RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER ECRWSS Blue Ridge September 2012 LEAdER & Loudoun Today Purcellville Repeals Longstanding Land Board of Supervisors Relaxes Approval Use Agreement With County Process for Big Box Stores, Government – Action Upends How Urban Growth Decisions Will Be Made – Facilities and Commercial Uses On Aug. 14, the Purcellville Town Council From the summer of 2003 until May of – By Mary M. Bathory Vidaver School and county staff support the change for public facilities, noting that it would lower voted to terminate the 1994 Annexation Agree - 2006, the town and county conducted an Few issues bring out more crowds of the costs and increase the speed of public ment with the County and to eliminate the exhaustive review of PUGAMP to determine speakers to a public hearing than new schools, 1995 Purcellville Urban Growth Area Man - whether any changes or revisions to the pattern monopoles, and special events by vineyards or facilities’ construction. According to Sara agement Plan (PUGAMP), a jointly agreed-to of development in the Urban Growth Area B&Bs. However, actions taken by the Board Howard-O’Brien of Loudoun County Public plan required by the Annexation Agreement. were necessary or jointly desired. Five public of Supervisors at its July 17 business meeting Schools, the change would conservatively PUGAMP was approved by the town and the input sessions were held and a citizens’ adviso - may eliminate such hearings. save the county $50,000 per application, but county as the guiding framework for the future ry committee was formed by the town to pro - First, the Board overturned a Zoning Ordi - “the real savings, albeit hard to quantify,” is development of approximately 3,100 acres vide input. nance amendment passed by the last Board the months saved and efficiency gained. immediately surrounding the town. In Near the end of that review, Councilman requiring large retail establishments (big There are a few considerations yet to be dis - exchange for accepting the development pat - Lazaro proposed amendment language that boxes) to apply for a special exception. Board cussed by the Board. First, a special exception members expressed concerns that the require - tern laid out in PUGAMP, the town gave up would have essentially prevented the County use requires a legislative process, while a by- ment imposed too much regulation. The Board right use is an administrative process. There the right to seek city status in the future. Now from building public facilities (schools, fire - also indicated its intent to eliminate Special are three key differences between the two: the that PUGAMP is being eliminated, the Town houses, libraries, etc.) in the Urban Growth Exception requirements for schools and other Council has announced its plan to seek city Area without town approval. government facilities. Finally, the Board pro - decision-maker, opportunity for public input, status. At that time, Fields Farm was one of 23 ceeded with an effort to streamline the process and decision criteria. In 1999, the Town of Purcellville amended properties the School Board was considering for a host of commercial uses. Continued on page 18 PUGAMP, identifying a relatively small num - as the site for the new Western Loudoun High ber of parcels in the urban growth area imme - School. The agreed-to 1995 PUGAMP explic - diately adjacent to the town as Phase I. The itly called for a new high school to be built in Case Against Couple Accused of Illegally town could annex these properties unilaterally the Urban Growth area north of the Route 7 by adopting an annexation ordinance. Annex - By-Pass. Removing Signs is Dropped ation of property outside of Phase I would The Republican-controlled Board of Super - – By Valerie Joyner Posting of temporary signage in the pub - require the County’s agreement. Phasing visors could not accept Mr. Lazaro’s proposal The controversial prosecution of George lic right of way is a violation of the Virginia addressed concern over the town’s limited and after considerable debate, the review and Kingsley and Karen Nutt, the Loudoun Code 33.1 –373. Loudoun County zoning ability to provide water and sewer service to update process was halted, and none of the County couple accused of allegedly remov - ordinance (5-1200) also forbids such sig - additional users. nage. In the case of events, Purcellville zon - Continued on page 18 ing “Cage Fighting” signs from private prop - erty owned by Majid “Magic” Kayhan in ing ordinances allow the posting of one Loudoun Storm Snags National Softball Title Purcellville has been dropped by prosecutors event sign of no more than four square feet, under a procedure known as null process. but the sign must be on the private property The Olympics in London are not the only Commonwealth Attorney Jim Plowman’s where the event is being held and the event place where gold medals have been won. A office had originally charged the couple with promoter must get a permit for the sign. Loudoun county girls fast pitch travel soft - misdemeanor larceny and trespassing. ball team, the Loudoun Storm 16U Red, Continued on page 10 coached by JJ Merchant, completed a 32-6- . page­10 1 spring/summer season by winning the 2012 ­Wild Loudoun,­ Amateur Softball Association 16U National First Friday Championship Eastern title. They also fin - ished as the Virginia state runner-ups in both Purcellville ASA and USSSA age group tournaments. Speacht (Woodgrove), Brittany Umphlett (Wood - starts Sept. 7! Players, front row, left to right: Addison grove), Kailey Liverman (Loudoun Valley), Dieterich (Loudoun Valley), Hannah Ritter (Sky - Courtney Dieterich (Loudoun Valley), Carrie line), Taylor Stocks (Musselman). Back row, left Merchant (Woodgrove), Jazmyn Rohrer (Wood - See pages 6, 7 & 23. to right: Jami Adler (Tuscarora), Paige Schaef - grove). Manager is David L. Dieterich. P fer (Woodgrove), Emily Ritter (Skyline), Holly 2012 Butterfly Count page 2 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012

Dr. Mike, My parents have rented a close in on why you did what you beach house for our entire family did, I recommend you calmly apolo - for many years now. This year my Ask Dr. Mike gize to your husband for not includ - We Have What husband, our children and I spent ing him in your decision and then several days with them, as did my explain your reasoning. You should brother and my sister and their also encourage your husband to open You Need! spouses and children. My parents up about why he became so upset – is have always paid for the beach he upset about the money, the decep - house without complaint, but this tion, your siblings or something else? year I offered to chip in and paid The two of you need to come to some Seasonal Plants, half…without telling my husband. I agreement on what happened and purposely avoided telling my hus - then discuss how you will remain Shrubs & Trees band because he would have imme - united in supporting each other’s from Loudoun diately expected my siblings to con - ideas and needs in the future. tribute equally. The problem is that County’s Oldest my husband and I make very sizable Dr. Mike, My husband and I were Greenhouse incomes and my siblings do not. told by our son’s first grade teacher More to the point, my siblings have felt compelled to pay half of the cost to have him evaluated over the sum - pretty much relied on the free beach this year. Why has accepting your mer. Our son is 8 and struggled week from our parents for their parents’ very generous annual gift badly with writing and reading and Planting Locally family Summer vacation for years suddenly become difficult for you? with focusing and paying attention Are you feeling guilty over your par - Mulching Produced now. If my husband were more sen - this past year. We feel like his sitive to their needs and the situa - ents’ generosity? do you feel badly teacher was politely telling us that Weeding Topsoil & tion, I wouldn’t have had to lie. for having greater financial success our son has a learning disorder or than your siblings? If your generosi - Stonework Leaf Mulch Anyway, I finally told my husband ADHD and to fix him before he what I did, and he is furious with ty was rooted in guilt or emotional returns to school. We went to our me. We haven’t spoken for days, conflict, you (and your husband) pediatrician who then told us that and I don’t know what to do. I don’t should know this about yourself and we needed a “psychoeducational FEATURED: think I owe him an apology. I feel address it. If, however, your gen - evaluation” and that pediatricians erosity was just a gesture of grati - Fall pansies, he is wrong and is being pig headed. do not do that. We called around to Your thoughts are appreciated. tude, you could have included your several testing practices, including vegetables husband in advance so that the gift Ashburn Psychological Services, and mums. – T in Loudoun County could have been something you did and discovered that psychoeduca - together and felt good about together. tional testing is quite expensive T, I think you do owe your hus - For example, you and your husband when done privately. We didn’t end band an apology. Keeping financial could have agreed to purchase a nice up doing any testing. We feel 18035 Lincoln Rd./Maple Ave., Purcellville secrets from your husband with your thank you gift for your parents after strongly that we shouldn’t have to Mon. –Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4 parents, or anyone for that matter, is this year’s beach week. Perhaps you absorb the cost for private testing never a good idea. I also think that 540-338-9118 could have paid for a weekend get- and that the school should be the bigger issue here is for you to away for your parents as a couple. It addressing his learning and atten - understand your motivation. You seems that your husband might have tion problems. Your assistance is write that your parents have paid for felt better about giving a gift that was appreciated. Sign up for SPECIALS ALERTS at the beach house year after year and from you both directly and free and www.abernethyspencer.com without an expectation of payment clear of having anything to do with – E in Loudoun County from you or your siblings, yet you your siblings. In summary, once you Continued on page 29 Our Birds ... Rock!

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Photo credit: Christopher dilts – By Carol Morris dukes ished Barack Obama, also celebrating a birth - day this month, hugged Mr. Clark and asked Mr. Charlie Clark, Loudoun County’s old - him for his “secret” before the three posed for est surviving WW11 veteran, was honored a picture together. Ms. Thompson said: “It by President Barack Obama in a private meet - was the most exciting that I have experienced ing preceding the President’s recent rally in lately. He was very nice, very warm. After the Leesburg. Also in attendance was Mr. Clark’s speech, he returned to us and I told the presi - niece, Loudoun County historian Elaine dent how proud I was of him.” Thompson. A resident of Purcellville, “Mr. Charlie,” as While presenting Mr. Clark with a medal he’s known to his friends, is a former Private for his war service, President Obama asked First Class in the 3238 Quartermaster Compa - Mr. Clark how long he had resided in ny of the European theater. He still lives at Loudoun. “Well,” answered Mr. Clark, “on home where he enjoys good health and fol - the 23rd of this month I will have lived here lows politics closely. for one hundred and five years.” An aston -

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– By Mary M. Bathory Vidaver mission on Local Governments, agreed that Please Skip the PR and Protect the Things We Love this was a key benefit. McCormack also Gov. Bob Mcdonnell has appointed Pur - in a faux farm kind of way – you have to At two meetings this summer, Purcellville noted that city status would eliminate the cellville mayor Bob Lazaro to the Virginia wonder what values were sustained here. Town Council members discussed pursuing current dilution of the town’s voice in coun - city status for the town. Exploring city sta - Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF). Across the road from the shopping center ty affairs since it would no longer be a part The VLCF – designed to protect the work - is Crooked Run Orchard, one of a handful of tus for the town was one of the council’s top of the county. ing farms, forests, natural areas, parks, rivers, farms to earn a Virginia Century Farm desig - priorities for 2010, and in a recent Purcel - There are significant financial costs asso - lville committee meeting, Councilman Tom ciated with assuming city status. First, Vir - and historical sites critical to the state’s econ - nation. To earn it the farm must be in opera - Priscilla asked that the Virginia General ginia Code requires that the new city assume omy, culture and quality of life – has spent tion today and have been in operation for at Assembly be lobbied to lift the state’s cur - the town’s existing liabilities and a “just and more than 42 million dollars since 1999. least 100 years – no small feat. Crooked Run rent moratorium on towns seeking city sta - reasonable proportion” of the county’s out - That’s serious money and political influence, attracts over 20,000 people annually to its tus. Vice-Mayor Joan Lehr has also com - standing debt. With $1.1 billion currently and you have to wonder whether Bob Lazaro pick your own business. But, Purcellville is mented that the town’s desire to seek city outstanding in county debt this would likely is a fitting choice. putting a road through the farm, separating status was one of the reasons for eliminating be no small cost. A city must also provide a In the 5 years since being elected mayor, front fields from back fields, compromising a the Purcellville Urban Growth Area Man - full array of urban services, including free, Mr. Lazaro has overseen one controversial wetland on the property and making life very agement Plan (PUGAMP). high-quality public schools for all children Before the town can act on this idea, the action after another regarding the preserva - difficult for this farmer. Again, you have to of school age within its boundaries. tion of Purcellville’s history and the conser - wonder what is being protected, here. General Assembly must lift its twenty-five- Of the five cities in Northern Virginia four vation of the broader local environment upon Tree City USA rewards communities for year-old moratorium on granting new city maintain their own school system. Fairfax charters. The moratorium will automatical - City students attend Fairfax County schools. which this growing town has such an impact. planting new trees – a worthy goal. But, now ly expire in 2018, but the General Assembly In 2012 the city paid $12,538 per student, Under the leadership of Mayor Lazaro, I’m standing in the parking lot at Fireman’s could lift it earlier. slightly less than the cost per county student Purcellville has embarked on a visible cam - Field across the street from the town’s new Virginia cities are independent. City res - of $12,820. paign to earn awards and bring in grant offices. Fifteen or so 200-year old oak trees idents are not resi - City status also money for “green projects,” aided by good were sacrificed for this lot. Tree City USA? dents of a county. requires town offi - “There are significant financial grantwriters and a very effective PR effort. Traveling south out of town down Maple When a Virginia city cials, businesses, costs associated with assuming city But whether it’s the “Seiman’s Sustainable Venue towards the historic village of Lincoln annexes land from a and residents to status. First, Virginia Code requires Communities” award, Purcellville’s “Tree I’m once again questioning Gov. Mcdon - county, all tax rev - accept financial that the new city assume the town’s City USA” status, or the mayor’s recent nell’s choice of Mayor Lazaro for the VLCF. enues from those responsibility for a existing liabilities and a “just and rea - recognition by Gov. Mcdonnell, the real Lincoln, founded in the mid 1700s and parcels is lost to the judicial system, a sonable proportion” of the county’s measure of Purcellville’s leadership on con - identified as one of the most endangered his - county forever. This Commissioner of outstanding debt. With $1.1 billion contrasts to land Revenue’s office, servation, historic preservation and support toric places in the state of Virginia is just one currently outstanding in county debt annexations by and other mandated of the local economy lies in its actions and and one half miles from Purcellville. The this would likely be no small cost. A towns, wherein a services. They must what it is setting in motion in western town expanded it’s boundaries down Maple city must also provide a full array of town gains new rev - decide what discre - Loudoun ... not on an awards application. Avenue towards Lincoln via annexation urban services, including free, high- enues from the tionary services to A little over a year ago a handful of pretty about a decade or so ago. Now Purcellville quality public schools for all children expansion of its provide and how to shocked citizens held their breath while a has repealed a longstanding town/county boundaries without of school age within its boundaries.” provide them. wrecking ball tore into the old Cole farm agreement governing where, when and how loss of revenue to the do the benefits barn. We knew the barn was to be moved as fast the town could annex land in order to county. outweigh the costs In both city and town annexations, land part of the new Harris Teeter shopping center. grow more. Before repeal the county had a for Purcellville? Purcellville Mayor Bob But, the town’s endless PR machine had been pretty good say in this process. Now the use control transfers to the annexing entity. Lazaro did not respond to a request for an touting an adaptive reuse of the Cole farm decision is mostly up to Purcellville, and I While a town can only condemn land within interview and no studies appear to have been its boundaries, a city has the power to con - as yet conducted. However, the state- house and barn, and the town’s plan to care - wonder, will Purcellville be a force in pro - demn land in a neighboring county for pub - appointed Grayson Commission recom - fully dismantle and rebuild the barn was part tecting the things I love, or should I wait for lic use. Both towns and cities can negotiate mended that the Commonwealth should cre - of the application that won the Seiman’s the next PR campaign that glosses over the boundary-line adjustments with an adjacent ate no further cities and proposed a means award. Looking at the former site of the Cole potential damage as Purcellville announces county. for cities to revert back to towns due to the farm – now a shopping center attractive only its next annexation? It appears that the primary consideration increasing lack of financial viability. for supporters of this effort is keeping tax Two cities, South Boston and Clifton We Welcome Your Letters to the Editor! revenues in Purcellville. Ted McCormack, Forge, have already reverted to town status. who served on the staff of the State’s Com - Continued on page 12 Submissions may be sent to [email protected], or via mail to PO Box 325, Purcellville, VA 20134-0325. Please include your name, address and Since 1984 telephone number. We reserve the right to edit submissions as necessary. Blue Ridge Deadline for print edition is the third week of each month, or, online any time. & Loudoun Today Letters to the Editor LEAdER Main Street Wings Closing (even after we took their favorite ribeye din - Brings Sadness ner off the menu!). After a riotous uproar we even had to put mac and cheese back on the Publisher & Editor Layout Advertising Dear Editor: Valerie Cury Joyner Andrea E. Gaines menu for our regulars. What other place Judy D. Harbin As most of you know by now, Main would have done that? Carol Morris Dukes Street Wings in Purcellville is no longer in I have never worked with a staff that Here’s How to Reach Us! existence. It came as a total and sudden worked so hard, and I have never been sur - shock to those of us that have worked there rounded by so many people whose hearts To Advertise: email us at [email protected], putting our blood, sweat and tears into mak - were filled with kindness and love. call our voicemail (540) 338-6200, or contact: ing it the extremely successful restaurant The unique individuals that made Main Judy D. Harbin, (703) 727-1321, [email protected] that it was. Street Wings what it was cannot be found Carol Morris Dukes, (703) 727-5576, [email protected]. Main Street Wings has been known for anywhere else. As the store manager, being years for its friendly atmosphere and com - Editor (letters to the editor & press releases): [email protected] part of this wonderful place will be some - Hot News Tips: [email protected] fortable environment. Tuesday nights were a thing I will never forget. I cannot begin to Webmaster: [email protected] circus with families for kids night, Wednesday thank each and every person that con - Mailing Address: PO Box 325, Purcellville, VA 20134-0325 every football player came to eat his body tributed to the Main Street Wings legacy. To weight in "all you can eat" wings, Thursdays Copyright 2012 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today. All rights reserved. we had our loyal Freddy and friends come Continued on facing page On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 – Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 5 Committees at a Glance

pany would be interested in financing any - capacity] – or increase capacity – and the town “According to the state statute, currently Committees at a Glance thing up to $200 million. He said he could chose the later. ) no more than three unrelated adults may informs our readers about the inner also get some funding from state and local live together in one house. Patrick Henry Purcellville Planning Commission College would like to have up to eight workings of local government and sources. Also, Bane went to the county to gather Meeting Aug. 16, 2012 students in a house and they would how actions and decisions impact our statistics on the need for senior housing in G Topics: Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amend - either own or lease the houses. If passed everyday lives. Here we discuss general and for low-income senior develop - ment to allow by Special use Permit Student a "student tenant" would be defined as actions of the Purcellville Economic ment including excerpts from the "Apart - Homes (8 students per residential home) a college or high school student at a col - lege or high school.” Development Advisory, the Loudoun ment Guide." He said that there were Several residents came before the com - County Government Reform 10,000 households over the age of 65 in mittee to object to the proposed amend - Supervisor Suzanne Volpe regarding the fail - Commission and the Purcellville Loudoun County. "I am going on gut instinct ment to allow up to eight students to live in ure of their appointees to attend the com - Planning Commission. ... going on what Loudoun County is telling residential districts. According to the state mission’s meetings. York and Volpe asked us." statute, currently no more than three unre - Commission Chairman Tom Julia to take the "There is a need for it," said Bane, and he lated adults may live together in one house. Purcellville Economic Development necessary action so that replacements could added that he wants the town to tell him Patrick Henry College would like to have up Advisory Committee (EDAC) be speedily appointed. Thus, the commis - what they want to see. He mentioned to eight students in a house and they would – Aug 7, 2012 sion’s first action was to pass a motion extended care, retirement living, nursing either own or lease the houses. If passed a requesting that the BOS officially remove the G Topics: Facade grant allocation, Valley Springs home facility, and an affordable housing "student tenant" would be defined as a col - two members from the commission for lack II (Purcellville A Street) Proposed Development model. "There is nothing being built for mid - lege or high school student at a college or of “attendance, participation, and communi - Update. dle class seniors," he stated. Councilman Jim high school. cation.” Commissioner John Whitbeck, – Owners of the property which houses Wiley said that he would also like to see The cities of Blacksburg, Charlottesville, elected this year to be Chairman of the 11th the Ray Fields Antiques business were given duplexes and he wants to see all the proper - and Newport News allow 3 unrelated adults District Republican Committee, abstained. a facade grant not to exceed $2,500. ty to be used. Bane added that each entity to live in single family homes. In multi family Chairman Tom Julia informed the mem - – Developer Joe Bane spoke in favor of would probably be owned by different groups units 4 are allowed. The three cities have bers that the Economic Development Com - his Valley Springs II/Purcellville A Street proj - since he would subdivide different parcels. He found greater impacts with unrelated indi - mittee would take up a discussion of the ect. Mr. Bane said that Blue Ridge District added that he would like to involve one or viduals (as opposed to families). Each non commission’s recommendation that the Supervisor Janet Clarke (R) recommended two local health care companies – INOVA related renter is considered a family or an Board establish an Economic Development that he come to the EDAC meeting and con - Health Care and Valley Health. individual household, as they operate under Authority. He urged members to attend that tact Councilman Jim Wiley prior to the meet - Committee member Ian Patterson, a res - different time tables. meeting on September 17th. ing. The 67 acre property – across from Blue ident of Round Hill, said "You have a very The Planning Commission, at the June 7 Commission members provided a time - Ridge Middle School and zoned residential tough business decision to make and that is meeting, recommended that the Purcellville line of further efforts with a focus on what (26 homes permitted) is currently outside the you have to come to [the] town with a plan. Town Council review the Purcellville Urban could be completed by November. This boundaries of the town and under county He added, "Have an overall plan and phase it. Growth Area Management Plan (PUGAMP) deadline is based upon the timing of the jurisdiction. This 67 acre parcel would need This is a winner." with a joint meeting with the county. The county’s FY’14 budget process, to which the to be annexed by the Purcellville Town Coun - With the Southern Collector Road soon motion passed with Paciulli, Bowman, commission hopes to provide meaningful cil to do the project. Mr. Bane said he had to be finished, Bane said that it would not be Packard and Beese voting yes. ideas for the Board’s consideration. Topic been approached by the town with the idea of a drain on town infrastructure. For the leaders believed that the following items Loudoun County Government Reform developing the property for senior hous ing. entrance to the proposed development, he could be completed by then: shared servic - Commission – Aug. 30, 2012 Bane said that he had been told that said he could purchase property coming off es, Loudoun Water governance, adult day there is a need for senior housing. He has of Lincoln Road. He added that this devel - G Topics: Commission Membership, Updates, care, and the structure of the county’s fire spoken to BB&T Capital Markets in Rich - opment would help Purcellville pay off the County Assessor’s Office Reporting Structure, and rescue services. mond who finances some senior projects. town’s $33 million debt for the sewer Mayor Lazaro’s Request to Speak The commission discussed its recom - upgrade completed several years ago to The company has an affordable housing The commission began its meeting to mendation regarding the location of the increase capacity for future growth. ( Note: model – a combination of an independent address concerns by Board of Supervisors Assessor’s Office within the county govern - Purcellville had a window of time to either leave living, assisted living, and continuing care (BOS) Chairman Scott York and Algonkian ment structure. The members present were the system as it was [at approximately 40% retirement community. Bane said the com - Continued on page 22 Letters to the Editor, continued from facing page the past and present employees who have sive number of citizens expressed their views proposal that most of us didn’t realize until Commission and Town Council meetings is always been like family: Thank you for all your in opposition to the proposed “Student Thursday evening. required. – Chris Funkhauser, Purcellville dedication and hard work. Regardless of the Home” zoning amendment. We also received Addressing the first issue, I say to the cit - circumstances (no air conditioning/heat, no some additional clarity from Mr. Carl W. izens of Purcellville, stay and/or get engaged. Make Oral Health a Family Matter food deliveries, etc.) you gave it your all. The Schreiber, executive vice president and treas - Why? Let me describe what I allude to as my Dear Editor: business couldn't have survived this long urer of Patrick Henry College, about the col - second concern. The proposal to amend res - In these tough economic times, many of without you. For each and every guest: A sin - lege’s request. I want to extend my thanks to identially zoned areas via Student Home Spe - us are looking for ways to cut corners and cere thank you for continuing to support us all who participated in the hearing. cial Use Permit (SUP) application “localizes” save money. No amount of money is worth with your patronage. Without customers a My brief recount of the issue (I defer to the problem. To argue the merits of the SUP sacrificing your health, however, and that business is nothing. Main Street Wings was Commission’s minutes regarding accuracy) is application process mandating additional includes oral health. We would like to Purcellville's "Cheers" where everyone knew that residents were unanimous in their oppo - public hearings to address public concern is remind your readers that brushing, flossing your name and you could feel comfortable sition to the proposal; the two individuals one-dimensional. Whether intentional or and maintaining regular visits to the dentist regardless of age, color, size, occupation or who spoke in favor being employees of not, the resultant product of this strategy not only helps keep your smile healthy, but religious belief. Each guest was our family and Patrick Henry. Concerns about noise, traffic, “divides and conquers.” It narrows the voice can ultimately save you money as well. we treated them with respect and kindness. parking and future legal issues were raised by of opposition to the residents of immediate - Dental-related illnesses cause adults to So with doors locked and lights out, Main almost every citizen who spoke. While Mr. ly surrounding properties and consequently lose more than 164 million work hours and Street wings is gone but will never be forgot - Schreiber allayed our concerns about fast degrades the individual citizen’s ability to gar - children to lose more than 51 million school ten. – Kim Cummings, General Manager tracking this proposal, it was obvious this ner town-wide support going forward. You hours each year. This time and money could Main Street Wings Purcellville proposal is well ahead of need and requires will be a lone voice in opposition, the optics be saved by simply brushing and flossing thorough analysis prior to consideration. of which will simply not be in your favor. A Simple Thanks every day, avoiding tobacco use, eating Needing to remain starkly present in the Do not expect that the Council can read healthy foods and scheduling regular dentist Dear Editor: minds of the citizenry is: 1) the discussion of your minds as to how to represent con - appointments for preventative care. At the Thursday, Aug. 16 Purcellville Plan - this proposed zoning amendment is not over; stituent desires. This issue is a town wide Research shows that oral health is tied and, 2) there is an insidious aspect to this problem and your proactive input at Planning ning Commission’s public hearing, an impres - Continued on page 12 On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com Shop Local, Shop Purcellville ... P First Friday starts Sept. 7th!

                  

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Good Shepherd Alliance Elects Rising High School Seniors as Board of Directors – By Mark Gunderman volunteerism in social services, and the abil - Chair and Youth director Bob Ohneiser ity to network with other student organiza - along with fellow GSA board members Jim The Good Shepherd Alliance (GSA) is tions, youth groups and community leaders. Baratta, Linda Lefebvre, James Thrash and proud to announce its newest student board These students display a passion to plan and Bahman Batmangheidj assisted in establish - members for the 2012-2013 school year. Will initiate programs to get high school youth ing the criteria and the selection process of Avdellas (Tuscarora High School) has involved in serving the needs of the indigent the student board members. accepted the role of Chair and will be sup - and homeless in Loudoun. This is the fourth year that the GSA has ported by Taylor Nelson (Broad Run High GSA collaborated with LCPS Superin - invited members of the youth community to School) as Vice Chair of the GSA Youth tendent dr. Edgar B. Hatrick, director of participate on their Board of directors. The Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Superintendent Dr. Advisory Group. Both Will and Taylor will Edgar B. Hatrick, Good Shepherd Alliance Vice Chair and Student Services Suzanne Jimenez and Youth Advisory Group works shoulder to Youth Director Bob Ohneiser, Student Board Members Will serve as student board members of the GSA Supervisor of Guidance Services Marilyn shoulder with the board to promote GSA Avdellas (Tuscarora High School) and Taylor Nelson (Broad Board of directors as well. Avdellas and Jackson to solicit resumes from each homeless services and programs in Loudoun Run High School) at LCPS Administration Building in Ashburn. Nelson provide the GSA with leadership, Loudoun County high school. GSA Vice schools and the GSA pledges its resources Continued on page 16

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On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 9 Local Auctioneer is State Champion Leesburg Man Repeats Award His Father Also Won – By Andrea Gaines “I’ve had the blessing to be able to learn from so many great auctioneers in this organ - The Virginia Auctioneers Association ization. My father, Craig damewood, is a (VAA) has crowned its 35th annual Grand past state champion and to have my name Champion Auctioneer. The 2012 champion listed next to his and other great bid-callers is is a local man – Brian damewood, of Lees - quite an honor,” said damewood. burg, VA. “This contest was filled with many The event grades auctioneers on chant, quality auctioneers,” damewood said. “I feel rhythm, presence and auction ability. Com - very fortunate to be crowned this year’s cham - petitors are also graded on their industry pion from a group of so many talented auction knowledge. The chance to be named state professionals who would do an excellent job champion has drawn “bid callers”, as they serving as this year’s champion.” are known, from all over the state. “This damewood, a second generation auction - year’s champion Brian damewood epito - eer, is a partner with Tillett & damewood mizes the strength of Virginia auctioneers Auctioneers, auctioning real estate, equip - and the strength of the Virginia auction ment and personal property, and working industry,” said Shields Jones, VAA president. both benefit auctions and several auto auc - “He is charged with representing the VAA, tions throughout the Mid-Atlantic. He is a our state and industry for the next year, and second-generation auctioneer. will do a great job.” In Praise of Ice Cream ... and Five Years of Cool Deliciousness – By Andrea Gaines something they believe is lost with big retail - ers. driving by the corner of Main and 21st "We love the fact that we get to interact Streets in Purcellville on a hot summer with so many of our customers," Steve says. evening, you’ll see people enjoying one of an "We might not know all of their names, but we American’s favorite pastimes ... losing them - know their favorite Gruto's treat!" selves in a big’ol soft serve ice cream cone. Julie also loves the excitement in the spring They are ardent fans of Gruto's Soft Serve, air in the weeks before they open each season. which will celebrate its 5th year anniversary "Everywhere we go in town, people want to on Sept. 27. Grutos owners Steve, Julie and know when we're opening for the season," Lisa Pologruto enjoy being part of the historic Julie said, "It kind of makes us feel like rock district of Purcellville. Being a mom and pop stars!" shop gives them a real sense of community –

On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com page 10 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012 Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Launching Citizen’s Police Academy Loudoun County Sheriff Michael L. Chap - evening from Sept. 12 through Nov. 28. Each man has announced the formation of the 31st session will be two-and-a-half hours in Citizen’s Police Academy. The academy – length and begin at 7 pm. Class locations will which will start on Wednesday, Sept. 12, be announced prior to the upcoming session. 2012 – will offer training classes to the public The classes are open to Loudoun County res - designed to provide an overview of all idents over the age of 18. To enroll in the Cit - aspects of law enforcement within the agency. izen’s Police Academy, please contact Becky The training classes will be taught by the Roll at the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office of Person - at (703)737-8520, during normal business nel. Members of the class may also have the hours of 9 am to 5 pm. Registration will be option of participating in a ride-a-long with a on a first-come, first-serve basis. Enrollment deputy after completing the academy. The is limited to 30 participants. free sessions will be held each Wednesday Signs, continued from page 1 Public records show Kayhan did not have a the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors permit for Cage Fighting signs – which were instituted a volunteer-based sign removal all over the Purcellville area and beyond – program which in over the course of two and only applied for the required permit after years resulted in the removal of approxi - he filed his complaint with the Loudoun mately 52,000 illegal signs from the public County Magistrate’s office. right of way. The newly-elected Board of The case was initiated when Kayhan filed Supervisors eliminated this program over a complaint claiming that the couple entered concerns of “overzealous volunteers.” The his private property and removed signs Board also argued that the signs were pro - advertising his cage fighting event. Kingsley ducing excess trash in county landfills. and Nutt have consistently maintained that County staff now remove illegal signs fol - not only did they not take signs from his pri - lowing individual citizen complaints. vate property, they never entered his private John Flannery, attorney for George Kings - property. ley and Karen Nutt said, “In my opinion, this After many citizen complaints, in 2009 case should never have been brought.” Wild­Loudoun 2012 Butterfly Count – By Andrea Gaines There is something sweetly sublime about walking through a field counting butterflys. Some species will flitter around you as if you weren’t there ... while others are quick to lift off to the next flower if you get too close. The Loudoun Wildlife Con - servancy holds a butterfly count every year, and this year’s was held in early August. the variety of plant It is conducted by volunteers, species butterflies and but it is decidedly scientific. other insects need to survive. The Loudoun County Annual Butterfly Seventy people participated in Loudoun’s Count was started in 1997 under the steward - Butterfly Count this year – you might have ship of Bob Lyon, LWC’s local butterfly and seen them prowling a farm or meadow, note - moth expert. data from the count is provid - books and binoculars and cameras in hand. ed to the North American Butterfly Associa - LWC reports that counting for this year’s tion (NABA) which stewards this nation- event seemed low at times but, in fact, 3,477 wide butterfly count each summer. The com - individual butterflies were spotted represent - bined counts from all over the country are ing 51 separate species. This is roughly on critically important to the future of these par in both species diversity and numbers fragile creatures, showing trends and trou - with last year’s count. blespots, and informing the success of the LWC reports that some interesting things different conservation activities butterfly jumped out from this year’s event: groups are engaged in. Butterflies are good indicators of habitat I “Monarch butterflies were fortunately on and environmental health . They need a diver - par with last year. We were curious as to sity of plant life to develop and thrive. As the how they would fare this year. Last fall, LWC website notes: “Areas that are weedy the migrating population had to travel and wild one year will show an abundance of through more than 1,000 miles of dry species while a newly planted lawn or an land through the Midwest and Texas, and area sprayed with pesticides will be a waste - nectar plants were scarce. The popula - land.” For while a nice lawn of green grass tion of Monarchs that reached the moun - looks good ... it is a monoculture and lacks Continued on page 20 On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 11 Record Number of Small Business Awards Nominations The Loudoun County Chamber has community for these Awards,” Chamber Pres - received a record 347 nominations for the ident Tony Howard said. 2012 Small Business Awards, an annual event The 347 nominated businesses are eligible that celebrates the achievements of small to compete in ten categories, where their business, entrepreneurs and non profit organ - applications will be considered by a team of izations in Loudoun County. judges from the Chamber membership. After The Chamber’s Small Business Awards the four finalists in each category are nomination process was open to the public, announced on Sept. 28, the Chamber will who were invited to nominate a deserving invite the public to cast their ballots to help business or nonprofit organization worthy of determine the winners in eight of the ten busi - being called Loudoun’s finest. ness categories. “The Small Business Awards is Loudoun The Awards most prestigious honors – The County’s most prestigious honor that a local Small Business of the Year and The Entrepre - small business or non-profit can earn, and this neur of the Year – will be decided by a Blue record number of nominations is evidence of Ribbon Panel of select Loudoun County busi - the remarkable level of enthusiasm in our ness leaders.

On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com page 12 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012 Amy V. Smith’s Money Talks County Funds Available to Landowners The “Fiscal Cliff” Adopting Conservation Practices – By Amy Smith I The earned income tax credit, the child Loudoun County has funds set aside for runs until Oct. 1. Sign-up for the streamside tax credit, and the American Opportu - landowners who take specific conservation fencing and water system practices, as well What is the “fiscal nity (Hope) tax credit all revert to related actions on their farms. The funds are as all other program practices, will be accept - cliff”? It’s the term lower limits and less generous rules. distributed through the Loudoun Soil and ed throughout the year. For more informa - being used by many to I Individuals will no longer be able to Water Conservation district (LSWCd). tion about the Virginia Agricultural Best describe the unique LSWCd is accepting applications/sign-ups Management Practices Program, including combination of tax deduct student loan interest after the first 60 months of repayment. for cost share for cover crops, grassland con - the current cost share rates, or to schedule a increases and spending version, streamside fencing, water trough site visit for your farm contact, LSWCd at cuts scheduled to go Will new taxes take effect in 2013?: systems, as well as other “best management (571) 918-4530 or via their website: into effect on January 1, Beginning in 2013, the hospital insurance practices.” The sign-up period for cover www.lswcd.org. 2013. The ominous term reflects the belief by (H) portion of the payroll tax-commonly crops and grassland conversion practices some that taken together, higher taxes and referred to as the Medicare portion-increases decreased spending at the levels prescribed by 0.9% for individuals with wages exceeding Farm Bureau News have the potential to derail the economy. $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing Whether we do indeed step off the cliff at the a joint federal income tax return and $125,000 State Fair Arts, Crafts and Crops Com - New Guide Offers Forestland Manage - end of the year, and what exactly that will for married individuals filing separately.) Petition Deadline is Sept. 7 ment Information mean for the economy depends on several fac - Also beginning in 2013, a new 3.8% There’s still time to enter the State Fair of A new guide has been published to help tors. Medicare contribution tax is imposed on the Virginia’s 2012 arts, crafts and crops compe - farmers and timber owners with limited Will expiring tax breaks be extended? unearned income of high-income individuals titions. The deadline for entries is Sept. 7. resources to manage their land economically. With the “Bush tax cuts” set to sunset at the (see above.) This year’s competitions will include Profitable Farms and Woodlands: A Prac - end of 2012, federal tax rates will jump up in Both of these new taxes were created by the fresh produce, pumpkins, honey, preserves, tical Guide in Agroforestry for Landowners, 2013. We’ll go from six federal tax brackets health-care reform legislation passed in 2010- baked goods, sewing, needlework and pho - Farmers and Ranchers was written to assist (10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35%) to five recently upheld as constitutional by the U.S. tography. There also will be some new cate - smaller-scale farmers and woodland owners gories, like the State Fair Special Cookie in the Southeast in adopting best manage - (15%, 28%, 31%, 36%, and 39.6%). The max - Supreme Court—and it would seem unlikely Competition, which will allow children to ment practices. The guide was prepared by imum rate that applies to long-term capital that anything will prevent them from taking enter with their parents, grandparents and an agroforestry team from land grant univer - gains will generally increase from 15% to effect. guardians. sities in collaboration with the U.S. depart - 20%. Will mandatory spending cuts be imple - Links for forms and guidelines to enter ment of Agriculture National Agroforestry Additionally, the temporary 2% reduction mented? adult and youth competitions can be found at Center. download the free 108-page publi - in the Social Security Portion of the Federal StateFairVa.org/competitions. cation at nac.unl.edu/profitable_farms.pdf. Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) payroll The failure of the deficit reduction super- tax, in place for the last two years, also expires committee to reach agreement back in at the end of 2012. And lower alternative min - November 2011 automatically triggered $1.2 City Status, continued from page 4 imum tax (AMT) exemption amounts mean trillion in broad-based spending cuts over a that there will be a dramatic increase in the multiyear period beginning in 2013 (the for - Population Fall 2011 FY 2012 School FY 2012 mal term for this is “automatic sequestra - number of individuals subject to AMT when July Student Enroll - Education Funding as a Cost Per tion”). The cuts are to be split evenly between they file their 2012 federal income tax returns 2011 ment Operating percentage of Pupil in 2013. defense spending and non-defense spending. Budget General Fund Although Social security, Medicaid, and Other breaks go away in 2013 as well ... Medicare benefits are exempt, and cuts to Alexandria 144,301 11,999 $219,706,856 30.8% $17,618 I Estate and gift tax provisions will Medicare provider payments cannot be more change significantly. For example, the than 2%, most discretionary programs includ - Falls Church 12,571 2,096 $35,718,500 47.0% $16,309 amount that can be excluded from ing education, transportation, and energy pro - Manassas City 39,300 6,979 $83,339,163 49.2% $11,478 estate and gift tax drops from 5.12 mil - grams will be subject to the automatic cuts. Manassas Park 15,332 2,998 $29,764,228 44.7% $9,888 lion in 2012 to $1 million in 2013.The What’s the worst case scenario? top tax rate increases from 35% to Purcellville 8,043 1,800 n/a n/a n/a Many fear that the combination of tax 55%. Loudoun Co. 301,171 63,220 $743,004,526 58.2% $11,014 increases and spending cuts will have severe I Itemized deductions and dependency negative economic consequences. The Con - Fairfax City 22,549 3,022 $46,346,667 40.6% $12,538 exemptions will be phased out for indi - gressional Budget Office projects that under viduals with high adjusted gross these fiscal conditions, the economy would A third, Bedford City, is in the process. A respond to emails. incomes (AGIs). Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service If the General Assembly did lift the mora - Continued on page 31 study on the moratorium suggests, “With torium, the transition to city status is not auto - local governments facing increased fiscal matic. The process first requires a referen - pressures, Virginia could see more city to dum of Town voters. If the referendum is Letters to the Editor, continued from page 5 town reversions.” successful, Virginia Code allows any voter or For counties, Virginia law provides a num - property owner of the town or county, as well to overall health, with gum disease linked to school, only 36 percent in middle school and ber of strategic options. A county can fight as any “other person affected by the proceed - premature birth, stroke and heart disease, so 19 percent in high school students learned the granting of city status or a proposed ing,” to become a party to the proceedings. A those visits to the dentist can also help pre - about oral health care. annexation in court. A county can negotiate a special three-judge court appointed by the vent costly doctor visits in the future. Children learn best by example, which legal agreement with a town or city. A coun - Virginia Supreme Court oversees these pro - Good oral health practices should start - means that as adults, we need to take care of ty can transform itself into a city as occurred ceedings. from an early age, but according to a survey - our teeth in addition to teaching children in Hampton Roads. Existing towns within Still, the question is moot unless the Gen - commissioned by Oral Health America, a how to properly take care of their own. the new city remain independent towns; their eral Assembly lifts the moratorium. The con - national, non-profit organization, kids may Oral health affects a child’s ability to learn in ability to pursue city status disappears. Final - sensus among those interviewed is they “will ly, a county can request total or partial immu - deal with it when they have to deal with it” not be getting that message as much as we school and can impact future employability. nity from annexation as six counties, includ - but not before as the subject involves contro - think. Although 69 percent of parents sur - By making good oral health a family matter, ing Prince William have done. Such immuni - versial issues that have lain conveniently dor - veyed said they remind their children on a we can maintain healthy smiles and avoid ty also effectively quashes a town’s ability to mant since 1987. “Not a chance,” responded daily basis to brush their teeth, only 34 per - costly medical and dental bills at the same seek city status. one General Assembly staffer. A co-author of cent of children surveyed recall getting daily time. To learn more about Fall for Smiles and Would Loudoun County pursue any of the Weldon Cooper study predicted that, if reminders. While schools can help teach how you can help spread health smiles these options? Chairman Scott York respond - pressured, the General Assembly might com - kids the importance of good oral health as to your family and friends, visit www.oral - ed through an aide that this was the first he mission a study. “They do a lot of studies,” well,not every student receives this informat healthamerica. org/fallforsmiles. had heard of the town’s interest in pursuing he said. ion, especially as they get older. The survey – The Loudoun County Health Advisory city status and could not comment until he Editor’s Note: Full expanded article can showed that while 65 percent of elementary Council had done more research. Blue Ridge Super - be found at www.BRLeader.com. students learned about oral health care in visor Janet Clarke and her office did not On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today page 13 An Interview With Congressman Frank Wolf – By Tim Jon cessfully, and the dulles corridor will contin - crises these days (our ongoing actions- or ue to be the economic engine of not only the inactions- in the Middle East and Africa, for Frank Wolf has served as 10th District National Capital Region, but the entire Com - instance)? Congressman since 1980; one of his first monwealth of Virginia. I remain committed FW: Sadly, America’s influence in the pieces of legislation went on to wrest control to working to ensure that the rail project is world has waned as President Obama has of the area airports – including Dulles - away completed on time and under budget, if pos - famously opted to “lead from behind.” dur - from the Federal Government and under the sible, while also fighting to keep tolls on the ing a time of historic transition in the Middle current Authority. He's been a proponent of dulles Toll road affordable for people who East and the birth of a new nation in Africa Dulles Rail, and has championed human used the road every day. (South Sudan), our foreign policy has been rights causes around the globe. Frank's less - TJ: On the subject of MWAA, what about rudderless and the world is a more dangerous er-known talents include yo-yo skills and chili the role of dulles Airport itself in the 21st place because of it. To make matters worse, pepper gardening. I've interviewed Congress - Century Metro Washington transportation time and again President Obama and the man Wolf dozens of times, but this is our first and economy sectors: is it where it should be State department have sidelined human exchange in about five years. today- and where's it headed- all things fis - rights and religious freedom in their dealings Tim Jon: You've been on the dulles Rail cally considered? with foreign governments, even the most issue since the beginning. It's been a real FW: dulles Airport is celebrating its 50th repressive in the world. Ronald Reagan saga: getting the funding, all the approvals, Anniversary this year. I am proud of the role often spoke of the U.S. Constitution as “a and the ongoing situation with the Metro Air - I played in transferring control of dulles and covenant we have made not only with our - ports Authority as constructor. Loudoun then National airports to a regional authori - selves, but with all of mankind.” Against obviously has mixed feelings about the ty. Today, dulles and Reagan National are that backdrop he vigorously advocated for whole thing; I guess I'm asking you to make two of the busiest airports in the country. dissidents and embraced the aspirations of dulles is the gateway to the world, and more freedom-loving people the world over. In FW: Loudoun has clearly changed since I sense of this thing for some of us at this time- was first elected to Congress. Population- (it used to be a pretty simple “train story”). important, the economic engine for our contrast, this administration has broken that region. Companies have come to northern covenant with countless people, be it the wise it was the smallest part of the 10th Con - Frank Wolf: Extending Metrorail out the gressional district. Today, it is the largest. dulles corridor and into Loudoun County is Virginia because of dulles. fearful Coptic Christian in Egypt, the desper - TJ: My employer- the US Postal Service ate young monk in Tibet or the persecuted Loudoun is a great place to live, work and (one of) the most important transportation raise a family. I am in Loudoun all the time, projects in our region. Obviously there has is in big trouble; what should be done- if any - pastor in Vietnam. thing- to save it? TJ: Leesburg- the County Seat of whether it is in my official capacity, watch - been some controversy surrounding the proj - ing one of our grandkid's soccer games or ect – much of self-induced by the board of FW: I recognize something needs to be Loudoun- is quite obviously no longer the done about financial health of the U.S. Postal 'small town' that it was when you first picking something up at Nichols Hardware the Metropolitan Washington Airports Store. Loudoun has never lost its sense of Authority (MWAA) – but those issues are Service. That said, I do not support privatiz - became elected to the 10th district; I know ing the postal service. you don't like to pontificate on the actions of community, which is what makes is so spe - being addressed. Once the board returns to cial. the way it operated for more than 20 years, I TJ: Without getting too much into poten - separate jurisdictions, but what are some of tial political campaign territory here, how do the things you see that they 'got right,' and TJ: Thanks to you and your Staff for am confident the airports will continue to making this happen. thrive, dulles Rail will be completed suc - you feel about the US' role in international perhaps some of the mistakes along the way? Governor McDonnell Announces 250 New iGATE Jobs in Loudoun County Gov. Bob Mcdonnell has announced that growth and involvement in this area.” iGATE will invest over $1 million to estab - The Virginia Economic development Part - lish a new facility in Loudoun County. The nership worked with Loudoun County to company will perform a wide range of tech - secure the project for Virginia. Through its nology consulting services for government Virginia Jobs Investment Program, the Vir - agencies and businesses and will offer ginia department of Business Assistance will design-build-operate-maintain services for provide funding and services to support the federal government projects – creating 250 company’s recruitment and training activities. new jobs over the next two to three years. “Establishing this facility in Loudoun Speaking about the project, Gov. Mcdon - County, the home of the Washington dulles nell said, “iGATE’s new operation in International Airport, gives iGATE access to Loudoun County will expand the compa - 80 percent of the world’s economies – a key ny’s US presence in the Washington d.C. advantage to a global organization. In addi - metropolitan market. tion, with more than 900 federal government CAUTION: “We are very excited to open this new contractors located in Loudoun, and with facility in Virginia,” said Sean Narayanan, almost 20 percent of the County’s workforce chief delivery officer, iGATE. “We have been employed by the information and communi - LOOK OUT for impressed with the business and government cations technology industry, doing business in the leaders in Virginia, the high caliber of the Loudoun makes perfect sense for a company workforce, the excellent quality of life, and like iGATE,” said Loudoun County Board of we look forward to positive, long-term Supervisors Chairman Scott K. York. SCHOOL New Greek Life in an Old Theater Tasos Vatikiotis, owner Tasos has stepped up to of Purcellville’s My deli & take a more active role. Cafe Greek Bistro has “It’s pretty cool what CHILDREN wrapped up renovations to we’ve done here,” he transform his family’s said. “Now we have 24 WE PROMOTE SAFETY. HELP US KEEP THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE. Loudoun County-based carryout and cater - seats including our outdoor tables, and are ing business into a small sit-down bistro. doing a lot of events with the schools and My deli & Cafe Greek Bistro is in a for - sports teams.” 101 Loudoun Street SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 mer theater that was transformed into a With Greek and Mediterranean dishes on 12,000-square-foot two-story shopping cen - the menu, the restaurant aims to mimic the 703.777.6535 U 703.777.6963 fax U [email protected] ter and office building. The restaurant has quick-style modern eateries of Greece, been around since 2007. 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On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com page 16 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012 Lovettsville Awarded $426,000 in Grant Funds for Bike Path Project Work continues on the design and per - Bike Path along their frontage. mitting of the Lovettsville Bike and Pedestri - The Virginia department of Transporta - an trail to be located on the west side of tion is administering the Bike Path project on Berlin Pike within the incorporated limits of behalf of the town. A public hearing follow - Lovettsville. The trail has been a wish list ing the requirements of the grant funding item for the town since the 90’s and finally was held in April of 2012, fulfilling a major with the newest award of $426,000 in addi - milestone for the project. Once the detailed tional grant funds from the VdOT Enhance - design work is completed, the project will ment Grants, Phase I of the Bike Path can enter into the Easement Acquisition phase in move forward. Phase I will extend from the the fall of 2012 with construction expecting Town Center south to a point where the Her - to occur in 2014. itage Highlands Subdivision plans to install Good Shepherd Alliance, continued from page 7 and mentoring strengths to support student ten by children, raising funds to go out and projects. The student group strives to reach perform needed maintenance on a GSA shel - the untapped potential of their 15,000 peers ter, and throwing a “Sleep-Out” in the by getting them out and volunteering. Past Loudoun Valley High School gymnasium Youth Advisory Group members have which raised $5,000 and awareness about worked with clubs and student organizations homelessness. The students who take part on at their schools to plan and execute aware - the GSA board take away much from the ness and fundraising projects. Broad Run experience including how to handle leader - High School held a GSA Bake Sale at their ship and responsibility. They serve as an sold-out, televised high school basketball important connection between the board, game. After matching donations, the group their peers and the community, spreading the raised $1000 and social awareness for the reality about homelessness while also mobi - GSA. A “Heart for the Homeless” Music Fest lizing Loudoun’s youth and showing them was held at Founders Hall Ashburn Fire the importance and satisfaction of volunteer - House. Four bands were featured and 70 high ing for a cause you care about. school students attended the successful To learn more about how your school or event. Youth group members were also business can partner with the GSA Youth responsible for the creation and sale of a Advisory Group, contact Bob Ohneiser: poetry book with poems about “home” writ - [email protected].

On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today Page 17 Falling Forward for Butterflies and Bulbs – By donna Williamson It’s funny, but September always seems like the beginning of the year. Maybe it’s a hangover from school days – a long time ago but impactful nevertheless. The cooler weather and shorter days give me lots of energy. This year I am taking all the leaves that fall and putting them under shrubs and trees. Not only is this what Mother Nature does, but I tried it on a small - er scale this past year and the shrubs did very well avoiding the constant duel with the mower. More critically, the shrubs, damaged from last year’s drought, were able to trap the rain that fell rather than having it run off of slick dry lawn. I have another reason to put those leaves under my elderberries, hydrangeas, and dog - woods. Nicole Hamilton of Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy put together a won - derful small book with photos and info about local/Loudoun butterflies and notes several of them over-winter in leaves. Among them are the Painted Lady, Red Admiral, and Mourning Cloak. Why would I dump them into bags for the landfill! So I’ll pile up the leaves right after I get some of the plants I’ve collected this year into the shrub border. The Cornus racemosa (Gray dogwood) is doing very well as is the grew from seed this year as well as a beauti - Texas native, Cornus drummondii. These ful chartreuse clematis I found in North Car - shrub dogwoods host many critters and feed olina. the birds with fat berries. They are easy to Looking forward, I will be planting many grow, fill in the border well, and help us minor bulbs. They are beautiful and inex - share our landscapes. I’ll add in the five pensive, a perfect combination! Anemones, goldenrod varieties and a native penstemon I Continued on page 29

On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com page 18 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012 PUGAMP, continued from page 1 proposed amendments or changes were adopt - adopted three ordinances annexing a portion of This lawsuit was proceeding was through statutes that currently apply to each of the ed. Brown’s Farm, the O’Toole property east of the judicial system and scheduled to be heard other existing Loudoun towns. The town and The School Board eventually selected town, and the remaining 67 acres of Patrick by a special three-judge court in early 2012. County must agree on any expansion plans and Fields Farm as the site for the new high school Henry College property. The annexations When the newly-elected Board of Supervi - go through a public process. What will be (Woodgrove High School) and the Town filed were to become official on dec. 31, 2009. sors took office in January 2012, at the behest missing is the protection that PUGAMP pro - some six lawsuits to prevent its construction. The county disagreed with the town’s inter - of the new Blue Ridge district Supervisor, vided the town from an undesirable develop - The town’s central argument was that pretation and attempted to meet with the Town Janet Clarke, it quickly signaled its desire to ment pattern surrounding the town, one in PUGAMP gave it veto power over the Coun - to discuss their differences but was ignored. accommodate the town’s wishes by dropping which the town will have no voice in establish - ty’s decision to build Woodgrove. The Vir - Consequently, the county filed an injunction the phasing lawsuit and beginning the process ing. ginia Supreme Court eventually ruled that the with the court in the last week of december to eliminate the Annexation Agreement and Instead of formally annexing a parcel, Town’s interpretation was in error and that the 2009 to prevent the annexations from becom - PUGAMP. The town has completed its which is a major government action, the town County had the right to build Woodgrove. ing official until the Court decided whose process and the County will follow this fall. could simply follow state law for boundary Meanwhile, in the summer and fall of 2009, interpretation was correct. A key issue was And so, PUGAMP will be a thing of the past. line adjustments. According to the Virginia the town, believing that phasing as a concept whether or not the town had sufficient water With the elimination of PUGAMP and the Code, “there are no provisions for intervention had expired and that it had the power to unilat - and sewer capacity to meet the uses proposed Annexation Agreement, future expansion of by other parties.” erally annex properties outside of Phase I, for these properties. the town will be governed by the same state Zoning, continued from page 1

Decisionmaker County Staff Board of Supervisors gation requirements. Where actual require - Group meetings and the general public. The ments show a pattern of exceeding existing Board’s action would address approximately Public Hearing No Yes standards, county staff might recommend that 150 of these . Required? the Board change those standards. School staff At the request of the Stakeholder Group the Decision Criteria Predetermined set of Negotiated through a could still propose, as they already do, addi - Board set a goal of adopting as many of the performance standards 3-step process tional enhancements. amendments as possible (known as Package 1) The flexibility inherent in the decision crite - the Zoning Ordinance. In a legislative process The proposal still requires LCPS to request by the end of 2012. A list of all 260 suggestions ria is at the heart of the Zoning Ordinance’s the Board of Supervisors has the flexibility to a Commission Permit from the county, which is posted on-line as an attachment to Item #7 inclusion of a special exception process. It rec - customize requirements for unusual circum - requires a formal public hearing. Howard- for the June 19, 2012 Board Business Meeting. ognizes certain uses may have a negative stances. Such mitigations include restrictions O’Brien noted that retaining this requirement The sheer number of proposed amendments impact on neighbors and provides the Board of on outdoor lights, loudspeakers, or hours of preserves the public hearing requirement and and the technical language of zoning make any Supervisors with the opportunity to require the operation, off-site road improvements, and moves the timing of the hearing to an earlier summary difficult. However there are a few landowner to mitigate those impacts beyond additional trees to conceal the site from neigh - point in the process, allowing the community stakeholder proposals that stand out, including the minimum standards imposed by the Zon - bors. to provide input at the beginning of the reducing public notice to neighbors and short - ing Ordinance. In an administrative process, According to Howard-O’Brien, the process process. ening staff review times, reducing required staff must approve an application that meets or initiated by the Board in July will include a Both School Board Chairman Erik Horn - plantings, increasing the number of allowable exceeds the performance standards found in review of the history of county-imposed miti - berger and Howard-O’Brien pointed to the events at venues, and permitting monopoles extensive community outreach and impact by-right. The first three items are included in mitigation efforts for HS-8 (the high school Package 1. The event item will be part of a planned for Lansdowne) that began during the sales contract due diligence period, long before ZONING ORDINANCE   the submission of materials for the land use STAkEHOLDER GROUP application. Given the level of detail that has I Loudoun County occurred in those efforts, Hornberger won - Chamber of Commerce dered what value a special exception process I Dulles Area Association of Realtors might now provide to the public.  
I Dulles South Alliance The Aldie Fire House offers an alternative I Economic Development Commission example. In this case, the Zoning Ordinance designated the facility a by-right use. despite I Entitlement Process Volunteer Work Group existing performance standards for such con - I Loudoun County Design Cabinet struction, numerous staff meetings with neigh - bors, and extensive efforts to accommodate I Northern Virginia Association of Industrial and Office Properties their mitigation requests, the neighbors sued the county. Supervisor Janet Clarke (R-Blue I Northern Virginia Building Indus - try Association Ridge) used the lack of a formal public hearing to convince her Board colleagues to restart the I Loudoun County Planning Commission  (( #'! entire process. Neither Clarke nor her office responded to I Loudoun County Rural Economic Development Council (REDC)  *"$ + %%#$ (*&' questions regarding any contradiction between (*.(-* her opposition to the process used for the Aldie  #%* ,& ',+   Fire House and her support for a policy that later package; the monopole item will be con -  
 would generally apply that process to all pub - sidered sometime after the Board’s appoint -  #!", '#'!(+ lic facility planning. ment of a Zoning Ordinance Authority Group. The amendments to streamline the process According to staff, the Board’s decision to  #',#'!  * )*(-,(( * for commercial uses are based on the priority move forward with the compressed schedule   (* recommendations from a Stakeholders Group for Package 1 items may limit opportunities + '#(*+'& & *+ consisting of representatives from various for public outreach beyond the traditional pub - ( ," &#%#,*. business and real estate interests. The group lic hearing process required by law. Staff are   was set up by county staff to facilitate the currently working on draft language with a    implementation of an initiative by Chairman completion goal of mid-October. A Planning   Scott York (R-At-Large). Commission public hearing is planned for   After extensive outreach efforts, County October 24, 2012.       
 staff prepared a matrix of 260 issues derived Editor’s. Note: An expanded version of this from comments received from the Stakeholder article can be found at www.BRLeader.com. On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 19

On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com page 20 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012 8Real Estate Ticker 8 Housing: The “Up” Side of this “Down” market

– By Carl Fischer erratic recovery in both house prices and Isn't that right? But consider this. One of existing mortgages, have chosen to sell the consumer confidence. And these facts are the most powerful philosophies I have property short, or renegotiate their loan, In the past two hard to ignore. But there's one aspect to acquired in my personal life (many years often agreeing to sign an unsecured person - months, the housing market what has happened in the past five years that ago) is this adage: If you can't solve a prob - al note with the bank for the deficit, just so has seen a traditional reduc - seems to escape the focus of the press: How lem, change the problem to one you can they can move on with their lives. tion in residential sales about the incredible opportunities this down solve. Many of these folks turn right around and activity through the heat of market has presented to those who can take If you can't qualify now to refinance your buy another home at a lower face amount, the summer. In the summer advantage of the 'now'? present mortgage because your equity in the and enjoy these historic, all-time low, inter - months, many families have more pressing For those owners who are buried, or up- property won't support the ratios, what can est rates for the remainder of their new loan, demands on their time, be it for vacations, side down in their present ownership situa - you do? saving a ton of money over the life of the travel, or simply family get-togethers both tion, and who agonize daily about their loss Some clients, realizing how much they loan. near and far. of equity as house prices have continued to are losing every month, not only in their For those who can qualify, today's down during this period, the national press con - erode, it feels like there's very little to be equity position, but more importantly, market provides a double-barreled opportu - tinues to document the case for a very slow, done but just wait this recovery out. through their interest payments on their Continued on page 29 Butterflies, continued from page 10 Mosby Heritage Area Association tains of Mexico was the smallest ever I “Lower numbers were seen for the Com - recorded and they were skinny – unable mon Buckeye. This is a butterfly that in Receives $41,625 Grant to put on the fat they typically would the last two years seemed to have a pop - The Mosby Heritage Area Association, the fields,” said Jon Jarvis, director of the from nectaring along their migration.” ulation explosion and we saw them northern Va. Piedmont preservation and edu - National Park Service. “These places are everywhere. This year things had wound I “Cloudless Sulphurs were on the rise cation organization, has received a grant of symbols of individual sacrifice and national with five out of eight teams reporting back down.” $41,625 from the National Park Service’s heritage that we must protect so that this and sighting. This is a species that we may I “We had an old record for an Aphorodite American Battlefield Protection Program future generations can understand the strug - see every few years and only by 1 or 2 Fritillary but having not seen one in (ABPP) to fund a community-based preser - gles that define us as a nation.” teams so it was exciting for it to be more Loudoun for the entire time that we’ve vation plan for the Civil War Cavalry Battles The grant is one of 27 National Park Serv - widespread this year.” conducted the count,we thought that of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. ice grants totaling $1.35 million to preserve I “Eastern Tailed Blues (403 compared to perhaps the species was no longer in our The preservation plan will focus on the and protect significant battle sites of all wars a previous high of 242 ), Tawny-edged area. But there it was and with a photo to three cavalry battles at Aldie, Middleburg, fought on American soil. Funded projects Skippers (194 compared to a previous document it!” and Upperville, where Confederate General preserve battlefields from the Colonial-Indi - high of 66) and Variegated Fritillaries You don’t need to have a lot of knowl - J.E.B. Stuart fought a delaying tactic in June an Wars through World War II, and include (216 compared to a previous high of 110) edge about butterflies to participate in 1863 to screen the northern movement of site mapping (GPS/GIS data collection), were standouts with the highest numbers LWC’s annual Butterfly Count ... just a General Robert E. Lee into Pennsylvania archeological studies, National Register of ever seen on the count.” (Summary data desire to enjoy their beauty and assist with prior to the Battle of Gettysburg. Historic Places nominations, and preserva - from all 16 years of LWC’s count is conservation efforts. For more information “We are proud to support projects like this tion and management plans. For more infor - available on their website.) go to www.loudounwildlife.org. that safeguard and preserve American battle - mation, visit www.mosbyheritagearea.org.

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Athenry’s Sammy the Bull and Miss Ashley, the pry, but how did you ever Other notable entrees include veal or lady cow with the big baby brown eyes and feel wanted?” Anthony’s, the little restaurant on the chicken Marsala, lasagna, salmon penne, south side of West Main Street as you leave long eye lashes that just drove Sammy the Bull “Sushi,” said Gnarly, “I fried fish and fries, and tortellini, and cheese crazy in love? This past year they had a baby had one ornery old barn cat Purcellville, is a good place to go if you are or meat ravioli. All entrees are accompanied bull boy, little Sammy Junior, the spitting image reach out to me one day ... ” looking for a tasty and fulfilling Italian by garlic bread and a garden salad. Mediterranean meal. From pizza to parmi - of his mother. Beautiful Angus bull calf, just My ears perked up, my mind whirling inside There are soups variable each day, and a (Could Gnarly possibly be talking about Hokie; giana, stromboli to scampi, the menu offers choice of eight dinner salads including one thing wrong though, when little Sammy the cat that got me into so much trouble during something for everyone and items are rea - Greek, Caesar, Insalada Caprese, Grilled Junior went to call his mama or papa, his the blessing of the farm by Father Jimmy so sonably priced to make it possible to bring in Chicken Walnut, and Antipasto, none cost - “moo” would start with a sta sta sta stutter! the whole family for just a snack or a com - ing more than $9. Wow, you just have no idea how on a farm, many years ago?) I listened intently not to fortable neighborhood meal out. For those who want to stop for a snack when born into a herd of cattle, how tough it miss one word Gnarly Gander had to say. Proprietor Anthony seems to be the very and a drink, there are plenty of appetizers can be with other little bull boys if you have a “Sushi,” said Gnarly, “I was in the ‘Quackery essence of a proper neighborhood restaura - from which to choose – from fried jalapenos, sta sta sta stutter in your moo. I noticed how Pond’ in a really miserable state, feeling sorry teur, welcoming and friendly but with a con - calamari fritti, bruschetta, falafel, to a little Sammy started to hang his head in shame for my ugly self. I wasn’t Brad Paisley or Toby stant eye on the efficiency of the operation. Mediterranean sampler with hummus, as the other young bull boys would snicker and Keith, if you know what I mean. I had my head Formerly in partnership with another eatery falafel, grape leaves, baba ganoush, and moo at him. He began to stay all to himself. under water with my tail feathers up. I guess I proprietor, Anthony left the collaborative salad. Four flavors of wings are served with And, he never swished his tail or romped with had been that way for a long time. I figured, if relationship to open his own establishment celery sticks and blue cheese dressing. glee anymore. He seemed very lonely. I kept my head under water no one would in Purcellville four years ago in an existing Pizza, stromboli, and calzone lovers will Well, I had work to do and trotted off down notice my big honker. But, Hokie the cat had space just past Silcott Springs Road (Route find plenty to choose from, with a selection toward the barn yard. I kept thinking there been watching me for some time and decided 690). Several months ago he greatly expand - of nine pizzas and six strombolis or cal - to swat his paw and give my tail feathers a ed and upgraded the look of the building must be a way to lift poor little Sammy’s spirits. zones. But these can be multiplied into an hard solid grab. I flipped up out of the water with the addition of a large front patio cov - I hated seeing him so rejected and all alone. almost infinite variety with the many selec - and honked, honked, and honked in a terrible ered by a tailored awning featuring the In the moment, I turned the corner toward the tions of toppings and sauces. Anthony’s also “Quackery” when I almost ran into Ol’ Gnarly fright. I was sure my life was over – that the restaurant logo. offers eight hot subs and seven cold subs. The menu is impre ssive in extent. Antho - Gander, the Chinese Goose. You can’t miss Sly One, the fox, had come up behind me and Small subs are $5.50, and large subs $8. Ol’ Gnarly; he is the big white guy with a huge I would soon would be his dinner. I realized I ny’s offers almost 20 entrees. At our most We haven’t begun to test Anthony’s orange knot on his big honker. It dawned on didn’t want to die. Certainly not to be eaten, recent visit, my companion ordered eggplant menu, but given our initial impressions, parmigiana with spaghetti and meat sauce me that with a big nose knot like that Gnarly feathers and all, by that dirty red foxy fellow!” we’ll be going back often, not to review, but “But ... when I saw it was that ornery barn ($11). Unlike so many Italian restaurants we to enjoy. might have been teased a little as a young lad. have visited, the eggplant was not overcooked Maybe Gnarly might know how to cheer up lit - cat Hokie, I shook my tail feathers and started or dripping with oil, nor was the dish over- George Humphries is a retired Navy aviator tle Sammy Junior and help him to see his own to walk away, dejectedly thinking that here is seasoned with garlic. She pronounced it to be who began cooking at the age of 10 and has self-worth? another one of my supposed barn fellows delicious. My choice was fettuccini Alfredo managed several large restaurants. He has “Hey Gnarly,” I said, “Have you noticed Little ready to make fun of me.” with meatballs ( $12), also deftly seasoned lived in Loudoun Country since 1984. Sammy Junior, the Black Angus boy with the “Then, just as my thoughts turned sour, sta sta sta stutter in his moo? I was thinking Hokie cat growled at me and said, “Hey bud, Gnarly, not to hurt your feelings, but, maybe ‘ya want to join me in some good old fashion Get results! Advertise with us! because of that big honker of a nose you have, barn fun?’ And, with that he licked his cat well, maybe you were teased when you were whiskers and had such a mischievous grin on Contact us at [email protected], growing up? How did you handle it?” his face I had to believe he wanted to be my “Sushi, my man,” said Gnarly, “I was teased. friend. So, I followed. I needed to follow, and or call 540 338-6200 I know I have a big nose, and now I just laugh thank God I did because at that low point I was about it. But, when I was a little kid, it really so ready to drown myself in sorrow. You see, hurt. I felt like an outcast. I wasn’t cool.” Continued on page 28

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On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com page 22 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today September 2012 Committees at a Glance, continued from page 5 unanimous in their support for the first The final item on the commission’s agen - three recommendations: that the depart - da was a request from Purcellville Mayor ment should not report to the Board of Bob Lazaro. Mayor Lazaro had asked Com - Supervisors, that it needs to remain visible mission Chair Tom Julia if he and the other and a budget priority, and that locating it in mayors might come in and speak to the the Commissioner of Revenue’s office would commission or the relevant subcommittee not only address the first two recommenda - regarding the Fire & Rescue and Loudoun tions but create at least some small cost sav - Water topics. This request was not positive - ings. ly received. “I think we’ve got enough on our Given the answers provided by or elicit - plate without inviting all the mayors,” one ed from a panel of experts at the commis - member commented. “Couldn’t they just sion’s July meeting, this recommendation was submit something in writing?” asked another. not surprising. The panel consisted of the Recognizing that it made “good, eminent County Treasurer, the Commissioner of Rev - sense to invite comment before we vote on enue, the Acting Chief Financial Officer, the anything,” Julia suggested that a phone call be interim Assessor, a solid majority came down made to the mayor to discuss a means of in favor of including it. receiving the mayors’ comments.

More online at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 23 Arts & Galleries Fairs & Music Arts in the Village Gallery grand opening, The 43rd Annual Bluemont Fair, Friday, Sept. 21 Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 15 & 16 Giddy Up and Go!!!! Saturday, Sept. 22 will be the grand open - Old fashioned family fun at a its sixty-ninth anniversary this ing day featuring the mayor of Leesburg doing “green” country fair featuring traditional year when the annual Waterford a ribbon cutting ceremony at noon, artist crafts, local art and authors, craft and farm - Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit returns demos, live music, beverages and appetizers, ing demonstrations, music: traditional, blues to Loudoun County. The weekend family events, and more. and country, 10k race, free children’s fair, will feature 155 artisans demonstrat - demonstrations will continue on Sunday, farm animals, llamas and alpacas, quilt dis - ing a variety of traditional crafts - Sept. 23. All artists will be on hand. All art - play, colonial blacksmith, homemade food, manship. A tour of the village will work is local and available for purchase. For fresh and dried flowers, pie-baking/pickle- offer guests a look into preserved more information go to www.artsinthevil - making contest, antiques and collectables, homes and buildings and a walk lage.com or call 703-862-5063. Arts in the local wine-tasting and gourmet treats, historic through Civil War history. Village Gallery is located at 1601 Village slide show, bee-keepers and hives, model Tickets at the gate are $17 per person per Market Blvd. Suite #11, Leesburg, VA 20175. railroad display and antique caboose, pre- day, children 12 and under are free. Advance Byrne Gallery “Art Goes Here” special Civil War country store, farmer’s market, and tickets are $15 per person per day (order more. General Admission, adults $5; chil - event will provide a full day of exhibition of paintings, mixed media and online Aug. 13-Sept. 22). Advance tickets at entertainment including six nationally sanc - sculpture, Saturday, Sept. 8 dren under ten, free. Call (540) 554.2367, or ticket outlets may be purchased through Oct. go to www.bluemontfair.com for more info. tioned horse races, terrier races, and tailgate Work is by Stephen Saff, architect, artist 4. Check web site for details/a list of out - contest. A ceremony honoring past and and furniture designer. The show opens on 9th Annual Watermelon Park Fest, lets – www.waterfordva.org. present Olympic equestrians will also take Sept. 7, and there will be a reception for the Saturday, Sept. 20 – 22 place during the day. Great Meadows is artist on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 5 pm to 8 pm. Shepherds Ford Productions hosts its ninth Equestrian located at 5089 Old Tavern Road, The This reception is free and everyone is cordial - annual, three-day Americana Roots Music Plains, VA 20198-2552. General admission ly invited to attend. The paintings will be on Festival – Watermelon Park Fest. This year Events car passes are $55 in advance (passes also display through Sept. 30. the event features: The del McCoury Band, available for purchase on race day). For Byrne Gallery: 7 West Washington Street Tim O'Brien, Larry Keel, Furnace Mountain, 58th Annual Running of the Virginia Fall ticket information call 540-347-1215 or in Middleburg, Virginia. Gallery hours, Mon - over 20 additional bands, contests, work - Races, Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 6 & 7 ... order online at www.vagoldcup.com. Chil - day & Tuesday by appointment only, Wednes - shops, camping, dances, food and craft ven - Benefits INOVA Hospital & The Glen - dren 12 years of age and under are admitted day through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm. and Sun - dors, kids activities and more. Family-friend - wood Park Trust free with an adult. day noon to 5 p.m. (540) 687-6986. ly event is located at Watermelon Park, 3322 Come for great outdoor family fun and the 58rd running of the Virginia Fall Races – “Art on Exhibit” at Loudoun County Pub - Lockes Mill Rd., Berryville, Virginia 22611 Glenwood Park, Middleburg, Virginia, Oct. Other Fun Stuff! lic Libraries! ... Sept. 1 through Oct. 31 alongside the Shenandoah River just 45 min - 6 & 7. Saturday highlights include the run - Art on Exhibit features the work of local utes from dC. Early Bird Thurs. – Sun. tick - 4th Annual “Dog Swim” at A.V. Syming - ning of the Chronicle Cup timber classic and artists at five Loudoun County public ets are $60 through Aug. 31, $80 after Aug. ton Aquatic Center, Saturday, Sept. 8. the daniel C. Sands hurdle race. Saturday libraries. Exhibits are on view for a two- 31. One-day tickets available at the gate: $50- there will be a Family Fun Fair with petting Leesburg dogs, Inc. will host the fourth month period with some pieces available for $60 per day. Kids 12 and under free. Informa - zoo, pony rides and more. Full card of rac - annual dog Swim at the A.V. Symington purchase. All exhibits are open during regular tion and ticket sales at www.watermelonpark - ing on Sunday ... spectators will get a taste of Aquatic Center in Leesburg’s Ida Lee Park. business hours. See a full list of libraries par - fest.com. Telephone: (540) 955-1621. Full fox hunting with the finals of the Field The event will take place from 9 am to 12 ticipating in the exhibit on page 25. schedule online at www.BRLeader.com. Hunter Championships of America being noon. Admission is $5.00 per dog, with a The Loudoun Symphony Presents a War Sketch Club Artists Paint the Park, held right on the race course at 12 noon. limit of two dogs per handler. of 1812 Bicentennial Concert at Lees - Franklin Park Arts Center, Sept. 7 – Nov. 4 Gates open both days at 11 am; post time, Each year, between 800 and 1,000 dogs burg’s Ida Lee Park, Sunday, Sept. 23 Loudoun Sketch Club artists will celebrate 1:30 pm. Tickets, box seats, rail side and attend the dog Swim. The Loudoun Symphony, together with the opening of Franklin Park Art Center’s 5th tailgate picnic parking spaces can be pur - Proceeds from the admission fees, as well the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Part - season with a special exhibit of paintings chased in advance – call (540) 687-5662 or as sales of bottled water and T-shirts, are nership, Visit Loudoun and the Town of showcasing the park in many different styles – by fax (540) 687-5611. General Admission, used to benefit Leesburg, will present “1812: An American and from many different points of view.Exhib - $30.00 per car (4 people max.). Glenwood is the Leesburg Celebration.” Billed as the largest War of it dates are Sept. 7 – Nov. 4, 2012. just north of the village of Middleburg on dog Park at Olde 1812 Bicentennial celebration in the greater Participating artists include Vivian Atter - Route 626, Foxcroft Road. Izaak Walton meyer, Mary Champion, Elly Friedman, Lori Washington dC region, the festival is held at Park. For more Goll, Pauline Lorfano, Rose McIntyre, Alice Leesburg’s Ida Lee Park. Advance general International Gold Cup Race, information Power, Pam Swann, Edith Symes, Harold admission tickets $20. Children under Saturday, Oct. 20 about the Lees - Symes, Wilson Webb, Betty Wiley and Jessi - twelve, free. Visit www.1812Concert.org for The 2012 International Gold Cup marks burg dog Park or ca Wilson. For more information about the more information. the 75th running of this prestigious race and the dog Swim, Loudoun Sketch Club, visit loudounsketch - The 69th Annual Waterford Fair, Friday maintains international interest both in the please call 703-777-1368. (Children under 8 club.com. For information, visit franklin - through Sunday, Oct. 5, 6 & 7 spectator venues as well as on course. This years of age will not be allowed at the dog parkartscenter.org Virginia’s oldest juried crafts fair marks Swim ... thank you.)

First Friday in Purcellville starts Sept. 7th! First Friday is coming to Purcellville! attending a recent meeting held by the town, Participating businesses, 21 Street: Participating businesses, Hatcher Ave.: the members of that committee didn’t know I Christian Shoppe/Heart’s delight – Purcellville is starting their own First Fri - I Piper dan’s Keltic Shoppe – Irish baked some of these businesses exist. This will appetizers and local artist Catherine Fet - day event on Sept. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. give the public the opportunity to meet the goods and refreshments. terman. The family friendly event includes busi - I business owner and enjoy music, art and Boodacades – Live music with Chris Participating businesses on Main Street nesses in many parts of town. Everything wine for three hours a month,” Barbagallo Bowen. I Gruto’s Ice Cream. from wine tastings to carriage rides will be I said. Butterfly Gourmet – Wine tasting with I Above Ground Winery – Wine, live offered. Participating businesses will feature hors Otium Cellars and hors d’oeuvres. Music by Annie Stokes and sidewalk “Busy families seldom have time to stop I d’oeuvres, wine, art or music. Some will Shave and a Haircut – Live music by chalk for the kids. and discover the charm of Purcellville, with offer more than one treat. There will be sev - James Fedick and wine by Notaviva I My deli and Café/Endless Summer Tan soccer games and music lessons, and now eral wineries exhibiting their craft along Vineyards. – free appetizers adding to the stack, homework,” said Mary I with live music in three locations. The ReLove-It – With wine by 8 Chains I Everyday Elegance Beth Barbagallo, co-owner of Above unique opportunity will be the horse drawn North. I Twigs Ground Winery. carriage rides that travel the length of the I Shamrock Music – Live music/wine by “You would be surprised by how many event on Main Street. The First Friday event The Barns at Hamilton Station. Special Event residents don’t know these businesses exist will continue through december. I Sarah Huntington photography exhibit. Shenandoah Carriage Company – horse or what they do. They eye opener was drawn carriage rides on Main Street! More online at www.brleader.com

= Sept. 13-16, the 150th anniversary of the = Sept. 22, 20th annual Dulles Day Family Encouraging Loudoun to Read Civil War Battle of Harpers Ferry at Festival and Plane Pull, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Harpers Ferry national Historical Park. Dulles International Airport. The event benefits Loudoun County Public Library’s county - September The battle will be commemorated with special Special Olympics Virginia. For more information, wide reading and discussion program, “Book tours, speakers, exhibits, children’s events, living to register your team, sign up to exhibit or vol - Community,” begins Tuesday, Sept. 4 featuring For a complete listing, please visit our events history, music, and more. The park opens at 8 unteer, or for sponsorship details, visit “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka. Calendar on our website: www.brleader.com. a.m. daily. Visit the park Web site at www.planepull.com to see your community event here, please www.nps.gov/hafe. The annual program encourages community mem - send us an email to: [email protected]. Thursday, Sept. 27, Conversations in History bers to come together to read and discuss the = Saturday, Sept. 15, The James Boys per - Series, 7 p.m. at Mount Zion Church, 40309 John same book . = Saturday, August 4, 10 am to 4 p.m., Mt. forming at The Game Club, 16 S. Berlin Pike, Mosby Highway, Aldie, Va. Dr. Jim Hershman of Free copies of “When the Emperor was Pleasant Annual Church Picnic, Public invit - Lovettsville. 8 p.m. to midnight. $17 per couple Georgetown University will speak on “Two Divine” will be available at all library branches ed! Taylorstown, VA. . and $9 per single Localities, Two Different Experiences: Virginians beginning Sept. 4, and book discussions and Tackle Civil Rights, 1961-64.” $5 for adults, $2 = Thursday, Sept. 6, free garden lecture at = Saturday, Sept. 15, Fall native Plant Sale, for students. Call 540-687-6681 or email other accompanying programs are scheduled at 7 p.m. at Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Rust nature Sanctuary, 802 Children’s Cen - [email protected] for more informa - all branches through Oct. 24. The author pres - Road, N.W., Leesburg in the large meeting room. ter Rd.Leesburg. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nature By tion. entation and book signing will take place at 7 Lecture by John Dahlberg, a Loudoun County Design and Hill House Farm and Nursery will p.m., Oct. 3 at Cascades Library in Potomac Falls. farmer about “Understanding Mushrooms.” He = have a large selection of locally native plants for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, The program is free and open to the public; no will discuss identification techniques, tips and sale. Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy will have a 8th annual Autumn Apple Festival at The reservations required. “When the Emperor was tricks for finding the best local mushrooms and a table focusing on butterflies and gardening for Heritage Farm Museum, located off Route 28 Divine” dramatizes the internment of Japanese primer for growing your own edible mushrooms. wildlife. and Route 7 in Claude Moore Park, Sterling, Vir - ginia. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festival free with paid and Japanese Americans during World War II, and =Saturday Sept. 8, dog swim at A.V. = Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16, museum admission, adults $5, seniors $4, chil - tells what it might have been like to be among Symington Aquatic Center. The fourth annu - 43rd annual Bluemont Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 dren 2-12 $3 and children under 2 are free. Go the detained in America. “Growing up in my fam - al swim will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Admission is p.m. rain or shine. Rt. 734-Snickersville Turn - ily, there was so much silence about what hap - $5 per dog, with a limit of two dogs per handler. to www.heritagefarmmuseum.org for more pike, off Rt. 7. $5/adults and under 10/free. Fea - pened during WWII. I remember by mother Children under 8 years of age will not be allowed information. turing traditional crafts (juried), local art and telling me that when she came back to California at the dog swim. For more information call 703- authors, craft and farming demonstrations, = Friday Oct. 5 through Sunday Oct. 7, from ‘camp’ in 1945, none of her classmates 777-1368. music, 10k race, free Children’s Fair, farm ani - Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibit. asked her where she had been for the last three = mals and more. Go to www.bluemontfair.com Tour the village of Waterford and enjoy a crafts Saturday, Sept. 8, Writers’ Conference at and a half years. And so it was as if the intern - Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, or call 540.554.2367. fair. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $15 per person, per day in advance, $17 per person per day at gate. Chil - ment had never happened. She would be so Potomac Falls. 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. For adults, = Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16, Oat - dren 12 and under are free. Visit www.Water - happy to know that her story – in fictional form teens and seniors. The conference is free and lands Civil War on the Home Front Tours fordfoundation.org for more information. – is now being read by so many,” author Otsuka open to the general public. For more information at Oatlands Plantation, 20850 Oatlands Plan - said. call 703-444-3228 or go to the Loudoun County tation Lane Leesburg. Sept. 15 at 11:00 a.m. and Public Library website http://library.loudoun.gov. 1 p.m. and Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. = Thursday, Sept. 13 “images of Summer” Tours are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $10 Art Display in Hamilton. An exhibit of origi - for children 6-16 years of age. Call 703-777-3174 nal paintings by artist Donna Robinson will be on for additional information. display at Prudential Carruthers Real Estate in = Saturday Sept. 22, 13th annual Apple But - Hamilton September 10 – November 30. The ter Celebration at Skyland Resort, mile 41.7 public is invited to attend an Opening Reception on Skyline Drive Shenandoah National Park. 9:45 for the artist on Thursday, September 13 from 5 – a.m. – 5 p.m. The event will include entertainment, 7 p.m. Prudential Carruthers is located at 4 East wine tasting, pony rides, children’s crafts and ket - Colonial Highway in Hamilton. tle-fresh apple butter to take home. 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Just Like Nothing (Else) on Earth – by Tim Jon “Sure hope I don't meet a big truck coming Road, near Ketoctin Church Road. It's a loose patches of grav - my way around this next bend” ... nice, normal enough drive for quite a el – and, of course the That's pretty much my sentiment every stretch down in the bottomland – with surprises offered by Short Hill time I head up the narrow, gravel surface that Short Hill Mountain loom - hikers, bikers, runners hugs the side of the slope along Short Hill ing up ahead of you. (“Oh, Look! How and various wild crit - Mountain Mountain. Notice I didn't say “road,” even pretty!”) Then, all of a sudden, you go ters. Generally, all in though that's part of the corridor's official up – right up along the shoulder of the a day's work, for the name. That stretch that looks – and feels – thing – and then it gets real interesting; you're guys – and gals – in our office. like it was hewn from the side of the cliff by still climbing, the road angles up to the left, Now, at the end of this particular a bunch of itinerant workers on their way to a and it banks as you turn – so your vehicle is delivery route, I'd get the pleasure of Saturday night party – who just sort of left it doing things that only a ride at the state fair traveling the same road in the oppo - that way, for the rest of us to sort out. ought to do – to my way of feeling. And, site direction – and this is where it Well, maybe I'm exaggerating just a little you'd better keep 'er movin' in this stretch – becomes a truly visually rewarding bit – but you get the general idea; I want to unless you want to feel yourself sliding back experience. For, as you climb this stress the primitive nature of this strip of the same way from which you came. same ridge from the northwestern traffic using this road – and, at that time of earth to anyone who hasn't had the pleasure Again, imagine yourself at the helm of an side, the trees open up and you're offered a day, the dew coming off the verdure below of traveling up the little path in a vehicle antiquated beast of a machine with the barest spectacular view of the valley off to the south will form into a nice, dense- almost mysteri - without 21st Century suspension – like, say, a minimum of suspension (how many times and southeast. ous- bank of fog in the lowlands- seemingly mail truck. 'Cause that's what we (my asso - has your seatbelt forcibly kept your carcass You can see farms, schools, water towers, just for you. Pretty evocative, if you ask me. ciates and I at the Purcellville Post Office) behind the wheel of that new SUV because of other bits of high ground, and lots of rolling, Oh – and those big trucks - lumbering use to get up – and down – this, as well as all its bumpy ride?). Well, after what seems like green topography. That is, you can see all of through my imagination as I make my way those other bumpy, windy, hilly sometimes a lengthy bout of bouncing, slinging, fervent this if you dare take your eyes off the road for up in a Postal vehicle? The regular driver on dangerous dirt roads in our daily travels and praying – not to mention dodging the errant even a split-second, as your 'rig' jumps and the route told me about an incident with a travails. tree branch – you make it to the summit (of skitters precipitously on the washboard sur - couple of 18-wheelers- who tried to negotiate This one sort of creeps up on you. You're the road, anyway) and start your descent into face; for this panoramic treat, you're far bet - that first banked curve; it wasn't happening. driving along – northbound – along Short the deep woods. Now, all you've got to do is ter off in your personal vehicle on an early Keep your toys at home. Hill Road after it springs off of Allder School just watch out for those blind corners and Sunday morning – without much of the other

Saying Goodbye to Two Beautiful Souls Answers to Arlene Janney Amherst, Va; children Asa Moore (Marianne) crossword Janney III, Rachel Janney (Kip Brundage), Evelyn Arlene Grow Janney, 89, of Lin - John Janney, and Hannah Janney; grand - puzzle from coln, Virginia, died Aug. 8, 2012, at Sunrise of daughters Hannah Lauren Janney (Mike page 21 Leesburg. Born Oct. 1, 1922, in Cheltenham, Schenkel), Myrna Estelle Janney, Kathryn Md., Arlene was the middle of 9 children and Janney deButts, Elizabeth Rose (Charlie) dil - grew up on dairy farms in Maryland and near lon, Beka More deButts, Ruth Hannah Lincoln, Va. Arlene is survived by siblings deButts, Eliza Kay Janney, and Molly Jay Jan - Mildred Rowell of Orland, FL, Joseph Grow ney; and – the light of her life – great grand - of Charles Town, WV, and Lloyd Grow of son Gabriel Christian deButts. Marilyn SnyderMoffett Lovettsville, Va; sister Betsy Leth of Md outside of Washington, dC. In 1954 Lynn North Tustin, CA; and six grandchil - married Air Force officer and fighter pilot Ray Marylyn Snyder Moffett of Pur - dren. Moffett and the couple moved to Anchorage, cellville, VA, died Aug. 4, 2012 at Passionate about sailing and tennis, Alaska. While her husband served the country the age of 78. She is survived by Lynn Moffett was a member of the defending its northern borders, Lynn worked as her husband of 58 years, Raymond Annapolis Yacht Club and the Leesburg a writer at a radio station owned by the Mid - C. Moffett, Jr of Purcellville, VA; Tennis Club. She and her husband night Sun Broadcasting Company. After their daughters Shelly drabik of York, owned and raced a number of horses on Alaskan adventures the couple moved back to PA and Judy Johnson of Middle - Virginia's Steeple Chase circuit.Lynn Maryland to start a family and eventually relo - burg, Va; son Chris Moffett of grew up in the small town of Olney, cated to Purcellville, Va. 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Remember, the sheep much work to do. Remember in this new went crazy, knocking people over and ruining school year ... be kind unto others, for you Must be home for pressure test. Only valid in the following Zip Codes Father Jimmy’s blessing and you were put into never know how you might touch their lives. with mention of this ad: 20117, 129, 132, 134, 135, 141, 158, 180 doggy dungeon?” LOVE Gnarly & SUSHI! My heart sank, for those were some of the Come visit us at Fields of Athenry farm! worse days in my Sushi dog’s life. I never real - On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 29 Ask Dr. Mike, continued from page 2 E, As parents, negotiating your way are displeased with the testing results, you be the one for me. I am embarrassed to might need to slow things down a little as a through moments like this can be very frus - may also request an Independent Education - admit though that I snooped through his couple. I would caution you from reacting trating and upsetting, so I would like to pro - al Evaluation (IEE) to be done privately. medicine cabinet and found a pill bottle for or making any irreversible changes though vide you with a road map here on how to The school system typically pays the full fee the medication, valproic acid. The pre - inasmuch as Mr. Right does not come along handle your situation. First, it is not clear to to have your son assessed by a private psy - scription is a recent one. I did my research everyday…and Mr. Right will never be per - me from your letter if your son is attending chologist. You could return to Ashburn to find that valproic acid can be used to fect! a private or public school. If he is attending Psychological Services for that testing or treat different things, ranging from seizure a private school, I recommend you express another Northern Virginia testing practice. disorders to bipolar disorder. I know I Dr. Mike, I discovered that my son’s previ - your concerns directly to the head of the So, why is psychoeducational testing so shouldn’t have snooped, and I feel badly ous therapist recently passed away. I am school as soon as possible. You should also costly? Psychoeducational testing is not about it, but I found what I found and the not sure if and how I should share the news request to have your son’s first and second covered by any insurance companies. This situation is scary to me. I told my sister with him. We are currently seeing a new grade teachers present at the meeting with is because insurance companies take the and couple of my friends, and they are all therapist and had no intention of returning the school head to discuss your son’s strug - position that psychoeducational testing is unsettled by the discovery. I was hoping to his previous therapist. I just want to be gles and to come up with an action plan for not a medical issue but rather an education - for some of your wise direction here. honest with my boy and feel he would this year. They may wish to simply increase al one, so the cost should fall to the parents. appreciate knowing this. – G in Loudoun County structure and provide some in-class supports Private psychoeducational testing requires a – Y in Loudoun County and accommodations to start. By coordinat - high level of expertise and the process is G, Yes, valopric acid is a medication ing your efforts as parents with an involved lengthy. When testing privately, you are that is used to treat several conditions, Y, I do not see any benefit in telling school staff, your son may do just fine this paying for both the expertise and the time. including the ones you mentioned. I sup - your son that his previous therapist has died. year and testing would not be needed. If he Typically, a private psychologist conducting pose in any relationship there comes a time Your son had a professional relationship continues to struggle with writing and read - this service interviews the parents and when larger, personal issues need to be dis - with that therapist and then the relationship ing, and if his attentional problems persist, teachers, then spends 5 to 7 hours adminis - cussed, including those involving health ended. The previous therapist served his or even with increased support and structure, tering measures face-to-face with the child problems. It appears that your snooping has her role for your son for a period of time, you may need to have your son tested. As or teen, and then spends several more hours brought you to that moment now. While I and the things your son learned in that work parents, you typically would incur the cost conducting record review, scoring and inter - appreciate the compliment, I do not think are what matters most. I am not suggesting for testing and not the school. Your preting data and writing up the report. The wisdom is needed here, but rather, complete you lie to your son, and I appreciate the approach would be similar if your son psychologist then meets with the parents to honesty. I would simply start by telling your importance you place on being honest with attends a public school. I would start by review the findings and may spend even boyfriend that you care about him and that him. In this situation, however, I think notifying the school of your son’s problems more time discussing things with teachers or you have a serious topic to discuss. I would keeping the news from him seems the right last year and then schedule a meeting with meeting with involved school staff. If it then let him know that you discovered the thing to do. Based on what you wrote, I am his teachers and the involved school staff to turns out that your son has a learning disor - medication in his medicine cabinet and that assuming your son has a good relationship assess the problem for this year. If the der and/or AdHd, there are things the you know it is used to treat a variety of con - with his current therapist and is addressing school deems that your son’s problems are school can and should do to support him ditions – both mental and medical. I would the things he needs to work on for himself impacting his learning and education, the educationally. Schools cannot, however, also let him know that you feel badly for presently in that relationship. school psychologist is obligated to test your treat conditions, and there would be things snooping. I would then just listen closely to son at school and free of charge. You will you would then need to do to support your Michael Observantine “Dr. Mike” is the Founder what he has to say in response. If he truly is and Director of Ashburn Psychological Services then have a meeting to review the school son as parents – your son may need tutoring, “the one” as you note, then there really psychologist’s findings and report with the a behavioral psychologist for therapy, or a (APS), a private mental health clinic comprised of should not be any big secrets between the 12 MD and PhD level mental health clinician. He involved staff at the school. If your son then consultation with a child psychiatrist or your two of you, and something like this should meets criteria for a learning disorder or pediatrician to determine if medication is and his team are here to serve our Loudoun chil - not be a deal-breaker on its own. Gauge dren, teens and adults. To learn more about Dr. AdHd, he would be afforded the appropri - warranted. your thoughts and your feelings during and ate educational supports and accommoda - Mike and the APS team, please visit: www.ash - Dr. Mike, I’ve been dating a great guy for after the talk. Perhaps you will feel reas - burnpsych.com or call (703) 723-2999. tions under the Individuals with disabilities sured, or maybe you and your boyfriend Education Act (IdEA). If, as parents, you several months now, and I think he could

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On the web with daily updates at www.brleader.com September 2012 Blue Ridge LEADER & Loudoun Today page 31 Charity Golf Tournament A Sept. 16 golf tournament will assist Hetzel is suspended in a harness over a Loudoun resident Freddie Hetzel and his fam - treadmill while therapists move his legs to ily. simulate walking. Did You Know... Hetzel has been paralyzed since a 2011 For some individuals in this program, the accident. Money raised at the tournament will repeated guided stepping has helped regain go to a fitness facility in the Northern Virginia motor function because the sensory informa - The Loudoun County area that will provide Hetzel and other indi - tion is recognized by the spinal cord and it viduals suffering from paralysis with access responds by generating a stepping pattern of to the affordable fitness, health and wellness muscle activity. Real Estate Market resources they need to live a long and healthy The golf tournament is at River Creek lives. Country Club. Cost is $200 per player and is HOT! Hetzel is currently being treated at the Fra - includes dinner. zier Institute in Louisville, Ky. He is part of To register or for more information on the Low interest rates, high buyer demand plus low inventory... the Christopher and dana Reeve Foundation tournament and dinner or to make a donation NeuroRecovery Network (NRN) program, a to help those living with paralysis, visit GET IN THE MARKET NOW! cutting-edge rehabilitation center where he is www.helpfreddiewalk.net or call 703-777- able to engage in an hour of Locomotor Train - 5300. ing each day. 3 BR, 3.5 BA, 2222 sq ft, Amy Smith, continued from page 12 PRICE REDUCED NEW LISTING .05 acres 4 BR, 3.5 BA, 4 BR, 1.5 BA, 2524 sqft contract during the first half of 2013 (i.e. we smithwealthmanagement.com. The opinions 5000 sq ft, 1.4 acres 6.46 acres – More avail! UNDER CONTRACT would likely experience a recession). and recommendations are those of the colum - Leesburg Lovettsville Leesburg It’s impossible to predict exactly how all this nist. Contents prepared by Broadridge Investor $815,000 $485,000 $380,000 will play out. One thing is for sure, though: the Communication Solutions, Inc. LO7893389 LO7912224 LO7887458 “fiscal cliff” figures to feature prominently in Copyright 2006-2012. All rights reserved. The the national dialogue between now and Novem - information contained n this report does not ber. purport to be a complete description of the Amy V. Smith Wealth Management, LLC, is an securities, markets, or developments referred to independent firm. Amy is a Certified Financial in this material. The information has been obtained from sources considered to be reliable PRICE REDUCED Planner (CFP) and Certified Investment Man - Custom home to be built on 1 4 BR, 2 BA, horse farm, but we do not guarantee that the foregoing Working cattle farm agement Analyst (CIMA) and offers securities acre wooded lot! 3 BR, 2 BA. (until ’08) on 50+ acres! 11.41 acres (2 lots) through Raymond James Financial Services, material is accurate or complete. Any informa - LOW Clarke County taxes. Predates the Civil War. Lovettsville Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Her office is locat - tion is not a complete summary or statement of Bluemont Lovettsville $625,000 ed at 161 Fort Evans Road, NE, Ste 345, Lees - all available data necessary for making an $249,000 $1.1M LO7844509 burg, VA 20176. (703-669-5022). www.amy - investment decision and does not constitute a recommendation . EVEN MORE! RENTALS Lovettsville $150,000 Bluemont 2.8 acres $1300/month Leesburg 4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3588 sqft $599,000 Leesburg 3.58 acres w/ pool $3800/month Leesburg Commercial Bldg. $589,990 on 1/3 acres LO7816890

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