They don’t take care of themselves. There’s a lack of energy. It all makes sense to me now, but didn’t back then.”

That sort of vital information often comes through in the FODA support meetings.

“It’s emotional and it’s intense,” Satre said. “But people are so grateful to have a place to go where they can understand it, and hear that other people are going through the same thing.”

At a recent group meeting, a 30-something man stood up and spoke about losing his family, his business and his freedom because of heroin.

“Don’t be afraid to tell your loved ones,” he said, on a night when several teenagers were in the room. “Every day sober is ten times better than waking up trying to find the next high. I just wish I had never started.”

(Families Overcoming Drug Addiction meetings are held every first and third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Sycamore A room at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. For further information, call Caroline at 540-316-9221 or go to MyFODAFamily@gmail.com) MIDDLEBURG LIFE

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Mount Gordon Farm Old Goose Creek Farm The Plains, Virginia $11,750,000

Middleburg, Virginia $5,995,000

128 acres and immaculate 3 level, 13,000+ sq ft stone & shingle main house • 5 BR • 8 FP • Exceptional finishes on every floor • Caterer's kitchen • Elevator • Spa • Separate guest cottage • Pool • Farm manager residence • 3 additional tenant houses • 12 stall center-aisle stable • Pond • Extraordinary land w/incomparable views extending beyond the Blue Ridge Mts • Orange County Hunt

Immaculate equestrian property in turnkey condition • Exceptional location • Stone home expanded to approx.

7,000 sf. • Includes 4 main level suites • Lovely gardens, pool, garage apartment & pond • Blackburn designed 6 stall stable • 70x210 indoor arena • Observation deck • Tack room • 2 wash stalls & office • Addtl 4 stall barn • Entire property is fenced and cross fenced on 26 acres & 8 paddocks

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Elegant & sun-filled country home • Gracious rooms for entertaining • 4 private suites • His & hers dressing rooms • Extensive millwork • Main level living just minutes from town • Views of 65 protected acres • Stream • English gardens • Terraces • 200 year old stone walls & open pasture • Idyllic setting also includes 3 BR cottage • Garage & bank barn • Middleburg Hunt Territory

Middleburg, Virginia $2,950,000

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266 acres in Piedmont Hunt • Panoramic views of the Blue Ridge, Bull Run and Cobbler mountains which surround the whole property • Improvements include 4 farmhouses, an iconic red dairy barn and many agricultural buildings • Ponds and traditional stone walls • This working farm is protected by a Virginia Outdoors Foundation conservation easement which allows 2 parcels

Solid stone home with copper roof on 70 acres • Original portions dating from the 1700’s • First floor bedroom & 3 additional suites • Original floors • 8 fireplaces • Formal living room • Gourmet kitchen • 2 ponds • Mountain views • Stone walls • Mature gardens • Pool • Log cabin • Piedmont Hunt

Upperville, Virginia $5,320,000

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Middleburg Area $2,975,000

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The Plains, Virginia $1,985,000

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Restored 3 bedroom 1830's farmhouse on 65 acres • Multiple porches & fireplaces, lots of charm • Lovely pool, shared pond, 4 stall barn, workshop • Expansive mountain views, rolling open pasture & fully fenced elevated land • Gorgeous setting in the protected valley between Middleburg and The Plains • Conservation easement permits 2 more homes to complete the compound

Circa 1807 • 33 acres ideally located between Middleburg & The Plains • Rare quarried stone exterior, 10-foot ceilings • Period mantels, original wood floors, two-story front porch • 3 BR/3 BA, each a private suite • Historic stone barn includes one BR/BA apt, heated tack room, 6 stalls • Carriage barn • 3 paddocks, large turnout field, run-in sheds, auto waterers • Whole farm generator • Pond • Orange County Hunt

Classic Middleburg colonial, completely redone in 2009 • 5 BR • 4 full BA, 2 half BA • 2 FP • Gourmet kitchen • Top of the line finishes throughout • 2-car attached garage • Beautifully landscaped • Sweeping unobstructed mountain views • 21.08 gently rolling acres • Fenced & cross fenced • Great barn, multiple run in sheds & riding/jumping paddocks

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212 Cornwall Street Leesburg, Virginia $1,575,000

The Plains, Virginia $1,350,000

Echo Hill

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Prime Middleburg location • House completely redone in 2004 • Hill top setting with panoramic mountain views • 3 BR • 3.5 BA • Main level master suite • Pine floors • Beautiful millwork • 3 FP • Attached 2-car garage • Beautiful windows • Gracious room sizes • 4-stall barn • Riding ring • In-ground pool • Lovely gardens • 31.05 acres recorded in 3 parcels

Beautiful stone home on wonderful street in the heart of historic Leesburg • Completely renovated in 2011 • 5 bedrooms • 4 full and 2 half baths • 3 fireplaces • Screened porch • 2 car detached garage with apartment • Gourmet kitchen • Grand room sizes • Wood floors and detail throughout • Beautifully landscaped

Stone English country home in top location between Middleburg & The Plains on 13 acres • 4 BR home with new kitchen & main level master suite • Hardwood floors, built-in book cases, fireplaces & bright open family room • Bluestone terrace overlooks new pool & entertaining area • Separate guest cottage/ pool house & garage • Whole-house generator

Gorgeous country home • Historic village • Panoramic views • 3 acres • Beautifully landscaped grounds with terraced herb garden and pool • 3 BR, 2 full + 2 half baths • Master bedroom w/gas FP on main level • Large dining room w/built-in china cabinets • 2 BR upstairs w/shared BA • Lower level family room w/wood-burning FP • Wet bar & french doors to pool area • Recently renovated

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Fine 4 BR, 2.5 BA house on 39 acres • Well cared for and well maintained • Wrap-around porches • MBR on main level • Kitchen and baths updated • Lovely property • Excellent 4 stall barn with H/C wash stall and heated tack room • Board fencing • Paddocks • Very good run-in shed • Level land, mostly open • Pond • Invisible fence on 10 acres • Blue Ridge Hunt territory

Charming cottage and 10 private acres on The Plains Road • Prime location w/convenient access to Rt. 66 while surrounded by protected neighboring farms • 3/4 BR stucco home • Large front porch • 2 FP • Hardwood floors • Home office could serve as first floor bedroom • Mature woods with flowering trees • Perennial gardens • Fenced yard for dogs

Built in 1900 • Gracious home in the village of The Plains • Original details, stone fireplaces, original maple floors, large pocket doors and 10' ceilings • Well cared for and classic home with grand center hall, back staircase, large windows, great porches and mature boxwoods • Just under an acre within the town • Walk to PO, restaurants and galleries

Brick home on 3 acres • Minutes from Middleburg • Sold in "AS IS" condition • 4 bedrooms • 2 1/2 baths • 2 fireplaces • 2 stall barn • Shed • Pool in need of repair • Rear brick terrace • Little bit of work but great value

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The FWA designation is granted to financial advisors who have successfully completed an accreditation program focused on skills to assist families communicate about money goals and to grow and protect wealth across generations.

“This is an exceptional achievement for Greg and Charles and an attestation of their ongoing commitment to serving the unique needs of our clients and their families,” said Michael Robinson,

complex manager of Northern Virginia. “Greg and Charles have demonstrated a disciplined, diligent approach to understanding how family circumstances and dynamics can influence and impact short- and long-term personal and financial goals. Their proven ability to work with families to develop a framework for their financial future helps to set them apart from others within the industry.”

Greg Ellison and Charles Ellison, former long-time Middleburg residents (Charles is a Hill School alum) remain familiar faces in the area and have been members of the financial services industry since 1978 and 2005, respectively.

As financial advisors with Morgan Stanley, they offer a full spectrum of financial planning and investment strategies designed to meet the needs of clients and their families.

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Mack and Brady Pattee have formed crashandherd.com to raise money for the Borana Conservancy in Kenya.

Mack and Brady have staged two events in Middleburg to help raise funds. First was a successful a movie night showing of The Lion King. “Because Disney was inspired by Borana and made the film about them,” Brady said. Next up is the Salamander Run Wild 5k Fun Run on Sunday, July 31 at 9 a.m. hosted and supported by the Salamander Resort. “About 100 elephants each day are killed by

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poachers each day,” Brady added.

All of the money they raise will go Borana Conservancy. They need runners to participate, so lace up your shoes. There are raffle prizes, too. Go to www.crashandherd.com and click on the red button link or go to https://runsignup.com/Race/ VA/Middleburg/SalamanderRunWild5kFunRun. “At this rate the elephant and rhino will be extinct in 10 years – or less, “ Mack said.

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the addition of more shareable plates, a butcher’s block section with numerous steak options as well as seafood and vegetable items that are representative of the Piedmont and Tidewater regions. In addition to the menu changes, Salamander is using its adjacent cooking studio as a signature chef ’s table dining experience, and is adding a Virginia-inspired martini menu.

Live music also will be included on select evenings to create a more lively atmosphere.

foot apartment building will offer 1-Bedroom, 2-Bedroom, and 3-Bedroom urban-style apartments with a mix of 2-story flats affordable to households with incomes at 50 per cent of area median income or less. Rents will range from $915 per month for 1-Bedroom nits up to $1,135 for 3-Bedroom units. Heronview will offer ten fully-handicapped accessible units that will rent to households in a range between $505 to $965 per month. The building is expected to be completed in 2018.

L “The residents are the best of the best, and they keep you on top of your game,” Griffin said. “Their Dr. Alfred C. Griffin Courtesy Photo enthusiasm is contagious, and makes the bi-weekly flying Orthodontics at Georgetown Unicommute so worthwhile.” Griffin versity School of Dentistry. He is previously held an associate pro- also in private practice in Middlefessorship in the Department of burg and Warrenton.

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Jennifer Zickel, mother of two Hill School students, said, “hearing Dr. Michael Thompson was extremely affirming. We live in

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a culture that puts a tremendous amount of pressure on individual, quantitative achievement. For many, it is hard to keep that worry out of our homes, as our children navigate their school years.

However, at Hill, we’re reminded by teachers, administrators, and speakers like Dr. Thompson, that we must be patient with our children and take the long view. What we, as parents, are concerned about now is likely not to be a problem in our children’s future.”

Dr. Thompson will return to Hill School for three multiple-day visits during the 2016-17 year.

The Mosby Heritage Area Association, the nonprofit preservation and education organization, recently dedicated a marker hosted by the Loudoun County Civil War Sesquicentennial committee at Middleburg Baptist Church in Middleburg to commemorate the Middleburg Baptist Church and Sharon Cemetery.

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Harry Hudnall Ware V graduated during the 127th commencement exercises at Woodberry Forest School in Orange on May 28 and will attend the University of Colorado Boulder. He’s the son of H. Hudnall Ware IV and Mrs. Andrew R. Bishop of Middleburg.

Paula Rothwell has been named

managing director of Middleburg’s “A Place to Be.” She comes to the program from the Alternative Paths Training School in Alexandria, an educational, vocational, behavioral consultant school for students and adults with developmental and other disabilities.

Now comes word that in May, the freshman-to-be at the University of Virginia increased her distance, running the Maryland Half Marathon in Fulton, her first ever try at that 13.1 mile event, and finished in one hour, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. That time earned her first place among 16-19-yearold girls and was about 12 minutes faster than the best 16-18 boy.

Overall, she placed 65th.

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What’s in a Name?

A Horse Pedigree

By Richard Hooper For Middleburg Life

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atrick Nisbett Edgar’s “The American Race-Turf Register, Sportsman’s Herald, and General Stud Book” was published in 1833. It was the first publication in America devoted to the pedigrees of American race horses. The culmination of 11 years of work, the book was a financial disaster and a devastated Edgar disappeared from history for four years.

As much as an American stud book was needed, very few people wanted to undertake the task. Thus, in 1837 and at the urging of William T. Porter, the last owner of the “American Turf Register” and founder of “The Spirit of the Times,” Edgar was back in the spotlight. He announced that he would undertake the publication of a second work. This did not meet with universal adulation, with one critic stating, “I shall hold myself to the highest obligations to that man who may suggest any plan that shall not only prevent its publication, but suppress the volume already out.”

Nonetheless, numerous individuals and jockey clubs subscribed to Edgar’s work.

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tion of his research. By this point, however, whatever public support for Edgar that existed had dwindled to nothing and he faded from history until his death in 1857.

Other compilers had been at work, although their efforts usually produced very little.

Beginning with a grand plan, such undertakings would end up so narrow in their completion that they would become an appendix to a history about horses or go no further than being about the stud of a particular breeding establishment.

Several times, the eminent publication of a stud book would be announced, never to appear.

There were two compilers, though, whose perseverance came to fruition after the Civil War: John Wallace, who had been secretary to the Iowa State Board of Agriculture, and Sanders Deweese Bruce, who had founded the periodical “Turf, Field and Farm” in August, 1865.

In 1867, John Wallace published “Wallace’s American Stud-Book.” It used an American system of listing pedigrees that had been used by Edgar and Peter Cottom before him, but tastes were changing.

The public, anticipating the publication of Bruce’s which, would use the English sys-

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tem, withheld from purchasing his work. ed by turf historian John Hervey, reconSqueezed out of the thoroughbred market, struct pedigrees “to better fit their circulaWallace went on to successfully compile tion in high society.”

The 1868 volume of Bruce’s work inand publish the “American Trotting Regcluded horses with names beginning with ister” in 1871.

Bruce’s “The American Stud Book” was letters A through K. The title page, howpublished in 1868. In establishing the le- ever stated A through L. In 1873, he pubgitimacy of the included horses, he stated lished Volume II and a revised Volume I. In a clever marketing trick, that, “the general custom Volume II began with “M” has been followed of callnames, thus, the only way ing those thoroughbreds to have the pedigrees of that have an uncontamnames beginning with the inated pedigree for five letter L, people would have generations.” This caused to purchase the revised a problem, particularly Volume I. With this ploy for horses from the preBruce also left one of his vious century and early original financial backers, on in the 19th century, with whom there had been and Bruce added, “Some a falling-out, holding a of the most distinguished large stock of the original The 1868 Stud Book by families on the American Volume I, which was now Sanders Deweese Bruce. turf cannot be traced thus rendered worthless.

Both Bruce and The Jockey far, and they have been Club would obtain copies Bruce compiled and embodied in this work, of this edition and destroy published the stud book their claims being recog- them. Photo courtesy Richard Hooper through six volumes. It nized by everyone familwas not hugely profitable and after a fire iar with the subject: and their exclusion destroyed his offices, he sold the rights would have wrought manifest injustice.” to publication to The Jockey Club, which The English had a much simpler ap- incorporated his work into the official proach to defining the thoroughbred, “American Stud Book.” cutting the Gordian Knot, rather than Today, it all seems so simple: pedigrees untying it. For them a thoroughbred was are just a mouse click away. a horse that was listed in their stud book.

(Richard Hooper is an antiquarian book Bruce did correct and straighten out expert in Middleburg. He is also the creator numerous erroneous pedigrees formulat- of elegantly appointed furniture for dogs ed by his predecessors. Even so, he could and home. He can be contacted at rhoopalso bend them. Probably to increase sales er451@aol.com. Follow him on facebook. and gain endorsements, he would, as stat- com/chateauxdelapooch.)

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also included helping run the university’s intramural sports program, the better to justify his $8,000 a year salary.

“I’ve got plenty of experience handling other sports, too,” he said.

He’s also had experience at the professional level, serving as an assistant coach to Butch Carter with the Toronto Raptors for three years and coaching perennial allstar Vince Carter as well as 5-foot-4 Mugsy Bogues, one of the smallest players in NBA history. At Colorado, he Courtesy Photo also recruited and coached Harrington has campers’ attention in Marshall Chauncey Billups, another long-time NBA all-star. of the main reasons Jay’s “little” brother And now, he’s essentially going back Tom, all 6-feet-11 of him, decided to attend the same school and play for Driesell to his basketball roots, working with on some of the finest Terrapin teams in younger athletes and trying to improve the quality of basketball in his new surschool history.

“I think I can really add something roundings. In addition to his camps, he’s to this community and this area,” Har- also available for private training sessions. rington said in a recent interview. “It’s His camp flyers describe the goals of his something I really want to sink my teeth program: “To improve on all basketball skills into. I’m excited about it.”

Harrington also has had conversa- with emphasis on ball handling, passing, tions with the Fauquier Parks and Rec- dribbling, shooting and offensive moves,” reation Department about running bas- it reads. “These sessions will not exclude ketball and other sports camps in the the fundamentals of good footwork, that county during winter and spring breaks is jumping and pivoting off the left and and again next summer. His first job as right legs, also offensive and defensive an assistant at Maryland back in the ‘70s rebounding techniques; also sound prin-

By Leonard Shapiro For Middleburg Life

oe Harrington played on the same college team with former University of Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams. He was an assistant to former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell, and a key player in attracting All-American Tom McMillen and many other high-profile players to College Park. And he’s been a head coach himself at four major Division I colleges, including George Mason and the University of Colorado.

And now, Harrington has come to the Middleburg area in part to bring his big-time basketball knowledge to young players in Loudoun, Fauquier and Clarke counties. This past spring, he’s held camps for boys and girls at Wakefield, Highland, Powhatan and Marshall Middle School, with many more to come, as well as a possible basketball head coaching position at Wakefield in The Plains.

Harrington, now 65, moved back to Northern Virginia this past January to reconnect with his 16-year-old daughter, Ava, after being granted full custody after a divorce. They’re now living in The Plains at McMillen’s home and Joe Harrington is looking around for a place to call their own this summer.

A native of Maine, Harrington played with Williams and McMillen’s brother, Jay, at Maryland in the 1960s. He and Jay were roommates and great friends, one

ciples of individual and team defense and offense. All sessions will be conducted in a positive manner with the understanding that players are at different skill levels.”

At his co-ed camp at Marshall Middle School last month, he also brought in a motivational speaker, none other than his long-time friend, Tom McMillen. A Rhodes Scholar, a Congressman and a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team, McMillen clearly was a huge hit with the young players that day.

“The kids were kind of mesmerized by what he had to say,” Harrington said.

“He talked about having to guard players in the pros like Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

Tom has a great message for them when it comes to setting goals in life. And they all got on their phones and started looking up the 1972 Olympics. It was just a great presentation.”

As for Harrington coaching at Wakefield, it’s not a done deal, but seems likely to happen. Harrington actually worked as a substitute teacher at the school earlier this year and could see immediately that “a lot of these kids are pretty self-motivated.

“I think they want to have solid athletics,” he added. “They have a great balance in their academic program and I think I could help them. It would definitely be exciting to be part of that school.”

(For further information on camps or private training sessions, email coachjoeharrington@yahoo.com)

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Bennett, Shannon and Fielding Stichman, trained by Snowden Clark, won the family class riding Bryce Lingo’s horses from Orange Hill Farm PHOTO BY MIDDLEBURG PHOTO

Before the sun comes up over Bull Run Mountain one early June morning, Patty Foster, a professional mane and tail braider, is already at work. She’s on the first of what could be 20 efforts during a busy day at the 163rd edition of the Upperville Colt & Horse Show. Airynee May Damewood, a professional floral designer and gardener, is meeting with Barb Roux, vice president of the week-long event. They’re placing plants and bouquets on the tables in the 1853 Club tent. As the sun peeps out (thank goodness no vicious storms this year) the horse show office trailer is buzzing. Show Secretary Ginny McCarty and her fabulous staff are doling out entry numbers to exhibitors, trainers and anxious mothers. In yet another trailer, media consultants/producers Tom Gorman and his wife, Jessica Rich, are taping and editing video reports. Horses of all sizes, ages, colors and caliber are out for morning exercise. From the tower over the main hunter ring, announcer Oliver Kennedy calls the first class and we’re off and running. By Sunday afternoon, everyone is crowded around the main jumper ring and before the sun settles across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Eugenio Garza Perez has captured the $216,000 Upperville Jumper Classic in an exciting jump-off.

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Sponsors David Greenhill, Rebekah Pizana (left) of Greenhill Winery/Middleburg Life and Cristina and Bob Parr (right) of Morgan Stanley with Aaron Vale, winner of the $35,000 Speed Stakes on Troy Glaus’ Quidam’s Good Luck.

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Eugenio Garza Perez won the $216,000 Upperville Jumper Classic on Bariano, owned by El Milagro PHOTO BY MIDDLEBURG PHOTO

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auren Kieffer grew up in southern Illinois in a family where horsepower had nothing to do with fast fourlegged animals. Her father ran a trucking company, and liked to race dirt bikes.

“It’s where my adrenaline comes from,” Kieffer said.

She must have a lifetime supply considering her own competitive instincts.

Two weeks ago, the 29-year-old rider was named to the U.S. Olympic team in the grueling Three Day Event. For the uninitiated, riders and their mounts compete in three different disciplines—dressage, show jumping and cross country, all on the same horse.

Kieffer, now living in The Plains, and her Olympic teammates will display their skills at The Land Rover Great Meadow International July 8-10, the first-ever FEI Nation’s Cup eventing competition in the U.S. against teams from Germany, Mexico, Canada and Great Britain. It’s the final prep before the Rio Olympics competition August 5-9.

Kieffer has been riding since age six and her parents’ graduation gift was tuition to attend an eventing camp in Lexington, Virginia run by David and Karen O’Connor, both American Olympians who also live in The Plains.

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“The Olympics has always been my dream and my goal,” Kieffer said. “I’ve been working for this for a long, long time.”

She’ll ride a 16-hand Dutch Olympian Lauren Kieffer of Middleburg will ride at Great Meadow Courtesy Photo warmblood, Veronica, in Rio, a horse she first began competing “I asked the O’Connors if I could be on five years ago. “Certain people one of their working students up here,” and certain horses just click,” she said. “It Kieffer said. “You basically work for them takes time to get used to each other, but in exchange for lessons. So I packed up we were off and running pretty quickly.” and moved to Virginia.”

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Paul Emil Schmid, Jr. Paul E. Schmid PhD passed away at home June 7 as a result of complications from diabetes. He was 85.

Paul was the elder child of Paul Emil and Maria Kleiner Schmid, immigrants from Switzerland. He was born in Washington D.C. May 4, 1931. Paul remained in the area all his life, choosing to settle in Middleburg in 1989. His grandfather, John Jacob Emil Schmid” founded the Columbian Iron Works in 1904.

The Washington D.C. Company was a family business specializing in ornamental ironwork.

A lifelong advocate for higher education, Paul pursued a college education and encouraged his friends, peers, children, and grandchildren to follow in his footsteps. He graduated from Anacostia High School in 1949, and in 1954 received his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University. While working full time, Paul attended the University of Maryland at night and received his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1961. In 1986, he earned his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from California Coast University.

Paul was elected to several societies while attending college: Sigma Tau, Sigma Pi Sigma - a National Physics Honor Society, and Delta Epsilon Tau - an International Honor Society. He was especially fond of the Sigma Pi Sigma organization and donated generously to its education fund.

Paul worked for the Ahrendt Instrument Company prior to being drafted into the Army. He served in the Army Signal Corps in the radar service, and received an Honorable discharge in 1963. Post military service, Paul was an Electrical Engineer for Harry Diamond Laboratories, Aero Geo Astro (AGA), and MELPAR. He joined NASA in 1965 as a specialist in satellite search and rescue technology supporting the Apollo missions. In 1970, Paul joined the CIA and served as the Director of Science and Technology until his retirement. After his father’s death in 1972; Paul continued operation of the family Iron Works business,in addition to his federal employment, until it was sold in 1995.

Paul had a passion for amateur radio as a young boy and earned his operator’s license as a young man in high school. His call sign was W4HET and he earned numerous awards, including the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Lifetime Achievement Award DXCC Honor Roll in March 2016. Paul had contacts all over the globe and headed several expeditions in the Cayman Islands, most recently in 2014.

Paul was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, June Marie Schmid née Swartz. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Schmid née Dean; his children, Patricia and John Homan, Judy and Paul Schmid, III, Rhonda and James Schmid, Susan and Kurt Kramer, and Barbara and Garth Trinder-Smith; his grandchildren, Lisa and Tim Brennan, Jeffrey Homan, Jennifer Schmid, Emily Schmid, Katrina Schmid, Jessica Schmid, Sarah Schmid, and Gavin Trinder-Smith; and his sister, Sylvia Tocci of Huntsville, Alabama.

At Paul’s request, there will be no memorial service. Condolences may be sent to Mrs. Shirley D. Schmid at Box 1943, Middleburg, VA 20118.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 0611 or to Blue Ridge Hospice 333 Cork Street # 405, Winchester VA 22601.

Richard Keith Irish

June 26, 1932 - June 17, 2016 Richard K. “Dick” Irish, 83, author of the “Go Hire Yourself an Employer,” a popular self-help book in the 1970s, died June 17 at his home in Marshall. His wife, Pat Reilly, said he died of complications related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Mr. Irish was an early member of the Peace Corps, serving with his late wife, Sally Irish, in the Philippines between 1962 and 1964. They were teachers in a Muslim village in Mindanao, where Mr. Irish attained the honorific of Sultan of Raya. He later learned that meant a leader with no followers. He named his Virginia farm Raya.

Prior to the Peace Corps, Mr. Irish had served in the U.S. Army in the 83rd Engineer Battalion, Bussac, France, as a German inter-preter from 1954 to 1956.

After a brief stint at Peace Corps headquarters under its first director, Sergeant Shriver, in the late 1960s, Mr. Irish left to help found the TransCentury Corporation in Adams Morgan and became an international executive search specialist. He was vice-president of Career Planning Consultants Inc. of Charlottesville. He later started his own consultancy, Leadership Search, which specialized in finding the execu-tives of nonprofit organizations.

As a result of this work, he published “Go Hire Yourself an Employer” (Doubleday/Anchor 1973), which went to three printings and sold over 800,000 copies, “If Things Don’t Improve Soon, I May Ask You to Fire Me” (1975) and “How to Live Separately Together - A Guide for Working Couples” (1981).

Mr. Irish was finishing work on “Allies and Adversaries: Churchill and the Man Who Would be France,” when he died. It will be published as an e-book later this year.

Richard Keith Irish was born June 26, 1932, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Col. Wynot Rush Irish and Juliet Wilkin Irish. Stationed with his family in post-war Germany, he attended Institut Montana, a prep school in Switzerland. He transferred to Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, where he received the Nevils Diplomatic History Prize. On graduation in 1954, he was drafted into the Army and sent back to Europe. He then taught at the Institut Montana.

His first wife, Sally Irish, died in 2003. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Pat Reilly, a sister, Dorothy Beall, and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Irish was a member of the National Peace Corps Association and the Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made to the Middleburg Humane Society or the Marshall Rescue Squad.

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he National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) will partner with Maggie Johnston and Devon Zebrovious, organizers of the Mrs. George C. Everhart Memorial Side Saddle Chase, to hold a panel discussion on August 13, and present the award for the 2016 United States Lady Rider, from 2-4 p.m. The high point-winning rider will have competed in three spring races featuring side saddle divisions: Cheshire in Pennsylvania, Loudoun in Virginia, and High Hope in Kentucky.

The event begins with a reception followed by a panel discussion on the role of women in racing. The panel will include notable women riders, racers, and trainers, including Eva Smithwick, Donna Rogers, and others.

Community Center: The Bluemont Concert Series will feature three events on South Madison Street this month. On July 9, the Mary Ann Redmond Band will offer a night of rock and roll. On July 16, it’s the Clarke County Band playing classic and pop and on July 23, it’s all bluegrass with Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie. And don’t forget dinner and a movie at the Community Center on July 15.

On August 2, the MCC and the Middleburg Police Department will host the fifth annual National Night Out. It’s an evening of food, entertainment, police demonstrations, games and prizes. The event will be on the field behind the MCC from 6-8 p.m.

Town of Middleburg: It’s “Art in the ‘Burg” on July 23. The town-wide art celebration will be held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. with many talented local artists displaying their art throughout the town.

The event also will include music and wine tastings.

Summer Camp: Wakefield School in The Plains has a wide variety of summer camps coming up. From July 11-15, rising Kindergarteners through rising 4th graders can join Wakefield graduate Alex Leyva for two half-day camps that will get the campers moving in Exercise Your Video and Fit and Fun. It’s golf on the menu July 11-15 at Evergreen for four days of lessons and swimming. The camp is open to rising 5th graders through rising 10th graders looking to try golf or want to improve their beginner skills.

Wakefield’s Matchbox Math camp is July 18-22. Rising Kindergartners through rising 5th graders will spend

afternoons in a week of hands on math activities and puzzles.

And Wakefield will host long-time college Division I head coach Joe Harrington teaching basketball skills to rising Kindergartners through rising 8th graders July 18-22.

From 25-29, rising 6th graders through – 8th graders will work with Wakefield graduate Alex Leyva on getting ready for fall sports. To register, go to http://www.wakefieldschool. org.

At Middleburg Academy, LEGO EV3 Robotics goes from July 25-29 for rising 3rd through 5th grade students. In pairs, they’ll build an autonomous robot to carry out pre-designed missions. The VEX IQ Robotics at Middleburg Academy runs July 25-29 for rising 4th through 8th graders. and the VEX 1 Robotics is also July 25-29 for rising 6th through 12th grade students. For information, go to http://www.nvcc.edu/systemic/camps. html.

Of Note:

Oatlands: The historic house and gardens at Oatlands in Leesburg will host a weekend dedicated to World War II history July 9-10. The program is called “From the Front Lines to the Home Front: Oatlands and World War II” and will focus on Loudoun County and Oatlands. It will feature living history interpreters, oral history recordings, jeep rides, exhibitors, music and food.

There’s also a Sunday afternoon tea and lecture about General and Mrs. George C. Marshall. Admission is $20 per family and $10 per individual.

Admission is free for active duty personnel and all veterans, with food and beverages available for purchase. Call 703-777-3174 or visit www.oatlands.org.

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