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[ Vol. 3, No. 42 ]
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‘AhSo tasty’ in Brambleton
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August 30, 2018 ]
State: Restraining Students Within Guidelines BY DANIELLE NADLER
change in the way the Virginia Alcoholic Beverages Commission interprets the rules governing wine and beer. And that shift in policy could open up possibilities across the county. “There’s always been a tremendous amount of collaboration, whether it’s wine barrels being used in production, or whisky barrels used to fortify products,” said Visit Loudoun President and CEO Beth Erickson. She said sharing a tasting room continues in that vein of collaboration. Her organization has studied the profiles of winery and brewery visitors, and she said they are very similar—except that winery visitors tend to be women, and brewery visitors tend to be men. “I think that collaboration is always a
A review by the Virginia Department of Education into Loudoun County Public School’s restraint and seclusion practices found that there is no evidence of systematic failure to comply with state guidelines. It found that reports of special education students being restrained and locked in rooms as part of discipline were isolated incidents. Superintendent Eric Williams requested that VDOE conduct an independent review following news reports earlier this year that documented stories from parents that their children with disabilities had been held in isolation rooms for hours at a time. State legislators also called for an independent review of the school system’s practices. In response to the report released Aug. 22, Williams stated this week, “We appreciate VDOE’s review and are generally pleased with the findings, but I want to emphasize that we have work to do to improve our policies, procedures, and practices in the area of special education, generally, and restraint and seclusion specifically.” VDOE’s report recommended the school system make several improvements, including adopting more specific policies and procedures that explicitly ban “pharmacological restraint,” which is restraint using medication to subdue or sedate. The report did not find evidence that LCPS uses pharmacological restraint, but stated that the school system’s guidelines also do not prohibit it. The report also recommended LCPS require that every student is seen in the school clinic for incidences of seclusion and restraint; and that it review the incidences that involve isolating students in “chill rooms” to determine whether such actions were appropriate. It also encouraged the school
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Hillsborough Vineyards winemaker Kerem Baki fills casks of wine at his winery near Hillsboro. Soon his brother Tolga Baki, owner and head brewer of Belly Love Brewing Company in Purcellville, will join him to offer beer alongside its wine.
A Promising Pairing Wineries, Breweries Can Now Serve Wine, Beer Side by Side
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hen Hillsborough Vineyards starts serving beer later this year, it will be one of only three craft beverage makers in Loudoun County to serve the two drinks side by side. Kerem Baki, the winemaker at Hillsborough Vineyards, is getting together with his brother Tolga Baki, the owner and head brewer of Belly Love Brewing Company in Purcellville, to expand the operation to brew beer. Completely separate from Belly Love, the new brewhouse will bring beer into the tasting room overlooking the scenic, rolling vineyards. The brothers can serve the two beverages in the same tasting room thanks to a
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The tasting room at Hillsborough Vineyards near Hillsboro, overlooking the winery’s rolling acres of grapevines, will soon offer craft beer alongside its wine.
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