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AUGUST 6, 2020

County To Get Another $36M for COVID-19

BY RENSS GREENE

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A Hotels Home Run Loudoun’s hospitality industry got some help last week as more than 70 teams from everywhere east of the Mississippi River came to Loudoun for the Senior Softball USA Eastern Nationals tournament. The event landed in the county as part of Visit Loudoun’s sports tourism outreach that leverages the area’s athletic facilities to boost tourism and overnight hotel stays. The largest local sporting event since the pandemic began came with a high priority of following public health guidelines. Each division’s first-place winners will represent the east versus the west in the USA National Championship Game in September in Las Vegas, and then are only a step away from the World Masters Championships and the Triple Grand Slam.

Loudoun County is set to receive another $36 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act money to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, and businesses are calling for more help.

The county received its first major infusion on June 1, passing a little more than $6 million along to Loudoun towns. The rest of the funding was split among COVID-19 efforts like purchasing personal protective equipment, cleaning and disinfecting county buildings, the costs of extensive teleworking among county employees, and supporting Loudoun nonprofits.

It also went into Loudoun’s Business Interruption Fund to make grants to small businesses affected by the pandemic, and in two rounds of grants $3.4 million has been distributed to aid those businesses.

County Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) said she would like to put more of that money into supporting local businesses and COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.

“We really have not had a testing site in western Loudoun County, and we haven’t had a testing site in the Sterling area,” Randall said, adding, “I feel like we’ve covered a lot of what nonprofits need. But there are still a lot of business that are still CARES ACT continues on page 29

Local Coronavirus Cases Surpass 5,000; Trends Positive While Loudoun County continues to show positive trends regrading efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, it crossed the 5,000-case threshold over the weekend.

On Saturday, the cumulative case count reached 5,034, according to Health Department data. The county crossed the 4,000case mark on June 30.

That reflected a significant slowdown in

case growth, even during the first month of the commonwealth’s Phase Three reduction in business and public gathering restrictions. Previously, the county was recording 1,000 new cases every two or three weeks. The 1,000th case was recorded May 6. Nineteen days later, the 2,000th case was reported. Loudoun reached 3,000 cases on June 7.

Most significantly—while Loudoun has achieved increased testing, now more than 600 tests per day—the percentage of positive tests continues to decline. This week, the seven-day rolling average positivity rate was 5 percent, the lowest since the start of the outbreak in March. However, that figure—along with the average number of new daily cases per 100,000 residents, 7.5—

indicates that community spread continues in the county.

“I think Loudoun and all of Northern Virginia have been fairly stable for the last month or so, an that’s great news,” said Loudoun County Health Department Director Dr. David Goodfriend. “We can’t take it for granted. We know that there COVID CASES continues on page 30

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Rt. 9 Through Hillsboro to Partially Reopen Aug. 14

BY PATRICK SZABO pszabo@loudounnow.com

After three and a half months of full road closures, Rt. 9 through the Town of Hillsboro will partially reopen next Friday.

The road through the town limits is expected to reopen at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 to westbound traffic as crews continue work on the town’s $14.33 million Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Safety Project. For the remainder of the year, eastbound traffic will be allowed to pass through town from 6 p.m. on Sunday to 9:30 a.m. on Monday. From Tuesday to Friday, eastbound traffic will be allowed to pass through from 4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Westbound traffic will be allowed to pass through the town from 2 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The road will remain closed to eastbound traffic on weekends. Law enforcement officers will be in the town during the first weekend of the partial reopening to assist with the change in traffic patterns.

Drivers through town will navigate occasional twists and turns and a partially unpaved surface with dirt and gravel throughout. They will also drive around newly installed roundabouts on each end of town—at the Stony Point Road and Hillsboro Road intersections.

The regional and local detours will remain in place. The regional detour routes traffic originating farther west down Rt.

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Hillsboro Mayor Roger Vance talks about work on the town’s east-end roundabout, which will be opened to partial through-traffic Aug. 14.

340 to Rt. 7. The local detour circumvents the town by following Stony Point Road, Woodgrove Road, Allder School Road and Hillsboro Road.

While cut-through traffic is prohibited on Cider Mill Road, commuters continue to use the route. The town continues to work with VDOT to address that concern and requested both a temporary speed reduction and increased law enforcement on the road.

The partial road reopening follows three and a half months of work amid a full road

closure that began May 4 and was spurred by a water main break in late March—less than a month after the road project kicked off.

During the closure, Archer Western Corp. crews installed all eight planned utility vaults; more than half of the stormwater drainage piping; 70 percent of the stormwater structures and sanitary sewer mains and laterals; eight of the 13 retaining walls; and more than 75 percent of the electric and communications conduits.

Shirley Contracting crews also expedited the installation of the town’s new permanent water main and completed the town’s $3.2 million water project, which installed a new water system that now provides residents and businesses with more capacity and lifted the town’s 25-year-old boil water notice.

“This commonsense decision and our contractor’s nimbleness to completely re-sequence its work plan and marshal resources allowed a tremendous amount of the project’s heavy excavation and underground utility installation to be completed months ahead of schedule,” stated Mayor Roger Vance.

Because of the efficiency of work completed during the full road closure, town and road project leaders say there is no need to close the highway through town in full again for the rest of 2020. They are anticipating the project will wrap up about two and a half months ahead of schedule, in

Private Schools Offer Options for In-Person Learning

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ AND RENSS GREENE krodriguez@loudounnow.com rgreene@loudounnow.com

With Loudoun County Public Schools opening the school year with almost all students signed up for distance learning, many of the county’s private and parochial schools are courting students and parents eager for an in-person learning experience.

Loudoun School for Advanced Studies is one of those schools. The Ashburn school, which moved into a larger facility last school year, is preparing to reopen its doors to its student population, which Head of School Sylvia Israel expects to hover around 65 or 70 this fall.

Administrators say the small school population is ideally suited to comply with CDC and Health Department guidance to deal with the impacts and social distancing requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic. Already, class sizes at the sixth through 12th grade school average only six to eight students, with a maximum of 10.

“The biggest difference for us is we have a discussion-based experience.

[Classes are] a very small group, like a graduate school study group. When you think about a public school classroom where you have roughly 30 kids, it’s just a fundamentally different conversation. We were already lower density, which makes it easier in some ways for us to transition to physical distancing requirements,” said

founder Deep Sran.

Interest has been high among prospective students and parents this summer, Israel said, with many longing for the inschool experience and the perk of small class sizes. A major difference this summer has been the interest the school has been getting from rising seniors.

“This is the first year we’ve ever been approached by a number of rising seniors who are absolutely overwhelmed by their last year being such a mess,” she said.

“They’re all really strong students, taking hard classes, they don’t want to take [classes] virtually. They want help and guidance through the college [application] process.”

Dylan Feathers, Upper School principal at Virginia Academy, also in Ashburn, said the large space afforded by being a ministry of the 110,000-square-foot Community

early April 2021.

The reopening is welcome news to area businesses hoping to see more customer traffic.

Jennifer Breaux, the general manager of Breaux Vineyards, which is located west of the town, said the full road closure has been “taxing on all of us” but that she’s hopeful the partial reopening will help increase business at least a little bit.

“I always try to remain positive,” she said. “We’ll all take what we can get at this point.”

Breaux said the full road closure through town and corresponding detours have sometimes affected her customers’ arrival times, since some have forgotten about the road closure and neglected to include extra drive time in their schedules. She said it’s important now to get the word out that Rt. 9 through Hillsboro will be partially open for the remainder of the year.

Bozzo Family Vineyards Proprietor Steve Bozzo said it’s hard to say whether the partial road reopening will make a difference on business, but he’s happy to see it. He said it’s also nice to know that town leaders aren’t looking to extend the full closure, like they did in early June when they announced the idea to extend the closure to mid-August.

One more full closure is planned in the final stages of the project early in 2010. Bozzo said if the closure is more than a “minor” one, his winery again would be impacted.

Church is a distinct advantage for the coming school year. It will allow plenty of options to socially distance the student population, which Feathers said could climb as high as 520 because of the high interest in enrollment over the summer. The school accommodates students from preschool through 12th grade.

The school staff is already brainstorming creative ways to distance students, and also provide outdoor opportunities to break up the monotony of being in the same space all day, Feathers said. This year, as a change, upper school students will also have recess during the day, and the staff is also exploring setting up outdoor learning environments as the weather allows.

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Loudoun

Supervisors’ Land Conservation Talks Lean Toward Commercial Tradeoff

Board to Consider Revitalization Incentives

BY RENSS GREENE

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

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County supervisors and planning department staffers looking into ways to protect rural Loudoun from development are now leaning toward trading those potential homes for increased commercial opportunities development in the east.

Two programs under consideration would allow separating development rights from that land and allowing those rights to be purchased, after which they could be retired or applied elsewhere. The program would be intended to allow landowners to make money off of their land’s development potential without converting the property to residential subdivisions.

That can help rural landowners afford to hold onto their land and permanently protect it from development. The other option available to them, placing land under conservation easement, can cost landowners tens of thousands of dollars to set up.

Supervisors have long debated both a Purchase of Development Rights program, in which those development rights would be purchased by the government and retired, and a Transfer of Development Rights program, in which those rights could be purchased in rural areas and applied to allow denser development in other areas. A similar program, Purchase and Retire, works in

County supervisors have ordered a study of a program to offer zoning and regulatory flexibility and lower fees on targeted parcels to attract redevelopment and revitalization.

State law allows the county to create Economic Revitalization Zones, where user and permit fees may be reduced, tax liens waived, and zoning rules relaxed to encourage development in those areas.

County staff members will evaluate whether those zones might be right for Loudoun.

Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) proposed the study.

“Loudoun’s rapid growth provides multiple opportunities for this board to develop communities in a way that provides equity and quality of life,” Briskman said. She pointed out certain areas she has in mind for the program already: “Areas such as Cascades Marketplace, CountrySide and even Belmont Greene need redevelopment, and this county should use every tool available to it so that we can create attractive destinations for our residents.

Other supervisors agreed.

Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said it would be well-timed for when the county comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think particularly for the strip centers that are struggling, I know Fairfax County uses these and I’m interested in learning more about it,” Letourneau said.

Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) said “I think we all have at least one or two [areas] in our district” that could use the program.

Supervisors unanimously voted to study the program at their meeting July 21. A report back is expected back by the end of the year.

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Work underway to pave Williams Gap Road in western Loudoun in 2018.

the framework of Transfer of Development Rights, although the government may be the customer, buying development rights to retire them.

The previous Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors batted down many of those proposals, including largely removing specific reference to them from the new comprehensive plan.

But talks have continued in the Board

of Supervisors’ Transportation and Land Use Committee. Where before, Transfer of Development Rights was seen as a way to move residential development from western Loudoun to the east, now they center on turning residential development rights in the west into commercial development rights in the east.

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Local Unions Push for More COVID-19 Protections

BY RENSS GREENE

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The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the lack of protections and benefits for the people keeping business moving in Virginia, local union members told state legislators during a July 29 conference call.

“What has been made transparent through this pandemic is that the working class, and of course disproportionately as we know people of color, are the ones really suffering from unemployment, from lack of healthcare, from working in unsafe conditions, from being unable to pay rent,” said Northern Virginia Labor Federation President Virginia Diamond. “And it is indeed a crisis, the lack of a safety net, the lack of

workers’ rights in the state.”

Workers have already lost some of their colleagues to the virus.

Mike Schemm, a member of Amalgamated Transit Union 762, which includes Loudoun, Fairfax and other transit workers around the DC region, said his local union has lost five members to the virus already, and across the country the union has lost more than 80 members. Many others have been laid off as transit agencies scale back.

“I’m not speaking badly in any way, shape or form about my company or Loudoun County Transit,” Schemm, who works as a Loudoun Transit dispatch supervisor, said after the conference call. “I’ve seen great things out of both of them. It was heartbreaking. I’ve been with Loudoun County since forever, and it was heart-

breaking to watch something I’ve seen grow from 16, 18 buses, up to a fleet of 100, go back to five. I never thought I’d see it.”

Transit drivers are particularly vulnerable, he said, because they work in enclosed spaces with recirculating air. Now, as Loudoun begins to slowly reopen bus routes, he said they are focused on keeping both drivers and passengers safe.

“Our biggest thing right now is reassuring the public that we’re doing everything we can to keep them safe on our buses,” Schemm said. Cleaning crews and drivers are sanitizing buses and wearing masks and gloves. “As much as we want to keep our drivers safe, we also want to keep the public COVID-19 PROTECTIONS continues on page 5

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Conservation talks continued from page 4 “I think we’re spinning our wheels even continuing to have the discussion of a residential-to-residential sending and receiving area in Loudoun County,” said Committee Chairman Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn). He pointed to concerns raised by county planners that the county relies on proffer negotiations with developers seeking a rezoning for both its infrastructure needs and Affordable Dwelling Unit program. Buying development rights could mean a developer would not need to request a rezoning from the county for a big project.

“I believe Loudoun County is more reliant on the proffer system than just about any county in Virginia, and proffers work

COVID-19 protections continued from page 4 safe. I need to keep my drivers safe … because there’s a driver shortage.”

“It’s absolutely crucial for the safety of our community that we have access to paid leave, because if any of us becomes infected by the coronavirus … we know that

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at exact cross odds to TDRs,” Turner said.

“The ADU program also works at cross odds to TDRs. So, we’ve got two practical aspects of our environment here, of our land use environment in Loudoun County, that create two directly competitive mechanism to a residential TDR program. So, we need to stop trying to waste our time trying to cram a square peg in a round hole.”

As discussed among supervisors serving on that committee, a TDR program would require designating sending areas, where development rights are severed, and receiving areas where they are applied. It would also require a formula for converting residential density, which the county measures in units per acre, to commercial density, which the county measures by a parcel’s floor area ratio.

The previous Board of Supervisors, which voted down an effort by County coming to work sick could endanger the people that we serve and spread the virus further throughout the community,” said Lisa Griebel, a Child Protective Services specialist with Loudoun County. She added: “I have never had to make the difficult choice be tween caring for my own family and keeping my job, and I don’t think that anyone should ever have to make that choice.”

Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) to explore starting a Purchase of Development Rights program, may in fact have inadvertently steered the county toward PDRs later that same year by largely excluding both from the comprehensive plan. County planners now say under the state laws governing the programs, there is no requirement that a PDR program be mentioned in the county comprehensive plan, while a TDR program would require going through the lengthy process of amending the plan.

While a PDR program could be up and running in a year, staff members said, a TDR program could take three years, in part because of the time needed for the

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Comprehensive Plan amendment process and in part because the TDR program is more complex.

County staff members have also found both state and federal funding to help the county pay for a purchase program through matching grants.

The Transportation and Land Use Committee on July 22 unanimously recommended the Board of Supervisors begin the process of establishing a PDR program in Loudoun, and to fund a market study in next year’s budget to examine the viability of a TDR program.

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Spera Named New Town Attorney

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Visitors to downtown Leesburg last weekend had an entire block of King Street closed off all for themselves.

Detour for Dining Town To Close Off Downtown Block Weekend Nights Starting last Friday, and continuing every Friday and Saturday evening through late October, a block of King Street in downtown Leesburg will close to traffic and open to diners. It’s part of a new effort to allow downtown restaurants to create temporary outdoor dining areas.

Last weekend, Black Hoof Brewing Company, Delirium Café, Echelon Wine Bar, King Street Oyster Bar, Leesburg Gourmet, and The Wine Kitchen were among those moving more tables on to the sidewalks.

Outdoor dining hours will be from

4-10 p.m., but the street will be closed beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Customers are not allowed to congregate in the street and must maintain social distancing at all times. There will be no live performances or other outdoor entertainment during the dining closures.

Council Adopts New Gateway Overlay District

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ krodriguez@loudounnow.com

The Leesburg Town Council last week established new design standards for new development in corridors leading to the historic district.

The new Gateway District rules replace those of the H-2 Historic Corridor Overlay District, which was created in the early 1990s.

Five segments make up the new Gateway District: West Market Street, East Market Street, North King Street, South King Street, and Edwards Ferry Road. Edwards Ferry was not previously a part of the H-2 District. A total of 415 properties, many residential lots, that were included

in the H-2 will not be a part of the new overlay district.

The goal is to promote designs compatible with Leesburg’s historic downtown.

The new district does not change the underlying zoning of properties within the corridors or the allowed uses on those properties, but sets special standards for site, building, and streetscape designs.

The Gateway District standards will apply to buildings, structures, and signs in commercial or apartment buildings. The standards will not apply to single-family attached or detached structures, duplexes, or areas proffered into the existing H-2 district or other proffered guidelines. Single-family homes and townhouses within a mixed-use development in the Gateway District would also be exempt from the

standards. The 15 feet along the road of residential lots are included in its standards.

According to town planners, the Gateway District is designed to provide clearer direction to users about the approval process and what is required, and is streamlined to provide more administrative review than was possible under the H-2 District.

The next implementation steps will be the adoption of design guidelines and a new streetscape plan that will guide design elements within the public right-ofway. The Planning Commission is expected to take up those items this fall.

For more information, go to leesburgva.gov/gateway.

The Town Council voted unanimously July 28 to appoint Christopher Spera as the new town attorney.

He was selected after a nationwide search coordinated by Novak Consulting Group.

Spera has more than 11 years’ experience as a local government attorney in Virginia, having served as deputy city attorney and assistant city attorney in Spera Alexandria from 2005 to 2016. He is currently vice president and general counsel for the Old Dominion Transportation Group in Alexandria, and previously worked for Deckelbaum, Ogens & Raftery in Bethesda, MD, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in McLean.

“I am honored to have been selected as the next Leesburg town attorney. The mission of supporting the Town Council, the staff, and the residents of the Leesburg community is an important one and I am excited to get started,” he stated in a press release announcing his hire.

Spera is expected to start with the town Aug. 17. He will take the reins from Martin Crim, who has served as interim town attorney since Barbara Notar was dismissed by the council in February after seven years in the position.

New Art Exhibit at Balch A new exhibit titled, “The Lens and the Brush – A Thousand Forests,” is on display at the Thomas Balch Library.

The show includes 23 pieces of mixed media created by Leesburg residents Mike and Anne Marie Chirieleison.

Each piece was inspired during travel to national parks and forests, wildlife refuges, and other sites in the mid-Atlantic and New England area.

The exhibit will be on display through September and may be viewed by appointment only. For more information, call the Thomas Balch Library at 703-737-7195 or email balchlib@leesburgva.gov.

To make a reservation, go to leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library.

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Town Council Deadlocks in Effort to Fill Vacant Seat

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ krodriguez@loudounnow.com

A seat on the Leesburg Town Council dais remains vacant after the Town Council failed to appoint any of the 16 candidates during the July 28 meeting.

The seat has been vacant since Josh Thiel’s resignation took effect May 31.

Now, the council finds itself right up against the Town Charter-mandated 90day deadline to select a replacement before the Loudoun County Circuit Court could step in and do it for them.

In preparation for the appointment vote, the council adopted a resolution outlining the process it would follow to fill the seat. Under that agreement, each council member would select his or her top five choices among the 16 residents who had expressed interest in the appointment, and send those choices to Clerk of Council Eileen Boeing. The list would then be whittled down to the

candidates who received at least four votes from current council members.

Those finalists were to be discussed at the council’s July 28 meeting.

Only one candidate, Planning Commissioner Nicholas Clemente, received votes from at least four council members; he got support from five. Only Councilman Tom Dunn did not submit a list of finalists. Of the remaining candidates, none appeared on more than three lists.

Under the adopted rules, Clemente was the only candidate expected to be considered during last week’s session.

However, a motion by Councilman Ron Campbell to appoint Clemente to the seat deadlocked, with Mayor Kelly Burk, Vice Mayor Marty Martinez and Councilman Neil Steinberg voting against his appointment. All three had listed him as a top-five choice in their lists submitted to Boeing. Subsequently, several other candidates were put forward for appointment, but all votes

deadlocked along the same 3-3 split.

Both Burk and Martinez said Gladys Burke, who was on the finalists list of three council members ahead of the meeting, was their top choice. A motion to appoint Burke also failed, with Campbell abstaining.

“I may have put a candidate on my list, but they were not my first choice.

My first choice was Gladys Burke and I was not going to vote for anybody until I had an opportunity to vote for her,” Martinez said. The motion to appoint Burke followed the vote on Clemente.

Campbell called his council colleagues to task for not following the process they had adopted two weeks earlier.

“On the one hand, I think it’s an embarrassment for us not for [the candidates]. We’re not following our own rules. We’re allowing ourselves to be drug out to partisan politics. We have five people on this dais [who had Clemente on their list]. Obviously five people

saw him worthy,” he said.

While not mentioning Clemente by name, Steinberg said if certain facts or qualities about a candidate were revealed after council members submitted their lists, they are able to change their minds.

Both Burk and Councilwoman Suzanne Fox, who supported Clemente’s appointment, said they were unaware of his political leanings.

Dunn found support, with only Martinez dissenting, for postponing the vote for another two weeks after all votes had deadlocked. The council traditionally recesses for its second set of August meetings so if an appointment is not made at the council’s Aug. 11 meeting, or a special meeting is not called, it could be left to the Circuit Court to fill the seat. Whomever is chosen to fill the seat will serve until the end of Thiel’s term, Dec. 31.

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It has been a stressful year for Loudoun’s teachers, but those at Cool Spring Elementary School may find a bit of extra respite when they are able to return to school.

Thanks to the school’s PTA and a host of area businesses, the teachers’ lounge has been updated with new furniture, appliances and even artwork to make it a more comfortable space to meet with colleagues and take a break from the classroom.

PTA President Mindy Trzcinski actually kicked off the effort months ago with the goal to complete the make-over during spring break, but work halted when schools closed at the outset of the pandemic. Last week, she and Debi Jo Wheatley, of Designs by Debi Jo, were back in the school putting the finishing touches on the project.

When the school opened three decades ago, a make-shift teachers’ lounge was set

Staff lounge before ...

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up on the school’s stage. Years later, as the school’s enrollment stabilized, a classroom opened up and tables and chairs— not very comfortable ones, Trzcinski noted—were moved in.

With input from teachers, the PTA purchased and donated new furniture and area businesses—KBF Kitchens By Audi, Sky Marble and Granite, Office Depot, Home Depot, Lowes, Dawn Earles Design, Inner Peace Wellness, Costco, A&E

Custom Carpentry, Northwest Federal Credit Union, White Glove Solution, Five Star Painting, and Meadows Farms—donated items, ranging from new microwave ovens, to a highly sought-after Keurig coffee machine, to the decorative potted succulents.

With a ribbon-cutting celebration nixed by the coronavirus safety rules, the new lounge was unveiled to teachers last week during a Facebook presentation.

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Paul VI High School’s Rock Moves to Loudoun In preparation for the opening for the first school year in its new Loudoun home, students and administrators at St. Paul VI Catholic High School have brought their rock along with them.

The nearly 7-ton rock, which has stood at Paul VI’s Fairfax location since the 2008-2009 school year, was relocated last Thursday morning by IDI Group Companies of Arlington, which is redeveloping the Fairfax site into a new mixed-use community called Boulevard VI. “The class of 2009 was instrumental in bringing the rock to PVI from a local quarry and it has been a fun way for students to express themselves for the past 10 years,” stated Head of School Ginny Colwell. “We always knew that we wanted to bring the rock to our new campus and we are very thankful that IDI, John Moriarty and Associates, and B&M Steel made that possible.”

Paul VI opened in 1983, and having grown from 350 students to about 1,000, the school is relocating from its 16-acre home in Fairfax to its new 68-acre campus in Chantilly. The school will open for the

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St. Paul VI Catholic High School student body Vice President Conor McGinn and President Jane Redmond welcome the school’s rock to its new home.

2020-2021 school year five days a week with a combination of in-person and virtual learning, with half of students in the building and half joining online on an alternating schedule.

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Public Safety Woman Confronts Thieves, Assaulted at Ida Lee Recreation Center The Leesburg Police Department is investigating a theft and assault that happened Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the Ida Lee Recreation Center.

According to the report, dispatchers received a report about two men assaulting a woman in the parking lot at approximately 3:40 p.m. Aug. 3. Upon arrival, police found the 45-year-old victim who told officers that she discovered one of the men in her vehicle and confronted him.

He then got out of the vehicle and the second assaulted her as they fled. They left the area in a vehicle.

Personal property was stolen from the victim’s vehicle.

The victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of injuries described as minor.

The incident remains under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the incident

and who has not already spoken to law enforcement is asked to contact Detective D. Moreau at 703-771-4500 or at dmoreau@ leesburgva.gov. Those wishing to remain anonymous may call the Leesburg Crime Line at 703-443-8477. Information may also be sent using TIPSUBMIT via text.

Text 274637 (CRIMES) and begin your message with LPDTIP. Residents are reminded to always lock their vehicles, take their keys and valuables, and hide their belongings that remain inside vehicles.

MD Man Charged with Thefts from Vehicles in Ashburn, Sterling The investigation into a series of thefts from parked cars that occurred overnight July 8-9 has resulted in the arrest of a 19-year-old Maryland man charged with 17 crimes.

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Savion M. Davis, of Upper Marlboro, MD, was identified as the suspect in the case. He surrendered to authorities at the Adult Detention Center, where he was held without bond.

He is charged with six counts of larceny, two counts of fraud over $200, seven counts of fraud theft of credit card, and two counts of fraud less than $200.

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Barbara Peters, a 40-year-old mother of three, left home at 9 a.m. Friday, July 24 to go to the bank and did not return home. Her debit card was last used July 27 in Oxon Hill, MD. Later, her vehicle was found parked and locked nearby.

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Springs Joins Boulder Crest Foundation Board Former NFL star and entrepreneur Shawn Springs is joining the Boulder Crest Foundation board of directors.

Springs is the founder and CEO of Windpact, a Virginia-based technology and applied science company focusing on impact protection in sports, military, and automotive industries.

Springs He spent 13 seasons playing NFL football, with the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins and New England Patriots.

“I have known Shawn for several years, and deeply admire his passion for military head injury protection, and his success in business. As the son of a U.S. Army mother, Shawn completely understands the struggles of transitioning military personnel and his desire to help is commendable,” said Ken Falke, chairman and founder of Boulder Crest Foundation.

Boulder Crest Foundation, based in Bluemont, is a veteran-led organization that uses the science of posttraumatic growth to heal, train, and advocate for combat veterans, first responders, and their families who have experienced trauma. It is working to drive change across the mental health system, in pursuit of a system that is accessible, effective, and healthy.

“Working with transitioning veterans and NFL players has given me great respect for the work done at Boulder Crest. My passion, to play a role in reducing traumatic brain injuries and PTSD, is directly aligned with the mission at Boulder Crest and I am grateful to offer my expertise to this board and the organization,” Springs stated.

Lansdowne Woods Residents Contribute to AVFRD Crews In the latest community outreach project by Lansdowne Woods of Virginia, residents provided support to frontline emergency responders at Ashburn Volunteer Fire Rescue Department.

The residents raised money to purchase meals from the on-campus Crossroads Restaurant and on July 17 delivered hot lunches to the crew on duty in the afternoon and then delivered hot dinners to the volunteer crew in the evening.

They plan to continue the fundraiser to donate meals to the frontline workers at Inova Loudoun Hospital next month.

AUGUST 6, 2020

Loudoun Habitat Dedicates 56th Home LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT

Loudoun Habitat for Humanity on Saturday dedicated its 56th home during at a private, socially distanced ceremony in Lovettsville. It is the new home of Tishaminga “Tisha” Hilliard and her 8-year-old daughter.

After some difficult circumstances, Hilliard and her daughter moved into a two-bedroom townhome with Tisha’s mother, and have spent the past three years getting back on their feet. During her initial interview with Loudoun Habitat staff, Hilliard said that she was deeply thankful for her mother’s support throughout their situation. In fact, it was her mother who encouraged her to apply to the Loudoun Habitat Homeownership Program.

Hilliard said she is thrilled that because of her mother’s support and encouragement, she is finally in a financial situation where she can provide a stable home for herself and her daughter in a quiet community.

Hilliard has worked as a certified nursing assistant in memory care for over five years and loves her work. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has worked many extra hours to help keep the residents of her facility safe.

“I believe we are going to make it

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Tishaminga “Tisha” Hilliard and her 8-year-old daughter accept the keys to their new home at a private, socially distanced ceremony.

through this time, and I believe we are all determined to keep our residents safe and healthy,” Hilliard said. “We can do this!”

That determination and positive outlook has helped Hilliard overcome those challenges and achieve her goal of homeownership. She demonstrated these qualities as she completed her required “sweat equity” hours working for Habitat—before the pandemic—not only on her future home, but also on another family’s future home.

“It was a great experience and I think I would be able to build some more things,” Hilliard said.

She said she was thankful and happy to be able to buy a place for her and her daughter to rest their heads.

“This truly is a blessing that we are able to purchase this home and to be a part of a wonderful community,” Hilliard said. “We can grow older in this home and have a future.”

Beyond Mosby: Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association Continues Educational Mission LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT

As it marks a quarter century of preservation advocacy and American history education, the Mosby Heritage Area Association is adopting a new name.

The newly renamed Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association hopes to move beyond the Civil War-era moniker to more accurately reflect the broad scope of its mission to highlight the region’s diverse history, from the time of the Native Americans through the 20th century.

“Our mission of Preservation Through Education is as important today as ever,” stated Chairman C. Dulany Morison.

“We are committed to continue examining every aspect of our complex history to develop a deeper understanding of our past, foster constructive dialogue, and preserve the area’s unique beauty.”

The association will continue to offer student and adult education programs designed to ask thought-provoking questions, address history’s difficult truths, and provide scholarly context of local history. Since the onset of COVID-19 restrictions, the association has offered digital remote learning resources sever-

al days a week, drawing a national audience for virtual historic site tours, Zoom panel discussions with noted historians, and Facebook Live events.

“We have spent a considerable amount of time over the years explaining that our focus goes far beyond just the Civil War,” stated President Jennifer Moore. “With the name change our broad mission will now be far more apparent to those who are unfamiliar with our organization.”

With three fulltime staff members and 18 directors, the association is kicking off its “Piedmont Crossroads” project to explore the past 500 years of history in the heritage area, which covers some 1,800 square miles in Loudoun, Fauquier, Clarke, Warren and Prince William counties. The region was once touted a Mosby’s Confederacy, where Col. John S. Mosby and his partisan rangers operated during the Civil War. The project will include comprehensive programs conducted in partnership with other area organizations.

“The amount of varied history in the heritage area is endless,” Moore said, “and we look forward to delving deeper into its extraordinary history.”

More information may be found at piedmontheritage.org.

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100WomenStrong Donates $81.5K More for COVID-19 Response LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT

100WomenStrong has earmarked $81,500 for seven nonprofits that provide services in Loudoun County in its fourth round of COVID-19 emergency relief funding.

Since the pandemic hit, 100WomenStrong has disbursed $302,400 in grants to 31 nonprofit organizations, $50,000 to create the Pay it Forward loan program, which has generated more than $80,000 in additional donations, and $25,000 worth of PPE to first responders. The philanthropic group continues to meet frequently to review and discuss needs across the county.

In this round, the largest grants were $25,000 to the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties for its Community Emergency Relief Fund, and $25,000 to the Loudoun Education Foundation for its Mental Health and Wellness initiative.

The foundation established the Community Emergency Relief Fund in March to strategically disburse funding to address COVID-19 emergency response and

teachers to recognize signs of emotional distress, anxiety and depression in their students. Along with helping them identify mental distress, the online training tool for educators will help them manage conversations with students and provide help or refer them to resources. To support the initiative, go to loudouneducationfoundation.org/donate/ and designate your gift as “Mental Health & Wellness.”

Also receiving grants from 100WomenStrong during the fourth round were: ECHO, $4,000; Excellent Options,

$5,000 ; INMED Partnerships for Children, $10,000; Loudoun Habitat for Humanity, $2,500; and Women Giving Back, $10,000.

Formed in 2008, 100WomenStrong is a group of concerned philanthropists seeking to strategically invest in organizations and programs that enrich the lives of Loudoun County residents through strategic grants to non-profits working in the areas of shelter, health, hunger and education. Learn more at onehundredwomenstrong.org.

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Throwing axes at wooden targets at Axes and O’s, during the grand opening of Sterling’s new axe-throwing bar July 23.

Axe Throwing Bar Opens in Sterling

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

If you’re looking for a safe, fun night out, consider having a drink and throwing some axes.

Axes and O’s, Sterling’s long-anticipated axe-throwing bar, held its official grand opening July 23. There, guests can have a drink, have a meal, and unwind by throwing axes at wooden targets with pointers from axe-throwing coaches.

Co-founder and CEO Tara Hampton-Radney said the idea came to her and her husband Alan Radney after she took him axe throwing elsewhere.

“Within five minutes of walking in, I looked at him and I said, ‘I want to open one of these,” Hampton-Radney said. “He thought it was crazy, I convinced him, and here we are.”

In at least one way, she is unusually

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Tara Hampton-Radney and her husband Alan Radney at the grand opening of Axes and O’s, Sterling’s new ax-throwing bar on July 23.

qualified to open a business in the middle of a pandemic—Hampton-Radney’s last job was as a nurse, including as an infection control nurse.

“We’re following a distinction schedule that would probably rival most hospitals,” she said, including sanitizing all surfaces and axe handles between uses and every two hours. Staff members are masked up

and hand sanitizer is available, and everyone coming in the door is asked to use it when they walk in.

“We picked the absolute worst time ever to open a business, in the middle of a pandemic, but you know what? We’re still here, and we’re not going anywhere,” Hampton-Radney said.

The business already built up a dedicated following during its soft opening. And according to Alan Radney, Axes and O’s is a member of the World Axe Throwing League, which he called “the NFL of axe throwing.” That also means axe throwers can range from a casual night out to competing more seriously in the league.

It is the second axe throwing venue in Loudoun—Autobahn Indoor Speedway & Events, also in Sterling, also has axe throwing.

Visit Axes and O’s at 21680 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 125 in Sterling, or online at axesandos.com.

The Dance Academy of Loudoun is the newest tenant of the Leesburg Tech Park.

With 16 full-time instructors overseeing 200 dance teams and 600 students, the 25-year-old academy needed more space for its recreation, competitive and performance teams.

The academy signed a lease with St. John Properties for 12,000 square feet of space at 960 Sycolin Rd. and expects to complete its move from its East Market Street studio this summer.

The academy offers classes for dancers from ages 2 to 18, with virtual classes also available for children as young as 3 years of age. The program prepares its students for competitions throughout the United States as well as performing locally at festivals, charity and community events. The dance disciplines of jazz, tap, lyrical, hip-hop, technique and ballet are taught at each age group. The academy recently began offering outdoor programming.

960 Sycolin Rd. is part of the four-building complex at the intersection of Sycolin Road and Miller Drive. The single-story building features 41,040 square feet of flex/R&D space and 16-foot ceiling heights and dock and drive-in rear loading.

St. John Properties is developing the 17-acre property to offer more than 160,000 square feet of space with each building designed for LEED Silver certification.

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Visit Loudoun Gets $10K Grant to Promote Recovering Tourism Visit Loudoun has received $10,000 from Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Destination Marketing Organizations WanderLove Recovery Grant Program, which will help the tourism agency further market the destination and help drive visitors to Loudoun.

The program was created to help destination marketing organizations like Visit Loudoun heavily impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic to fund recovery marketing initiatives. VTC awarded $866,504 in grant funds to 90 Virginia tourism organizations as part of the grant program.

“We are thrilled to be the recipient of a Virginia Tourism grant as it will allow us to further amplify our marketing at a time when our tourism and hospitality businesses need us the most,” stated Visit Loudoun President and CEO Beth Erickson. “We had great success with our Summer of Love campaign using a VTC grant last year and I am confident we can generate more interest in Loudoun through the WanderLove campaign.”

The WanderLove campaign provides travel inspiration for road trips, outdoor recreation, hidden gems, small towns and Virginia’s signature LOVEworks program.

It is designed to capture a pent-up demand for leisure travel to safe, close-tohome destinations that allow for social distancing and access to open spaces.

Following the WanderLove concept, Visit Loudoun will highlight six different road trip experiences centered around the county’s historic towns and urban centers,

featuring everything from culinary and craft beverage offerings to outdoor adventures, horse country and hidden smalltown treasures.

The organization will also launch a Google campaign that will target potential visitors, as well as create a digital toolkit for businesses and work with partners on a local giveaway component to encourage people to visit the destination.

“Virginia tourism is a critical sector of our economy and has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic,” stated Gov. Ralph Northam in announcing the grants. “Getting travelers back on the road and spending money in our cities and towns is one of the fastest ways to inject dollars back into our economy and our communities. The Virginia Tourism Corporation’s DMO WanderLove Recovery Grants give localities the ability to market their destination as safe and welcoming when visitors are ready to resume travel.”

Tourism is one of the commonwealth’s largest economic engines, and Loudoun is the third highest tourism revenue generator in Virginia. In 2018, visitor spending in Loudoun generated $1.84 billion and supported 17,673 jobs. Tourism-related state tax receipts for Loudoun were $48.6 million in 2018.

However, the tourism and hospitality industries have also been among the hardest-hit by the pandemic, with lost jobs and revenue and temporary closures of many tourism-related businesses.

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Our Towns

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Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum

Mystery 1930s photo.

Historical Society Continues Effort to ID 1930s Photo The Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum continues to invite residents to share information about a photo taken inside a Lovettsville-area general store.

The black-and-white photo depicts a man standing behind the counter of a general store. Some people have guessed it’s a photo of the Taylorstown General Store, or another store that burned down on that location in 1934. Others have suggested it could be Smallwood’s Store, which is the location of present-day Dinner Belles, the old Wheatland Store, Chinn’s Store, Spring’s Store or McClain’s in Lovettsville.

To view the photo, read the society’s August newsletter at lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org. To submit an answer, email info@lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org with the subject line “History Mystery.”

Groundbreaking Ceremony Set for New Town Office Lovettsville leaders will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of the new town office building at 3 p.m. this Friday, Aug. 7.

The new building will be next to the current town office. Fuog/InterBuild will begin prefabrication manufacturing in mid-August, and pour the foundation and install utility rough-ins throughout the month.

Fuog will deliver the building and place it on the foundation in early September. Crews will then take four TOWN NOTES continues on page 20

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A $50,000 Gold Star Families Memorial Monument is being installed on a 27-acre property just south of the Town of Lovettsville along Rt. 287.

Work Begins on Region’s First Gold Star Memorial

BY PATRICK SZABO pszabo@loudounnow.com

Crews last week began digging the foundation for Northern Virginia’s first Gold Star Memorial, which will be installed on a 27-acre property just south of Lovettsville owned by David Keuhner, the man behind the One Family Brewing proposal. The memorial will honor America’s fallen soldiers and will be fully installed and ready for an unveiling ceremony on Sept. 11—the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

The memorial is costing $50,000 and will tell a story through four, 2,500-pound granite panels with the themes:

Homeland, Family, Patriot, and Sacrifice. It will be accompanied by a 30-foot flagpole where an American flag will fly.

Luck Stone has donated rock to distribute around the memorial and Vulcan Materials Co. has donated the concrete for the base. Keuhner said those donations shaved up to $10,000 off the project.

“It’s all coming together, it’s exciting,” he said.

As for One Family Brewing, Keuhner is busy making and selling beer in partnership with Funk Brewing Co. in Emmaus, PA. The two just launched a West Coast style IPA called “The Fallen.” Those beer cans feature the names of more than 50 men and women who died in combat, or from suicide onset by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

New Lawsuit Could Stall Subdivision Project

BY PATRICK SZABO

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A proposed subdivision near Middleburg has garnered opposition from neighbors and community groups, as well as skepticism from town planners. Now, legal action threatens to, at least temporarily, remove the property owner’s control over the land.

The Middleburg Land 1 LLC development company, which is managed by Andrew Hertneky, last year proposed to

develop a 38-home subdivision called Banbury Cross Reserve on a portion of a 571-acre property about a mile east of Middleburg’s corporate limits—via 28 up to 4-acre cluster lots and 10 up to 70-acre rural economy lots, along with 67 acres of open space.

Although the property sits outside the town limits, it’s located within the town’s extraterritorial subdivision control area, which falls under the purview of the town’s subdivision ordinance. That means the town Planning Commission must vote

to approve or deny the developer’s preliminary subdivision application.

The commission was obligated to approve the application if it was in compliance with town regulations, but in September 2019 voted to deny it because a majority of commissioners felt the developer did not provide enough information. Middleburg Land 1 subsequently resubmitted its preliminary application MIDDLEBURG SUBDIVISION continues on page 18

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Purcellville Advances Citizen-Led Police Advisory Group

BY PATRICK SZABO

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The Purcellville Police Department will soon be observed and advised by a handful of civilians, but not before residents get the chance to voice their opinions about the initiative.

The Town Council on July 28 voted unanimously to create a Community Policing Advisory Committee. According to the resolution, the committee will advise the Town Council on police-community relations, police training and police protocols; improve public trust of police by increasing communication and transparency; raise awareness about policing injustices, a clause that originally was written as “racial injustices;” promote public education on policing matters; and promote the fair and equal treatment of all residents by police.

Residents will have an opportunity to provide input on the creation of the group during a Sept. 8 public hearing, at which point the town staff should have a draft ordinance affirming the committee’s creation that the council will consider.

Police Chief Cynthia McAlister said

she felt the committee would help the Police Department better disseminate information to residents and relay community concerns to the department.

Although council members were in agreement with the intent of the committee’s formation— spearheaded by former councilman Nedim Ogelman and 21-year town resident Molly Magoffin—some expressed concern about its proposed mission statement.

Councilman Ted Greenly said he was concerned about the tone of the document and that certain aspects could have legal implications, such as the clause that states the committee would craft solutions “to multi-faceted community concerns.”

“I’m a little skittish about that,” Greenly said.

Greenly said he would like to see committee members work collaboratively with town officials, and not so much hold them accountable when they “adopt or reject law enforcement policies based on [the committee’s] advice,” according to the proposed mission statement.

Overall, Greenly said the mission statement needs to be broadened so the com-

mittee does not control the Police Department, but helps officers to “remain at the top of their game.” He questioned whether committee members would be qualified to advise the Town Council on police training and protocols.

McAlister said she felt a broader mission statement would provide the committee with greater opportunity to advise on more matters.

Councilman Tip Stinnette said the town needs to be careful defining the ways in which the committee should be allowed to provide input on the Police Department’s budget. He noted that the language included in the proposed mission statement “smacks of defund the police” and that the committee would be “dead on arrival” if the mission statement remains written in that way.

According to the proposed mission statement, the committee’s duties would include “assisting with the budget process for law enforcement through an in-depth review of the budget, carrying out program evaluation, and providing recommendations for reprioritizing distribution of funding within the police department.”

Councilman Joel Grewe said he was skeptical about the committee’s ability to “improve public trust of police by increasing communication and transparency” and “raise awareness about injustices in policing.”

He asked whether the town even experiences injustices in policing—such as the alleged racial profiling five Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office deputies committed late last month.

“I don’t want this to be interpreted as an ‘I don’t trust you’ slap on our Police Department. We just got rated as the safest town in the state,” he said. “I don’t want to undermine the morale of the department.”

Ogelman emphasized the committee would strictly be an advisory committee that would provide recommendations to the Town Council—meaning, for instance, the committee would have no ability to allocate Police Department funding. Instead, it would merely advise the Town Council on how that funding should be distributed.

“That means that nobody could make any decisions about resources other than you all, the elected body,” he told Town Council members.

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Middleburg subdivision continued from page 16 to the town and county, and received conditional approval from the county, since it was found to be in general compliance with the county’s zoning ordinance. On July 27, the town Planning Commission tabled a second vote to Aug. 10, following a three-hour public hearing in which dozens of area residents voiced their concerns about the project.

Common among them were that the development could deplete the area’s water supply, harm its rural character, take away agricultural land forever, infringe on a suspected slave burial ground, undermine properties’ eligibility for historic designation, and adversely affect road safety.

Planning commissioners were expected to discuss those concerns with Hertneky’s team before next week’s meeting.

But even if the commission votes to approve the preliminary application on Monday, Hertneky’s progress could be stunted another way—by a lawsuit brought against the property owner.

Jane Page Gunnell Thompson has sued Thomas Nelson Gunnell, her brother and the Banbury Cross Reserve property owner. Thompson is pushing for Gunnell to be removed as the sole trustee of the Gunnell Family Dynasty Trust, which includes the Banbury Cross property as an asset, because of the way she claims Gunnell has managed the trust throughout the past 12 years.

Among other allegations, the lawsuit challenges Gunnell’s ownership of the Banbury Cross property, alleging he may have “wrongfully transferred, titled or otherwise alienated [assets] from the Dynasty Trust” by retitling the properties to newly formed corporations multiple times, most recently into Middleburg Land 1 and Middleburg Land 2.

When asked whether the lawsuit might factor into the Planning Commission’s Aug. 10 vote on the preliminary application, Town Attorney Martin Crim deferred to Town Manager Danny Davis, who noted Assistant Town Attorney Olaun Simmons’ response at the July 27 Planning Commission public hearing.

Simmons at that meeting said the requirements to submit a preliminary subdivision application don’t require the applicant to provide a clear title for the property. He said the applicant must, how-

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“He has shown you that he is the owner even though he is being challenged.”

— Olaun Simmons Middleburg Assistant Town Attorney ever, provide a deed reference, tax map and parcel number, the date the subdivision plat was drawn and revised, and the name and address of the property owner, all of which, he said, Hertneky provided the town.

“That will play out however it will, but it should not affect your deliberations,” he told planning commissioners on July 27.

“He has shown you that he is the owner even though he is being challenged.”

While commissioners have been told that Thompson’s lawsuit against Gunnell should play no role in their Aug. 10 vote, they will need to consider whether Middleburg Land 1’s resubmitted application objectively complies with the town’s subdivision ordinance. If it does, statute requires that they vote to approve it. If they don’t, the town could be faced with its own legal battle.

At the July 27 public hearing, Nick Albu, a land use attorney representing Middleburg Land 1, said that if the Planning Commission votes to deny the preliminary application, the developer would sue the town.

“A disapproval of the application by the Planning Commission without a proper basis would be, by definition, arbitrary and capricious and in violation of Virginia Code,” Albu wrote to Deputy Town Manager Will Moore on July 15. “A disapproval of the application … would amount to an unconstitutional regulatory taking in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article 1 [section] 11 of the Constitution of Virginia … giving rise to the applicant’s recovery of damages.”

Thompson’s attorney, John Clarke, said they’re hoping the Middleburg Planning Commission votes to conditionally approve Middleburg Land 1’s preliminary subdivision application—conditional on how Thompson’s lawsuit plays out.

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Obituaries

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Mr. Willie E. Beaty, Sr.

weeks to install the exterior, ADA-compliant ramps, front porch and multiple other interior features.

The project is costing the town a total of $498,211. Funding is coming from the town’s New Capital Reserves and from loans with annual payments that match the current annual cost to rent the singlewide trailer the town used as extra office space for 12 years. That trailer has since been removed.

“May the life I live, speak for me”

Willie E. Beaty, Sr., 94, a long time Valdosta, GA native, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2020, at Fairfax Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Fairfax, VA. Mr. Beaty was born on December 27, 1925, in Fruitland, GA, to Hattie Elizabeth and John Beaty. He had two older siblings, Roosevelt Beaty and Sarah Ruth Beaty, both of whom preceded him in death. He attended the public schools in Valdosta, GA, and St. James Missionary Baptist Church. He enjoyed singing in both the Senior Choir and the Men’s Choir, and was a soloist on a few songs.

In 1951, he married Mamie L. Drayton. They had two children, Debra and Willie, Jr. The marriage ended in divorce after thirty years. Mr. Beaty later married Lillian Roberson, also of Valdosta, GA, who preceded him in death.

Mr. Beaty was a proud WWII veteran who served his country abroad in the United States Army Air Corps, which later became the Air Force.

Upon returning to Valdosta after his military service, he earned a Certificate/ Diploma in Brick Masonry from Valdosta Technical School. He went on to become a licensed brick mason contractor building many residential and commercial buildings in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Some of his work included St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Valdosta, GA and the Marine barracks in Paris Island, SC, where he worked as a subcontractor. He trained and mentored many young men who went on to start their own businesses.

Mr. Beaty was proud of the fact that he saved his money for years, and upon marrying his first wife, Mamie, he paid cash for their new home on Lake Park Rd in 1951. This shaped his theory on home ownership which was, “if you are paying on it, you don’t own it... the bank does!”

He spent the last 16 years of his life with his two children and their families in Northern Virginia. He joined Heritage Fellowship Church in Reston, VA. He enjoyed reading his Bible every day; going to church; shooting pool; vacationing with his family in Georgia; Florida; and the Caribbean; going to the Senior Center three times a week; and most of all, going out for ice cream!

Mr. Beaty is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Rochester Murphy of Great Falls, VA; his son, Willie E. Beaty, Jr., and his daughter-in-law, Della Sanford Beaty, of Ashburn, VA; his grand children: Claude Beaty Murphy of Great Falls, VA; and Aries Debra Michelle Beaty of Valdosta, GA; his great grand daughter, Kylie Beaty of Valdosta, GA; and a host of nieces and nephews.

The Funeral Service for Mr. Beaty will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 11:00am, at Chestnut Grove Cemetery, 831 Dranesville Road., Herndon, VA 20170.

Mr. Beaty was a kind and caring person. He always tried to help people in need. So, in keeping with his spirit, in lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate funds to your local food bank or Church in his memory.

Arrangements By: Lyles Funeral Service, Serving Northern Virginia, Eric S. Lyles, Director. Lic. VA, MD, DC. 1-800-388-1913.

Emma Narcisa Castilla of Ashburn, VA Age 99

Departed this life on Sunday August 2, 2020 at her residence.

Beloved mother of Jorge Pasco; Maria Almeida Huayta (Rafael Huayta), Oscar R. Almeida Castilla (Gladys Almeida), Rosaura Almeida West, Silvana Almeida, Victor M. Almeida Castilla (Ketty Almeida).

Emma was born on January 2, 1921 in Peru to the late Miguel Castilla-Navarro

and Ricardina Guillen-Peralta. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her son, Jorge Pasco.

Graveside funeral services will be held on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at the Chestnut Grove Cemetery, 831 Dranesville Road, Herndon, VA 20170.

Arrangements by LYLES FUNERAL SERVICE, Serving N. Virginia. Eric S. Lyles, Director. Lic. VA/ MD/DC. 800-388-1913.

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MIDDLEBURG Rt. 50 Crosswalk Repairs to Complete this Weekend Rt. 50 will close from Friday-Monday this weekend, Aug. 7-10 for A&M Concrete to complete crosswalk repairs at Hamilton Street and Jay Street.

The closures will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday and continue to 5 a.m. on Monday.

During that time, westbound Rt. 50 traffic will be detoured north onto Pinckney Street, west on Marshall Street then south on Madison Street back to the highway.

Eastbound traffic will be detoured north onto Madison Street, east on Marshall Street and south on Pinckney Street back to Rt. 50.

Learn about the road detours at middleburgva.gov/route50.

Gourmet Pizza, Wine Shop Opens on Washington Street The new Knead wine takeout gourmet pizza and wine shop on Washington Street opened this Thursday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the town.

The shop features different pizzas named for famous rock ‘n’ roll stars, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards. Customers can also build their own pizzas for $19.

Learn more at facebook.com/kneadwine.

PURCELLVILLE Council Appoints 6 to Town Advisory Groups The Purcellville Town Council last week appointed six residents to four town committees, commissions and boards.

It appointed former councilman Nedim Ogelman, and re-appointed Mary

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Frances “Boo” Bennett and Nan Forbes, to the Planning Commission. It also re-appointed Pat Giglio to the Board of Architectural Review. All five will serve fouryear terms from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2024.

The council also appointed Rynthia Rost to the Economic Development Advisory Committee to serve a term from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2022 and appointed former councilman Doug McCollum to the Board of Zoning Appeals to serve a term from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2025.

Town to Roll Out Business Interruption Grants The Town of Purcellville will soon have Business Interruption Grant applications available to in-town business owners.

The town has opted to use more than $600,000 of its $891,932 CARES Act funding to create grant programs help businesses and nonprofits hit by the pandemic. The town will implement the business grants first, then the nonprofit grants in early September.

To be eligible for a Business Interruption Grant, businesses must have been operating from a physical location in town before March 1; be current on all town taxes, licenses and permits; have a maximum of 50 hourly or salaried employees; demonstrate a minimum of 25 percent business interruption or loss in revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and have less than $2.5 million in annual gross receipts. Home-based businesses are also eligible to apply The application will be posted to the town website soon.

Property Tax Penalties Back in Place on Aug. 6 The Town of Purcellville will begin collecting late fees on delinquent property tax payments beginning this Thursday, Aug. 6.

Town Manager David Mekarski earlier this year extended the 2020 property tax due date from June 5 to June 22, then again through Aug 5, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All payments received after Aug. 5 will be subject to a 10-percent late penalty.

To make a payment, drop it off in the secure 24-hour drop box at town hall; go to purcellvilleva.gov/payments; or mail it to 221 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA 20132.

For more information, email revenueteam@purcellvilleva.gov or call the Finance Department at 540-338-7093.

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THINGS to do

‘Keep It Small and Keep It Safe’

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StageCoach Theatre Returns to the Stage with ‘Clue’

BY JAN MERCKER jmercker@loudounnow.com

Colonel Mustard in the library with a face shield?

Loudoun’s community and professional theater scene took a hit this year when COVID-19 brought productions and rehearsals to a screeching halt. As Northern Virginia’s Phase Three moves forward, Ashburn’s StageCoach Theatre Company is dipping a toe back into the water with a small-scale but enthusiastic production of “Clue” starting Sept. 12.

The show is co-directed by community theater veterans Kat Brais and Barbara Carpenter.

“We need this show at StageCoach to help keep our doors open,” Brais said. “If we can be the test case for using these protective masks and it works, then maybe other people will be brave and try something like this. Everybody has to think small now. Keep it small and keep it safe.”

Loudoun’s for-profit theater company has its own space in Ashburn, and its small footprint gives it the flexibility it needs to put on quality productions in the age of COVID. “What works to our benefit is we are a very small house,” Brais said. The company will limit seating to 30 people in a space that normally seats up to 70.

Brais said the company is taking precautions to ensure the safety of actors and audience members. They’ve removed the first two rows of seats and are spacing audience members by groups.

“We’ve reblocked things for the comfort level of the audience watching them as well as the actors performing the parts.

It’s been challenging. We’re very concerned about the health and well-being of everybody. We’re going about it in a mature way.”

StageCoach also has outfitted the cast of 10 actors with clear face masks and face shields for rehearsals and performances.

Brais said even with strict protocols in place, many local actors were jumping at the chance to audition. The company had 40 actors show up for auditions in May. “Every other theater is closed,” Brais said. “Almost every single person who auditioned thanked us for going forward because they just miss it.”

“We have some really talented folks

Courtesy of Meisha Herron

Live Music: Meisha Herron Friday, Aug. 7, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights Details: facebook.com/harpersferrybrewing Celebrate Friday with soul and blues from a rising star.

Live Music: Kenny Ray Horton

Credit: Kat Brais, StageCoach Theatre Company

From left, Carleigh Jones, Allen McRae, and Addie Schafer Benko don costumes and face shields in a new production of “Clue.”

in these roles that we wouldn’t normally have been able to get,” she said.

The cast includes familiar Loudoun actors and new faces in the community, including Ashburn resident Arista Michelle, who auditioned for “Miss Scarlet” with encouragement from her young son, along with DC, Fairfax and Fauquier-based actors.

Husband and wife actors Phil Erickson and Penny Hauffe are community theater veterans appearing in their first StageCoach production as Mrs. Peacock and Professor Plum.

“It’s great to be able to do this and to share some of the joy of finally being out there acting again,” Hauffe said. “When we saw their audition process and how carefully they were adhering to the CDC format and the way we were allowed into the audition space, it gave us a lot of confidence that they were really trying to do this the right way.”

The face shields took some getting used to but are now part of the drill, the actors said.

“It was a little bit of a challenge,” Erickson said. “What we’re doing as we develop interactions between actors is going well.

It’s just one more step in preparation that you have to go through.

Hauffe and Erickson were motivated both by a desire to practice their craft and the community’s need for the arts in challenging times.

The couple, who have performed with Run Rabbit Run Productions and Main Street Theater in the past, were also featured in livestream performances from Franklin Park Arts Center during Phase One shutdowns earlier this spring “People are using whatever creative means they can to promote the arts which has been very valuable,” Erickson said.

“The need never stops for exposure to the arts in whatever form you prefer. We’re just hoping to continue to be part of that.”

Everybody’s bringing something really fun to each character,” Hauffe added. “It really takes your mind off of everything you’re doing during the day, all the problems. When we go to rehearsal, it’s a different world” Brais, the show’s co-director, is a longtime Loudoun community theater actor who is married to StageCoach co-owner STAGECOACH continues on page 23

Friday, Aug. 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Fleetwood Farm Winery, 23075 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg Details: fleetwoodfarmwinery.com Horton makes his Fleetwood Farm debut with bluegrass, country and Americana.

Live Music: Uncle Jesse Band Friday, Aug. 7, 6-10 p.m.

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macsbeach.com Uncle Jesse storms MacDowell’s beach with the best of the ’90s and early 2000s.

Live Music: Gary Smallwood Friday, Aug. 7, 6-9 p.m.

Doukenie Winery, 14727 Mountain Road, Hillsboro Details: doukeniewinery.com Doukenie’s Bistro Night series continues with classic rock, country rock and blues rock from a longtime Loudoun favorite.

South Riding Summer Concert Series: The Finns Friday, Aug. 7, 7-9:30 p.m.

Town Green, 43050 Center St., South Riding Details: southriding.net Party on with fun-loving rock ‘n’ roll with a southern twist. Family groups should maintain social distancing.

Live Music: Bill Rose and Laurie Blue Friday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

King’s Tavern and Wine Bar, 19 S. King St., Leesburg Details: kingstavernandwinebar.com Acoustic rock covers and originals from a favorite local duo.

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Branching Out at Backyard Venues

BY VISIT LOUDOUN

Anyone dining at Tuscarora Mill, downtown Leesburg, in the foreseeable future is in for a fabulous surprise. The Harrison Street-side parking lot of the beloved Market Station restaurant is no longer lined with cars, but with immaculate white linen tables set under the shade of two giant canvas wedding tents. You can order the signature crab cakes street side, Greek Island-style, gazing out on passersby and the palms and beach sand of MacDowell’s Brew Kitchen across the street.

“It’s the opposite of the song,” grins General Manager Colin Malone, whose family opened Tuskies 35 years ago, “We paved a parking lot to put up paradise.”

While they didn’t exactly pave the parking lot, they have created something heavenly. There are 40 well-spaced tables under the tents, seating for 140 people at the 50 percent capacity limit allowed under current guidelines and wind fans to cool diners down on particularly hot days.

“A recent evening looked like a wedding out there,” said one Leesburg resident.

“Turned out it was just another Friday night.”

Malone said Tuskies got permission from Market Station’s landlord and other tenants to branch out into the parking space since COVID guidelines put such limits on their indoor dining. “They were incredibly generous and supportive,” said Malone.

As Loudoun reopens, the desire to branch out safely to your favorite restaurant, brewery, or winery has never been greater. Indeed, Branch Out is the name of a new Visit Loudoun marketing campaign urging residents and regional visitors to return to popular attractions not far from their own backyards.

Tuskies is not the only business catering to this pent-up demand.

Stagecoach continued from page 22 and artistic director Terry Smith. StageCoach is best known for interactive murder mysteries, most of them original works written by Smith. But in this case, the company bought rights to a licensed adaptation of “Clue.” Brais and Carpenter thought the timing was right for a smallscale, slapstick, murder mystery/comedy.

“We picked this show because it’s fun,” Brais said. “Everybody needs something light right now. Everything is so heavy. It’s

Rustic Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery near Waterford expanded its outside seating three-fold, erecting ochre-colored “sunsails” and even gazebos over bench tables to provide extra shade.

“We want people to feel safe, comfortable—and still have fun,” said brewery owner Bonnie Branding. Guests can book a table online and even order beer and food on their cell phones from their benches, picking the orders up at “service stations” six feet away.

Bluemont Vineyard meanwhile recently unveiled “Rent a Row”—a new reservation option at the winery. The “Row” in question happens to be a column of Norton grapes in the vineyard below the tasting room.

“You book a row online, bring you own chairs and blankets, and we provide food and wine,” said General Manager Hailey Zurschmeide. To ensure social distancing, other “renters” are either placed at the opposite end of a row or allocated a separate column in the vines Of course, branching out doesn’t limit you to your favorite restaurant, brewery or winery. The great outdoors awaits too.

At Beaverdam Reservoir in Brambleton, you can fish, kayak, paddleboard or hike winding waterfront trails of the 1,000-acre park, while in Waterford you can pick up a copy of the Waterford Foundation’s “Walk with Us” pocket guide and learn the astonishing story of this 1733 Quaker town and National Historic Landmark while strolling the streets.

The time is now to support Loudoun’s tourism attractions and towns; the time is now to branch out. For more information, go to visitloudoun.org/explore-local/

going to be fun to see ten adults being silly in costume on a set that looks like a giant Clue board.”

StageCoach Theatre Company plans six performances of “Clue” running weekends Sept. 12 through Sept. 27. Tickets are $25 and reservations are required. Go to stagecoachtc.com/clue-on-stage for tickets and information.

StageCoach will also hold auditions for actors 18 and over for a new show, “Dial M for Monsters,” Saturday, Aug. 8 and Sunday, Aug. 9. For audition information and sign-up and performance details, go to stagecoachtc.com.

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continued from page 22 Live Music: 41 North

Saturday, Aug. 8, 1-5 p.m.

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg Details: spankyspub.com This Northern Virginia band with Cleveland roots brings blues and blues rock to Leesburg.

Live Music: Dennis Wayland Saturday, Aug. 8, 1-5 p.m.

Cana Vineyards, 38600 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg Details: canavineyards.com This Manassas-based artist with Nashville chops specializes in country, southern rock and blues.

Live Music: Chris Bowen Saturday, Aug. 8, 1-5 p.m.

The Barns At Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton Details: thebarnsathamiltonstation.com Great tunes from western Loudoun singer/songwriter and one-man band Chris Bowen of The Bone Show.

Live Music: Ted Garber Saturday, Aug. 8, 2-5 p.m.

Two Twisted Posts Winery, 12944 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro Details: twotwistedposts.com Garber is back on the live music scene with his genre-bending, multi-instrumentalist BluesAmericanaRock.

Live Music: John Durant

Saturday. Aug. 8, 2 p.m.

Maggie Malick Wine Caves, 12138 Harpers Ferry Road, Neersville Details: maggiemalickwinecaves.com Loudoun’s modern troubadour returns for an afternoon of great tune’s at Maggie Malick’s.

Live Music: Doin’ Time Saturday, Aug. 8, 2-5 p.m.

Casanel Vineyards, 17956 Canby Road, Leesburg Details: casanelvineyards.com Classic country from Doin’ Time with special guest Phil Kuhn of Stealing Dawn on keyboards.

Live Music: Shane Gamble Saturday, Aug. 8, 2:30 p.m.

Fleetwood Farm Winery, 23075 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg Details: fleetwoodfarmwinery.com Rising country music star Shane Gamble has several hit singles under his belt and a new EP on the horizon. Catch him locally while you can.

Live Music: Michael Kelly Saturday, Aug. 8, 3 p.m.

Barnhouse Brewery, 43271 Spinks Ferry Road, Leesburg Details: barnhousebrewery.com Kelly blends folk, country and alt-bluegrass with a dash of blues.

Live Music: Dave Mininberg Saturday, Aug. 8, 3:30 p.m.

Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights Details: facebook.com/harpersferrybrewing

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Well known for his work with the band 7th Son of WV, Mininberg brings a unique blend of originals, classic rock, blues and country.

Live Music: Voodoo Blues Saturday, Aug. 8, 6-10 p.m.

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macsbeach.com New Orleans-style funk and jazz, soul, blues and southern rock from right here in Loudoun.

Live Music: Juliana MacDowell and Friends Saturday, Aug. 8, 7-10 p.m.

Black Walnut Brewery, 212 S. King St., Leesburg Details: facebook.com/blackwalnutbrewery MacDowell returns to Leesburg with her signature pop style with hints of country and folk.

Live Music: Don Chapman Sunday, Aug. 9, 1 p.m.

Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro Details: breauxvineyards.com Kick back with covers from the Beatles to the Gin Blossoms from a local favorite.

Live Music: Pete Lapp Sunday, Aug. 9, 1-5 p.m.

The Barns At Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton Details: thebarnsathamiltonstation.com Lapp is back with acoustic interpretations of classic and alternative rock songs from Bon Jovi to Mumford and Sons.

AUGUST 6, 2020 Live Music: The Travelin McCourys with Special Guests Sunday, Aug. 9, 2-10 p.m.

B Chord Brewing, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill Details: bchordbrewing.com After a Saturday sellout, the McCourys return to B Chord for a full day of fun with guests Gina Furtado, The Plate Scrapers and The Dirty Grass Scrapers.

Tickets are $25 in advance.

Live Music: Nathaniel Davis Sunday, Aug. 9, 1:30 p.m.

50 West Vineyards, 39060 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg Details: facebook.com/50westvineyards Davis’ top-notch vocal and guitar work and inventive and thoughtful approaches to classic and popular music make him a winery circuit must-see.

Live Music: Tim Marcum Sunday. Aug. 9, 2 p.m.

868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro Details: 868estatevineyards.com Enjoy country favorites from a LoCo cowboy in a gorgeous setting.

Live Music: Anthony Semiao Sunday, Aug. 9, 2 p.m.

Maggie Malick Wine Caves, 12138 Harpers Ferry Road, Neersville Details: maggiemalickwinecaves.com Enjoy a mellow Sunday with acoustic guitar tunes from Anthony Semiao.

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NOTICE OF ABANDONED BICYCLES

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ043128-04-00

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Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Tyson Curtis Holt Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Shane Curtis Holt, putative father and, Laurel Elizabeth Veto, mother The object of this suit is to hold a 2nd permanency planning hearing and review of foster care plan with goal of adoption, pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Tyson Curtis Holt and Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Laurel Elizabeth Veto, natural mother, and Shane Curtis Holt, putative father pursuant to Virginia Code §16.1-283 for Tyson Curtis Holt. Laurel Elizabeth Veto and Shane Curtis Holt, are hereby notified that failure to appear on the hereinafter noticed date and time may result in the entry of an Order approving a permanency goal of adoption as well as the termination of their residual parental rights with respect to Tyson Curtis Holt. Laurel Elizabeth Veto and Shane Curtis Holt are hereby further notified that if their residual parental rights are terminated, they will no longer have any legal rights with respect to said minor child, including, but not limited to, the right to visit Tyson Curtis Holt; any authority with respect to the care and supervision of Tyson Curtis Holt; or the right to make health related decisions or determine the religious affiliation of Tyson Curtis Holt. Further, Laurel Elizabeth Veto and Shane Curtis Holt will have no legal and /or financial obligations with respect to Tyson Curtis Holt, and the Department of Family Services of Loudoun County, Virginia may be granted the authority to place Tyson Curtis Holt for adoption and consent to the adoption of Tyson Curtis Holt.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Laurel Elizabeth Veto natural mother, and Shane Curtis Holt, putative father appear at the above-named Court to protect their interests on or before September 15, 2020 at 2:00 pm.

Case Number

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A message to elderly and disabled Loudoun County residents from

Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Residents 65 and older or totally and permanently disabled who wish to apply for 2020 Personal Property (vehicle) Tax Relief for the -

Recovery Date

Recovery Location

NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction.

This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned”, as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice.

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LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR: JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR FIRE & RESCUE TRAINING ACADEMY, IFB No. 273782 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, August 28, 2020.

MANDATORY.

Internet: Hours: Phone: 703-737-8557 Email: Mailing Address:

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

CL 20-3937 ,

Loudoun County Circuit Court 18 East Market St., Leesburg VA 20176 Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Lyric Neal v.

Name Change

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The object of this suit is name change of a minor.

NOTICE

It is ORDERED that Spencer G. Neal appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before September 18, 2020 at 10:00 am.

TOWN OF LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Remote Public Participation Available Members of the public who wish to speak during the petitioners’ section and/or public hearings of the August 11, 2020, Leesburg Town Council Meeting can do so remotely.

Information on how to participate remotely can be found on the Town of Leesburg’s website www.leesburgva.gov/agendas or on the agenda and in the lobby of Town Hall (25 West Market Street) by close of business on August 5, 2020.

If you need more information, contact the Clerk of Council at eboeing@leesburgva.gov or 703-771-2733.

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The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

David Seltzer, VP, 7-Eleven Inc and Gagan Sekhon, Manager Member, Din Raat LLC Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

David Seltzer, VP, 7-Eleven Inc and Gagan Sekhon, Manager Member, Din Raat LLC

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE §§ 1-211.1; 8.01-316, -317, 20-104

Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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ABC LICENSE 7-Eleven Inc and Maate LLC, trading as 7-Eleven 34507B, 502 S King Street, Leesburg, VA 20175-3905, Loudoun County

ABC LICENSE 7-Eleven Inc and Din Raat LLC, trading as 7-Eleven 21325C, 503 S King Street, Leesburg, VA 20175-3905, Loudoun County

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

20-448 ,

Loudoun County Circuit Court 18 East Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176 Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Michael Sean Cummings v.

Margaret Sackett The object of this suit is divorce.

It is ORDERED that Margaret Sackett appear at the above-named court and protect her interests on or before September 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM. 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 & 8/06/20

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING

Stewart C. Petchenick

TO CONSIDER REZONING APPLICATION TLZM-2017-0004, CVS AT ALLMAN PROPERTY

Certified Public Accountant

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Rezoning application TLZM-2017-0004 CVS at Allman Property.

The subject property consists of 3.69 acres situated on the southwest corner of the intersection of Greenway Drive at S. King Street. The parcel is zoned B-1, Community (Downtown) Business and

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In accord with current Covid-19 health and safety procedures, if you wish to review hard copies, please contact Christopher Murphy, Senior Planning Project Manager, at 703-737-7009 or by email at cmurphy@leesburgva.gov to schedule an appointment during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during the scheduled appointment time At this hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard.

Persons requiring special accommodations at the meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

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Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Earl Marshal, putative father

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The object of this suit is to hold a foster care review hearing and review of foster care plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282 and 16.1-281 for Isaiah Matos.

The object of this suit is to hold a foster care review hearing and review of foster care plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282 and 16.1-281 for Christian Carter

It is ORDERED that the defendant, Earl Marshal, putative father appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before September 8, 2020 at 11:00 am.

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Opinion Hometown Leadership Leesburg Town Council members put their dysfunction on full public display once again last week when they were unable to select from a roster of 16 qualified volunteers a single one to perform five months of community service on the dais beside them.

Just weeks earlier, the council took the usual step of creating a special procedure to ensure there would be an orderly process to appoint an interim council member. They agreed on it—unanimously.

In the days following that action, one council member opted not to participate in the preliminary step of whittling down the candidate list. Then, when it came time to make the appointment, three others decided not to follow the established voting procedures. So much for ensuring an orderly process.

It was another embarrassing display for the council, for the town, and for the individuals who stepped up to serve their neighbors. It is unclear whether this particular divide was based in partisan or personal grievances, but it is clear that council members must do more to find common ground and identify shared goals.

The community they serve is not divided. They want good government services, value for their tax dollars, a safe neighborhood and a healthy businesses environment. They do not expect their hometown council to bicker, grandstand and stonewall like career members of Congress.

The council can do better, but only if its members are willing to knock off the big-city gamesmanship and focus on providing the hometown leadership expected of them.

And if they cannot, on this issue, it might just be a good idea to let a judge make the appointment.

Norman K. Styer, Publisher and Editor nstyer@loudounnow.com

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LETTERS to the Editor Not Valid Editor: Following the conversations about the proposed study evaluating a county police department, I am struck by one line of thought that is simply not valid. Opponents to the idea of a police department claim that, unlike a sheriff office, would be subject to politics. That the sheriff is answerable directly to the public and a police department would not.

In my opinion, this argument shows an extreme naivete to how the world actually works. The sheriff starts with the local political committee’s nomination process. Wither it be in the back room by a subcommittee or a primary where in order to vote citizens must promise to support every candidate put forward by that party.

A police chief is answerable to nine elected supervisors. With the exception of the at-large supervisor, all have smaller constancies that represent more directly the different parts of the county. Who does the sheriff answer to? The political committee’s that nominate them by a process that excludes the vast majority of the citizens of the county. A selection of a police chief, however, is done via a nationwide search to select the most qualified candidate. It is an open and transparent process. There is a reason

we do not elect the superintendent of schools.

In the last election, the two-term incumbent raised over $160,000 in campaign finance to defeat a candidate who had no management or law enforcement experience. The incumbent won, but with only 55 percent of the vote. The political challenger with no experience and virtually no campaign received over 50,000 votes.

On capabilities and experience, I believe that the current sheriff should have received 99 percent of the vote not 55 percent. If this were a search committee, his opponent would not have even been considered, but as a political process he almost became sheriff.

The conclusion is obvious, when left to a political process to select and fund candidates the best candidate does not always win.

This is not intended to demean the current incumbent sheriff. In fact, I believe him to be highly qualified with the ability to advance to many law enforcements positions both within and outside the commonwealth, but with political candidates will not always ensure we have competent candidates to choose from or a one who believes in the rule of law.

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CARES Act continued from page 1 hurting even though we’re in Phase Three.

People are not coming back as fast as we would have wanted them to come.”

The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce has joined the call to get more help to local businesses.

“Your leadership, along with the Department of Economic Development’s execution of the Business Interruption Fund, provided a much-needed lifeline for so many businesses,” wrote Loudoun Chamber Vice President Grafton DeButts in a letter to supervisors Aug. 4. “Unfortunately, we’re now approaching three months since the allocation of those funds and our businesses of all types and nonprofits continue to suffer and are burning through their cash reserves. Now that we look towards the fall and winter, our employees and businesses face even greater challenge, both external and internal.”

DeButts wrote that with the health crisis continuing, the customers who sustain the business community have yet to return in a way that is viable in the long term. And while businesses struggle to keep workers on payroll, those workers with kids face the prospect of school requiring at-home education in the fall.

“Those employees that are fortunate enough to remain employed during this time, now face the impossible task of providing full-time childcare to school-aged children who cannot be left alone, while also attending a job where working virtually is not an option,” DeButts wrote.

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He pushed supervisors to put $10 million of the new CARES Act allocation— almost a third of it—into the Business Interruption Fund. This, he wrote, would bring it into proportional alignment with Fairfax County’s investment in a similar fund.

He also asked supervisors to provide more support for those working families.

“In addition to investment in the Business Interruption Fund, we ask that the Board would consider expanding and increasing the affordability of full-time and part-time childcare programs, such as the Parks and Recreation CASA program,” DeButts wrote. “These programs provide children with well-trained staff that support the educational growth of our children.”

Randall said she will also speak with county staff members about the county’s rental assistance program.

“That’s a big one, because we don’t want people to get evicted from their homes in this time,” she said.

The money must be spent on expenses incurred from the pandemic since March 1, not accounted for in the county’s last budget, and must be spent by the end of the year. It cannot be used to fill gaps in the county’s budget due to sinking tax revenues.

Any action with the money will have to wait until September; the Board of Supervisors will have to vote on what to do with that money, and does not usually meet in August.

More money may be coming from the federal government soon.

The House of Representatives passed its version of a follow-up COVID-19 re-

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lief bill, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions or HEROES Act, on May 15. The $3 trillion package includes more emergency funding for federal, state and local government, an expansion of unemployment and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, more utility payment help and job training for low-income people, and another $1,200 stimulus check per individual, along with other efforts at reimbursing healthcare providers, funding testing and contact tracing, small business support and Paycheck Protection Program extension. Since then it has languished in the Senate.

Senate Republicans answered with the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools or HEALS Act, about a third the size of the HEROES Act, which was introduced on July 27 and has not yet been passed. It includes additional checks for families, a limited extension of unemployment benefits, an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, and protections for businesses against lawsuits if employees contract the virus. It proposes no additional aid for state and local governments, and unlike the HEROES Act allows evictions and foreclosures, paused under the CARES Act, to resume.

As of Tuesday, no agreement had yet been reached. U.S. Rep. Jennifer T. Wexton (D-VA-10) said the extension of increased unemployment benefits, additional aid to states and localities, another round of checks for families and the extension of the eviction moratorium were crucial.

“State governments are stretched thin,” Wexton said. “They’ve already had to lay off a lot of employees, and the same thing

with localities. We’re talking about teachers, firefighters, health professionals, a lot of the people who are on the front lines of COVID-19.”

And, she added, “we cannot let people start getting evicted and then have a homelessness crisis, on top of a pandemic, on top of an economic crisis.”

She said Congress would not take its August recess until something is passed.

“It’s highly urgent,” Wexton said.

“These enhanced unemployment benefits expired Friday, and again, I need to point out that we passed our bill more than 6 weeks ago, and Mitch McConnell wanted to hit pause and wait and see. And we knew the benefits would be expiring, we knew the eviction moratorium would be expiring, but they just wanted to sit on their hands and wait and see, and what we saw is that COVID has not subsided.”

Statewide, the commonwealth will distribute $644.6 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding to local governments in its second round of CARES Act aid to localities. Virginia received approximately $3.1 billion as its share of the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund. The total $1.3 billion local share is split up among localities based on population.

“Virginia was one of the first states to provide such a large share of its federal aid directly to local governments,” stated Gov. Ralph Northam. “We are committed to making sure localities of all sizes get the assistance they need to respond to COVID-19 and keep Virginians safe during these unprecedented times.”

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Private schools

friend said. That means that, compared with public schools, private schools often have setups that make it easier for them to stop the spread of diseases among the students: “It may be that they’re set up to do 100 percent [in-person], physical distancing during the day. It could be terrific, and if that’s the case, then go ahead with it.”

Even so, private school is a solution only for those who can afford it. While the private schools offer varying levels of tuition assistance or scholarships, up to and including a full ride in some cases, enrolling a student in private school can cost tens of thousands of dollars. At the Virginia Academy, tuition for students in sixth through 12th grade is $12,500, according to the school’s website. Tuition for a high schooler at the Loudoun School for Advanced Studies is $31,000.

And at many schools, students and teachers will have to be comfortable with a religious bend to their schooling.

Virginia Academy does not require its students to be Christians, but uses its religious philosophy to guide its interactions with students.

“We see ourselves as a ministry,” Feathers said. “We have genuine leaders on staff who are passionate about the Lord and kids and education. Our secret sauce is that we build relationships with our kids. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

Another private school, Dominion Christian School, also teaches its curriculum from a Christian view “that all truth belongs to God,” said Anna Wishard, principal of the school’s Potomac Falls campus.

The school this year will have classes in kindergarten through third grade, and plans to add an additional grade each school year since opening its Potomac Falls campus last year. The school has been in existence for 25 years, with campuses also in Oakton and Reston. Word of mouth has been the

school’s strongest form of marketing, with Wishard reporting lots of outreach from prospective families since the School Board announced its decision.

Wishard expects to have at least 30 students attending the Potomac Falls campus this fall, up from 12 last year. The school teaches its curriculum from a classical pedagogy, which has seen a resurgence in U.S. schools in the last 30 to 45 years, she said.

“Some of the highlights are the idea of living history; we study history in the order it occurred. We do special events that involve dressing up in the classroom and feasting. We focus a lot on the development of virtue and affections. The truth is all education is formative. We pay a lot of attention to forming affections towards things we think are beautiful. We wouldn’t separate out the sacred from the secular, per se, but we would say God is giving us the world to explore so we do that fully,” Wishard said.

Nearby, Our Lady of Hope Catholic School in Potomac Falls also will offer families the choice for 100 percent in-person learning, with the option to attend classes virtually, as well. Thus far, about 90 percent of the school’s families have indicated their students will attend classes in person, said Principal Mary Beth Pittman.

“We’ve had overwhelming interest in the school since public schools announced they would be on distance learning to start the school year. I capped my enrollment in each class so we were able to still allow for social distancing in each classroom. We do have a waitlist in several of the classes,” she said.

Stopping Loudouners from passing the virus among each other, he said, would likely require another complete lockdown—an unlikely move on the county’s current track.

“Right now, we’re at that balance of reopening, having our economy open, having our children being able to do youth sports, people to go out and socialize, but doing it in a way that keeps [the virus] under control,” Goodfriend said. “… Because this virus is spread so easily, and so many people have no symptoms at all but can be contagious, there really is not a good way, it seems, to be able to be open and to not have some level of transmission.”

Compared to other states or even other parts of Virginia that have seen faster spread, Goodfriend said, people in Loudoun and Northern Virginia have taken seriously the need for face coverings and social distancing. He also credited long term care facilities, which represent

the majority of COVID-19 deaths in the county, for stepping up to protect their residents.

“I think it really is that critical piece that, having gone through a much higher level of transmission, of having a much higher rate of hospitalizations and, unfortunately, deaths, people understand that this is real,” Goodfriend said. “Just like in New York City, they understand that this is real, and in the National Capital Region, we understand that this is real. It was very scary back several months ago, before the lockdown, as we saw our numbers getting worse and worse every day.”

Goodfriend encouraged Loudouners to stay diligent wearing masks, keeping distant, limiting social gatherings and following other guidelines issued by public health professionals. He also encouraged people to keep reporting to the Health Department when they see facilities violating the governor’s orders on gatherings—“it

really makes a difference between whether that causes a blip in our numbers for a week or so, or whether it results in an ongoing increase in transmission.”

“There are plenty of examples, both in Loudoun and where we see in other places, when people believe that the steps that have gotten us this improvement are not needed anymore, where you then see outbreaks,” Goodfriend said. “And that’s the last thing that we want as a Health Department, and I think in general the community wants to happen, like what happened in the Virginia Beach area, where the governor had to say, ‘we have to put more restrictions in now, because this is getting out of hand.’”

Of the 5,093 total cases reported in Loudoun as of Aug. 4, 339 patients have required hospitalization and 113 have died, according to Health Department reports.

continued from page 3 trators’ earlier plans for some in-person learning and opt for distance learning in all but a few cases.

The biggest difficulty in some cases, said Loudoun County Health Department Director Dr. David Goodfriend, is changing behaviors—especially among younger students and their teachers.

“Typically with small kids, they’re sharing clothes, they’re running around in recess together, they’re hugging their teachers and each other, and those are the things that are spreading infections,” Goodfriend said. That has made elementary schools in particular centers for the spread of the flu, another respiratory virus, each year.

“What you don’t want is to have disease spread in the schools, so keep your physical distancing, symptom screening, mask use when you can,” Goodfriend advised. “Look at those places where people pass by each other, high touch areas and how we sanitize those.” They are the same recommendations public health professionals have made for everyone, he pointed out.

“It’s just that much more disruptive if you have a case in the school and it turns out you did not have physical distancing, so you have a whole class, or a whole bus, or multiple classes that have to then be sent home for 14 days,” Goodfriend said.

But private schools, he said, may have a much easier time controlling the spread of infection in their buildings.

“Private schools are much more variable in terms of their size, their facility layouts, and the ages that they deal with,” Good-

COVID cases continued from page 1 was a time where Northern Virginia was doing significantly worse than the rest of the commonwealth, and I think really reinforcing the face coverings and physical distancing is critical to keeping our levels low.”

Although Loudoun has managed to keep the virus spreading more slowly than many other places, he pointed out, the virus is still in the community.

“It’s here,” he said. “Every day we have cases—some days it may be 15 cases, some days it may be 40 cases—but it’s in our community every day. It would have been reassuring if we had a time where we did not have community transmission, but it does not look like we’re going to have that at all. At best, we’re going to keep having community transmission at a low level.”

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Loudoun School for Advanced Studies is offering something that the county’s public school system will not this fall—100 percent in-person learning. Many of the county’s private schools report lots of interest since the Loudoun County School Board voted to begin the school year offering only distance learning for its students.

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